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If they did a 300hp 4WD version like the Golf R, I think it would be the best car in VAGs lineup.

I work in a pretty technical job where I train people on unique equipment. The rule is theres no stupid questions, and if you have to ask you're probably not on your own! It isn't self explanatory to be fair!

My new to me, Jungle Green L&K 280. Had it 4 days..

Start again dude.

You're doing it with the drum off and the pistons have popped out of the cylinder.

We’re you bleeding it with the drum off?

On a technical note a few years ago Toyota commented that: Why design an engine for maximum efficiency and strict emissions but marry it to a human who will undo their good work? Yes, the human is the weak link. It would be more sensible to design the engine and drivetrain to work in perfect harmony with 'on the go' decisions taken by the car and not the driver. The downside is that driver satisfaction may be taken away. As far as the car is concerned why rag it around and drive on the red line where emissions and economy fly out of the window? Yes automatic control is here to stay and i am surprised it has taken so long and ironic that the internal combustion engine is on the wane and not in the mindset of future propellant considerations.

I agree with you about the worries of stability around corners and bends. I have done training through my work with regards to driving at speed and car control etc. Gear control and accelerator sense around bends is one of the major aspects of keeping what you are doing safe and giving you the best possible control. This always put me off about DSG, however after having recently purchased one I think it just requires a bit of adapting on the driver's part. I find if I drop down a gear using manual with plenty of time, this does the job sufficiently. However, there are occasions when I have forgotten due to being engrossed in just letting the auto car do its thing. I have just had to adjust my right foot a bit more so when mid turn. No issues really just not ideal. I love the gearbox personally. Its my first ever auto and with the DSG I don't see myself going back. And that's a big statement because I have been very vocal over the years about manual being the best. However, I really can't deny that for certain road conditions, you can't beat the control a manual offers. However like I said above, its all about learning to adapt. The DSG allows you to get the same results, its just I need to go about it another way.

I remember you posting when you first had it! WTF can't people sip a beer at home or get a professional to take them home for the price of an additional two beers, which clearly they had well more over the limit of? That looked like a well-looked after car and being a diesel, it won't surprise my if the insurance people assess it well under its actual worth! In my experience, I would suggest you clean it before they come, hoover, wash, etc making it look as pristine as possible prior to the accident as I am really sure they knock down every little flaw they can, in order to suggest it it worth less. It will almost certainly be the third parties insurer doing this as they want to lower any payment and I recon they are under guidelines to scrap diesels or reduce their values in order to reduce them on the road bit, by bit! The better the wreck looks, the higher the opinion of the car will be. I had mine quite dirty as it was parked up for a air few weeks, and had an old vinyl roof sticker, to protect the paintwork from a roof box but I think they looked at that as damaged paint and not protection (?) along with scratched wheels, etc that are really quite simple to renovate or even swap. When it came to having a new battery, an engine with 50,000 miles less then the clock stated, genuine arm rest, many dealer extras, they were overlooked with a statement of they don't add anything after a cession period of time and the engine no longer ad a warranty on it so the rest of the car had travelled that distance... They stab your back with the bad things and don't even offer a plaster, when you point out the good things. This was despite my argument that the lower mileage engine and all the extras, made the car more desirable when offered for sale and harder to replace, like-for-like, which is what is supposed to be offered. That said, they well over estimated the cost of repair so when they paid me the (low-ish) value, I had it fixed and had the wheels painted along with a few small dints and it looked better afterward and I made a few quid! (I only had a dented passenger door and broken mirror, which they then said wrote the car off).

...Bleeding nuisance!

You can get an idea of the market value with a free valuation from Parkers here. Another route is via Autotrader.

Road noise reduced and a seat that doesn't squeek, less shiny piano black scratchy panels, some engine/exhaust noise would be nice too. Stop supplying them from new with those awful Bridgestone tyres. Better paint and paint quality control. LEDs inside as standard. Theres loads of things I would like to see changed!

