Mr MC

:-/ no one know then> that's a worry?

OK please help with advise as I am out of my depth here.. My wifes car 7 months ago was running nice and then died ! wouldn't start. Had the ECU sent away and it was fine. They deleted the immobilizer as they all thought that was the issue. Anyway it came back still will not start back and forth and lots of head scratching.. in the end the car was towed to another garage who did this type of work eg electrical canbus stuff. so it's now being said it's the ABS ECU that is not communicating with the ECU and that needs replacing £700 1st question i am going to ask is.. can a second hand one be swapped over ( reprogrammed to match ? ) is £700 for a new one decent?

Yes pls sorry been so busy with work and then Christmas came. What do you think postage would be budd.. best tape it to some wood for strength.. PM me as I don't come on here very often and we can get this sorted.. :-)

Yep.... they don't fit.. Pants. Oh well one of those things. I have a 2007 Mk2 Octy so they should fit that.. I might as well not bother with Alloys for the Mk1 Unless any one knows any that are going cheap ish.. :-( if not I have a set of Audi A4 alloys for sale 5x112 's :-( £100

when I went to buy them the chap said they where A4 ones but when i went to do the deal with the owner once he was back, turns out they came off an A3 so I'm as confused as you are LOL

I think I am looking at things looking to go 195 55 16 and use my old Porsche tyres as they are free. and need using before they go hard. reason.. I checked this http://tire-size-conversion.com/speedometer-calibration/

sounds like triggers broom LOL... I have respayed, bonnet, pass door, both sills, drivers door, and rear drivers side quater. only to keep it tidy.. all the main panels where key scratches from it's time in London ( north ). Mainly to keep it tidy.. when you have a car with such low miles and your the one gaining all the benefit of it's use over the next 5 years then you want to look after it.. it's funny I have no interest in getting a newer car.. This does 100% every thing we want even the AC works. our other Skoda has less spec and no ac that works! we want to sell that one and keep the older one.. 1.6 Petrol works great the newer one is Diesel 1.9 But your right if you can get the panel in the breakers yard clean then you just bolt it on.. I looked at getting a pass door but it was showing signs of a poor cheap blow over in the past that was peeling.. so I wouldn't have gained anything.. better repainting what I had

OK I have them here now.. Wife is out at work. The wheels have arrived. OK I was told they are from an Audi A3 which are 5 x 100 now the wheels don't say it on there, eg on the casting numbers on the back.. they currently have 205 55 16 tyres on them.. I guess I will wait till she is back to see if they fit.. If not then I guess they will fit on our other Skoda which is a Mk2 Skoda Octavia as that currently has steel wheels ( taxi spec ) and as we want to sell it. We are still quids in anyway.. My only concern is I don't really want baloon tyres on the rims what size tyres does alloy wheels have for the octavia in 16" I would rather have some 195's infact my old Porsche has a full set of 4 195's that I have done line 3000 miles on in 10 years.. I would be happy to swap them and use them up and get new rubber for the Porsche. ( always a plus side :-) )

I am in the same boat we have the same model and it's done 62k and I am more worried about some one else bumping into it than us. Because they would write it off in a second! it's worth more to us as a low miles car than it is to them the insurance company.. Nice one so glad it's getting fixed.. I would even go as far to offer to use used parts in order to keep the car on the road..

Hi Guys I was looking to smarten up my wifes car.. I have been offered a set of wheels like these ones on ebay And I was thinking will these be a nice simple swap ?? Will I need wheel bolts? being her old wheels where Steel 15" ones any advice is greatful thanks guys...

top stuff thanks Well I ordered this off ebay I called them up to be honest and paid for it over the phone.. at 2pm it arrived the next day at 7;45am!! bang on.. £31 so guess what I have to do today :-( at night time cos the wife is in the car at work LOL!!!

My wife the car wrecker! has now managed to break the drivers window.. it's the winter frost classic.. frozen window and then operate the window and it sticks and the cables un wind off the motor type affair! so guess who's got to fix that while out in the street in the freezing cold.. yep me.. I have not bothered with the repair kit too much phaffing and messing about for what is a tiny cost saving I have gone for the whole assembly for ease and I don't want to be out in the cold for any longer than I need to be.. Any step by step's out there on how to do this?? I wouldn't mind I have only just put the bloody door back togeather from painting the car door!!!!!!!!!! :-/

Hi Budd yes I have.. BTW we are on month 3 of this issue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yep it's still at the garage. Anyway we sent the ECU off to a place on the IOW for rebuild or what ever it is they do.. so I am just waiting for it to come back.. will up date you basicly all the local peeps with their computers including vag comm just couldn't get in the ECU or if they did it dropped them out ASAP ! :-(

Hey up.. this Mk1 Octavia has been the best so far! being as our Mk2 is still off the road 3 months later!!!!!!!!!! but today the wife mentioned the car was running rough! and sure enough I went out later today when it was 4 hours cold and started it up.. it starts ok but it's ticker over is rough and you have to rev it to pick up.. winter is coming and it's set to get colder so any known issues to look for .. I am thinking of changing the plugs as they are cheap enough and poss leads as they are the orginal ones ( not that they are normally an issue I would have thought ) it's a super nice orginal 62000 mile car so not high miles ! I need any input you got cheers ... if this breaks down then she will have to use my Porsche.... So PLEASE HELP ME FIND A FIX!!!!!!! :-/ LOL!

Oh sorry only just seen this.. sorry not on here very often.. is it still available ?