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Hi all, looking for some advice as i have just received today a phone call from my dealer re delivery of my cupra which has been on order from last october, and arrived at the dealership today for end of march delivery. Unfortunately the cupra i ordered has not arrived but a fr has come instead...

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Ok so driving today when all of a sudden I lost power and white smoke out exhaust, at first it was light I though maybe a boost pipe but after pulling over and inspecting everything seemed to be fine. Then as the exhaust got warmer the smoke started to cover the roads! Not had a proper look at...

hi is there any news on the new sat nav unit in the seat leon fr facelift? thanks :think:

Interesting report about starting kids having lessons in driving at young ages to help with understanding, road safety and accident prevention etc. I mention this here because every car that was being used were the new MK5 Ibiza Ecomotives!! I don't know how many were used (I seen at least...

Huge news coming out later this week. Bring on the big guns!:lol: Keep an eye on BTCC.net FMI.

Don't :banned: me! But I need to fit an towbard to my 2004 LCR. When I last looked in to it there is not standard one that fits (I'm sure Seat agree it's shameful to fit one to an LRC? :confused: ) so I was going to fit the LC kit and cut my bumper? Has anyone else had to do this? Any...

I have and ibiza FR 1.9 tdi (130) I had it re-mapped about 6 months ago, now running 180-190 bhp and 300 lb/ft torque. I have recently being experiencing problems in coolant pressure, maybe air flow problems? Can i get a front mount intercooler to fit straight on? Would this help...

Have I missed anything, or is there a release date and prices yet?

Ive just bought a rear Cupra/FR facelift bumper and based on what i read on here puchased the rear bumper and lower spoiler .The rear bumper actualy comes with the rear spoiler and now i face a hard battle trying to get my £60 back for the item.So to those who are going down this road make sure...

Manufacturers'/Constructors' title created An expanded ‘BTCC Manufacturers’/Constructors’ title will be up for grabs in this year’s HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship. Read more at BTCC.net ______ Rider, Goodman for ITV BTCC Steve Rider and Louise Goodman will present ITV’s...

Got the motor on the rolling road this morning to see how the car is running. i had a receipt from Raceevo uk when i bought the car showing 260bhp but no graph. i have since added a catback exhaust, dv and k+n. i didnt expect this to increase power only set me up for more mods. anyway, the...

Hi guys hoping you can help me out here. I bought a 2002 Ibiza chill with 18,000 mioles on the other day. Lovely car being my first car and all. However after all the excitement of the putchase and then getting the car home ive noticed a few things i didnt spot on the sale DOH The first...

Hi all. As a newbie i need some info. I know i can get aero blades for my Leon TDi FR, but do i need to buy the arms aswel? I really dont want bulky ugly retrofit ones like a had on my mx5!! HELP please :D

:clap: :funk:GREAT NEWS:cheeky: !! After much deliberation, searching and ebay watching, ive finally bought a set of second hand coilovers for £160 V-maxx!! the coilovers themselves came in a very well packaged box with everything included! Just a couple of queries tho…. - There is no...

Oh come-on, it's getting a bit much. ukcarnews was/is bad enough, but now worldcarfans :rolleyes: Stuff to do with the marque and the VAG family, even other exotic marques fair enough. But a page full of "news" about all the stuff that I could read direct from the external sites if I...

I phoned the company im getting my FR from yesterday to ask if it was too late to change the car colour and he has just rang me back to say that they have been able to juggle things about so that I can have one a dealer ordered a while before mine. Thus mine will be ready earlier (mid August)...

passed mot flyin colours!......just abit of play in my nearside ball joint and he had to ajust my front lights but apart from that well happy with my own engineering lol, cos i did the 3000 pounds of mods by myself and everthin seems to be good, time for a burn me thinks!!!!!!!!

Picking my new FR TDI up tomrrow, phone up to get the insurance changed over, asked them if i fitted a strut brace to the car how much would it cost, expected them to say nothing, and the woman came back with. Oh if you have that fitted we will not be able to insure this vehicle...

....there is a boat on its way :D and even better than that, my car is on it :D:D so anyone waiting to see candy my08 black grille pics wont have to wait too much longer. maybe i can start to count in days now not weeks. how am i going to sleep now :confused: