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May be worth taking out he pollen filter and fan to see if it's worked it's way down that far. We had a funny rattling noise in our a long time ago and it was a parking ticket that had fallen down the screen vent but had reached the fan and was rattling against the blades

Pretty certain that is how it's supposed to be to make a good seal

I hope you're not suggesting there's a body in there...

If you are just trying to address the issue when loaded, why not use MADhelper springs or Gayston Spring Assisters? Helper Springs from Ekollon | Securing Heavily Loaded Cars (mad-suspension.co.uk) Spring Assisters (grayston.biz) I have the latter on our Octavia 4x4 Estate and they do the job for when I have a fully loaded boot and 4 bikes on the towbar mounted rack.

These are the sort you want... Skoda Octavia Estate 2004 to 2012 Twin Pack Wiper Blades They slide on an off a pin on the wiper arm when the arm is lifted from the screen and the blade turned through 90 degrees (ignition on then off then press the wiper stalk down once to get the arms into the service position and allow them to be lifted). Cheers

He he no worries. If you are aiming middle of the range 90bhp plus then you have on choice in the swift... The SZT with the same boosterjet triple but no hybrid element - at least post 2017 as the only other option was a N/A 1.2 that's rather feeble. The SZT is still a good spec though and doesn't miss out on much. However, bear in mind that if £10k is your budget both the SZT and SZ5 should be in budget for low mileage second hand examples (I didn't pay much more for a 1year old car with 800 miles on the clock that at that point in time had sat in a showroom for the best part of its life.

Looks like my name was mentioned... Not sure what you mean by 'phased out the fun engines' in the Swift but I'm guessing you mean the naturally aspirated engines in the Mk 3 Swift to 2017 and the 130bhp Sport? If so then I can reassure you they definitely haven't phased out the fun engines or the fun! And it's all Suzuki's own design which means great reliability and lots of knowledge gained from small capacity bike engines. As George has said I have a new model Swift (2017 SZ5 version) with the 1.0l Boosterjet triple Hybrid and it's a great package. 112ps and 170nm from the petrol engine plus 3ps and 50NM from the electric starter generator. That puts it well ahead of the old Swift Sport and almost on a par with the non-hybrid current Sport in terms of torque, all in a package that is only 925kg that handles like a go-kart. OK the interior may not have much in the way of soft touch materials but it looks good, works well, is comfy, has stacks of tech and, design-wise (IMHO) beats the Fabia hands down. I also got mine for a very good price... There are a fair few discussions on tehSwift on here: Have I just seen a pretty good VRs substitute? The new Suzuki Swift Sport....WOW! - Skoda Fabia Mk III - BRISKODA Suzuki Swift Sport - General Automotive Chat - BRISKODA http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/448432-2018-suzuki-swift http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/444067-suzuki-swift-or-fabia http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/436099-2017-suzuki-swift-rs By the way - VW don't have any stake in Suzuki any more - that was 'bought back' just prior to Dieselgate with a loan from Toyota who Suzuki are now sharing cars with (the new Swace is a Corolla and the Across a RAV4). VW originally bought into Suzuki for their small engine know-how... but clearly may not have learnt much...

I think I've had the H7 kit in for about 10 years now and its passed every MOT no issues... But you are correct it may not be the same for everyone.

Actually thinking about it im getting it wrong and thinking of the brakes with the accumulator... The steering is electric so i think runs off the separate hybrid battery whilst the emgime is stopped but the car is still moving below about 10mph until totally stationary... Apologies feel free to ignore me!!

Pretty certain it was these at 4300k as I have spare burners still in my watch list https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/H7-Xenon-Conversion-Kit-metal-base-bulbs-mini-ballasts-/270591725356?hash=item3f00860f2c&redirect=mobile

Yes on our 07 and definitely. I tried 50w hids initially but they kept throwing codes when high beam was used for some reason even though they were in the dipped projectors, so eventually went for a 35w kit from London Colour on eBay and had them coded. No issues with alignment or beam and no problem with the MOT.

Ended up doing this myself today... The chime doesn't seem to happen when ,y wife drives but for me in a big winter coat it was on almost constantly... So the plug was pulled

To some degree yes... the problem is two fold and a bit of a vicious circle combined. Driving standards do seem to be dropping, leading to an increase in accidents, so education and training is worthwhile but also in-car tech is creating distraction which is also leading to accidents and some of the accident-preventing tech is in and of itself, distracting (witness Germany's courts ruling on the Tesla).

Not sure if the lay it is the same as on the mk 1 fabia but I managed to replace the resistor on ours from underneath by feel with no need to remove the airbag module?

I'd say there is demand. That spec is probably the sort I'd be looking for, albeit I'd be keener on a manual. What's the mileage as that might influence things a bit in terms of future saleability

We've had cross climates on our 4x4 since they were launched and even in deep snow they've been excellent here on the SW of Sheffield at the edge of the Peak District. I certainly wouldn't go back to summer tyres now on a normal car and am even thinking of swapping the Swift onto all seasons (but probably Vredesteins rather than Cross Climates or Vector 4 Seasons)

Ah... Weird (I assume you mean NO power steering?). The swift will stop the engine at anything below about 10mph but has an accumulator so you still have steering etc. If the Octavia doesn't do that it's a poor show.

Why do people hat stop start so much? I have it on the swift and it's no issue at all... It works well and smoothly using a separate belt driven motor generator. Is it the basic starter motor based system on the Octavia that people hate?

Re the lights it might be worth getting the alignment checked... Some dealers seem to set them up to the lower level of the permitted alignment which means they don't have much range (I had an experience with a Honda dealer like this which meant the car was hazardous to drive at night until I had them adjusted properly by someone else)

The brochure for the pre facelift says 1600kg so I'd assume the facelift is similar as they weren't that different

He he... Been building Lego all December as I decided to do a DIY Lego advent calendar for my girls... So lots of little models have been created and built! Not sure much will get done tomorrow though...

You wouldn't catch me near an Apple product.. let alone an Apple car. Overpriced tech for those with money to burn IMHO.

After a while as the hair comes back it'll gat really scratchy as well... And in a week or so you might feel a bit 'full'... For want of a better description...

Well I finally got the part and fixed it this morning. Doable from above provided you remove the Flexi pipe from the MAF to the egr and have small hands. Still a bit of a bugger though as the clip for the turbo end needs to be removed from underneath and your effectively working blind. For those doing it themselves I'd recommend putting the turbo end on first and, once on, putting the clip on the boost pipe and then levering each side of it onto the connector on the turbo, as opposed to trying to fit the clip into the groove in the connector. Once that's on a bit of oil smeared on the hard pipe and inside the boost pipe makes it easier to push on and get positioned before fitting the band clamp to hold it all in place. Either way strong hands and working by feel are needed whilst laying across the engine bay!!

Well I finally got the part and fixed it this morning. Doable from above provided you remove the Flexi pipe from the MAF to the egr and have small hands. Still a bit of a bugger though as the clip for the turbo end needs to be removed from underneath and your effectively working blind. For those doing it themselves I'd recommend putting the turbo end on first and putting the clip on the boost pipe and the levering it onto the connector as opposed to trying to fit the clip into the groove in the connector. Once that's on a bit of oil on the hard pipe and inside the boost pipe makes it easier to push on and get positioned before fitting the band clamp to hold it all in place