Get a Blood! There’s a lovely ex-demo on Oranges Website at the moment. (that’s where mine came from)

Skoda do 140hp DSG 4X4 in the Superb, the Scout and the Yeti. The 170 4×4 is currently only in manual, for now……

-m- They’ve re-introduced the 1.6 MPI to alleviate the pressure of the TDI delivery situation. It’s actually a new Euro 5 engine so should be good, for £10995 you can’t really argue though!

m-a-t-t- Try you’re local dealers for dent removers, they’ll use them regularly so should be able to recommend someone. As for towbars, just have a look on the net and find one who’s been around for a while, on the assumption that if they were crap or expensive they’d have gone bust!

I’m in Manchester, I’ve not really driven the 90bhp, (I’m spoilt and drive a Superb!) but the 105 goes really well. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the same engine with a different engine map to be honest.

Just to chuck a spanner in the works, you can get a brand new mid spec Octavia SE 1.6 petrol for £10995 at the moment!

I’m a Skoda Sales Manager, the new 1.6CR is a fantastic engine. It’s a lot smoother than the old 1.9PD but with the same power and better fuel consumption.

The Fabias are currently available VAT free which leaves no margin for the dealer, you might get a set of mats but don’t expect anything more.
The 105bhp has a long lead time at the moment (up to 6 months), but the 75bhp or 90bhp variants seem to be coming through quicker.

If you’re after an Octavia with a diesel engine then there’s no offer on those and there’s a long wait.

Let me know if you need more info and I’ll give you my email or phone number.

Well, he seems all right to me, did a deal via email, paid by paypal on Sunday and bearings just arrived.

Yes, I’m quite prepared to ‘give it a go’, but it will still cost me £35 so just thought I’d check first.

I’ve ordered some off kaesae now. Hopefully the bearings will be as good as his service and price.

If they are, I’ll be getting more from him in the future, that’s for sure!

Nice one,

I’ve emailed you with what I need, so rather than having 2 conversations, let’s stick to the email.

Ant

Cheers guys, I’ve sent him an email.

Bearing King looks good

Budget or SKF for twice the price??

Cheers guys, does anyone know kaesae’s Ebay user name?

£50 for the Black Chili 2.2 USTs according to Conti UK.

High Rollers are about £35

Looks like they’ve updated them then, mine were deffo not BC compound, I remember checking out Contis website when I bought them.

Go with the RQs then, but try and get the latest chilli ones. Ribble have them on offer at £29 at the moment, but I suspect that’ll be the older ones.

Normal RQ 2.2 is Black Chilli, the Tubeless one isn’t, although the 2.4 Tubeless is?????

nextdaytyres has good info on compounds and weights etc.

I’ve run 2.2 RQ USTs front and rear on my Five and I really rated them. They’re not black chilli in this size though. I’ve since had 2.2 UST Nobby Nics and am now on to 2.35UST High rollers.
To be honest they’ve all been good although the HRs and RQs are probably the better of the three.

If I could be sure that the non-UST Black Chilli RQs would work well on my 819 rims, I’d definitely get them next time.
The UST HRs are lighter, which is why I’ve ended up with them now and will probably stick with them

I’ve also got non UST HRs on Mavic 321 rims (running ghetto tubeless) on my Orange Blood.

So in summary, the HR USTs are good, the non UST HRs are also good tubeless and the Tubeless RQs were also very good.

Hope that helps!?!?!?!

Maybe get some routing ideas from here

Second recommendation for the PCP.

Most new cars are available on a PCP with an attractive APR too, used cars up to about 3 years old are also eligible, depending on mileage.
After the 2 or 3 years that you sign for, you can give it back, buy it, or sell it/trade it in, anything above the guranteed value is yours to keep. As long as you stick to the agreed mileage and look after it, there’s no risk.

If you go for a lease, they are not designed to be ended early, so if your circumstances changed, you’d be stuck with it.
A PCP is just like a normal HP agreement with an offset final payment so you can settle it whenever you wish. [/car sales manager mode]

Not a Five but my Blood is Neon Green (My five is Chrome Grey)

The neon does change shade depending what light is on it. Photos and pictures on PCs just don’t do them justice. In natural light and in real life, they really are bright!

Jawbones and Stitch just arrived. Tiny tiny mark on one lens of Jawbones, but doubt I’d have seen it if I didn’t know they were seconds, the box is a bit bashed but, who cares. Nowt wrong with the Stitch though.

20% doesn’t sound like enough of a price difference to me, it’ll always be worth less and takes your potential buyers done to only a handful. 40% sounds more like it to me.

I did mine a few weeks back, ghetto style. Running non UST High Rollers with some Stans, worked fine for the last 5 rides. I know that’s not quite what you asked, but it may be useful all the same.

Jawbones ordered (£75 with discount) similar pair on Ebay for £83, so if I don’t like them, they won’t be going back!

and a pair of Twitch for a lad at work!

Absolute bargain with the discount code, big thumbs up!

I’ve got a KS on my 5, after 5 weeks it started to spin clockwise and wouldn’t go down, sent it back and it’s been fine for the last few months. It’s actually smoother now it’s been rebuilt. Leisure Lakes told me they all break once and are then much smoother and more reliable once they’ve been rebuilt.

Must be some 8 year old cheap labourer in Taiwan who makes them and a bearded man in a white jacket somewhere in the UK who fixes them!

Can I change my mind please?

GTO

Think I got snapped by a sneaky b*d in a van this morning, about 36mph in a 30 zone so hopefully I’ll get offered a course as it’s my first time in 16 years of driving…..

Ring the surveyors and see if Allen works there.

You’re ALL wrong

Odi rogues.

Not a mechanic but I do work in a Skoda/SEAT dealer, very common problem and the Cupra ones are harder wearing but will give more vibration/road noise etc. As far as I know you’ll need a special tool to push out the old and push in the new.

I got a set from Orange for free! Had to buy an ex demo Blood off them as well though, the bars were a deal sweetner to go on my other Orange.

I’ve got an 09 Rock Ridge, great bike to ride, p!ss poor paint durability though

Here’s a picture of mine when the suspension is compressed – not pretty is it?

I know what you mean, i’ve just released the cable from the top fastner on the seat stay and zip tied it to the rear mech cable, seems to have done the trick as it now kinks in a wider curve.

Write to them telling them that you have the frame and will store the frame for them and they must collect it at by a certain date. If it is not collected by this date then they will incur storage costs of £30 per day.

Orange told me it might shrink, which is why they’d invalidate the warranty.

I’d enquired a few years back when I bough my Five, I found a company over Burnley way who’d do it satin black for just £30, if I gave them a naked frame.

Orange said they’d supply me the bike bare and in pices, but would invalidate the warranty, so I didn’t bother, but now it’s out of warranty, I’m thinking about it again.

Last minute entry, Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Tower on Darwen Moor

x construct (game where you build rail bridges from a set amount of girders), slice it (cut shapes into equal sizes with specific number of cuts)

They both sound really sh!t, but keep me occupied when I’m on the throne!

and LED scroller can be fun in the pub or a traffic jam.

I flew to Jersey with AirUK a couple of times in the early ’90s.

With propellers too!