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I had a look at where the spare wheel is and the equipment for lowering it and changing the wheel. All I can say is I hope I don't need to change the wheel when it is pouring down with rain and freezing cold. My wife suggested I put the spare wheel in the car,just in case. Might be a good idea.

Thanks very much Rich. I got the cruise control figured out yesterday, first time I'd driven the car on a suitable road, I can confirm the controls are exactly as you detailed. I'll now go and see about the spare wheel. Thanks a lot for your help.

From the experience of my little stand-in Panda Multijet which went off the road months ago. Repairs just getting done on the side by my mechanic friend so labour cost at a min (price must be high for this job). Access down back of engine almost zero like Voyager but worse. After starting with smoke and clearing after a mile it got to point where it smoked for miles so pulled it off road. Also had fumes in cab problem. But Voyager had repairs over winter repaired and MOT done. Driving her now...Nice warm bum returns. Found one injector with black death and another with copper seal missing (really) so decided to change all. Still smoked after injectors replaced. Time to check out EGR system and inlet manifold. Well inlet manifold is choked almost full, turbo pressure must have kept it going. EGR pipework blocked completely. Mechanic says job would be easier taking the engine out of car and doing repairs. Don't forget that the cylinder head ports get Clogged as well so its a vac out job as you scrap scrap. But saying that the little Panda has all the dogs whistles in pollution control fitments fitted (DPF+EGR+ETC) so how many more Panda's are there out there just waiting to give their owners a shock to these repairs.