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Offline Exonian

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9600 on: 05 July 2019, 15:55 »


hi, where did you get this done? me being in a wheelchair would make this a very good add on as i could finally get into the boot...lol :)


I’m surprised it’s never been an option on UK MK7’s
The new 1 series has it as an option so maybe the mk8 will. It must be a pretty standard feature of SUV’s and the Evoque in the house opposite me has it.

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9601 on: 05 July 2019, 18:07 »
Random early morning cashpoint visit



Looking very smart there :smiley:

Presumably "other cashpoints are available"?
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9602 on: 07 July 2019, 22:18 »
Parked up in the Metrocentre today and saw the car tax avoidance team in full swing, a van full of clamps. There was a metallic grey 2014 GTD being clamped - no-one's here was it?

Puzzlingly, I also saw a 19 plate BMW X5 clamped. How could a car so new be out of tax? The only reasoning for it I could come up with is if it is on at least it's second owner already (sick of it after 4 months?), bought in a private sale from the first owner who got a VED refund for the remainder of their year and the new owner didn't get it taxed. Seen loads of untaxed cars clamped in Tyneside over the last 3 months - the DVLA must be getting sh!t-hot on the issue.

I was once a DVLA fugitive for 6 weeks, I naively thought that having an Audi A1 1.6TDI with £0 VED meant that you did not have to apply to DVLA to pay your £0 for the year, every year.
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9603 on: 08 July 2019, 09:55 »
^^^

That has reminded me that I haven't told my insurance about the number plate change on the new vehicle yet.
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9604 on: 08 July 2019, 10:26 »
Cleaned the engine bay...

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Offline Jim_mk7.5

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9605 on: 08 July 2019, 10:48 »
^^^

That has reminded me that I haven't told my insurance about the number plate change on the new vehicle yet.

That happened on my wife's car, completely forgot to tell them so at renewal they didn't offer a renewal price as presumably the car no longer existed!  :rolleyes:
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9606 on: 08 July 2019, 12:45 »
Cleaned the engine bay...



Very clean but needs the extra engine cover...
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9607 on: 08 July 2019, 15:24 »
Very clean but needs the extra engine cover...

 Extra engine cover!? Tell me more...  :huh:
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9608 on: 08 July 2019, 15:59 »
Very clean but needs the extra engine cover...

 Extra engine cover!? Tell me more...  :huh:

VW used to fit an inlet manifold cover but they stopped probably to save a few €s. I've one on mine and it does tidy things up.

https://www.awesomegti.com/shop-by-brand/awesome/oem-inlet-manifold-cover-for-vag-2-0tfsi-ea888-gen3-engines/
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9609 on: 08 July 2019, 16:08 »
Very clean but needs the extra engine cover...

 Extra engine cover!? Tell me more...  :huh:

VW used to fit an inlet manifold cover but they stopped probably to save a few €s. I've one on mine and it does tidy things up.

https://www.awesomegti.com/shop-by-brand/awesome/oem-inlet-manifold-cover-for-vag-2-0tfsi-ea888-gen3-engines/

Added weight, makes those manuals even slower :grin:
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