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Good luck getting 75mpg!! Skoda Octavia, brilliant allrounder - had a vrs a year ago and it went very well. My current daily runner is quite literally Superb

Not too hard Dougie, it's just behind the rear seat back, O/S in the boot. Remove the panel from the boot floor and then the full pump/float assembly from the tank. Change the pump (this isn't always a straight swap). Then worry your little socks off that there are bare electrical wires in your fuel tank!!! Refit in reverse, be careful that float isn't bent or stuck in any way. Turn the key and.......... run like fuk. Just in case

Nope. Test hours are 'advertised' but in reality you could test 24hrs a day

As I said elsewhere, you need one for the tank you fill in Skye - except Andy, who will need one CRATE!

Bananas go off

I'm surprised that he didn't get them Cathy, a neighbour sent me this photo this afternoon.....

Eh? Can you say that again? I NEVER QUITE HEARD YOU!!

Other thread removed as duplicated - STI wouldn't light up at that age.

As said above, just bring yourself along and meet like minded Scooby nuts for fun, laughter and no doubt food. Hope we will have some talk of 2012 events and always open to new members with new ideas And don't forget to tell everyone what a great time you had

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Good luck

In the emissions test, the car would be held between 2500rpm and 3000rpm for 19 secs. That's from an already 'warm' start. If it passes this fast idle test, another 60 seconds at these revs to stabilise the cat before it is returned to idle. And that's only if it passes the test criteria. Should it fail in that first 19secs (which becomes 30secs if failing)of time, there is a vehicle specific procedure. This is a repeat of the previous attempt, sometimes some of the test limits, are slightly altered (this doesn't happen that often). If it doesn't pass this time the machine will prompt the revs to be held at the above level for 3 mins. And then repeat. We would be obliged to follow this procedure to give your car a fair chance to pass. The thing here is that the car is probably marginal on emissions. In practice (if using an engine speed measurement) I would move the revs higher in an attempt to 'light' the cat. This stops the countdown and when the revs return to the correct range the countdown restarts. On 'difficult' cars I would do this two or three times before admitting defeat. I have no way of knowing if a car will boil up in this time but it's something I would look out for. Saying that, it's happened umpteen times. It's not my fault, I didn't set out to overheat a customer's car. This may have been what happened to yours. Neil, what I'm saying is I feel your pain but spare a thought for the garage who is only trying to test your car and as a consequence of some fault the car overheats. They didn't set out to overheat your car or fail to test it! No amount of revving a stationery car will overheat it if the systems on the car all function as intended. One last thing - did they charge you for the test?

You having a giggle isn't funny Dave. After a while anyway

Possession perhaps? A receipt for purchase of the said vehicle probably showing reg and VIN numbers. Then it would be up to the law to prove that the previous seller didn't have the right to sell? Surely we must have some legal eagles in our midst? Scary thing is with situations such as this, if the previous seller didn't have the right to sell, then the current owner will have no right to the goods.

Got off lightly then.

The V5 is the registered keeper - not the owner I'd be more concerned about the HPI clear thing! Hide the car the now and tell them to jog on

I see what you've flagged up there Matty. I'm not cross with you.

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I have standard struts, Whiteline springs, bigger ARB, uprated links, RCA kit, adjustable top mounts and a fair bit of camber on mine Matty - and ALK. The difference is amazing. I can't say if ALK alone will change anything noticeably but it won't be any worse! Front wheels are pushed visibly forward which can only be a good thing with so much weight up front

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Hear Hear! Welcome Midnight21 to your new role. Good luck And thank you Gus for your continued (and past) services to SIDC

Del a red blimp? Mmmmmmmm, not sure about that one!

Glad you took the one you did Dave, good plan

Hear Hear Dave lad, let's get this party over subscribed lol