MikeZ

Still lurking now and again

I took it into the dealer (with it being a new car) and they replaced the ultrasonic unit. Twice, in fact, because the first replacement was faulty, too, and showed exactly the same symptoms within 2 days. I then just cleared the fault in VCDS.

OK, no fault found :( They claimed it wasn't tuned in properly (never mind that it's RDS and automatically tunes to the strongest signal anyway). Of course, as soon as I left the dealer it started to fade and crackle again. Unfortunately, the Up they gave me as a courtesy car had exactly the same reception problems.

I did my regular trip up the A1 from Northamptonshire to Yorkshire at the weekend and I was only getting any reception near major towns. For large parts of the journey there was nothing but static on nearly all national FM stations. If you press and hold the MENU button on the radio for a few seconds it will switch to diagnostic mode and you can get some detailed signal information. I've compared signal strength on a few different stations with another Up and mine is definitely nowhere near as good. Anyway, it goes in tomorrow to be looked at by the dealer.

Same here with my Up - for the first couple of months I got strong stereo reception on all FM stations. Then, one morning, it was crackly and mono. Now, on cross-country trips, there are large parts of the journey where there's hardly any reception at all. It's going into the dealer end of next week for them to look at it. On the Up forum, other people have had the aerial base replaced under warranty which has fixed it.

Yes - Garmin has 256MB - twice that of the Navigon. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

How is it managing that? Garmin say the iPhones lack the necessary BT support - i.e. it's an iPhone problem, not a Garmin one. It certainly doesn't work with my 5s. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

There are a couple of different clicks - a faint one when you release the pedal and a louder one that feels like the pedal is getting caught when pressed. The first is the self-adjuster, according to VW and is normal. The second, in my case, was the pivot point and was known to the dealer and fixed under warranty with a new pedal. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

You can set UK gallons (as they call it). Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Former IAM (and RoADA) trainer here. I drive smoothly and economically and regularly see over 60mpg on the PID, but my Fuelly average is 54. City driving is more like mid 40s. This is with the 75 PS non-BMT Up. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

I don't disagree with that - what I'm saying is that using a higher octane rated fuel does not by itself give you better performance or economy. Sure, the ECU will adapt but that doesn't automatically mean better performance or economy.

Using a higher octane fuel in an engine designed for lower octane won't give you more power or economy. However, using a lower octane in an engine designed for a higher rating may well reduce power and economy. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

The ECU is tuned for 95 RON (normal unleaded in the UK, often called super unleaded in other parts of Europe). UK super unleaded (98 or 99 RON) won't give you any immediate benefits. The additives in e.g. VPower may keep the engine a bit cleaner in the long run, leading to slightly better fuel economy in an older engine. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

They are one and the same company. The older Navigon-branded units don't have enough memory for the newer features (live services, for example) so most of the development is for the newer Garmin-branded ones. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Sounds a bit like him but it's actually Jon Briggs, the same guy who did the Siri voice for UK iPhones/iPads. He also did the voice over for Weakest Link. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD