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I might be wrong, but 57.1mm springs to mind. Gaz

Big belt, on a pulley the opposite side of the wheel to the chain side. Large pulley, not that much smaller than the wheel rim diameter. G

I've never had a problem asking for a test drive. It of course makes sense to do it at their quiet times if you can. The offer of a drink/best friend/let's go inside and crunch some numbers is usually my cue to leave unless I'm seriously interested, and even then if the numbers don't suit, that's me gone. No need to faff around. Gaz

Hello Pepito, welcome aboard Gaz

Hello and welcome Mark I think if you have a rummage on here, you'll find plenty of affirmation of the Superb as a towing vehicle Many years ago now, my first Skoda was a V6TDI Superb. I had to tow a mate's car with it once, and it was an absolute breeze. Hardly noticed I had anything in tow. Gaz

Hello James, welcome aboard Gaz

Impressive in-tank photography there Rob Very interesting to see what's gone on. Gaz

Have I missed pics?? 🙄 We need pics!! 😁 On my Giant (analogue bike) I've a frame clipped pump: On my e-bike, I've got a micro-pump which just fits in a Roswheel frame bag: HTH Gaz

Mexican stand-off between me and one of the locals. I'd just walked in my back gate and didn't want to scare it, so moved really slowly: We'd just finished picking cherries (5.5lb off a tree barely 12' tall 😎) and there were quite a few on the lawn (well my excuse for a lawn). Sally had just topped up the bird seed and our matey Pigeon I think was wanting me out of the way with the threat of 'You don' letta me atta da cherries, I gonna empty dis feeder RIGHT NOW!' Gaz

195 miles - don't take the battery off!! 🙄 The Op's obviously done you the world of good - you look like a changed man, and those light blue denim shorts really bring out your hair colour 😁😇 Gaz

Good evening and welcome Dawid Gaz

Yes, by 0.4 😇: Although my long term was quite a bit less 🙄 Gaz

Chuffin' heck that was quick! 😎 G

My 1999 B5 Passat had the 110TDI (AFN) in it. Great car and would probably still be around now if I hadn't sold it. I drove it some five years after selling it and mused what a muppet I'd been to let it go. Very similar car to a Mk1 Octy. G

Exactly so George. I think a lot of it is semantics (for me). Yes of course I could get caught out, but it's proving so infrequent as to make it a minor factor. I live right down South, in a town that nestles, and is protected by the South Downs. The last time we had a reasonable amount of snow was when I had the Superb, so many years ago. I got the Superb because I wrote my previous Saab 9-5 off (with very good tyres on it) when I ran out of skill on ice, with an adverse camber, clumped a kerb and took my NSF wheel off. Before the Saab I had a '99 B5 Passat on very ordinary Dunlop's (195's I think) and I couldn't get it stuck if I wanted to. Might've been around 2009, when we did have a dump of snow (6" iirc), I was 30 minutes late for work (six storey office block with 500+ staff) only to find I couldn't get in because the place was still locked up and I was the first person there. Time and place. Good tyres and bad tyres. I get what John said in the other thread about tyre compound formulation. But I don't think I need worry about what if, and when, we might next get snow or really bad weather. If it's that bad, I'll just stay in and wait it out. I'd quite like to try out my mobility scooter in the snow. Gaz

One nicely saved Octavia there 😎 Gaz

An update, nine months in, one South East UK winter, and 5k miles later. Are they a good tyre? - yes they most certainly are Will I have them again? - no, I will not. Another mild winter. No snow of any note. I have a GTI, and I like to enjoy having a GTI. My Wife's Polo GTI is on PS4's. Those tyres have outshone the CC2's throughout the entirety of our 'Winter'. Had we had any duff weather, I'd have wanted to be on the CC2's. But we didn't. Better weather has been here for three months, and Summer is most certainly here now. The PS4's now outperform the CC2's quite noticeably. I get that's not the point. The limited time I might need cross climate tyres, I don't think warrants having them. I'm not wasteful, so I'll stick with them, as overall they're a very good tyre indeed. Glad I tried them. Here and now, other tyres suit my needs better. PS4's or PS5's (or similar) for me next. Gaz

Agree with PC and NTA - new tyre time IMO. I wonder what’s happening to those cracks when you load the tyre up at a corner/junction/roundabout. Gaz

Good for you for calling them out over the £90 If it were me, I'd be tempted to have a look myself, and if spotted, stick big red arrow pointer with 'Leak?' on it. G

Can't find it now, but I'm sure there's a mk3 that was at 375k. Might be in this thread: Gaz

Hello Baltazar Gaz

I actually think it’s a cracking looking beastie, and the grey really suits it 😎 G

Ah, my bad. Apologies if that's a duff steer Gaz

The incredibly excessive toe-in? 🙄 G

Yeah, think I'd have the battery tested first if it were me. Simple battery SoC check: Gaz