Phil Tomlin

Hi, I’m trying to switch this on myself but I don’t have the tick box available so how do I do it? I have a 2015 Vrs petrol if that helps

Thanks for the continued advice 👍🏻. I had noticed the new one pop up on Auto trader this morning, I think my budget will have to be north of £13,500 to get what I want really as there’s nothing about for less

Hi, I’m looking most days, Auto trader, exchange & mart, eBay, a motors website also & piston heads but nothing is popping up at the mo, where did you see that car for sale? Also can anybody else recommend any other places to look?

Thanks for getting back to me, I'm in no major rush to change it so I won’t be rushing into buying the first 1 I see, the 1 on the trader I’ve seen but as it’s just over 100 mile from where I live so it’s a bit far just to go & look. I have a trader looking for me as-well so hopefully I will find something a bit closer to home, if anybody heard of one for sale let me know please 👍🏻

Hi all, I'm actively looking to replace my mk1 octavia vrs with a mk3 vrs estate petrol manual & im asking what’s the best spec to go for I'm looking to spend around the £12k mark. Ideally I want a car with DAB, Nav & heated seats but the cars I’ve seen for sale don’t have heated seats so has anybody retro fitted heated seat pads & if so what kit was used? Also is there anything I should look at apart from the normal things to look for when viewing vehicles? Any help or info would be greatly appreciated Cheers Phil

Ok thanks for that, I have vag com lite, is it possible to check it using that

Hi My n/s xenon headlamp has stopped self leveling, I removed the headlamp & checked to see if the motor had popped off but was OK, so took motor apart & found it had broken, so I have now replaced it with a 2nd hand motor but still doesn't work, o/s is ok, I was going to swap the motors from side to side to see if if I have bought a failed motor or it's a fault somewhere else, before I do this just wondered if anybody else has come across this issue if so what is the fix. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Cheers Phil

I've just bought a set with tyres that needed a slight refurb for £80, the lad wanted £100

Hi Looking to add a vrs sticker to the cluster anybody know where I can get one from? Looked around & im unable to find one

Ok thanks for that, doesn't sound too bad to change then, will post pics & findings

Hi Collecting another box later on today, plan is to fit that to keep the car on the road, then strip my original box & find out what the noise is & repair so I no I have a good spare gearbox

Hi Just wanted to know roughly how long it has takes to R & I vrs gearbox, 2 hours sound about right, I don't think they look that hard to do, also do the driveshafts have to be removed from the car or just at the box end? I'm also planning to refurb the box I'm taking out, anyone tackled this before? Do I need any special tools to do it & is there anything I really need to pay particular attention to? Cheers Phil

Hi I have a noise on 4th gear which is getting worse & starting to grind also, so I'm on the look out for a new box, anything I need to look out for or can I fit any box from the 1.8 t range Cheers Phil

Hi Take the fuel tank out & check the fuel pump sender for crap in the tank or sender unit itself, also change the fuel filter, when the filter is removed give it a quick shake & then drain fuel out, think it will come out brown in colour. Over the years I have worked in a ford dealer I have come across this problem on a few occasions on the mk 1 focus especially the st170 Cheers Phil

Does anybody no what size the bolts and captive nuts are for the lower brace as I have access to nuts at work for free?