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Think my oil pump has gone but hoping its may be alternator or something less £. Currently car is in Gatwick long stay car park I had to drive round m25 to get there for 50 miles so at 70mph and no issues then, when I got to slower speeds / idle at the car park barrior engine sounded like...

I know the feeling lol, were can you get keys from that actually work ?

Had my a3 1.8t nearly 10 yrs now and the suspension could do with an overhaul, the steering and handling feel slack and fagiue. Im not bothered about lowering I just want a nicer steer. What do people recommend I can buy parts and get my garage to fit? Thanks

Working it out I hadnt driven car for a week so light must of been on for that time so 7 day drain. Do you recon the battery might be toast now ?

Went out to car this eve to find flat battery my own fault left interior on, I seem to do this alot. I want one of those jump starter battery pack things so I dont have to depend on others any one recommend one, its a 1.8t ? I dont want to spend big £ but enough to get something decent.

Paid about 340 all in I supplied parts, did cambelt, water pump, aux belt etc this was in north london at an indie in Dec 2012

Just spent 35mins clearing screen snow frozen, tesco de-icer was useless supposed to be upto -15 but not effective.

Ive got 1930's 3 bed semi, high lime scale area, paying about same as orignal poster for gas per month in winter. I've got double glazing, loft and floor insulation but walls solid so no cavety insulation possible. House is a ***** to heat even with big bills still feels cold people complain...

last job i got required 5 interviews and 2 case studies. The case studies I had to read a scenerio they gave me they present my findings and recomendations.

Rang council and ticket was cancelled was supprised tbh. I had ran out of my house in just my pants to talk to him so may be the sight of that made him feel sorry for me lol

same problem ive had it 3 years, i listen to radio and dug out my old early 90's Graham Park and Groove Rider dj tapes lol. CD is basically jamed you need to get the unit out and try and open it up to sort it out. It seems to common issue, I dont have security code for mine so never bothered...

Its the 'average mpg' so the more miles you have driven since last reset the more miles you will have to drive in style that would change it to see any impact. It appears to be correct now after resetting as the average is worked out on fewer miles so you see more of a shift with less driving...

Will call council tomorrow to find out ticket, if it hasnt been cancelled it looks like warden was shafting me by saying he cancelled it and taking the ticket on purpose so I ended up paying the full non reduced rate as some kind of punishment. I wasnt aggressive but did say its "f-ing xmas eve"...

I saw warden putting the ticket on car so ticket was issued, I spoke to him and he said he would cancel ticket he took the ticket. Great I thought then during hours after I started thinking Im sure wardens cant cancel once issued, googled it and though I cannot find anything for my council what...

what was it in the end ? Ive started to get a knock on startup but goes after a couple of mins.