Kerans

Hi Gizmo / mods, Please can I be removed from the VCDS list (South East, Horsham). Thanks

Have you had an oil change recently, or any close encounters with road furniture? Could be problem with the filter or sump plug having been incorrectly installed (happened to mine at a Skoda dealer).

Byte 14 bit 4 (which is unmarked in VCDS) worked for me on my FL VRS. They've been working fine for nearly a year now. This is the post which got mine working first time: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/264447-hid-aftermaket-kit-help-for-definitive-how-to/#entry3124951 Give it a try before you bin them!

I'm in Horsham if you didn't manage to make it down to Hove yet.

I used to notice a lot of smoke in following cars' headlights in my Golf Mk 5, which was also a 1.9 PD. With the CR 170 I have never seen any smoke at all. The white smoke in this thread sounds like water/steam which is accumulating in the exhaust when sitting with the engine running for a while, and then all released when accelerating afterwards.

Yes - sorry, didn't realise this was such an old thread! DPFs are actually pretty good at removing PM10 and PM2.5 particulates, although not as good as might be hoped because they get filled with caked particles which reduce efficiency. Regeneration doesn't just make soot particles smaller and then release smaller ones, it oxidises them and releases gases instead. It's not a perfect technology but it's better than the alternative of releasing soot without any filter. DPFs are part of a system to ensure cars meet legal emissions standards. It prevents you externalising your costs (i.e. disposal of pollution generated by your car) onto other people. You pay in reduced fuel efficiency and increased maintenance rather than other people having to pay with reduced quality of life and lifespan. You also do not get the choice to order a car without seatbelts - although with this option the only person put at risk would be yourself

Particulates are worse for the environment (and our health) than the negligible additional CO2 generated by a regen cycle. If the car manufacturers could get away with not fitting DPFs, they would!

Spot on. Although it's about Nitrogen Oxides which are a slightly different group of compounds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitric_oxide / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_dioxide Both of the above are toxic and both are generally dealt with by EGR, AdBlue and catalytic converters. I presume VW found some way to fiddle the EGR or the selective catalytic reduction process (what AdBlue uses) during testing to give better figures, then returned things to 'normal' when actually driving, to possibly give better performance and reliability. As we all know EGR systems are vulnerable to clogging and likewise SCR systems are. Bypassing them would possibly reduce the problems caused by this clogging, at a cost of greater emissions. More here: http://jalopnik.com/your-guide-to-dieselgate-volkswagens-diesel-cheating-c-1731857018

You can usually use Paypal as a 'guest' without actually signing up for an account, but it still requires a credit card. Not 100% certain the Briskoda payment channel allows this option however.

I'm using a non-canbus London Colour kit on a Facelift Blackline coded via VCDS, with no ill effects (lights installed for 9 months). There are hundreds of threads on HIDs, and it can be difficult to find the plain information needed - just to add more contradiction, I had not been aware of any recommendation to avoid aftermarket HID kits on a FL Octavia before reading this thread.

People also recommend Goodyear EfficientGrip - one of the quieter options.

Met Police with Roadsafe and Sussex Police with 'Operation Crackdown' now have a dedicated channel to handle these kinds of reports, ensuring they end up with an officer familiar with the procedures. Hopefully other forces will launch similar schemes - like you say I'm sure the situation will improve. Wouldn't be surprised to see either insurance companies demanding cameras or car manufacturers fitting them as standard in the reasonably near future. Let's face it, probably 95% of collisions are due to human error.

Did you report this to the police?

Pretty good rim protection on the Eagle F1s yes - but I did still manage to curb one wheel during a spectacularly incompetent piece of reversing.

This'll probably be the last generation of cars which can be remapped via the OBD port. Thefts of vehicles via bypassing the immobiliser using the OBD port (Range Rover Evoques etc have been targeted) mean most manufacturers are moving to 1024+ bit encryption which is basically uncrackable unless a cryptographic or implementation vulnerability (i.e. a mistake by the manufacturer) can be exploited, Physically removing and opening the ECU should remain an option but this obviously has warranty implications.