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SE L Drive suggests a late model - 150 TDI 4x4, manual or DSG...?

There's a sunglasses holder in the roof, isn't there...? I'm pretty sure there is in my wife's 2019 SEL.

I have a Team Heko one on my 2016 Yeti 150 TDI. I fitted it primarily to help raise the oil temperature more quickly so that I could drive it a bit hard harder earlier. The car's a 4x4 manual, mapped to c. 185 hp and I'm getting just over 40 mpg in this weather.

Has the car had the 'Emissions Fix' and that hasn't been rolled back? I'd replace the EGR valve, have its outlet rotated in the other direction, clean the DPF, have the Emissions Fix rolled back and possibly have the car remapped.

I wrecked a Dunlop D5 Winter Sport on the 17" rims which I fit to my wife's 190 TDI Karoq in the season. We replaced it with a new one without any issues. Equally when a truck sideswiped one of her Tiguans a few years ago, the insurance would only run to one new tyre on that side when I was repaired by a VW dealership. Again, that created no issues.

Given that they'll have to be coded in, it'd be reasonable to think they can also be coded out. Find someone with VCDS and knows how to use it.

I suspect that, if correct, that only applies to some pre Facelift cars. It's certainly not the case on our late 2019 190 TDI SE L. I suspect the cut off point for the changeover was the implementation of WLTP. While I'm here, I'll briefly mount my personal hobby horse and suggest that if you're at all an enthusiastic driver, buy a 4x4 model ,

Do I detect a problem with relying on old memories? Actually, what was taught was that surface area has no effect on friction but mass does. However, that was only true for static friction on smooth surfaces. On the road, wider softer tyres will grip better. Note that In order to exceed 300 MPH in 4 seconds, Top Fuel dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4 G's. In order to reach 200 MPH well before half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8 G's.

I bought a new Panda in '83. We had some very bad winters back then. I remember I used to happily park it in snow drifts at the side of the road and drive out again.

Currently, I have CrossClimate+ on the Yeti on the original 17" rims and Dunlop D5 Winter Sport on the Karoq on Audi Q3 17' rims rather than the original 18's. I find the biggest difference in performance is braking on snow, where the Dunlops are bit better than the Michelins but there's not a huge amount in it.

Different models. The Outdoor model looks like mine, here. Personally and particularly because good, low mileage ones are thin on the ground, I'd be telling her to be less fussy.

To get to your destination before you need to recharge....? 🤔

Uwe Ross says.... https://forums.ross-tech.com/index.php?threads/6252/

Possibly. I had 16" Audi A3 alloys with winter tyres on my Mk5 Golf GT Sport, in the season, rather than its standard fit 17's. I encountered the occasional collision between caliper and balance weight after having wheels balanced and weights replaced.

If, as I suspect, your front discs are 312 mm, then you're correct that you can't fit 15" wheels. 16's should fit with the risk of a possible, balance weight and brake caliper interface.