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Hi and Welcome @carli not a great idea to leave your vin no. lying around the internet. if you ask him very nicely (joking, he's very helpful where he can be) @Breezy_Pete may be able to answer your question via vin number, but in a private message for security reasons.

yeah, i had a feeling me saying that could be like someone sayin to me in the southend of ireland to keep an eye out for Fubar who lives about 170miles away in Northern ireland 🤣🤣

Hi @Nicky3d welcome to the forum! youll have to try and link up with (Brisky Original who emigrated to NZ with his mk1 Octy back in the day) Mr @RobClubley keep an eye out for him in his restored Audi Quattro and have an NZ mini meet 😂😂

@SzilvioHUN Can you please use a translation tool before posting, as it will greatly increase the help you get? its also the language specified in the forum rules, again to maximise the help we can give each other. thanks!

translation - OBDEleven - I successfully misprogrammed the Superb L&K Front light position. Could someone write or take a picture of the factory values for me? What was the original? Also, the question is that even though I activate the stripes in the front lights, they cannot be turned on. What could be the cause?

Hi @bigcar Welcome to Briskoda. dont worry, its not a difficult site to navigate, once you get a feel for it.

that is a savage view! cant go too far wrong with an ibiza to be fair, you know what to expect with a vag stable car at least!

a jogger? nah. rhat would be listed under ultra massive size for most hire companies, not in the medium size i20 category 🤣

so.. are you there now? what did ya get?

As pete said - whats the service history and exact engine? obvious question - you have checked the oil level as per the service guidelines for the engine? (some are cold check, some are warm check). Id probably drop the sump and check the pick up pipe strainer too. if its partially blocked the pump load while running higher revs on A roads and MWays might be pulling enough through the blockage to survive, but when the pump eases off it cant pull enough through the strainer.

ah thats a serious shame, but fully understandable as to why you couldnt live with it. bloody toerags and morons ruining the ownership of a decent car is a ball ache. (not an issue ive ever had though tbf 🤣 )

Hi Matt, that looks very very clean and straight 👍 hope you get on well with it!

Corfu... Greek island.. close to italy.. i20 size.. Lancia ypsilon or Fiat Panda. Or... an actual i20.

Hi adam, welcome to the forum 👋 Hope the VRS is easier to live with than the A3 (what made it a stressful ownswrship period?)

where ya headed?

Hi, welcome along, i see youve been also welcoming some other new arrivals already. always nice to see enthusiasm and spreading the love around 😄

Nope, if you can get the door card off the inside, and expose the lock mechanism, you can cut open the plastic shell with a sharp stanley blade. then, use 2 allen keys to manually wind back the gears that conteol the deadbolt. 1 to wind it and the other to hold the tension on the spring. once its wound back, just pull the door release arm / cable. then take out the 2 retaining bolts and put in your new mechanism. test test test test test with a screwdriver before you ever think about closing the door.

mmm.... am i right in thinking that outer plastic shell looks hard, but actually isnt very?

if its the same (ish) lock mech as a mk1 octy (and i dont see it bein that different) you can do it with a stanley knife and 2 small allen keys. no violence or hammering required at all...

Ah jaysus, i dont think you meeded to get that violent with either lock. could you post a pic of what that lock looked like? im interested to see if what i was guiding you towards wouldve worked. hopefully help the next guy not need to take the heavy artillery to their doors

@Breezy_Pete te, am i right in thinking the roomster lock modules are the same as the mk1 Octy etc? if Pete says i am, @PizzaSoft , ill post a link to my instructions on how to gently break into the lock mechanism and release the deadbolt

use an open handed strike with the heel of your palm. gets a nice thump.

Big boots (vehiclular pun intended...) to fill, but i think youll be pleasantly surprised by how well the octy will fill them . enjoy the forum, and dont forget the social zone, for an moan, chuckle or general chat :)

thats fair.. i was just reminded by Ootohere's mention of living near quarry of a funny dust related anecdote. ive read the post linked above, and acxording to that youre vehicle in a dusty region is every 120,000km. but given you have exceptionally low mileage at 22,000km your question is does general age come into play aswell. honestly the only way to answer that is open it up and check the belt condition. but if going to that effort, may as well throw on the new one anyway..

My dad bought a freelander 2 sport about 20 yrs ago. heaviest clutch pedal ive ever experienced, but thats a different story. he dropped it to his mechanic for a service one day and to get the front end suspension checked as was a bit knocky. mechanic told him later he nearly died under the car. taking off the aluminium engine undertray, he was holding it up with one hand while undoing the bolts. when he got about 3/4 of them off, the tray just dropped like a rock, barely missed his head, bent alonlong the last line of bolts. the previous owner had worked in a quarry, and there was a 2in thick layer of hardened, compacted grit, dust and gravel stuck to the top of tray.