Gaz

Uckfield carnival this afternoon. I got buzzed by a hot air balloon. I heard people talking, but it was coming from a 'wrong' direction. Then they were waving at me 😎 G

Glad you've not got any plans to mess around or mod it then Gaz

My first Skoda was a Mk1 V6TDI and was a cracker. Very reliable and wafted along lovely. But I think you're right in looking for a 1.9. I think the biggest thing in my ownership was water getting in through the dreaded pollen filter and drowning the CCM. Easy enough to check and quite straightforward to remove the filter housing and seal it properly. Early signs are odd electrical gremlins associated, and of course water under the carpet in the passenger front footwell. Good luck with your hunting. Gaz

Possibly your blower motor starting to wear/burn out? Can be serviceable, but it's more usually a take it out and replace the unit jobbie. It depends on how much fiddling you want to do. Is it an acrid electrical burning smell, and only there when the motor is spinning. Just wondering if it's something else, but either way it needs investigating to be on the safe side. Gaz

Mercedes EV coming off the Freemantle Highway gets dunked: As said, and noted in the comments, it didn't look particularly damaged, so I wonder why this one, and not other EV's that are being offloaded. Gaz

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Have you checked the pollen filter and air entry prior to it? Is the fan actually blowing (as oppose to the motor spinning, but not the impeller)? Gaz

Sky? what sk..... ohhhh 😇 Is that the Seven Sisters at 9 o'clock to Jupiter? G

Hello minky, from the South Coast too Gaz

It's not far off doing a sub seven minutes at the Nurburgring either. Pretty impressive bit of kit 😎 Gaz

Hello Mark, welcome to Brisky Gaz

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Hello and welcome Sounds unreasonable to me. It's a known issue, with a TPI. You've been sold an 'approved used' car, which is now faulty. In my opinion, I'd think this is their problem, and not yours. If it was sold to you with a pre-existing fault, surely it's for the seller to take remedial action, or am I missing something? I had a completely unrelated issue with a 2015 vRS, which I bought new. The one thing I learned is that I should have consulted Consumer Direct/Trading Standards before I entered into any further dialogue with Skoda. I won't be making that mistake again - a word to the wise. Gaz

I think you'll find some will and some won't. My local VW will fit tyres, but for about £20 a pop more than anywhere else. If I were you, and knew what tyre size and type I wanted, I'd google it and go with the best local price option for a fully fitted tyre. My local tyre depot was Tyre City, and their online prices beat everyone else, including their own drive-in price. It's now owned by Kwik-Fit, but is the same staff at the same place. Take a photo of the alloy immediately before you go in - a local main dealer had to pay to refurb two of my alloys when I showed them damage wasn't there before they'd put new tyres on. It took them by surprise as their initial response was 'wasn't us' 🙄 Gaz

Difficult to see, but it could be a Lanvigator CatchPower - made in China. Never heard of them personally. I agree with John - it's too grubby to tell what's grime and what's damage, cosmetic or other. I wouldn't buy it without seeing it in person. Seller appears to have good feedback overall. Gaz

Go on condition and service records. If the lower mileage one is a dented, smelly rustbucket and has yet to have a service, you're probably better off with the higher mileage one, and vice versa. I've had a 2005 V6TDI Superb (Saloon), and a 2015 vRS (Estate). The Superb is really spacious, comfortable, and wafts along effortlessly. The vRS was certainly more fun, a bit more sporty/nimble, and had the versatility that comes with being an estate. I'd have either again without hesitation. Like Colin, I prefer an estate. I've needed the versatility far more often than I've needed to waft along in comfort. Gaz

Good man 👍 Gaz

May your Avant give you many quiet, bump smoothing, economical miles 👋 Gaz

Hello and welcome Dom Gaz

Hello and welcome danant79 I went from a Mk1 Superb to a Mk3 Octavia. Both great cars 👍 Gaz

But I can't fly and there's only one of me I might take it back on the ants front as one's just come in on me. Unusual to see a dense swarm rather than them sailing off as individuals. G

Unusual phenomena - I've got a swarm of flies the other side of the road to my house: Probably about 8' in diameter. They're rising up from the ground in front of this shrub. Don't think they're ants (although it is the right conditions for them). There's a waterway (sewer) behind the shrub, but they look too small for Mayfly - Augustfly maybe? 🙄 Chris Packham talks about the 'apocalyptic reduction' in insect numbers. Going by the splats on my recently cleaned car, I reckon it's just that they're down here and not where he is. G

My next car's going to have brake dust coloured 15" steelies (with a bird poo and bug splat coloured paint job) Back on topic I'm looking forward to @toot picking up the Minie (Mine?) too, and his experiences with it. Gaz