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Can anyone put these in order(lowest to highest spec)? Ford: _________________VW: __________________Seat: Aspen ________________S_____________________ S LX ___________________SE ____________________SE GLX __________________Sport __________________Stylance Ghia _________________GL ____________________Referance Ghia X ________________CL ____________________SX If i've got mk1 and mk2 mixed up, then please can you leave out the mk1's? thanks alot

Well, seeing as thats the only auto available, I think i'm gunna have to go for that (want an 01,02 plateish, something a bit more flash and hopefully doesn't have problems, just like my current gal!! :D seriously...i guess i'm quite lucky compared to some of you guys, 2 gals and next to 0 problems).... Andrew: When you say early MK 2's, how early do you mean? possible to give any dates? Everyone: I'm looking to spend 6K on an 01/02 model.....is this realistic? If so, do you know of any good deals out there? also, if anyone has the above model, then could you please confirm/rectify the above figures? all the diesels seem to have the same sized engine but different bhp's...seems a bit weird thanks!

I use Red-Ex and I'm currently managing 575 miles to about 60 litres of fuel from my diesel auto. Thats for commuting and and business. That averages out better than the book figure, so it would be an arguement for Red-Ex. that means you're getting 43.5 MPG....IIRC, that average for a diesel.....i dont think thats helping

urm, no offence but what are you trying to emphasize? those dots?

is this just a load of bull? does Red-ex decrease fuel consumption?

An LPG conversion will certainly save you the most money in the long term. But not everyone is willing to spend

I never knew that different tyres make a different amont of noise when driving at around 40 mph plus..... now that i do know, before i change my tyres, I would like to know your comparisons....i.e if you've changed at least two tyres in the same go, to the same make, did you notice an increase or decrease in road noise? Please state: old make new make whether old or new was/is quieter. Thanks! p.s how much tread depth does a brand new tyre have?

- remove head unit..............................................yep - unplug multicanger lead from back of head unit....yep, you should end up with sockets like in the pic above -purchase twin phono to 3.5 mm lead.....................yep i think the five metre should be sufficient, but look at the wiring route to see if you need a longer cable - connect lead to back of stereo............................yep - route lead through to dasboard area ...................yep - fix headunit back...............................................yep - purcase ipod cradle............................................your choice - sit ipod in cradle on dashboard near to steering wheel connect lead into headphone socket on ipod and use ipod controls to play music when on the move.........yep ""- oh and make sure a cd is in multi changer (dont quite get that bit)"" here's the story behind the above^^..... If you select radio on you stereo, the stereo will start processing the information received from the aerial and from that convert it into sound. So basically the sound enters via the aeiral and is sent directly though to the speakers via the speaker cable. If you select tape, it starts to rotate the tape and the differences in magnetic strength received from the tape is converted into sound in the head unit and that sound is sent to the speakers via the speaker cable. If you select CD, the CD multichanger does all the hard work. During this process, power is sent to the multichanger so it can spin the CD. The multichanger then converts the laser's information into sound and sends it back to the head unit and all the head unit does is amplify sound coming from the cd multichanger and sends it to the speakers. Now the sound the multichanger sends, enters the head unit in those sockets shown in the picture above. (is is here that you are intercepting the source of the sound and changing it to your ipod) Now that i've told you all that, you know that the only time the head unit will send sound to the speakers from those red and white sockets is, when you have selected "CD" on the head unit....when its on radio it will send sound from the aerial, when its on tape, it will send sound from the tape and when its off, it will not send sound from anywhere...all you have to do is pump sound to those sockets from your ipod. The reason why I say make sure you steal you're mother in law's best CD and put it in the multichanger is that if you select "CD" on the head unit and there is no magazine in the multichanger, the head unit just turns off (well, mine does) and if it does turn off, it stops sending sound to the speakers. If you do have a magazine in it but there are no CD's in it, again, it just turns off so therefore all you have to do is put any old CD in it and if you've only got one, put it on repeat because, if you dont, it will reach the end of the CD and switch off (i think) "By the bold bits, I'm emphasizing that when using radio and tape, the sound is made in the head unit whereas in the CD, the sound is made in the multichanger." With regards to the sound quality, you might need to adjust the equilizer on the ipod and the bass/ treble settings on the head unit, also, you will need to find the best volume to keep the ipod at, and then keep it there and use the radio volume as the main adjuster. by the way you can also connect your laptop by doing the same as above how come in three years you've only posted 17 times? about charging: just get a ciggy lighter charger It'd be nice to know make/model of your car and also which stereo you have fitted to it.... Notice To Other Readers: Some of the above information may not be true but this is a fool proof explaination so there :D

t reg ghia auto 110bhp hey, do you have 6 gears?