Three stops next week if Pirelli bring softer tyres and the temperature is up in the 30's. Horner to Verstappen at the end of the race 'he's a lucky boy'. I assume he was referring to Hamilton's puncture, sour grapes?

A MIB2 infotainment with CarPlay so I don't have to wait ages for the Amundsen nav to start up very time.

Yup. I bought a short cable and this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PN288W7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_3WUjFb8GNRSHY just pop it on top of the exiting tray. Phone held with no sliding around despite the small looking grips. It’s hardly noticeable when the phone isn’t there either being black

im nearly 40, only ever owned 3 cars, always bought em outright PCP is something im not used to so was just asking to familiarise myself with what everyone else does really

I plan to spend a few hundred quid of my salary on a car forever, yes. I think you do that anyway however you pay for a car if you want a new car. I used to buy a new car every 3 years with cash, after 3 years I would sell it privately and get a new car. Every 3 years I would get depressed at how much it had depreciated. This time, I have sold my car, and put the money in the bank. The money I had saved up to top that up to enable me to buy my next new car is also in the bank. My new car fund is now invested and making me money, rather than being sat on the driveway losing money. I am now leasing a car and it’s costing me less than I was saving up every month, and I have £30k Invested and that is earning me money. i don’t think I will ever buy a car again.

Max could have won if he could have predicted all the tyre problems about to happen but bagged the extra point for fastest lap and Lewis now 30 points ahead of Bottas after he slipped from 2nd to 11th with 2 laps to go. Sainz also suffering and losing points dropping from 4th and Vettel only managing 10th compared to his team mates podium (3rd).

Hamilton crosses the finish line to win ...... with a left front puncture!!! Amazing end to what was a fairly processional race in the middle laps.

Most insurance companies won't make a glass claim affect the no claims, however it will still be mentioned as a claim that will appear if you change insurers when you renew.

I think they've now been clinically proven to not be worth it. Get a proper re-map done instead. Far better for the car, and far better value for money. In my opinion. Gaz

Ouch! Just be glad you weren't in it at the time ...

Kudos to you MicMac, you were dead right in your diagnosis.

Brembo is brembo , even when its ment o be installed on Renault Megane RS 275 ( quite quick and light track car ) But yes, I was surprised as well. But this calipers are reasonably priced and have decent stopping power, but for me the main thing is weight.

Was talking to Skoda Ireland during the week and was told that information on the new Octavia will be released in September, I didn't ask about specific versions though. The Skoda Ireland website and configurator are always lagging behind everywhere else, its quite frustrating tbh.

That's a really helpful and balanced response. Thank you very much for the insight. It is somewhat as I expected - one can get used to DSG and it will do something similar, but it's not as good for helping you to balance the car in corners as a manual gearbox. I suppose in practice that few people bother with any of that anyway - they just push the accelerator and don't worry too much about how stable the body is in corners. For most people, therefore, a DSG is no different than a manual. I may be doing people an injustice, but since I have never heard this issue discussed before I have assumed that this must be the case. I am sure that when I get a DSG I will adapt, but I suspect I will pine for my manual gearbox. Of course it may be that when eventually the specs become known I will face a choice between a manual 4x4 with IRS and 150bhp, or a DSG with 190bhp or so, and what a difficult choice that will be!

Approved, although I personally felt a little uncomfortable watching it as you seem to be looking over at the camera far more than the road.

@j1mg Funny you should mention this, I was going to post a thread in the “General Motoring Chat” after I found the rear quarter window on my wife’s Renault shattered when cleaning last week (no idea how it ended up like it). Looked on eBay and found a replacement for a similar price to what you quoted however, due to work commitments, I wasn’t going to be about to replace it so my wife looked in to getting quotes for a replacement. A well known car window company quoted her £407 and wanted the money up front! They said she could then claim it back through her insurance company. In the end she just claimed through her insurance company at a cost of £85 excess (doesn’t affect no claims). It was replaced within 2 days (it would have been quicker had they had it in stock). So my advise, go through your insurance. By the time you’ve got the parts and tools together you may as well pay the excess and get the experts to replace it with a guarantee on the workmanship. Just make sure they do a decent job cleaning up after, my wife wasn’t very happy to be cleaning glass up off the drive for the next week!

