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    2008 Fabia Estate, 2012 Fabia Monte Carlo

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  1. I am just getting a new spare tyre for my fabia, and was looking at the ones on my car, and the fronts appear to be 87w and the rears 83w. Should I have both types on my car? are they the right way round? (ie 87w on the front and 83w on the back) I bought the wheels and tyres fitted new originally, and put them on myself and never noticed the two different weights when I put them on so it was lucky I got them both paired up. The car has alloys, and my spare will be a standard steel wheel What should I go for as a spare? 83w or 87w? Thanks Damon
  2. This is extremely offencive to all of us who have undergone the years of training and qualifications to carry out such jobs
  3. My Stepdad took his Daimler to a specialist Jaguar garage to have an MOT/service, and they said they could waxoil the underneath for him. So he had it done, and we have got the car back and upon washing it for tommorow, we have found that there is black stuff all up the underside body work, and the windows and body will not clean at all (very smeary and greasy) Step dad is absolutely fuming as he takes much pride in his car, and we think we will take it back Should the garage sort out this mess, or will we have to use more forcable action? Damon
  4. My Fabia is the base model, so had a very, very poor horn that was so bad I just couldn't use it lol
  5. Hi, Tried to fit a stebel horn to my Fabia today, and I've absolutely mullered the car (the horn is undamaged) I can't get crimps to fit the wires, and the mounting bolt that came with the stebel I have now got sheared off in the whole which fixes the bracket of the original horn to the car. also, what is the small electric sensor type probe that is above the black grille piece that is removed to get to the horn? I have absolutely mullered that as well thinking it was a tab to get the grille thingy off Damon
  6. But this is crazy though So what they're saying then is that I cannot be trusted to load a trailer with the correct weight suitable for the car? I pressume then anyone who has stopped me will have access to my vehicle's towing data, and they would then check the MAM of the trailer. But what if its one of those old shed built wooden trailers with no data plates? Do they then just go for an overall weight, or have they got a system for them as well? My step dad refuses to believe any of this, but I can't find anything anywhere to show him Damon
  7. So am I right in saying if I get caught with an unbraked trailer with a MAM of 750kg (which they all seem to be) and I know my car can only pull 450 unbraked, regardless of anything in it, then that is wrong? There is no problem with my liescence, its going to be the car, as you say, that is the sticking point
  8. Hi George I come under the 1997 rule, and I heard that it can only be unbraked (which is insane) but I heard that as a rumour, and it has no mention on the official websites. I checked my liscence and it was car and trailer not over 3.5 tonnes. I might as well not bloomin bother. a trailer was my last option as nI cannot afford to insure a van. I mean who makes these complicated silly rules. It's just a joke Next they'll be making us youngsters pass a wheelbarrow test
  9. Oh goodness I am totally lost now Its just some old trailer I found on ebay thats looks like it will do the job. Probably just knocked up in someones shed. So can I not just hitch up any old trailer knowing that the combined trailer/load weighs no more than 800kg? The only law I know is that the totally gross weight of car and trailer combined cannot exceed 3.5 tonnes for me Damon
  10. Thanks for the data, Mike Funny none of it is in the user manual (unless im being blind) I've found a trailer that looks suitable. Surely though I only need to be aware of the weight my car will tow? I can just load the trailer sensibly, knowing roughly how much it weighs empty. The trailer I have found is on the heavier side, so I know just to put lightish things in it like say a cement mixer rather than a dozen sacks of sand Damon
  11. Thank you for the advice Sorry, I meant a small trailer to tow behind a car My car is a Mk2 I shall check the plates on the car
  12. Hi all. I'm thinking of buying a small car trailer, and I wondered what the maximum weight my car can tow (I can't seem to find this information anywhere) My car is a 1.2 (70bhp) Fabia estate I'm more concerened about the engine size, rather than the car itself Thanks Damon
  13. Commercial insurance is considerably more, at any age I have a fabia estate, and that is as good as a van with all the seats folded down. I can fit a standard Euro pallet in it as well Damon
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