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Take care @varooom... Hope things pan out and you make it back.

Same here too - albeit I do also have 12v pumps in the cars just in case. I wonder if the manual pump preference thing is age related? 🤣

Interesting list of choices... Think I'd have been tempted by the MX30 or Funky Cat just to be different.

Pretty certain it's a Lime Hawk Moth... https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/lime-hawk-moth#:~:text=Widely distributed and fairly frequent in England.

It might help if Tesla screwed thier cars together better as well... Most I've seen look like they've been in accidents with misfitting panels, albeit the newer ones are better.

Thought you weren't going electric with the replacement?

Yep - that looks great!

Just out of interest what is your long term mpg from the Arkana for those 'well over 6k miles'?

Just be wary if you do that that it won't then cause the two blades to collide near the bottom of the screen when operating - I seem to recall the clearance between them isn't huge and moving the drivers side one by that much may mean it catches the passenger side one on the way up and down the screen.

Yep... Apologies for the error... Only 35 million cars out of that 41 million vehicles... vs only 750 thousand EVs

There are around 41million cars in the UK and around 40million are ICE. I don't think petrol stations will be going out of business any time soon due to a couple of thousand chargers being installed per month. There are around 41million cars in the UK and around 40million are ICE. I don't think petrol stations will be going out of business any time soon due to a couple of thousand chargers being installed per month. There are around 41million cars in the UK and around 40million are ICE. I don't think petrol stations will be going out of business any time soon due to a couple of thousand chargers being installed per month.

That's the method I've used before on a couple of cars and worked both times.. Loosen the nut, lift the arm off the screen as if changing the blade then rock it.

We moved into our current house in 2014 (built in 1958) and one of the main criteria was a garage that could take my MX5. I did want a double garage but no joy so settled for the single. The MX5 fits pretty easily but it's smaller than most cars these days... and the previous owners only ever used it as storage. It was the same at the old house (built in 1926) which also had a garage built at a later date. And both garages have needed work due to being unused (roof in the old house and crack stitching and new floor in the current one). In terms of cost of a garage - it might be worth considering a pre-cast concrete garage as I recall they are considerably cheaper (anything from about £5k upwards) and some are 'clad' to look like brickwork... I investigated them a bit when we were house hunting and finding houses without garages and most are pretty good these days (I'd certainly be happy to have one).

Wiper arms... Or do you mean the wiper spline cover?

I hit a tree stump with mine about 20 years ago and stopped it dead. The result was a bent crank. Whacking it with a hammer straightened it a bit but its still going strong despite the vibrations... I've just got some foam pipe lagging on the handles to save my hands a bit.

You cod try volkstek on callywhite Lane at Dronfield or The Garage in Sheffield?

I'd suggest checking the gendan website for suitable code readers. You'll probably find they do something suitable at a decent price that will definitely work. If i was closer I'd try my T55 for you but I'm miles away.

£140!!!! Waste of money if its working fine. At most they'll change the pollen filter and let off a £10 AC disinfectant 'can' in the car. They might even check the AC refrigerant pressures by VCDS or similar if your lucky.

For info only Skoda UK recommend a belt change on the 1.4 tsi... Skoda other countries don't, they only suggest belt inspections. And neither do the other parts of the VAG empire that use the same engine. Also, when the engine was launched there was a lot of press 'noise' and launch pack info about the long life belt and ovalised cam pulleys to reduce strain on the belt. Personally I won't be changing my belt for a long time yet but that's an individual choice based on research and personal experience over many cars run for high mileages and many years.

Just on the subject of street light / lamppost charging... many street lights are now 'low voltage' and only have 24v or 48v supplies via lower rated cables, rather than the old school 415v three phase ones. I have no idea but I'd be interested to know if 24v / 48v at a low power rating is sufficient to tap into to charge an EV?

£5 seems more reasonable and is probably what the likes of Halfords would have charged. I recall I was once charged for changing a bulb to pass an MOT but when I challenged the garage and noted all were working when I dropped it off they removed that element from the invoice.

That's exactly as it should be and how it's supposed to work on old cars!!! As @J.R. suggests - hold the key in the start position until it fires then let go so it can spring back to 'on' and your no longer feeding power to the starter.

That's extortionate! In the past I've had garages replace what is actually a 50p bulb for free. She's been taken for a ride there and I'd be complaining like hell over that - especially if the work wasn't agreed in advance.

Might be worth dropping the pollen filter out to see if the bit that is missing has fallen down the air duct and got trapped there?

Eh up from another Sheffielder...