Ford KUGA mpg update

478 miles @ 37.8 mpg

Volkswagen golf GTI Edition 30 mpg update

348 miles @29.5mpg

Ford KUGA MOT passed @ 40257 miles

Passed,  advisories on

All four tyres
Front and rear discs and pads

Will buy the discs and pads and fit myself.
Dealership suggested jinyu tyres at £100, but I can't with clear conscience fit them.

Continental sport contact 5 are 240 each!

Oven hob short circuit fixed

Hob cut out this week while cooking.
I assumed it was a short in one of the elements or the PCB,  but thought I would chase the wiring into the hob just to make sure.

Opening the cover under the hob revealed this, the live and neutral wires sorted together.
Easy fix,  cut out wires and reattach.

Given the cost of spare parts for a ceramic hob I'm more than a little chuffed is all fixed.

At least now I can spend the money on cars...

Kuga hits 40,000 miles!

Car bought last year at 22,500 now at 40,000, only issue is the cost of 19 inch tyres....

Narnia Trio Plus car seat replacement by Team Tex

There was a recent article around the Narnia Trio Plus carseats.
Indicating that although it had passed EU safety standards, it had performed poorly under 'Which' safety tests under some scenarios

http://www.which.co.uk/news/2013/06/which-advice-replace-nania-trio-plus-car-seat-322953/

Of which we had bought 1 for us to use, and one for the grandparents to use.
Theres a good page here that allows you to identify any offending seats.

http://your.asda.com/news-and-blogs/get-the-facts-which-report-on-our-team-tex-car-seat

Ours were bought from Asda. And to be honest they werent much use when we went in to discuss it.

So I sent an email to Team Tex directly (found info via web)
enquiries@teamtex.co.uk (or you can call 01530 519728)

I received a very prompt reply from Sarah @ TeamTex asking for details.
No sooner had I replied that she confirmed they would arrange for delivery of 2 replacements in 7-10days.
Text on my mobile today to arrange delivery by a 3rd party courier, and voila 2 new updated car seats.

All i can say is that Im very pleasantly surprised by the efficiency and professionalism of TeamTex in dealing with this matter.
In this day and age, its a rare thing that really matters.

Well Done Sarah and TeamTex. Bravo