Pheasantplucker57

Purchased as a demo with £10,000 off, and about 2000miles. Decided to leave VAG group after dieselgate.

Have decided to move on dear friends, and am grateful for the help given and some interesting stories and views. I have invested in a Ford Mondeo Vignale estate, auto with AWD. Whether this proves to be the right move only time will tell. Anyway, I will drop in from time to time to see what's happening. Best wishes to you all.

Yes, they are xenons, and the unit was purchased from a trade parts supplier in Glasgow who only do VAG parts. Have a pal who is a mechanic, fortunately. Both inner wheel arches off, under panel tray loosened, front bumper off, electronics transferred from broken unit to new unit, and put back together again in just over 4 hours. Both of us working on it. No warning lights on dash (battery not disconnected but ignition off) and all is good. What a fxxxxxg week.

Driving on M8 eastbound between J27 and J26 there is a pedestrian only bridge, near Braehead. As I was passing underneath, a couple of the locals decided to lob something off the bridge, which promptly hit the car. From inspection, it looks like the black mastic stuff that you use to seal a flat roof. I think it may have been contained in a polystyrene cup or similar. Anyways, result was, offside headlight unit badly cracked and a replacement required. No other damage. Police have been informed, and the damage will nearly match the insurance excess! So I bought a replacement Skoda headlight unit today, for £491.04. I have bought cheaper cars in the past! Will hopefully get round to replacing over the next few days, and will keep you posted.

I suspect chimaera means using the tie down straps for the item, not the boot lid.

MIke, just recently moved 412Kg of tiles in the back of mine...springs were well down, steering quite light, and I opted to have another 500Kg delivered by the company.

Well, come on then, spill the beans!! Details of purchase please. Oh, and welcome.

No need to post things twice.....I repeat, no need to post things twice!

I think the main thing to be gained using rSAP is being able to read sms texts via Maxidot, whereas I don`t think you can read texts using HFP. Hence the reason I upgraded to a phone with rSAP.

Welcome, Fraser, to a site of great knowledge!! Got my car also from West End Skoda.

linni, thanks for that. I tried that, and it worked!! Chimaera, texts received via rSAP are synced back to the handset [settings>application settings>messages>text messages>manage SIm card messages].

Upgraded my htc phone to a Samsung Galaxy A3, (through `3`). The htc paired through hfp, I got calls no texts, and the phonebook loaded and updated. The Samsung Galaxy A3 paired through Premium easily, and I can receive calls. I can also receive texts which can be read on Maxidot, and responded to through Columbus. So far so good. My problem is, only three contacts can be loaded from the phonebook, and one of those contacts is myself! Even forcing the phonebook to load through Maxidot still brings up the same three (non connected) contacts. Any help would be appreciated.​

Doncaster, possibly?

Nokian Weatherproofs come with 7mm tread, not 8mm!

Tyres on, very few miles so far, but certainly quieter.