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  1. Kumho PS71 tyres improve the ride and handling rather a lot over the run flats they're blighted with from the factory. Kumho PS71 are a decent tyre at a more sensible price. They're not run flats...
  2. I drove a 911 with Sportomatic many years ago, same kinda thing.
  3. Probably the moment my new pressure washer was delivered... #RainGod
  4. Mini has left the fleet. Golf V6 exhumed from its five year slumber and about to be resurrected. I've kept the big stereo from the Mini, and I've been collecting bits for the Golf for the last few years, so now it's the time to bring it back to life. Much swearing about Haldex to follow..
  5. I need to do this to my Golf V6. Handy write-up. Ta!
  6. That's exactly where it goes. I do a lot of miles and I've got used to having Bluetooth for the phone, it's the first thing I fit to all my cars. Music streaming is something else I like to have, but I like everything to feel like it has always been there. Your solution is a good one, I'll consider doing that to my Mercedes, that has factory nav and the phone is via a Bluetooth puck in the factory cradle. So I can use the nav unit to dial etc. It's too old for streaming, so I play tunes via the aux function in that. Your fix would work in that as I can Bluetooth to that for audio, and to the puck for calls.
  7. You didn't actually post a link initially, so we were guessing. The Škoda doesn't have an aux jack as such. This little box does add an aux, an SD, USB and Bluetooth.
  8. More budget solutions are certainly available, it's just I wanted this to be invisible (other than the mic) and to work as close to factree as possible. Which it does. I've got a few of those Bluetooth radio tuner things, but this just seemed to be a nice solution.
  9. I've got an R53 Works 210 I'll be selling soon.
  10. Fitted a Bluetooth gadget to the Škoda. It replaces the CD changer but allows streaming and handsfree calling without replacing the head unit, and it's clever enough that the steering wheel controls work for skipping tracks / answering calls etc. Škoda doesn't have phone buttons on the steering wheel, but if listening to BT audio and someone calls just press "fast forward / next track" and it answers, press "rewind / previous" to hang up. Works with some BMW / Volvo / Mini / Rover stuff as well. Sound quality decent and it deals with phone calls well. Decent buy at £65 if you have a suitable car with a stereo / Nav you don't want to change. Took about an hour to fit. 5 min to connect, the rest of the time routing wires and finding somewhere for the emulator box to live and running the mic wiring. Emulator has mini SD card / Aux / USB options, but as I never use those I just fitted the emulator behind the head unit. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125695721430?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=8f3JNLk1Qz2&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=TXtpwOKASy2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
  11. Day of Škoda fettling. AC now vacuum tested, regassed and working correctly. ECUs interrogated and nothing to worry about. No engine codes or anything scary. AC code for low gas, now rectified. Faulty parking sensor identified, so I'll get one on order. Pollen filter on order. I reckon this thing would piss another 260k.
  12. Another one in the fleet. 2.0 TDI Škoda Superb Elegance. Never been a taxi, very well maintained, bizarrely rusty boot lid. Usual Škoda mileage rules apply.
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