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keep me posted so I can make sure to get mine done the same way

I saw one of these briefly earlier today. it does look pretty good. im just not convinced yet about byd as a brand... a stupid number of their "sales" are parked in fields in china to get the grant money. and werent they effectively kicked out of the European market a couple of yrs ago as their ncap testing was utterly abysmal? i kinda hope they prove me wrong though! better looking than teslas and no money going to elon...

pretty syre there was only Black Magic available as a black option. 15 extra bhp if it was on a VRS you get an extra 5 with the diesels like my one was.

what do you mean by sunscreen? the fold down visor? that is attached inside the car.m, as per Dean's post above

that Allroad you saw being dropped into the grass isnt surprising, old A4s and and passats dragging their sills around the road are common here too. i reckon the roaring exhaust noise is actually the car screaming from the pain of dragging their undertrays along the road, and the diesel soot is it metaphorically coughing up blood. jettas are also common place, i saw one the other day dropped so low and wheels so big the owner had cut notches out of the wheel arches to stop the tyres rubbing... i dont mind cars being modded, but christ do it tastefully and make it worthwhile. its almost a shame though that these cars are now within the budget of young lads with no taste and wanting to look cool with a filthy agri spec saloon...

Hi, Im not even in the same country, but Im quite sure if you do a little search in here you dont need vagcom or vcds to programme a new key for the mk1, if you have 1 good key already. from memory, put the good key in and the ignition on, open the drivers window. put the new key in the outside of the drivers door and lock/ unlock the doors. i think you have to hold it in position for a length of of time that i cant remember, and might be another step, but its easy enough to do.

yup. if its intermittent though, get the wheels off and check the connectors of the wear sensors.

age isnt much of an issue with the mogs. the ones our lads have are fairly old too, but a good overhaul and they'll put out savage torque and power

2 of our plant hire contractors have them fitted for rail mounting and with one pulling and one pushing for brakes can haul over 500 Tonnes of ballast across 8 tipping rail trailers. unimogs are brilliant.

Any photos @skomaz? is it a fairly new one, or reckon its older stock? 110bhp from 1litre even with a turbo (our arona is 115 allegedly) just feels like its not enough displacement to not be running engine more strained than it needs to be. but thats just my opinion. at least the ibiza is lighter!

i considered suggesting a panda but then swapped to the 209, thought the panda might a bit "big" in the corsa bracket. hire companies are weird about how they size cars..

nah, 500 is too small for the corsa size class with the car hire game in my opinion...

if its only worn to the blocks on the outside(which is how it looks to me) you need to get the tracking checked. what you posted from Michelin doesnt really apply as you are at the blocks on part of the tyre. they are talking about changing tyres when they are only worn to like 4mm. i doubt you meant full "slight" aquaplaning, and more meant you have momentarily lost FULL traction? what are the other tyres looking like? is it only one corner?

hes all over tiktok too, lovely little videos

car hire bingo is open for all to play, i always shared my toys as a kid a Corsa in Lanzarote? the obvious would be an Ibiza, but i would expect it to be listed as that or similar... so.... Peugeot 209 or a micra..

il be interested to see how this works out, as it sounds reasonably easy to do..

i dont know if this has been mentioned here already, and i thought i saved the video, but... ULEZ protesters have started putting bat boxes over the cameras genius... because any bat habitat is protected by law and you are not allowed to disturb them or move them, thus the cameras cannot be put back in service. Im sure theres a clause that does allow the removal in certain circumstances but those clauses tend to have a lot of hoops to jump through..

yup.. quite the dose. curiosity, with my fault ive figured out how to "make" it happen.. if i keep the revs under 2100 until the engine is fully warmed up i can avoid the limp mode. if i go over that before its at running temp it will dump a limp mode. also, once up to temp, if i coast / brake for longer than about 5 seconds without blipping the throttle, ill get the non limp mode version of the error, where it tells me its the maf, but it isnt really, its all the egr. which makes sense - the egr doesnt work until the engine is at running temp, so it being open/ part open when the engine isnt expecting it is going to cause pressure issues. and again, if its not closing when coming off the throttle, its going to create an unmetered air flow issue aswell..

pay a bit more, get it blanked. i will be. at least then its not part of the engine and the ecu wont be looking for it anymore, so it cant become an issue issue again from either side.. at current exchange rates your quote and mine are pretty close, so i dont either are a rip off.. just need to make time for getting done.. i also need an aircon rad replacement and possibly a timing belt/pump, so its gonna be a bit of pricey service already 🙄

Hi .. its your egr is sticking.. im having the same increasingly frequent limp mode with the 1.6 cayc in my octy, especially since i stopped driving it for work a few weeks ago when i was told to use a van again instead of mileage. literally just now on the shopping run. i also get a flashing coil error and "maf" error on occassion, but its really the egr. that doesnt throw a limp though, and happens if i coast for more than 5seconds without a throttle blip. due a service soon. and my skoda semi indy (own time after work in skoda dealers) told he can get the egr blankedand mapped out for me for about 300quid. lot cheaper than a new one..

ive seen a few of these (dealership in my town) its odd, and i hate the led strip lights across the width of the car on every model/brand that does it. including audi a7 brake lights. but the ioniq 6 still wins the "twisted design of the year" award. its just wrong and not in a "grower" kinda way

Hi @Stuart147 welcome along, dont worry, we're a gentle loveable crowd around here, even if the yeti section is a bit of its own little world do you know the username of the guy want to find? if you do, just put an @ symbol, then type it in, like i did above, it will tag the user and theyl get a notification

👋 welcome to Briskoda when you say its 2005, im going to assume that means its a "Tour" trim? so a 1.9pd engine, 100ps output? on normal suspension etc?

yeah, sorry, i meant it runs from the front door through to the back door on each side

@Giannis20 looks like it yeah, and it all one piece through both doors?