Joey

Have to agree with the weight on the seats but then again the money you'll save in gym membership will help towards the garage bills when it goes wrong. Also I have a 2002 ghia spec with the sports seats. These don't come with the swivel option or the heating pads but are so much more comfortable and supportive than the standard ones I had in my Mk1.

I wanted a bit of advice from you. My car is in the garage at the moment having a new clutch fitted and when the mechanic phoned his supplier they told him that they wouldn't warrant the new clutch without the DMF being replaced at the same time (even thought they are sold seperately and not as one item). He was bemused by this so phoned a different supllier and they told him it that was BS and they warrant the clutch without a new DMF being fitted (their clutch kit is also cheaper) so he's fitting the clutch and will only replace the DMF if it's outside of the normal wear parameters. Anyway I was just wondering if anyone else has come across this 'advice' when having their clutch replaced.

I might still have the one I took out of my old galaxy unless I threw it out yesterday. If I do still have it then you can have it for the price of the postage. I'll pm you to let you know.

Definitely! 24mpg on the way to pick her up in the V6, 49mpg on the way back. Same roads, same traffic and actually drove faster on the way home. History - Ford until 2005, Then Independents (83k on the clock) Price £6995 Spec - 115bhp 6 speed, panther black, 18" RS6 alloys (garage refurbished them before I picked it up), 6 electric windows, heated screens, climate control, full (absolutely stunning) cream leather interior with front sports seats, cruise control, radio/cassette/multichanger, dvd player, flip down screen, front and rear parking sensors, tinted windows etc.

You need touse a Dexron III fluid. I used Comma ATF from my local motor factors and paid £18.99 for 5 litres. Halfords also sell the same stuff but it is £21.99 there. If your doind a simple drain and refill then you need approx 3 litres but I would suggest taking the sump off and changing the filter (VW call it the oil strainer) but you will need 6-7 litres of fluid. you need to bring the tansmission fluid up to temp before draining (you can either use VAG-COM to check the temp or idle the car for about 5-10mins)

Finally picked up my MkII. I must say that going from a V6 to a diesel isn't as bad as I thought. In fact It feels like it's got more grunt. Here a few pics

Noit was just with the power loss and stalling. The rev counter may not belinked and could be a dodgy connection to the clocks or the rev counter itself. If it is the rev counter then I have a spare one out of my V6 you can have the cost of postage.

See my reply for the thread 2.3 Ghiax Intermittent loss of power, may help you. Joey

I had this problem on my V6 so don't know if the same may work for you. Anyway what I found was that VAG-COM showed the error that there was an intermittent short to gorund for the MAF. When I looked at the earth wire (which sits at the middle rear of the engine, ask someone with TIS to send you a diagram of the earth points) all the protective plastic had chaffed and the bare wire was exosed and had hardened. I just re-cut the wire and wrapped plenty of electrical tape around it has solved the problem. HTH Joey

I don't know about veggieoil but the VW Audigroup were the first to allow bio-diesel to be used in there pd engines made between 1990 and 2004 without affecting the warranty. you can read the article here http://www.biodieselfillingstations.co.uk/approvals.htm

Even though Ford own and make Jaguar cars, ford alloys wont fit the galaxy as it's a VW. If you are in the market for second hand alloys then you ned some from either a VW oran Audi.

I took a coupleof months of use before mine came unstuck for good!!! Put up with it for now and it will fix itself (unlike all the other probs galaxy's have)

Well you did say it's outside an Irish sports bar :)

On my Mk1 V6 i've got 215/55/16 Linglong L688 bought from www.mytyres.co.uk

When you look at power output it's the torque figure thats important in how powerful the engine is as bhp is a calculation of torque. It's a way of making one engine sound better than the other when they both technically produce the same torque. You can find a detailed explanation here http://www.pumaracing.co.uk/POWER1.htm