UKPassats

I had self seal on my B7, car had a full size spare, so no idea why VW fitted them. Only found out when replacing them. New tyres did not have the self seal and when you compared the weight it was very noticeable. The MPG improved by getting rid if the extra weight.

I used to think Hydrogen fuel cells were the way to go. Then discovered they are stripping the hydrogen off natural gas. By product of this process is CO2
we are nowhere near clean transport

Yip T2000 I stopped selling on e-bay about a year ago when they started all the "instant refunds" .

Since when was 1st class next day post, even the post office will tell you no guarantee its actually a 2 day service. if you want next day they offer that at silly prices.

chillout1983 wrote:Mine run's fairly normally however it runs a dpf cycle a lot more frequently.

Well less NoX = more soot. More work for the DPF.
How do you know its doing more regens? Under normal conditions you should not be aware that they are taking place.

Yeah some of comments are funny. It is really easy to tell if you have removed or have a hole in the DPF. Just wipe tail pipe black heavy soot = hole or no DPF. Very light coating of more grey colour = working DPF. Not that it could be used as test at an MOT, a toothbrush round corner from test woul...

I had a 1.6l saloon from new and best I ever seen was 60 mpg. Generally 48-52 was all it managed. I did find the original tyres had coni-seal in them which killed its mpg. I fitted mich B rated for fuel and rain. This gave the best improvements. I aslo ran tyres 1psi less as gave better across tread...

So I checked my new private bought car and it says it's still taxed, I'm waiting until the end of the month to tax it myself as don't want to pay for last month with only a couple days left. I insured it before I even bought it and my tax will get rebates from next month. The way I see it is yes of...

There is another way that worked for me. Ask the old owner to drive the car to your place and you will run them back home. I would say owners would do this to get the sale over with.

No idea why they are calling it oil ash. Soot is caught in the DPF and when regeneration takes place this soot is burnt and the final product is ash. The ash will increase in mass until its time to replace/clean the DPF.

My wife has a HTC M8 and usea Waze. Not as good as it was before Google took over, but still ace free app. Instructions are good and tells you in time, not like others after you have passed the Junction "Turn Left Now" LOL. I don't really need a Sat Nav as I have been travelling about for ...

Every Year My sister falls for the rusty disks at MOT time. She listens to their story about how brakes are not safe and parts with £200 for disks and pads, either front or rear. they are never more than 2 years old and she only does 6000 a year. I keep saying, "Did it pass the MOT before you ...

wife picked car up from VW today after re call , they never mentioned anything to her just said there are couple of advisories on the car and rest all fine with the car . little rust on disk brakes which they will replace for £365 :hyst :hyst :hyst But they did have a gift box on front seat contai...

London voted Stay, so it will not happen. 50 will not be used, as the government doesn't give a toss about those outside London.

Perhaps the EU will open its eyes now.

The Anti-dope is Addblue

Either outcome wont see anyone of us normal punters better off. I say get out as Europe is broken and they wont even listen to the threat of UK leaving. They just threaten us if we leave. That's no attitude to take, they should be promoting the good side, but they don't seem to be able to fathom out...

Last year bought a car for wife and worked a deal with owner to get it to our house. Then I put it on SORN till end of the month. Stuff paying a month for 10 days, it can sit in my Yard. 1st of the month taxed it and all was rosy. Few weeks later we were given a refund for the Tax and then the lette...

BertieBassett wrote:Isn't the button with the spanner graphic on it for checking when next service is due for long-life servicing?

The count down information was in a menu within display. Car would remind you as it got close to needing a service.

I would be wary of the insurance companies offering discounts. I have a well known brand of house alarm that calls us to let us know what's taken place. We can then chose what to do. My house policy was reduced until I read the small print, If I forgot just once to turn it on no house cover. If not ...

I had a 65 plate SE and for your questions The electronic handbrake is a terrible Idea, on Passat it tends to hold to long before you drive away. Give me a real handbrake any day of the week. I had a saloon and don't recall this button. there was another on the door pillar for turning of interior se...

I have a friend who was running 3 citron vans all with common rail. Around 40K first common rail pump failed. fixed under warranty. 45K second failure, fixed under warranty and asked what fuel are you using. Supermarket he said. Was told don't bring your 3rd van here when it fails. Third failed abou...

Have you worked out what will make it a modified car. Then tell them its been fitted to car. Then just do the mods as you go and be a numpty about what's fitted. Paint ECU gold, Yeah came updated. Paint pads green, wow upgraded brakes. Red road springs, woo-hoo boy racer for sure! The other side of ...

I see missing

1. Hook for wheel nut caps
2. Locking wheel nut tool
3. Tow ball if its detachable
4. I believe the square is for the first aid kit compulsory some country's.

cant see anyone wanting to steal the above, do you still have the warning triangle?

fluke wrote:It been charged to maintain it apparently over the years. I'll send bit back. I should add I trued a brand new generic battery previously with the same result. I assumed it was due to the new battery being higher amp hour rating.

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Yeah and pigs can fly.

if the new battery has sat since 2011 and never been charged it has most likely become over discharged. this can see it fail to charge or hold any charge. return it if you can.

I can see the queue for the +40K cars being longer than normal this Christmas.

Followed by the just over 40K becoming just under, with the old company car trick, buy it, then buy the options, so the book price is still under 40K.