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no idea... i spotted it parked in the wild (parent and child spot outside local Dunnes) and took a snap. i have seen it again around town since, but im not sure if its someones car, or possibly one of the sales team in the demo model from our local skoda dealer. it is a cracking colour though, and id say it will be rare... its as bold a choice as the dragon green on a mk3... im gonna say something controversial though.... the mkiv.... its very samey shape to a saloon A3.. almost disappointingly samey...

not mine, but first mk4 vrs ive seen in real life.. from end of may, i forgot to put it up.. colour looks much better than the photo makes it look.

jeezus pete, at current prices itd be cheaper go to the main dealer

i could be wrong Ken, but id imagine his cardiac team know that, and dont have him on them just for the craic

drum or disc brakes on the back? could be some mild binding on out of true discs or drums

used to pull into random dealers and take the odd car for a drive just to do something for a half hour if i had time to kill. any dealer that wont let you oark a car outside their door and drive a diferent one around without needing you make any sort of commitment is worth avoiding imo, as they clearly have trust issues so are going to be a lot harder to make a deal youd be happy with.

Russian army conscripts??

2 weeks of trail running as much as possible... ive been sticking to the tickincor area, nice long climbs and fire break/ deer path cuts in the trees. and trying out a few different routes. i really dont know why, but i find it so much easier to keep pushing myself to keep a pace whole on these harsher, rougher steeper trails than when i was running on the flat around the town. its just better, even when im completely shagged at the end after 8 or 9k half of which is uphill, it feels better than the shagged i was after 10k on the flat. antway, some routes and times.. tonights trot.. that local legend was after my second run up a new bit of hill. monday - same route other than one bit i did differently down into the trees, tomights was a tad longer because of it. its a tough route, but i think the whale shape route is a bit tougher as theres a really dirty climb in that for the last 2km back to the start.

my turn, finally... driving home after tonights trail run... Donkey 2 turned 200k (km) btw, its a number plate bulb

jaysus i missed that press release so why lie on the badges though? its just a bit ****e...

question not about an m3... i was behind a 2021 218i today. looked tidy, vibrant colour. did a reg check on it out of curiosity and.... it was a m sport, but was only a 1.5??? since when did BMW stop using the displacement as the badge id?? i assumed prior to checking it was a 1.8, but engine capacity is listed as 1499cc. i know audi have been playing silly beggars for a while now with the 4.0 etc that are only 2litre diesels, but i thought beemer still had more more integrity than that.

id love to hear what the satnav would make of irish place names

used market is nuts. my late built mk2 octy is currently "worth" about a €1000 more than what i paid for it in 2019. problem is everything used is also worth more now, so i still cant afford to change it. its not just cars though, profiteering is going to kill everything soon though and we are gonna have a major recession. eg - i saw that someone had their house up for rent during the irish open this week for 15k! they obviously didnt get it and so got nothing other than a bill to pay for their own holiday abroad which they thought would be covered by the killing theyd make for the golf. result their spending power just got a kick in the nutz which will have other knock effects into the near future.

pretty sure the post 2005taxi special was a 100ps pd tdi eather than the ALH? i qouldnt say crossover, maybe when factory ordered as a classic some requested the couple of extras, or as a runout buold they just fired them on as a bonus to use up the parts bin. the egr delete, thats hard to know as rrally depends on your driving and a bit of luck. fir the deadlocks - ebay chinese pattern mechanisms are perfectly fine and about 20-25 quid each, and easy to swap if you can open the door :D

it has grown on me....

i have said im not saying....

ive just seen something in that pic of the front end id not seen previously that i will now never unsee. and im not saying what it is, to preserve the dignity of the car. and its a tad annoying as i was going to say its growing on me a bit more, and the plate breaks the grill up enough thats its less massive looking.

that sounds like you have a theory...

hello.. so what are the follwoing parameters - how far into the journey what gear, speed, and rpm are you at and for how long before it happens. how much does it drop revs and speed

i have a few local legend titles around here, mostly on segments that most people do maybe twice and say feck that, where i go everytime im on the bike

well, i have been running as often as i can manage, including tonight when i did the whale run again. i also ran laughtnafrankee from the sth side of the powers the pot link road a couple of weeks ago. its just uphill and back down. not fun as the geound is very boggy in spots, and the trail has a lot of big loose rock and stone on it. makes its slippier on the way up and tougher to pick out good foot fall points on the descent. probably wont do it on its own again tbh, as the reward vs effort equation is unbalanced, but i had it picked as a target and got it done. fun fact, strava now has Trail Run as an activity option spent last week on the bike sunday, tue, friday, up my favourite woodland mon areas. nothing blistering pace wise as its been a few weeks since i was on the bike, but they were fun evening ride outs. ive also started an extra little tactic to regain muscle condition. incidental exercises during the day. everytime i have a minute or 2 during the day im yrying to do something quick, like - waiting for the kettle to finish boiling or while waiting a for a phonecall to get answered - do 20 squats and 20 lunges or 2 sets of 15 press ups against the kitchen counter and 20 calf lifts. just a simple little muscle workout, but several times a day adds up to a decent number of reps without costing time out of other things

is that yours? have you taken it for uts detailing, and now its good to go?

id possibly take off the handlebars too, reduce that overhang..

wheels off, crank set off, bubble wrap, straps, good to go.

heat shield bodge seems the most likely... why would someone maliciously crawl under the car with a self tapping tekscrew and put it through the wheel well to cause a puncture. thats way more time and effort than any malicious attack is going to be given