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Chris the Fish
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Will it matter CC, I understand you never go back....

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Chris the Fish wrote:
Will it matter CC, I understand you never go back....


Thats right, the lady's not for turning :D

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You can always practice your handbrake turns now :lol:
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You can always practice your handbrake turns now :lol:


On my driveway......with a new garage door?

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captain cab wrote:
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You can always practice your handbrake turns now :lol:


On my driveway......with a new garage door?

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Get good at it, quickly! :lol:

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After not quite one month back on the road, the disappointing skoda is now back off the road with another broken gearbox.

:cry:

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After not quite one month back on the road, the disappointing skoda is now back off the road with another broken gearbox.

:cry:

CC


Did you change the DMF to a single system??? as the DMF could be the cause of the problem

Whats gone wrong this time is it stuck in gear or wont change, was the slave cylinder changed or bled ???

Get it repaired and get shot of it if its paid for if its on finance get them to take it back if half paid for
Then call the taxi centre and they will bring you a nice shiny new one down or you could go to Telfords and get them to match the taxi centre deal most dealers will
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captain cab wrote:
After not quite one month back on the road, the disappointing skoda is now back off the road with another broken gearbox.

:cry:

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Maybe it be cheaper just to change it for something else...
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There's an 03 plate Skoda Superb around here that has 330000 on the clock. I used it (as a full fare paying passenger) the other week and was chatting to the driver about it.
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I know the Captain has had big problems with his Skoda, but I can only repeat again my tale re my old Octavia.

I had it four years, never had a problem with the clutch or gear box, and it drove better after 150,000 miles than the Mondeo I replaced it with did at 150 miles.

That said my new Mondeo is fab. :wink:

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skippy41 wrote:
captain cab wrote:
After not quite one month back on the road, the disappointing skoda is now back off the road with another broken gearbox.

:cry:

CC


Did you change the DMF to a single system??? as the DMF could be the cause of the problem

Whats gone wrong this time is it stuck in gear or wont change, was the slave cylinder changed or bled ???

Get it repaired and get shot of it if its paid for if its on finance get them to take it back if half paid for
Then call the taxi centre and they will bring you a nice shiny new one down or you could go to Telfords and get them to match the taxi centre deal most dealers will


Solid mass is the way to go I'm affriad.

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skippy41 wrote:
captain cab wrote:
After not quite one month back on the road, the disappointing skoda is now back off the road with another broken gearbox.

:cry:

CC


Did you change the DMF to a single system??? as the DMF could be the cause of the problem

Whats gone wrong this time is it stuck in gear or wont change, was the slave cylinder changed or bled ???

Get it repaired and get shot of it if its paid for if its on finance get them to take it back if half paid for
Then call the taxi centre and they will bring you a nice shiny new one down or you could go to Telfords and get them to match the taxi centre deal most dealers will


Solid mass is the way to go I'm affriad.


Agreed.
Two years since I converted my Sharan to a solid flywheel and no problems so far.

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captain cab wrote:
After not quite one month back on the road, the disappointing skoda is now back off the road with another broken gearbox.

:cry:

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so just HOW do you drive it then?

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Back on the road, third gearbox in as many months.......the waterpump seems to have gone now ffs.

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