What do you use to prevent leather seat damage from child car seats? Of course I'm talking about permanent indentations rather than the occasional spill. Any recommendations would be greatfully acknowledged. Will

Way-hay!!!!! Using your method I get 22.5mpg, rather than my original estimate of 22mpg!!!!!! Things are looking up!!! :D :D

Yeah, AC off [heated seats off too]. In neutral at the lights too. Plus, radio no higher than volume number 3 ;) Aren't I good! Will Edit 14:47 Air filter looked fine.

I'm sure you're right, but having driven half the distance on the motorway and all miles like a nun, I would hope that 22mpg was as a result of desperately needing a service. :) I'm going to take a look at the air filter at lunch-time, see how badly her need is :rolleyes: As with all my...

Thanks for the support :) I must confess that I'd sold the thing to my wife on the basis that it wouldn't be great. I didn't think it would be so bad :D Hopefully there is the possibility of one positive... ....whilst she's been serviced exactly 12k ago [at 48k], that was in...

Many thanks. I'll book the brick in for it's 60k service in say a fortnight, make sure I get the security info FOC and then cancel the service the week after. Farnel's in Guisley [Leeds] have always been obnoxious bastards, even when servicing my [superb] Rover 75 [for the one and only time]...

Wish I could say the same here :( I've just done 115 miles in the last fourty-eight hours and had to put £25 in to fill her back up to brimming. The 115 miles consisted of [careful, conservative driving] 45 motorway miles, 40 miles around town and 30 miles in rush hour. I was hoping for...

Thanks chaps, very helpful. Will

My securtity card is missing, and from the manual I understand this to contain numerous peices of critical information. Are they available from a dealer, and un-expensive? Also, whilst I have a print out from the garage of all work carried out since the expiry of the three year warranty, I...

Hi, Refreshing to hear of good fuel economy. Whilst it's not a finacial issue right now I have no desire to waste money and having gone a family diesel/company diesel for the last few years to a 2t brick the mpg has been a small issue for me! I picked up a beautiful '52 plate td5 dark...