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Like that.

A quick bump for floppyman. A week later and my gearchange is lovely and smooth. He also replaced a couple of oils seals for me this morning as he spotted a slight leak last week. And then ran the car through vagcom to give it a check over (no fault codes found which was good news) :thumbleft:

Welcome. Yes, the best colour (and I'm not biased as I don't have a silver one).

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumpety bump :D EDIT: I would consider other colours as I can recolour them.

At the VW garage today one of the staff walked past and commented "Ah, a proper car" :)

I found my standard (cloth) seats held me better in the corners than my (cloth) recaros. I assume it's the same with leather. But I definitely find the recaro's more comfortable for normal driving.

Welcome :)

I've just noticed you've gone back to amber rears... or is it just the light playing tricks?

Confirmed... blackberry one :)

Does the fuseboard actually need to be clipped back in? I only had one clip on mine and when I needed to wire in the seats it took me ages to get the damn thing off. So I just left it off. The fuseboard doesn't seem to move without it.

Really nice. There's something about the shape of the seats that just finishes off the interior.

Some insurance companies will mirror your NCB on another policy. Mine did. So once you swap the insurance over, phone around and I bet you can get it done the same way.

Yes saw that and did wonder. Cracking car for a cracking price too.

I assume you've checked for stones stuck in the tread?

I've not received any details so I'll pm you.

The relays I'd be after are: 18, 21, 53, 72, 99, 109, 167 £13 delivered?

Take lots of pictures, including some with a tape measure showing the size and depth of the hole (go back to the scene to take pics). Phone and write to the council immediately to advise them of the issue (make sure you write, and send it recorded delivery). Also advise that you will be getting the damage repaired and send them a bill. I'd suggest getting a few quotes to show that you took reasonable steps to get a fair price. Then just keep on and don't give up. It's only about £50 I think to go to a small claims court so keep pressing for compensation and be prepared to take them to court. It sounds like you're back on the road with your speedlines. But if you're stuck then I have a spare set of speedlines in the garage you can borrow for a while. I'm pretty sure the tyres are still legal. I'm only down the road to you in Claygate/Esher. Good luck.

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That's a good deal. Decent price if mileage and service history is genuine.

Cloth recaros don't contain the heated loom. I thought I would miss it compared to my other car. But actually I don't. I find the cloth far more comfortable in hot weather and I assume not as cold in winter. However you can get aftermarket kits if you're that bothered about it. I might well do this in the future. I loved these seats when I had my TT. Very comfy and supportive indeed.

Yes on both counts.

Probably worth asking in the cars for breaking forum.

Superb :) However, posted before: http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?58387-Sat-Nav

Ahah. Perfect. Thanks. (EDIT: Happy to help anyone install this in the future - I'm in Surrey, KT10 postcode). For the benefit of other n00bs like me I'll explain what I did. This might seem ridiculously simple for the more experienced people but I don't mind looking a fool if this helps someone doing a search in the future. I do apologise for not taking more pictures. But I'll add it here as I think that one day this might help someone doing a search... First disconnect the battery, just in case. 1) There is a two wire loom which runs under the carpet from the passenger seat, under the handbrake tunnel, through to the drivers seat, then up the drivers door edge , which should then enter the fuse box near the bonnet release handle by the drivers foot (on a UK right hand drive car). 2) If you rescue the loom from the previous car then the red wire is live and the brown is earth. 3) Remove the following trim: (a) Next to the drivers right foot, near the bonnet release handle, is a piece of trim. It is held in place by two screws on the door-side edge. It is also held in place by the accelerator stop (just unscrew it) and a large circular floor trim above the accelerator stop (again just unscrew it). When you remove the trim you may need to pull the bonnet release lever back to free it. (b) Remove the drivers right hand side undertray. This is held in place with two square plastic screws that just twist and then pop out. © The drivers left hand undertray should also be partially loosened. You don't need to remove it completely but simply remove the two screw above the right hand trim. This allow you to flex the left hand tray away so that you can get the fuse box in and out more easily. 2) The brown wire is the earth. Just connect this to any suitable location on the bodywork. Where I connected mine was a large screw by the drivers right foot, next to the bonnet release handle. 3) Remove the fuse box - The box is held in place by two hooks. There should be two large plastic covers, one on each side (mine was missing one). I can't recall how I removed them but I seem to recall sqeezing them at the top. Once they are off them lift each side over the hook. Lift one side first, then the other. Sorry I didn't take any pictures. 4) Refer to RW1's post about where on the back of the fuse box to connect the live. Sorry I didn't take any photo's but it should be fairly easy to find. On the rear, near the top of the box on the right hand side (assuming you are sitting in the drivers seat) there will be a very thick red cable. Then a gap. Then a thick but slightly smaller red cable going to a 20 amp (yellow) fuse on the box. You can add your live connection in this gap. You will need the appropriate connector from VW. 5) You will need a simple cable with an in-line 20 amp fuse. On one end you will need a suitable connector to go into the back of the fuse box (see picture 1 below). I'll look through my invoices when I'm a little more sobre and post the part number here. But it's a red connector which can be seen in the picture below. When I bought mine it was just the plastic housing and I needed to add the metal connector inside (which I cannibalisd from a connector bought at Maplin). 6) That's it. Simples. You now have a live and an earth. The connector you need (Picture 1): [ATTACH=CONFIG]49320[/ATTACH] Connector ready to plug into the back of the fuse box (red connector on the left goes into the fuse box), 20 amp fuse (middle of picture), and then crimp the yellow connector (right side of my photo) onto the red live wire from the seat loom. [ATTACH=CONFIG]49321[/ATTACH]

Welcome :)