Mail has been pro remain for a while I think.....

Easy, Warren. I think it's you who needs to take a deep breath. I'll start again to make you understand what I said, as you have commented on my comment. Read Martin's post #28 again that I commented on. Now please answer: Are all Brexiters waving their Union Flags around on Martin's face as some kind of victory symbol? If your answer is no, then you may understand that I was referring to the ones that are. Not ALL. Hope it's clear.

Other thing is, please don't take everything I say so personally. On other thread, my comment on Farage got your back up. Come on, man. I didn't call you a frog face, it was Farage I was referring to. So what's your problem? Farage is a public figure; a party leader in lime light. Public members will comment on him; negatively or positively. I don't think that's anything against you; personally. Hope you understand that, too.

Edited to add: This is the second time I've had to request you not to take my comments on others personally. First time, it was that pre-general election steam build up when you got all upset because I called either Farage or UKIP bad. I do hope that in future, you don't take personal offence of anything I say.

This is NSR - go back to where you came from.

I'll be as helpful as you are sometimes:

Park it over a drain.

Drain it

Refill with Comma 20w-50

:razz:



In seriousness. There are several ways.

Proper way...fill via pump or gravity hose through the drain plug underneath, then vent out excess oil as teh gearbox warms up to 40C...measured via a OBD tool (VAG-COM etc).

Or DIY-er's way where you can measure what you drain out and put back in the exact same amount and fill via the filter housing on the top of the gearbox. This assume the 'box has a) the correct amount of oil in and doesn't leak and b) you don't spill it.

Top-tip...warm up the oil on a radiator before filling. As it takes ages to pour when cold and ages to heat up with a cold engine/box. :thumb:

And take your German car with you, we don't stand for any of that foreign crap here. ;)

So would you recommend just sending it to the dealer given its not as simple as an oil change and the car is only 3 years old and I don't have ramp access or is it possible on a trolley jack

DIY way can be done at home. The Dealer way is better being done by a garage as the car needs to be level when it re-filled.


Unless its a 7speed dry-plate clutch model....you don't need to change the oil on them. :thumb:

No its 6 speed wet clutch version.
I'll go dealer route as it's only 185 quid doesn't really look a diy job.
Thanks ..


As you were :D

I am genuinely curious about a couple of points I would welcome accurate insight on them;

There is speculation that other EU member countries may now elect to leave the EU, to take that speculation to its extreme this may create circumstances which over time cause the EU to fall like a house of cards. Are we now better placed, having elected to leave, than being forced to leave as a consequence of collapse?

If the UK was an important entity within the EU, why does it appear there is so much anger from the heads of nations that remain? the adjectives being used on here, and by others in the UK who wanted to remain depict sadness and a sense of loss, the soundbites from those in the European Parliament, have not been words of sadness, they seem filled with anger and bitterness about the UK's decision to leave, and I question why?

I cant understand why other EU political figures are angry at the UK - does our exit jeopardise the position of their own country within the EU?

I cant quite understand the dynamics of the relationship, which to be perfectly honest, was not something I had any real focus on before speculation began about offering a referendum.

Hi James.Hope you are well:)

Tbh,flippant post.lol.Just pretty tired of it all.Even my own parents in their mid 70's bickering like you would not believe over their differing views.How did people get reduced to this?!

Odd times and anger is certainly not my thing (as you know!):D

And Neil.Chill ....:thumb: I am not the antichrist and WW1 and WW2 were a bit more testing than than this nonsense.lol

Fair enough, Loz. I have church at six; can't wait. It'll be like a little haven away from all this with my brothers and sisters in Christ. God bless.

God bless too.Have a good evening.:)

And life goes on everyone.Lets all deal with it nicely:)

There's got to be less cash in the overall pot , no ?

So othersv going haveb stump up more , even more punitive action for late payers. No more entries to union,

Still spains done ok , look all that housing they've got infrastructure cross Europe. Can't see that being torn down

I don't feel I'm being hypocritical. I've taken enough stick about my serial moaning over the years, but in the end, we need to put away the nastiness and GET ON WITH IT!!!

Hey...........:D

I'm unsure where this thirty year low is coming from, in 2005 or so, I got €1.01 per £1/ we referred to it as "Gordon's puny pound".

I forgot about the "Puny Pound" LOL.

But there you go...where has this 30 year low sound-bite come from? The same person that painted the Brexit bus?

The pound did fall to a 30 year low versus the dollar, why are you saying it didn't.


These guys know what they're talking about so you probably take it up with them ... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d8a100e-3...#axzz4CiGZtIWd

I can't...need to pay £2.65 to view it :lol1:

to reiterate from my ealier post:

The last low we had against the Dollar was in February this year: http://www.exchangerates.org.uk/GBP-...e-history.html

Additionally it recovered by 0.03 straight after it "crashed". Its only stagnant now due to the weekend.

Another source:

http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?fr...o=USD&view=10Y

That shows it also dropped to 1.3860 in 2009.

Obligatory Guardian link --->https://www.theguardian.com/business...ing-dollar-low


That's 0.0001 different to today!!

The pound dropped as low as $1.3224 on Thursday, which is a 30 year low - according to the FT anyway

The lowest on my latter XE.com link showed it as $1.34104 at 5:00am UTC but it bounced straight back up after 3 hours.

Someone made some money that day, I'm sure of it.

You're right. Back from church after a tremendous sermon, missus has filled my stomach with garlic infused chicken and I have half an Old Speckled Hen at my side. Sorry for lashing-out, Jeff.

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JT, I wrote a quite long post last night on the irony of the Brexiteers now saying people need to work together

I can't be bothered to re-write it

But preumably "working together" is now good

It's power consolidation. The remainers need to decide whether they want to limp (probably half-heartedly) along to a new dystopia or whether they want to resist.

Yes, the term for it "Serengeti Strategy" we have been separated from the herd

Just heard a car crash interview from a postman in Newcastle - voted leave

But you could hear the fear in is voice, as the presenter pressed him on whether his workers rights would be protected outside the EU

Very sad - he was a decent man, but I fear led like a lamb to the slaughter

Come on you guys, it's time to shape up and get on with it now, this whining self pity is becoming extremely dreary. The UK will not only survive it will thrive having detached itself from the smothering effect of a failing EU. We have never had both feet in the EU camp anyway, and now that we have chosen to step out of it completely others will surely follow.

The fighting spirit of the British is never in doubt but it needs something like Brexit to bring this out. I voted to remain but I'm confident that 'out' we will do just fine. The hand wringers need to stop booing now and get behind the nation's decision.

Thankyou. That puts you back where I thought you were;)

Seriously, if I post on too many drinks, I write stuff I regret the next day. That's why I don't post much after 7pm.:lol1::lol1: Maybe hunger does the sdame for you. My wife says I'm stroppy when my blood sugar level is low.

As regards those now showing fear/regret.

It really is a normal human reaction, that of trying to second guess everything.

Have none of you ever been faced with a choice before? And when you made it, did none of you ever spend time agonising over whether it was the right one? I know I ha

Plus, when I moved jobs as a younger man, I was full of fear.

It's normal. If we didn't do it we'd not be intelligent humans.