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Good news! People can't help but stick an oar in. I don't know if it is just a very British thing, but everyone seems to think they know something. As you will (hopefully) find none of these comments have any merit as they are simply the ramblings of mad men/women and they don't have any...

Oooft, that's going to be some cost to renew that lease...

What is the breakdown in the costs? Would they fit a kit supplied by you? A quick google suggests around £300 mark. I did my TT MK1 for about £300 in parts including slave and DMF. It's literally no extra work to replace the flywheel, they're usually just 6 bolts off, 6 bolts on so shouldn't...

jeez really? I sold a house a couple of years ago, so guess I'd be stuffed?? I've been moving that cash about to various high interest accounts to make the tax man even more money off of my own...! £20k seems laughably low, I mean you couldn't even buy a decent car these days with that!

I didn't realise shared ownership was a thing back then. But I suppose 1992 was after the mega recession! Have you asked them for a quote to extend the lease? Or buy the FH? Don't ask, don't get and all that. Whilst it is a bit of a calculation, it is more of an art than a science. Yes you can...

How did you get shared ownership with such a short lease? You're approaching un-mortgageable territory plus under enfranchisement, the LL (freeholder) would be due marriage value which is a perceived uplift in the value of the property for extending. On the positive side you get 90 years added...

Ignore the nimby types, they've got nothing else better to do than complain. 99% (at least) of them will have absolutely no standing in terms of planning rules and will totally be bemusing personal opinions of someone who has googled planning regs and interpreted them in a way they deem suits...

Morning all, I've just had it MOTd this morning and it's gone through without any advisories. However, it is losing coolant and when I looked under the bonnet yesterday, I noted a small amount of oil to the front right of the engine. I've also noticed that after relatively short runs (my...

Are there any insurance considerations here? i.e. you have a crash and they find out you've not put EV tyres on an EV and use that as an excuse not to pay out...?

Chemfixed bolts will be stronger than the wall so that's not your concern, the wall is...

ha! Totally missed the first pic!! I'm tempted with that engine in the S6 - is it any good? I presume it's the same 345 ish power? My bitdi is on about 112k miles now, but I do really like it!

It's an RS6...? Mine is the bitdi 3l V6, so I think it's pretty good in the 40s for what it is. My Octavia VRS wit hthe 2.0tdi only hovered around 50 and that had nearly half the power...

Both really. It's not too dissimilar to the rail networks that were closed down by Beeching. Whenever we go for a power connection at work, it's not uncommon to find the cabling shown on their plans either doesn't actually exist or isn't what they thought/think it is and ultimately not suitable...

The price of producing Hydrogen will drop significantly with more uptake/use of it. I think EVs have a place but the infrastructure in the UK is terrible. There is literally no power, the cabling is old, the supply is far below what is needed. There is some interesting home hydrogen system...

How in the hell did you manage that? Was it being towed?! I mean I can get that in the A6 bitdi (well an a bit more on a run) but you have to be fairly nice to that!

Seems a shame to get rid of an awesome car for £35 a month, heck spend more than that on a round in the pub!

Have they? I've had 2 B5 RS4s - one I had in 2007, so 6 years old, and one I had (well still have) in 2013 odd. I was 25 back then and it was modified and that was £1250 a year - highest I've ever paid for insurance. Fast forward and it was about £600 last time I insured (again slightly...

I had this when I handed the Octavia back many years ago. VWFS. I'd dropped my MTB against the back bumper and gave it a scratch. They sent a letter saying "sort it all out before hand back". Naturally, I couldn't be bothered and in the end they charged me about £100 for that and £15 each for...

This is ridiculous, or you leave in the ghetto. Out of pure interest, I ran a quote for myself on Compare the Market with general usual terms, 40y0, parked on drive, 10k a year, SDCP, 12years NCB, totally clean licence and £250 excess... Best price is just shy of £1k via Santander with a total...

No different to the front, barring the handbrake. I use a Carista to wind back mine, otherwise it's a simple job.