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"The car had a new timing belt and water-pump last year" Did you change the cambelt yourself?

03L121111AD (engine thermostat) 1K0121113A (inline thermostat) Are they both supposed to open at the same temperature?

Just a quick survey. When you are driving during the day, with your lights OFF, are your Needles & Scales (i.e. the background behind the Needles) both lit up?

A private sale or from a garage? If from the garage then it's their irresponsibility under any warranty that may exist.

I've changed brake pads on other cars and I've never seen a brake fluid reservoir so concealed. Yes, if I fiddle about and hold the artificial light at a certain position then I can see the fluid level, and that's fine for a simple check. However, I plan to change the rear brake pads in the...

That's what Haynes says as well but I can't see any obvious bolt to undo.

lol Is it the same design on your car?

This black part covers the brake fluid reservoir, can it be easily removed? It just makes it awkward to see the fluid level in the reservoir. I've already removed the beauty plastic cover that fits on top of the engine.

Page 234: "The cooling system is filled for life at the factory, so the coolant does not need to be changed." But I don't believe these "for-life" claims made by car makers. As a minimum, the coolant should be changed with the cambelt.

It says G12 on the coolant reservoir. I'm not sure what they put in when they changed the cambelt & water pump about 2 years ago, but it's a pinkish colour. So I guess anything which is G12, G12+, or G12++ The handbook says coolant is filled for life and does not need to be changed.

I've lost a little bit of coolant from max. to min. Where's the best place to buy the coolant?

When did you last check your coolant level? How much coolant have you lost after X miles/time?

Yes, it's more of a backup rather than a primary support location.

So with the front undertray removed, you get a better look at the subframe. Would the yellow axle stand safely support the weight of the car at that position on it's own? That silver/aluminium cross member seems to be part of the sub-frame. Your thoughts gents.

Yours looks like the expensive ones as it is colour coordinated.

Main stealers will only do the very minimum, and the bits you can see. That's why they clean your car, it diverts your attention from all the stuff they haven't done especially the bits you can't readily see.

Did you get a refund?

It's all designed to discourage DIY-ing

The ones that aren't colour matched suggest that the owner was working to a budget If one is going to fit kit like this then it should be colour coordinated IMHO.

That looks good mate. Good idea of the wrap. It's well colour matched