my car is testing my patience!

[tobz.]

If I had another car and the Rallye was for sunny Sunday's it would be ok but it's my only car and I need to use it every day?

?120 on ebay got me a decent mk2 winter runabout, ok so it hasn't got the streetcred of the gti but hey it's nearly always dark when I'm in it anyway. Might be worth considering then you could tuck the rallye away and get it sorted gradually and save it from all that nasty road salt in the meantime.

[jv]

Some faults are ok but it not starting is a bit of an ar$e 

Can you take the door panels off ok from inside the car?

Hope the auto elec dude turns up soon! At least it is nearly the weekend, dark evenings are no fun for car repairs

[Martz]

Hey mate,

Heres something you may not have thought about. How about
leasing a car. The idea was put to me by my Bro in law. As he
has his own company he gives his staff car allowence. They have excellent deals on new cars and have 1-5 years contracts.
You can get it all inclusive or get it serviced yourself. You can get a Punto for around ?100 per month or spend a little more and get a A4 for around ?300 per month.

If your intrested, I can guide you in the right direction.

Good luck mate.

[jv]

Cheers Martz, that's one I idea I guess

[Martz]

No worries mate.  Keep the Rallye for summer mate!
You know it make sense!

[AdamB]

Buying a second car to keep your chersihed motor off the road, is a great idea - just dont do what I did, and buy another "rare" VW, as your second car, or you just double your woes!

[jv]

The auto elec dude is here. First thing he did was connect the big booster thing he had with him to the wrong terminals, there was a big 'crack' and now the indicators are on permanently. Genius.

Ho hum, have left him to it now. He can't open the fecked drivers door and he is trying to find the alarm control box....

[S11EPS]

The auto elec dude is here. First thing he did was connect the big booster thing he had with him to the wrong terminals, there was a big 'crack' and now the indicators are on permanently. Genius.

You sure the right guy is working on your car? sounds like Forrest Gump is in Cmabridge right now.

Momma says life is like a box of choc-o-lits.....

[Gambit]

nightmare, lucky enough i've never had any probs with electrics on my car. mainly because each time ive got them the alarms have been disconnected

i just use a big f**k off chain and lock to steer of any would be thieves

[jv]

Blokey does actually seem to know what he is doing. There is a VW badged cat 1 system in the car plus some other plug in immob that I have never had a key for and assumed it had been replaced by the cat1 system. Anyway, he says someone has done an awesome bodge on it, mashed the 2 systems together and that is my problem. That and the battery being crap. So, he is ripping out all the 2 immob systems, replacing the battery and hopefully opening the door!

Should get it back later today