The japs must have employed a cockney product designer though who names their motors with subliminal messages with cars called "yaris" I mean c'mon, what the fook does that mean...apart from you gotta be a rite arseole to wanna drive one of em:eek:

I had an 02 D4d hilux double cab with all the extras, leather, aircon, chrome this and that, black with silver arches and a nice looking snugtop...27mpg thrashing the nuts off it everywhere.....:eek: ****E compared with the 2001 disco es I now have. Got it from new ex belgium (UK type approved...

Yeah not really convinced myself by this "engineers" opinion....like he dont give a toss if you buy their product....much. Lets face it, if he said add goats **** to yur oil cause itll do it good, wud yu:rolleyes:

Dont know if the last post on this link makes anyone feel any better The Split Screen Van Club :: View topic - Gearbox Oil

Pray I beg to differ, I am most concerned at the misquoted statistical information...the figure must surely be 0.432:confused:

Just been discussing this very issue on the vw splitscreen van club forum and thought this link may help some of youse fellas source some oil. Paul. Untitled Document

Thanks chaps, I did re-check what I had tampered with when emptying the excess water, so will check out the other suggestions. Charles, I have deposited the secret ingredient into the S3 overdrive, just waiting to clock up a few more miles to see if it makes a difference, will keep you...

Seem to be getting a strong smell of diesel when I get out of the car sometimes. The smell seems to be strongest around the rear off side wheel arch and I have checked the obvious for signs of puddles, but nothing. A while ago I had the warning light come on warning about excessive water in...

No the motto in my local town is "cor look at the way that sheep is standing all sexy like"......sorry, no its not, I thought I was welsh for a minute.:eek:

What part of norfolk you at? I may have a few contacts you could try but I'm in North Norfolk...and I aint talking bout getting yerself an old tom or banging one out neever, like some of the other depraived sex pests on ere!!

Well I take back any derogatory statement that I made about paddocks, my mirrors where a straight swap and a bit of cake to put on....On reflection I think I was a bit hasty and looking back now everythings crystal clear.....

I reckon paddocks are taking the **** really. They are advertised as mirrors for s3 and the picture shows the "defender" style mirror, but theres no mention of needing to replace the top hinge or any mods needed. I may have given it a second thought then.

****!!! I just bought the very same for our 72 s3. havent had a look at putting them on but will have a gander in the morning:(

Bit of redex and a slight retard (not describing the driver) it is then, thanks fellas.

I'm no expert at all, but I replaced mine in 15 mins or so. I tried the jacking up of car etc etc etc, but just couldnt get to the top clip easily. Asked a mate who has a mate who is a LR mechanic. He said, jack the body up, not the car (suspension). So on the second and successfull attempt I...

Just replaced points/plugs/condenser/ht leads/dizzy cap/rotor & coil. Motor runs (or seems to anyway, fine) but just noticed a couple of times today that when I switched it, off it over ran a bit. Dont know whether its a timing fault or not cause theres no pinking/backfire or loss of power or...

Like the sound of that! may have trouble getting a paint match though and I dont fancy having to do the whole motor. From one of the above links, I reckon ours is Lincoln Green as its a 72. (I may be wrong though)

Thanks for that, what about the colour though, is it just a standard colour I would ask for, perhaps specific to year (72) or is there just one type of green cause I want it to look reasonably similar to the rest of the motor.

Our swb S3 has got hand painted front wings/bonnet and front panel. The brush marks are like tram lines on the crawler lane of the M62. Its falking off the bonnet aswell. I dont want to do a pro looking respray, just want to be able to park it without people looking at the wings and thinking...

Where can you get hold of that stuff then? Thanks Paul