Hi Stefan,

I've no idea if this helps, and I have the 130 BHP version 5 speed, on a 52 reg, so slightly different setup but for the past 2 years I've suffered bad fuel consumption, I had it serviced, no difference? was only doing 485 miles on a full tank of fuel, compared to the original 650 it used to consistently do. No faults appeared on VCDS scans, engine all running fine?

Only thing I noticed was it burned out a set of front brake pads in about a year 8 - 10k miles. The garage said the front caliper had stuck on, great cost for a new caliper, pads and discs. Even after it was done, I thought the front left side always ran hotter than the right. 9 months later, another set of brake pads burned out only on the front left. This time garage replaced brake master cylinder and servo. Overnight difference, Fuel economy back to 600 plus miles on a tank of fuel.

Garage said the brake master fault was quite common on the 2002 - 2003 age cars.

Not sure if it's the same problem on your car, but might be worth seeing if your front left wheel is hot?

The only thing that makes no sense, is why all the brakes did not stick, I don't know why it only affected the front left?

Paul