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I was born at the wrong time. I never got to buy (or more accurately, insure) a proper '90s hot hatch, and now they cost way too much for what they are. At least the new clutch is in. Saw the old one and it had plenty of life in it, but it was the original one with 165k on it. I'm looking...

Knowing my luck I'll find out it's already mapped, given it started its life as a fleet car and had 80k on it by the time it was 3 years old and I bought it in 2008. Unless all PD150s are unusable in first gear and there's that much torque out of the box, in which case, more of that, please...

Trouble is that there's nowhere around here that I know of that's any good. Darkside is oop north and searching for anything within even 100 miles of Brighton brings up the usual suspects - the flashy websites with pictures of Porsches, BMWs and Audis that always turn out to be flash remaps from...

Changing the battery seems to have made a lot of difference - the smoke on startup seems to have gone, even when I've left the car a few days, so I'm guessing when it was struggling to turn over, fuel was still being injected into the engine and the smoke was probably to do with that. Changed...

I've got one for the offside rear door you'd be welcome to have. There's a scuff on one end of it, but if you're painting it, that wouldn't be an issue. It would be a couple of weeks as it's on the car at the moment and need to swap it with the one from my old door. They come off easily enough...

Glad I bought some new pants today, because I'm going to have to change them after seeing that...

You could eat your dinner off my EGR valve, You'd get soot all over your food, but still, the offer's there. It's actually pretty good. I took it out a few years ago, when I didn't realise what short trips would do to the car. Funny to think I'm servicing and fixing my car these days, when...

Finally ordered a new battery. Getting a bit tired of always wondering if it's going to start or not. Noticed I'm getting white smoke from the exhaust when I start the car (diesel) and it feels like it's struggling if I don't rev it a bit first. After that, it's fine, but I'm wondering if it's...

The mileage history on that car is a sight to behold. 5,000 miles in the first five years, then 32,000 in the space of a year. Horrified to discover it's not a real Maybach. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Anyone got any use for these? Nothing wrong with either - the bonnet has my tatty rattle can job, and the door the lacquer is coming off below where the window seal goes. I feel bad about taking them to the tip, especially as there's nothing wrong with them, but the landlord isn't too fond...

Now that looks like a good deal. I'm not doing miles at the moment so probably won't replace the tyres until nearer the next MoT, but I don't think I've tried Goodyear before - are they any good? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I had moisture in my boost pipes a year ago. Had no idea where it was coming from, but when I was trying to get a better look at the engine, I must have grabbed the PCV elbow and my hand got absolutely covered in oil. I don't think I'd have had any idea anything was wrong with that unless I did...

The bleed nipples on the master cylinder are an utter pig to get to and get a tool on, but bleeding it does make a big difference. I stripped the threads of one of the rear brake calipers a few years back and lost most of my brake fluid, so it's likely I need to bleed the ABS too, but that's a...

The basics are pretty similar, but it's quite different in some important ways. I love Charles, but I take out the peg and dowel by screwing a decking screw into the centre and then pull it out with pliers or a claw hammer - you don't risk dinging the door that way. You definitely don't need to...

In short, nope. Taking the window out is the official SEAT way of doing it, and I remember taking the window out when I did the front but now realise I didn't have to - especially given the anxiety it causes. When you've taken out the peg and dowel, the window will be free - then all you have...

Doing the lord's work there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Best thing about it is that it hasn't failed because of anything I've done. When the headlight bolt snapped I didn't know if I'd bent the panel drilling it out, that and the fact the re-tapped hole was slightly off centre. How on earth do you align headlamps anyway? Turns out I didn't have to...

Passed. Just need some new tyres apparently.

I think the plastic part with the weights in the bottom of it just acts as a counterweight for the locking mechanism. If you lock and unlock the door with the door card off, you'll see it move. I don't know what it does exactly, but it might take some of the strain of the lock motor - it's a...

I replaced the turbo side hose (the one that connects to the pancake pipe) a few years ago with a Febi one and that's been absolutely fine. The quality seems to be the same as OEM and they're generally readily available on eBay for a lot less than the OEM ones. A couple of years ago I was...