AlunS

I did the same, except I used a bitumen type sealant. This was 18 months ago and it's still going strong.

Yes there is ... http://www.directcarparts.co.uk/buy-car ... -8553.html

Try http://www.brodit.com/?lang=E

Mine only does it if the front wipers either are on, or have been on (including a quick one-off wipe) before you engage reverse.

This refers to our '04 1.6TDCi Zetec ... 1. All the creaks, rattles and groans. 2. The easily water stained seats. 3. The way water dribbles down the sides of the rear hatch when you open it. 4. Replacing the !@#$% headlight bulbs :)

How do you have your Front-Rear balance set on the stereo? Is it set so that the rear speakers are much queiter than the fronts? Just a thought ...

I thought that procedure only worked if the appropriate option had already been set via the WDS. I remember when it was first posted here trying it on my car and it had absolutely no effect whatsoever.

The front one is permanent, at least it is on my '04 TDCi Zetec. You can pull out the central 'core' of the socket (put your thumb in and pull upwards carefully) and there's an orange connector connecting the wires to the base of the socket. Maybe that's come loose?

That definitely sounds like torque steer. I even get it in my 1.6 TDCi sometimes if I accelerate to hard in first or second. Is this your first diesel? If so, it can take a little time to get used to driving a front wheel drive car with that much low-down torque. Just take it a little easier in 1st and 2nd gear, and change up a little earlier than you would have done in a less powerful petrol car.

I've had one on a car I owned once, can't remember which one, but it was next to useless, twitching about like a thing possessed, alternating between depressingly low figures when you were accelerating and "infinity and beyond" when you took your foot off the pedal on the flat, and hardly ever in the middle. I also found it quite dangerous, as if you were on an "economy drive" you spent more time looking at the damn meter than at the road, and I nearly came a cropper once because of it. What might be slightly more useful, IMHO would be a sliding average meter where you could change the avera

Agreed. I love my C-Max, but there's no way on earth I'm ever going to consider something like the S-Max.

Well, my PDA holder detaches from the mount simply by sliding it off, so all that's left visible in my car is this ... Which looks pretty much like a phone mount from a distance. I have to admit that I usually remove it and place it in one of those handy cubby holes in the floor rather than taking it with me, and thankfully haven't had anything nicked yet.

I've got the same one, and am very happy with it. A better location for reducing potential glare on the screen IMHO. Can also post pictures if required.

Mostly back roads, and I do a fair bit of overtaking as well :)

Don't complain ... I'm lucky if I get below 7 l/100km (40mpg) in my 1.6 TDCi, but I don't really try that hard to, I must say, and most of my driving is on twisty back roads.