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  1. After nearly 50000 miles of fun with my silver vRS estate it's time to move on. Malcolm was named after the TV advert for Tunes - "course you can Malcolm" - because no matter the challenge he rose to it. Crossing the Pyrenees on the way home from Spain with a boot full of Rioja. Blasting round the back roads of Hampshire. Making the drive to work more fun than it should have been. Overtaking in a flash. Averaging 40mpg overall (on shell nitro of course) and never sipping more than just a little bit of oil. I took the advice from everyone on this forum and swapped the headlights for xenons which stopped night driving being scary. I also swapped to Goodyear 4Seasons winter tyres on some nice Dezent alloys for the cold weather and enjoyed less noise and a much comfier ride which compensated for slightly less grip. (I've got them still - just put them on eBay). I am missing the little chap. I hope his next owner enjoys him as much as I did.
  2. I feel like a lightweight only driving 1000 miles in 2 days. Wife, dog and the car stuffed full, still managing 40+ mpg and running at the speed limit on cruise control for hours at a time. Really notice how much less noise the tyres make on French autoroutes
  3. Filled up my vRS estate after 452 miles today - it still showed 70 miles range. 45.1mpg on the slightly optimistic maxidot reading. That's from a full vented tankful of shell nitro 99 driving around over Christmas. I normally get 400 between fills.
  4. Just driven mine fully laden across France, over the Pyrenees and into Spain in 38deg. Accelerating up all the hills very well, cruise control at 81mph, aircon doing its stuff - and still 40mpg.
  5. I've fitted ultra-HIDs 35w 4300k Canbus Pro Slim Terminator Kit which describes itself as "For cars up to 2014" and is working very nicely in my 2013 fabia, plugged into the existing wiring. I wonder how old your kit is Appletree?
  6. I had this on my Fabia (black pack projectors) after I came back from a trip abroad and didn't reset the adjusters for the beam pattern to the correct position. I fixed it by moving the small lever to the side of the headlamp bulb properly back to where it should be. Look at the threads for adjusting the headlights for driving on the right and you'll find pictures of exactly where the lever is and how to move it.
  7. There doesn't seem to be an option for Scandinavian countries in module 9. Uk, rest of world, Canada, us, Saudi, Mexico or Brazil. Any more ideas please? There is nothing obvious in the vcds
  8. Thanks everyone. Mine is a vRS with LED DRLs and no foglights. (And fragile Osram night breakers which nearly compensate for the dire black pack headlights). Looks like I need to change the country code to something (any idea what?) via VCDS to get rear lights on. Shame, I am set to Australia now so that I can have the digital speedo - guess I can't have both!
  9. Is there any way to have my DRLs switched on full brightness AND have rear lights on too? With these grey mornings I would like to have my back end lit up. The parking light brightness is too weak out on the open road, and my extra-bright headlight bulbs don't last that long.
  10. You could also try switching up the xds to the full level using a vcds cable? Seems to help traction as well as cornering. I tried it but didn't much like the smell of frying brake pads (or was it clutch linings) so reverted to the softer setting again
  11. There's not THAT much difference in price between steel wheels plus nice wheel covers and alloys. But make sure you get wheel nuts too that match the new wheels; they may not be the same
  12. Had this on mine too: it has just been in for a service and they told me the plastic around the instruments wasn't fitted properly in the factory. The noise has gone! :-)
  13. My vRS is on variable servicing - the car tells me it's due very soon, at 18600 miles (ie 30,000km). There should be a dealer sticker on the drivers door jamb confirming if it's on variable servicing. And it also tells you on the multi-function display when it's due. If it's on variable servicing, you need to use 504 00 spec long-life oil instead of 502 00
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