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A few years ago my key got eaten by a mower (don't ask). Timpson's said if found the chip they could cut a key that would work. Unfortunately even after checking over the very large heap of grass with a metal detector I found only 75% of the key. I didn't find the bit with the chip ( non-metallic). Looking at the Timpson's web site they seem to be able to provide cloned keys with chips these days. So worth asking.

Not on my 16 plate car.

You need an off position. If you didn't on a frosty morning the wipers would try to clear the ice ripping the blades to shreds. If it is frosty make sure the wipers are off before switching on the ignition to start and de-ice.

Used to happen a lot with my Octy 2s. The remote on the Octy 3 seems to be less susceptible.

The only thing to add to the final paragraph is: keep the revs above 1500. 40mph in top gear is as helpful for the regen process.

If it is a diesel, the starter motor doesn't engage until the engine management has everything ready like glow plugs heated.

I will probably go for a petrol engine next time. I have moved into town from the country so my short runs are shorter than they used to be. The newer DPF regen processes are much cleverer than the earlier ones but I would not recommend diesels in my situation. I do try to use my bikes when ever possible which helps save the DPF a bit of grief from cold running.

When fully warmed up my oil temperature sits at 90-95. Generally at 90. The oil temperature is a selectable option on the infotainment system. If you haven't set this up I would guess that a minor blip in the system caused to be displayed.

The sill dimensions are determined by the need meet side impact tests. The same applies to increased size of door pillars which restrict view at junctions.

Update you need to have the phone on Bluetooth before you switch on the ignition, if you don't it still may not connect. My car is 16 plate and doesn't have any of the more advanced options mentioned by colmsmyth or built in satnav.

Recently my phone would not connect to the car hands-free. I had tried a number of options, deleting profiles on the phone and the car etc. All to no avail. Then I checked the other profiles on my phone and found that my TomTom had been set to handle hands-free. Since most of my journeys are local my satnav generally lives in glovebox. So had not realised that the phone was trying to connect to the satnav. I altered the TomTom profile by un-ticking the hands-free option. It's early days but this seems to have solved my problem.

Probably related to fuel economy, a hydraulic system will probably consume more power and weigh more than an electric one.

Especially these days as the antifreeze mix is so strong.

I have a removable swan neck towbar. Normally there is no problem if I leave it on, but one time it did show up on the reversing sensors. This was because the towball cover was sitting at an angle. This would suggest the margin is rather small.

Did you retain the crashbar? This has to be removed before fitting the towbar. This has to be refitted when the towbar is removed.

When I took delivery of my new 1.6 TDI CR it had 27 miles on the clock and quite soon afterwards it initiated a DPF regen. I put this down to lots of idling while it was being shunted round the Arnold Clark network (it was in the showroom). It has behaved as expected since then now 22k miles and 2 years old. So salesman might be right.

The margin between the towbar causing problems with the reversing sensors and not causing problems is very small. With my removable towbar if I leave it on it normally does not show up on reversing sensors. One day it did show up on the sensors. I nipped round the back and found that the tow ball cover was sitting at an angle. I straightened the cap and and the reversing sensors cleared. Before ordering my towbar I did an experiment using a bike track pump as a stand in for the towbar. This showed me how close the margin was.

Eyelets are for fixing the breakaway protection. You have to have the trailer breakaway fixed to the vehicle as tow arm is removable and could theoretically come off in use.

I think my wife's Fiesta switches to gallons/HR when stationery. With stop start technology it is probably not necessary show this figure.

My real tank to tank mpg seems to be around 90% the reading from dash display. So a long run on trunk roads may give a dash reading of 68mpg which equates to a true tank to tank figure of 62mpg.

It would not have been so easy if the snow was drifting. Ground clearance is going to be a limiting factor. I heard of a Land Rover sticking in a drift and being passed by one of those old Citreons with the lift up suspension.

I think you need to find a specialist 4-wheel alignment centre.

Have you checked that the oil temperature display is still selected in the info-tainment system?

What can happen with me is that sometimes the boot can be in a half way house, not quite properly closed and not quite open. In this situation the is no warning until you have driven off and hit a bump in road. There is a knack to closing the boot properly.

If this is happening regularly it sounds like either you are not closing the boot properly every time or the boot catch needs adjusting. The design of the boot handle is not ideal. To get the boot to close you need build up some downward speed and get your hand out of the way before it closes. I have had 3 different Octavias and this has happened occasionally with each of them.