hmmm....thats kinda confused me. I'm basically looking for a gal/alhambra/sharan which does the most miles to the gallon and is also an auto (obviously its goto be a diesel). At the moment i have a 4 speed gear box....a 5 speed gearbox will bring the rev's down and reduce fuel consumption (which by the way i could have told you when i was five. why did it take them sooo long to figure this out?) I previously asked which MK2 diesel, automatic has the best MPG? The reason i said MK2 was that i thought all MK2's have a 5 speed auto gearbox but according to the info above it doesnt seem so. I also dont see how the auto option reduces the mpg by 7 miles on the 115 bhp option... my computer says, at the end of a tank of fuel, around 44 mpg(normal driving) if i really push it i can get around 55....the manaul option also has around the same figures so therefore 36.2 seems very low.

so will built in FM transmitters be legal?

which MK2 diesel, automatic has the best MPG? 115 bhp? 130 bhp 150 bhp any other bhp? do all mk2's have tiptronic? which one is better? and has less problems should i say!?!? mk1 or mk2? surely ford managed to rectify the mk1 problems on the mk2?

right...now it makes sense!

yep MM's right....its the most hassle free method of doing it....of course the itrip only works with ipods whereas my methods works with almost all walkmans i guess. MM: what do you mean by hard wiring it? it doesn't need a power supply. its power source is the ipod and it emits FM radiowaves....

you can get a cassette which has a wire coming out of one corner( a 3.5mm jack, the same connection at the end of you're headphones) you simply insert this in the headphones socket on your ipod and pop the cassette in, but i have to admit you can tell that there's something funny about the sound quality.....you can tell that the connection isn't good. (thats the easy way out)^^^^^ heres how i've done it in my car: (i've got a sony with 6 disc mutichanger) Go to a good ICE shop, or, my favorite: maplin!! :blink: here you can get non-standard wires. buy a Twin Phono to 3.5mm Stereo Jack Lead (see picture below) that stereo jack obviously fits in the ipod and the other end can either fit in the back of your stereo (see 2nd picture) - in place of where the cd changer's connectors go. Here, i guess the snag is that you'll have to keep on pulling the head unit out, switch the cables around for when you want the ipod and switch it again for the cd player. or it can fit next to your CD changer. for this you need the Twin Phono Coupler (see picture) (because you can't join two male ends of the wires together...you'll understand when you see it) I think you're cd changer will have two connections as well...one is for power and changing the disc ect. the other, is the other end of the phono leads that start from your head unit and end at your cd changer (to carry the sound) now if you unplug this connection, plug in the Twin Phono Coupler and then plug in your Twin Phono to 3.5mm Stereo Jack Lead. in both these cases, have you cd player running on any cd but make sure that you have a cd in it...if you only have on then set it on repeat. of course, you'll have to switch the connection around when you want to listen to the cd again (surely your cd's are already on you ipod!) there is a way out to having to keep on changing the connections around....if you want to how to do this then just say so. the thing with this is that unless the cd player is close to the driver's seat, you'll have a wire hanging from the cd player to wherever the ipod is. if you're happy with that then fine, otherwise again, just say so... any other questions...yep you've guessed it! just say so! :rolleyes:

by unclip do you mean pull towards the front of the car? its not secured to the filter is it? (no unscrewing, no bolts right?)

i guess this ought to do the job for that....http://www.wartner.co.uk/tv%20ad liquid nitrogen!

thanks gaza007, but the thing is trying to put a minifuse in place of the temp sensor is hard because of the limited access available...i can barely see it let alone get my hands in there...

I would like to disconnect the temp sensor.....can i do this by pulling out some wires from the aux heater itself (its getting colder and thought it would be a good idea to see if it works before the winter months)

thanks for the info....if only a couple more of you could do the same.... im surprised its inside the filler cap....mine is on the drivers A pillar we both have 99 T's :blink:

i myself have a satnav with the POI's on it from pockectgpsworld.... its my uncle who wants it...I told him he can get something like what i have but he said "i want something that tells me about every camera", aka even those lasers that the police use....I told him ok, lemme do my research so here I am! :angry: the database from pocketgps does has quite a few false alerts and thats something he would definitely wouldn't want (it also doesn't cover the police speed check areas) i was looking the the 'new road angel' and underneath the price tag it said first six months of updates are free so I ask 'em if you've got a laser detector the surely you wouldn't need to update it, he says: the updates are for static cameras the laser detector is for the laser guns used by police i.e non static cameras but he also say that the police are only allowed to speed check in designated areas if the above is true then you can easily add those areas as POI's on the satnav and then there's no need for a laser detector right? also, what happens when there's an unmarked police car behind you with one of those cameras (just like in road wars) do they use lasers or does it show the speed of the police car? the halfords guy also said the 360 degree laser detector has about one second to tell you that someones fired a laser on you and by that time its too late.... also, how can it be 360 degree detection? if its fitted to the windscreen theb there's the all the pillars and the seats blocking its view, i highly doubt it can do 360 degrees...

I would like to enquire about these gadgets and was wondering whether there's someone out there with extensive knowledge on this topic..... anyone know alot about these things?

please can you guys do the underlined above ^^ next time you use your bus....it only takes 10-15 seconds to do :unsure:

thanks for the info ghia-x bigjeeze: i've been around with my tomtom in about five different cars and they've all overread....this was also backed up by some website which said that they were allowed to, by law, overread but only by a coupleish %

how do you reverse it?