Got a new set of tyres (Please read thread 'What tyres and where?').

Got the car Supaguarded recently inside and out...looked really good. Recently it has been getting a bit grotty so I got all the 'Meguirs' car cleaning stuff (Microfibre polishing cloths and all). Started 7am this morning finished at 10.10am!!! I only washed, polished and waxed. I must admit it looks really nice now...it shines without swirls or smear...the products are good but the microfibre really made the difference.

Next week I will do the rubber trims, windows etc...maybe if I have the energy my coccyx bone was really hurting after it I must be getting old!!!

Waiting for my TomTom go 300 there is apparently there is a delay in the supply...

I have a couple of queries...When I first drove the car this morning after the wash, polish etc. It was really hesitant until it warmed up then it seemed okay...AM I LOOKING AT A MAJOR PROBLEM COMING MY WAY.

The other thing is I gave my brother-in-law a lift today...I'm not sure if he shut the doors properly but when I pressed the central locking button to lock everything up...it kept popping back up. Once he got out and shut the door I pressed the button again went for a bit of a drive and it seemed okay? WHAT IS THE SITUATION WITH THAT?

Other than that the car is brilliant I cannot wait to start tuning.

Thanks to all

Aaquil.

Spoke to one of the guys at 'Opie Oils' the other day regarding the Castrol GTX Magnatec put in my car when SKODA last serviced it. I never considered that oil to be good enough quality to put in any newish car let alone a turbocharged one.

Guy stated that although you can use Magnatec it is not a very good quality oil and will only last 5-6,000 miles rather than the 10,000 miles service schedule I'm on...I explained I wanted the best oil for my car within reason. So he is sending me some for Wed. I can't remember the name.

Oh yes I went to SKODA to get oil filter and the bung thingy on Saturday...I was amazed it was under

Any more odd smells after spirited driving?

(apart from the passenger's underwear)

sounds good

No more car smells...if any from underwear its being well concealed...still getting earache from SWMBO about the uncivilised driving.

Bengie send us some pics of the fitted brakes.

Aaquil.

put some up some where but what the hell, here they are again

for comparison reasons these are the originals

They look really good how's the braking now. What suspension set up have you got that look really low and nice.

I was just wondering my tyres are all at 32PSI as stated in another thread...handling seems better ride a little rougher. I have 205/55/16's Goodyear Eagle F1's (Softer compound apparently). Is that pressure okay or too much?

Thanks

Aaquil.

braking is now better than standard but i need new discs and they are very nearly bed in so should get better

i got KW V2 coil overs on it

Bengie the car looks really nice how's the handling does it not scrape over road humps being so low?

does a bit, just go real slow and its fine :P

But it does look really good.

Right...

Getting oil change done on Saturday. According to OPIE OILS who were very helpful CASTROL GTX MAGNATEC is okay to use on VAG cars but is quite a cheap, poor quality oil that will last 5-6,000 miles and as mine is a 1.8T I want good oil in as the oil cools and looks after the turbo. So I ordered some Silkolene 5W30 Fully synthetic ester based oil (RACE) - the oil came the very next day just as OPIE OILS said it would! Got myself a oil filter and 'bung' (only cost

Right...

Getting oil change done on Saturday. According to OPIE OILS who were very helpful CASTROL GTX MAGNATEC is okay to use on VAG cars but is quite a cheap, poor quality oil that will last 5-6,000 miles and as mine is a 1.8T I want good oil in as the oil cools and looks after the turbo. So I ordered some Silkolene 5W30 Fully synthetic ester based oil (RACE) - the oil came the very next day just as OPIE OILS said it would! Got myself a oil filter and 'bung' (only cost

They didn't put longlife oil in!!! and besides why pay

They didn't put longlife oil in!!! and besides why pay

I used to use it in my Legacy turbo...its meant to be really good stuff. At the end of the day its looking after the engine and the turbo.