what did you and your mk3 leon do today

[Ocularis]

Went to the stealers to have my cracked light replaced... came out with this instead:

So they are having to order another one! Think I would have preferred my cracked one to this piece of crap!

While I was there ordered a chip repair kit to sort out a stone chip on the front and ordered the ratchet luggage straps for when I carry my spare set of wheels around.

 

[kazand]

Took me & t'wife to Nandos - I know how to show a woman a good time!

 

[perkman1969]

Nowt wrong with Nandos Kaz, best chicken on the face of the planet imho! Sadly the nearest one to us is 40 miles away so rarely enjoyed.

 

[james berkeley]

Went and drove round Spa..... (and it rained!)

 

[perkman1969]

Bloomin' weather can't be trusted anywhere it seems. How was it all the same?

 

[Ckpearce91]

Cleaned and polished the car. Well the Mrs polished my car lol

 

[Rob66]

Went and drove round Spa..... (and it rained!)

Looks great with the Orange wheels.

 

[Ocularis]

Looks like your Mrs is putting that polish on with a bit of kitchen towel... please tell me its not so!

 

[james berkeley]

Bloomin' weather can't be trusted anywhere it seems. How was it all the same?

Slippery.... I have the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres on which are brilliant in the dry but not so hot in the wet (hardly any tread!). Couldn't really push it through Eau Rouge..... That said, I was faster than most of the Porsche 911s and Ferraris there - too afraid to go for it they were!

 

[Ckpearce91]

Looks like your Mrs is putting that polish on with a bit of kitchen towel... please tell me its not so!

Lol it's not kitchen towel, it a specialised soft cotton engineers cloth for applying polishes and also removing unwanted dirt

 

[Ocularis]

*phew* good stuff

 

[concerned cat]

Lol it's not kitchen towel, it a specialised soft cotton engineers cloth for applying polishes and also removing unwanted dirt

It needs applying in a back & forth motion rather than circular to minimise swirl marks.

 

[Ckpearce91]

It needs applying in a back & forth motion rather than circular to minimise swirl marks.

Tell that to auto glym. That's their instructions

 

[Ckpearce91]

End result:

 

[Dalomas]

Went and drove round Spa..... (and it rained!)

Love it! Epic summer storms, I'm just over the border in zee Fatherland.

Orange wheels on mine too... I'd show you but I'm not allowed for another 14 posts...

 

[Famandy1]

LED Headlamps

Drove down south to Essex on Friday evening and used the LED headlamps at high speed for the first time and contrary to many other views on the Forum, found them really impressive, especially with main beam assist which reacted quickly and efficiently - no one ever flashed me!

In conjunction with the ACC it made for a really relaxing night drive of 225 miles + after a full day at work. Still not totally convinced about the lane assist, seems to take away some of the steering feel and makes it a little mushy.

Mind you the tiredness alert came on after around 3 hours at the wheel and I took it's advice and had a pit stop!

Had the car 3 weeks now and loving it - 1,500 miles mind, so must slow down using it otherwise it will be reps mileage before I know it!

 

[Ckpearce91]

At Trax today

 

[Kernow]

Went to the stealers to have my cracked light replaced... came out with this instead:

So they are having to order another one! Think I would have preferred my cracked one to this piece of crap!

While I was there ordered a chip repair kit to sort out a stone chip on the front and ordered the ratchet luggage straps for when I carry my spare set of wheels around.

Oh no! How did that happen? (Can't post the picture as I'm still too much of a newbie - should've registered and posted back in December when I first started browsing the forum)

 

[Ocularis]

Well the original crack I have no idea... the photo posted is the replacement they fitted and looks like it got damaged in transit perhaps.

 

[twitchynik]

It needs applying in a back & forth motion rather than circular to minimise swirl marks.

Having just spent the thick end of 5hrs on the ST Cupra, I can concur the Autoglym resin polish and Extra Gloss Protection has not left and swirls following their instructions. Was too dark when I finished to get some pictures but I was mightly impressed. The Mrs wasn't tho....