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🤣🤣 it never moved all day yesterday.. shops not open we just wandered around the area ate lunch out and went to the beach, so no photos taken yet. I got... a.... VW Golf Estate! its ideal, boot floor space is the same as my mk2 octy ( obviously abit more height available, but not needed as the bags fit the same way as at home) diesel, 6 speed manual, massive television screen to do all the button work, so i have to figure out all that crap.. it drives... basically the same as my car but newer ( havent even checked what year it is ) going to Carrefour shortly, a daylight drive after the dark o clock settle in drive the road..

similar but different.. tried to get my colleague to get all the 9's, he missed them as the we passing through the tag lane of the toll and it beeped, distracted him for a second and he got the 100k instead 😞 "Take the photo!!!" "what was that?" "dipsh17, you missed them "

would be nice, but i doubt it

yeah, im thinking it being Spain improves the odds a bit, that said i booked the same in Alicante back end of 2022 and got an MG ZS suv...

its time again... pick up Saturday night in Malaga. booked with Budget through AutoEurope as a "Seat Leon Estate or Similar" what will it be!!!! Ill update on Sunday, as the flight arrives pretty late Sat night

distracted by focussing on the noise and having read the other post

she sounds diesely, and law of averages and fuel type sales of new cars back in 08 , id hedge a bet on its a tdi, but if it is as mike suggested, and it does sound rough and horrible, petrols can sound diesely... id lean toward agreeing though, and look at the chain tensioner.

other things ive noticed with the newer light systems are that they over power older lights. so, the light from , say an Octy 2's H7 halogens just gets eradicated by the higher energy photons from oncoming leds so you lose the visual range of even tracking along the verge for a line and spotting pedestrians and cyclists at the road edge, but also the number of times I have passed new vehicles with Xenon or matrix headlights that then even when dimmed are so bright (and highly aimed) that im driving along with their lights casting a shadow of my car in front of me because they just totally swamp the halogens in blue toned light until i get on down the road and open a bit of space is getting more frequent. Though, tbh even led street lights overpower halogens in lots of places i drive through and definitely reduce the ar eas my lights are illuminating for my sight line - the shadows are wrong for where im looking if that makes sense? ultimately factory LED and Xenon are much better for "the driver using them" but a bit 5hit for everyone else around them, while Halogens are just 5hit for everyone. manufacturers just need to work on finding a better balance on the led and xenon systems. led retrofits H series are tempting if like me you spend a lot time in the dark and know the Halogens are crap and want better, but i wont get them because i know their crap for everybody else.

ohhh.... lights.... ohhh.. what a subject. i spend a fair chunk of my time driving at night for work, so i get to experience all the fun! personally ive spent a number of yrs with "higher output" / "extra bright" halogen bulbs in my current and last 2 cars. the Philips extremes, Osram Night breakers etc. and, given i currently have standard Osrams back in Donkey and see 0 appreciable difference from the "Night breaker Laser" bulbs they replaced (after a very short life, disappointing on its own) i now see again they are all BS. LED lights on new cars are definitely more blinding. i wonder if, similar to what Root has said, they are coming ex factory set up as LHD focus and not being adjusted when they are delivered in RHD markets until they fail an MOT/NCT? or just badly set in factory and never checked/ adjusted. i cant help notice the people saying they dont see much issues all have usernames alluding to their vehicles being SUVs... thus higher up so, ya know, above the headlight level, of course its going to be less of an issue. but conversely all those SUV and Crossovers (inc missus Mac 's Arona) obviously have higher bulbs shining in us hatchback and saloon drivers' eyes and mirrors. Kias have been horrendous for bad/ too high focus for a few yrs now, imo, and BMW are pretty annoying too. i could be wrong but i also think the sensor for the autodimming Rearview mirrors struggle to adapt to LED/Matrix light sources hitting it at night. but a factor that has to considered is also people's reliance on new driver aids like auto lights and self levelling that dont react properly or too slow is a problem. ban H series LED replacements though, they are just awful...

do you have a longer video? from that 4 second clip, it sounds like creaking wishbone / roll bar bearings to my ear and past creaks and rattles..

in my mind a GT car is - big enough for passenger comfort and luggage. a lovely interior to be in while driving and aesthetically pleasing on the outside (for the commoners to admire ) quick and loud when wanted but effortless quiet cruising for the bulk of the journey. you shoukd be able to drive it 500miles and still be able to stand up without grimmacing when you get out. the F Type is definitely a GT. Aston Martin DB9 def GT, where as i think the DB11 crossed too much into sporty looking. @Aspman can say what a Quatraporte is like, but it is also imo a GT car. a old Rolls isnt a GT, i dont think, more a mobile sitting room. an SLR could be a nice GT car, but i dunno is it too persistently loud for a long cruise?

injector dying. had one go on my cayc during the summer. if it was the egr, id expect you to be getting a flashing coil light and or eml coming up (as ive been getting for a couple of months)

you can also tap the word "freedom" in any post and it brings through to the shop options. its why its underlined edit, sorry. as below the hyperlinking has been lost at some point! @cheezemonkhai could it be looked at again?

i agree, it looks almost edibly good in that shot..

i spent 10mins driving up and down through 1 of our main compounds to get 200000miles and 200002 (for symmetry) in my mk1 Octy so i wouldnt end up on the motorway getting it (pic is waaaay back in this thread somewhere, about 2014/15, i even lit 2 candles in a muffin for it )

stopped in lane 2 of the motorway for the photo?

i see where you were going @MikeTheThinker but the lights are the wrong shape for a colt of that era. looks more like a Citroen

just a quick flick down his twitter... ya k ow what, he and his wife clearly have good fun with it, and it doesnt hurt anyone (other some low iq spiteful anti- everything morons' feelings) so plough on i say! maybe we all need to learn to let go in "unusual" ways.

yes, given the conversation is about Boss Fox in a costume...

i missed 250000 in donkey 2 on Monday by 7km while i was on the motorway 🤦

if it is a wheel bearing your previous post saying it was there at 30 to 40 and again 60-70 does tally. the reason its worst at those speeds is that the drone resonates at those frequencies thus making it louder. it changing speeds can be due to further wear changing that resonance point, but it will alway be harmonic - 30 and 60 and 120 (if you got there ), 45 and 90, etc.

are the ones marked as VW also Skoda compatible for the same headunit?

F Type is a very aesthetically pleasing car. more so than the m3 tbh, even if it doesnt have the performance ztats to match it. sometimes looks win...

try Petes suggestion first. sometimes a good thump knocks it back into line and it will open. at least then your in and can replace the mechanism. ive done several post in the octy 1 section about how open the lock mechanism when the door is locked. dont for the love of god take a hammer or chisel to it like so many have done. its not necessary. when you press the button to unlock, is the door getting power? can you hear the motor spin or is it dead? if no power check the loom going through the rubber gator from the A pillar into the door for breaks or corrosion and the pins of the connectors at each end.

i had one go recently too, 2 days before its booked in service that ended up including... front shocks and springs, roll bar bushes and drop links front and rear (i supplied all those as i knew they were gone) and then the mechanic found... wishbone bushes that were like jelly, a seizing rear caliper, and something else i cant remember. that became an expensive service.. i think it was failing for a while though as my mpg has improved markedly since it was serviced in July. though im pretty sure the egr valve is dying currently, as i can get easily get an eml and flashing glowplug light if i want while driving. ive also figured out how to avoid it coming on