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I have been perusing Honda Civic vtis from the 90s or even type r s from the noughties. I did have accord type r in 2001 and it was a great car. Looked at golf gtis or a3 5 door 2.0 turbo quattro's too. Shall see maybe the old dinosaur may be with me till next yr

Ok so lately all my children have left home as grown up barring youngest who is now 17yrs and I was thinking of downsizing. I don't need something so big and can even go to a petrol car as mileage has dropped. However I can't think of a another reason to change me "jalopy". It starts on th...

Don't worry man you LL get through it. If you ever need someone to talk to you know pls pls go find someone else.

So would that be the 10th of this month?

Well I got a coat hanger shaped the end into a hook and managed to pop it open today. Removed the bonnet latch and fitted the puller on and it works fine. Good news as I did my 6 monthly oil and filter and air filter change so winner winner chicken dinner

Well I got a new puller on order so shall update whenst it arrives. Thank you people and I think the coat hanger will be used

So this evening my daughter's car had a flat battery so I thought I'd give her car a jump start. Pulled the bonnet release on my Passat b5.5 and the puller which pops out has gone missing, like disappeared. I have no idea how but it's clearly went over the last 4 days as I checked the fluids on Thur...

Erm I we wierdly think it looks alright. Please don't judge me

I bought my TDI 4motion with loads of issues so went in with eyes wide open. I managed to fix the issues ie sunroof knackered door lock not working egr goosed and the list continued but the buyer made me aware before I bought it for a knocked down price. All done in 8 weeks and since it has been rel...

My heart was in my mouth when on the first run it blew 1.1 then it just dropped the next lot of rounds

It's been parked up and using my daughter's Kia picanto for the next week. The springs have been damaged at the top mounts so shall bide my time till they're replaced. So I don't mind my fire being wazzed on mate as I was more worried it wouldn't pass the emissions which may have been the end for th...

I generally can however because it's a 4motion it just requires a bit more work. But the garage I get to do the bits I can't have always been reasonable with the prices.

Well overall good news passed the smoke test .42 this is with a remap and regular use of two stroke. But failed mot as it needs 2 new rear springs changing which they've costed at £180 supplied and fitted. So even though failed I'm generally happy. Works gonna get done on the 3rd Jan as mot doesn't ...

Well it's mot day today the smoke test is what I'm pooing myself about. Hopefully touch wood it gets through

Well it's not day today and it's obviously the smoke test which I'm most pooing myself with so fingers crossed

All done it wasn't to bad a job. Only slight issue was the new radiator came with clips with capsulated nuts which were rubbish bit all done.

Thank you for that I'll get onto it tomorrow then.

I noticed over the last couple of months that the coolant was going down slowly. Today I've had a look round the engine bay whilst the engine was up to running temp and looks like the radiator from the r/h/s as you look from the front is leaking coolant from round there. So question was gonna be how...

Just around town 500, motorway 600-650 from a 4motion saloon

I've got my dashcam hardwired and it's never interfered with dab radio eitheir

Where did you get the boots from? My last mot picked up a splitting ballpoint rubber but the joint was absolutely fine no play. I was thinking about just changing the boot but don't know which size would fit. Checked eBay and there's loads of different sized one. Any help would be great

I had my 1.9tdi 4 motion remapped by Simon in March this year. Have to say it's been brilliant. Power delivery so much smoother, pulls so much harder and revs all the way cleanly and mpg about the same. Plus not smoking which I thought it would.

No stone in the tyres but haven't checked the rear CV and yes it is a 4motion

Well as title says all was going smoothly driving great the remap is brill no naughty lights etc and then a clinking sound from the nsr area. I've had the car up on roadside ramps and cannot see or find anything loose. It's always when I go over a pothole or a speedbump just clinks then stops when d...

I notice I get better mpg if I use my right foot instead of relying on the cruise control on the motorway.