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This made I chuckle

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVeIEJIlBGC/?img_index=8&igsh=OGl0dzEwdnJxY2Iy

Saw diesel at £1.65 on my way to work which is taking the piss. That said it's still well below £2.01 which it got to in 2022...

One (Asian) independent garage close to me is 179.9p for diesel, plenty of folk using it when I pass.

This chappie is charging 194.9 for diesel today, and people are still buying it.

If you need it, you need it.  I guess. 

This made I chuckle

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVeIEJIlBGC/?img_index=8&igsh=OGl0dzEwdnJxY2Iy

Saw diesel at £1.65 on my way to work which is taking the piss. That said it's still well below £2.01 which it got to in 2022...

One (Asian) independent garage close to me is 179.9p for diesel, plenty of folk using it when I pass.

This chappie is charging 194.9 for diesel today, and people are still buying it.

The 2000 was a nice size car for trips to Grandparents in Durham  and Aberdeen.

At some point we ended up with a Dolomite Sprint 1850 quite nippy

Dolly Sprint was 2 litre. Standard Dolomite was 1850, Skruntie.

My mate had a Triumph Toledo. I think it was a 1300, but maybe 1100. 

It leaked oil from the rocker cover and when we took it off we found someone had made a gasket with tin foil. 

Toledo was a 1300......took over from the Triumph 1300.

I expect it was so knackered that it felt like an 1100! 

The first Mrs Opti owned one.

From memory about 60 BHP and a top whack of about 80 MPH.

Nice bit of wood on the dash though.

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I’m going to pull the caravan tomorrow so fingers crossed it’s going to be okay.
I’ll PM you with the full story when I get back so you know what’s gone on.
It’s an epic that will make you laugh, cry all at the same time.
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Thanks ☺️

I know that Nigel (Entwood) was very happy with his A6 Allroad as a tow car.    The BiTdi pulls like a train, has the better 8 speed ZF-8HP gearbox (as opposed to the 7 speed S Tronic) to handle the extra torque and has a decent kerb weight, so is ideal for towing.
The story behind your purchase sounds intriguing.    Hope it serves you well. 

Translation: 'Hurry up and spill your guts. I'm in suspenders here' 

Good vid, Opti. I did look at some like that but substantially dearer. After some thought as to whether I would get the use of them, taking a number of factors into account, versus the price, I, or should I say swmbo, decided that the ramps at £150 would be better value. 👍🏻😀

Perhaps you can get around the problem of cost by buying them as a birthday present.

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I’m going to pull the caravan tomorrow so fingers crossed it’s going to be okay.
I’ll PM you with the full story when I get back so you know what’s gone on.
It’s an epic that will make you laugh, cry all at the same time.
…….
Thanks ☺️

I know that Nigel (Entwood) was very happy with his A6 Allroad as a tow car.    The BiTdi pulls like a train, has the better 8 speed ZF-8HP gearbox (as opposed to the 7 speed S Tronic) to handle the extra torque and has a decent kerb weight, so is ideal for towing.
The story behind your purchase sounds intriguing.    Hope it serves you well. 

Given Bose do not make automotive audio systems, and that the Bose system will be little more than an amp, maybe different speakers, and 'Bose approved' tuning file, you won't be missing much (they are also probably the worst of the badged systems out there).

I would be moving your existing solution over (assuming the speakers fit!), you should be pretty safe using the speaker level feeds

Sounds good that.
Cheers Mark

Thank for your reply mate.
Not exactly 
I don’t want to say anything over a public forum yet as I’m about to go legal to try and recover some of the money spent.
I’m going to pull the caravan tomorrow so fingers crossed it’s going to be okay.
I’ll PM you with the full story when I get back so you know what’s gone on.
It’s a epic that will make you laugh, cry all at the same time.

I’ll see if I can find someone with the VAG software and check that node.
Thanks ☺️

After some thought as to whether I would get the use of them, taking a number of factors into account, versus the price, I, or should I say swmbo, decided that the ramps at £150 would be better value. 👍🏻😀

Are the £150’ish ramps the type that you drive on to and then jack up Tony?  The front bumper of my car is so low that I can’t drive up ramps so I have to put a trolley jack under both sides and then push the ramps under the wheels.    I tried using the run up ramps that came with them to lower the run up but it bent the ramps on the rung it fits to. 
To be honest, I find going up ramps unnerving. I worry if one of them might skid forward, or I might fly off the end of them or fly off the side of them. 

If it's any comfort, the chances of all three things happening at once is pretty reasonable slim

 

My really old set of ramps collapsed as I reversed up them. That didn’t do my nerves any good. 

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Have you got access to VCDS (VAG-COM Diagnostic System) or OBDeleven?  This would allow you to scan the ‘Level Control Module’ for any fault codes, and to check/recalibrate the level sensors.

Just looked at mine and Module 34 on VCDS brings up the Level Control module. Maybe someone nearer to you can run a scan on it. Mine isn’t an Allroad so I’ve never had the need to use this module.