Renault Megane 😳

Swede here, just had my MC delivered after 6months of corona delays 🤣🤣

Brake disks ( not cheap cheap , but not expensive , just in case ) - https://www.ebay.ie/itm/D1285-EBC-Standard-Brake-Discs-FRONT-PAIR-fit-AUDI-SEAT-SKODA-VW/401018962403?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Calipers from Renault Megane 3 RS 250-275hp - https://www.ebay.ie/itm/NEW-BREMBO-CALIPER-front-red-Renault-Sport-Megane-III-RS-410116043R-410010873R/124217513427?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Steel brackets for 345 Disk ( There are options for 340 disk , but they are mostly aluminium alloys , so I decided to be on safe side) https://epytec.de/de/vw-golf-5-6-gti-audi-a3-tt-s3-8p-bremssatteladapter-renault-megane-rs-4-kolben-bremssattel-tuning-vo-13948 EBC Red Stuff BrakePads , they are very low dust and virtually no noise ceramic pads https://www.ebcbrakeshop.co.uk/ebc-redstuff-brake-pads-dp31908c_p1165147.htm If you want a bit more bite ( but I do not think it will be necessary for Karoq) here is Yellow stuff - https://www.ebcbrakeshop.co.uk/ebc-yellowstuff-brake-pads-dp41908r_p1179108.htm Do not forget about wearing sensors for pads ( two cables coming in set) - https://www.ebay.ie/itm/BREMBO-FRONT-BRAKE-PAD-WEAR-SENSOR-WARNING-INDICATOR-A-00-209-P-NEW/154002433261?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Pins and springs to keep pads in ( be aware that there smaller calipers for 220HP clio , and very often sellers sending smaller springs , so you have to be sure ). Here are two options: Genuine - https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Genuine-Renault-Sport-Megane-3-Front-Brake-Pad-Pin-Kit-Set-411203690R-Brembo/264499625428?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Aftermarket: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Renault-Megane-RS-250-265-275-Front-brake-pad-fitting-kit-pad-pin-kit-PFK1202Y/333162759488?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Also you will need ( not exactly but alluminium calipers will always be better with ) DOT5.1 brake fluid ( I purchased 2L) - https://www.ebay.ie/itm/High-Performance-Brembo-Fully-Synthetic-Brake-And-Clutch-Fluid-Dot-5-1-1L-1Litre/262703043311?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Do not forget brided brake lines ( otherwise everything what we are doing here is pointless ) as example - https://www.ebay.ie/itm/FULL-KIT-HEL-Brake-Lines-Hoses-For-Skoda-Karoq-All-Models-15-EBRAKE-Multi/202958499133?hash=item2f4144ed3d:g:Si8AAOSwy3BdhIcS Also when purchase lines , ask for 24mm 1.0 banjo bolts , like here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07TD6S2TQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 If you have extra double amount of icecream money , you can purchase 2 peace brake disk from - https://www.awesomegti.com/shop-by-brand/ecs-tuning/ecs-tuning-front-cross-drilled-slotted-2-piece-brake-discs/ I would not play much with fully floated, as calipers designed for 28mm disk , and 30 mm is already very tight. Before you purchase brackets , let me test setup. I am currently waiting delivery of brake fluid and pins/springs. Rear brakes is way easier. The only place where you need to be a bit creative are dustshields if you running like me front wheel drive car. Here are calipers ( brake lines attached are to short , and I am waiting for new one at the moment as currently stock one are connected) https://www.ebay.ie/itm/GENUINE-REAR-BRAKE-CALIPERS-310MM-VW-GOLF-Mk7-GTI-R-AUDI-A3-8V-S3-RS3-TTS-8S-NEW/303552076165?hash=item46ad1d1985:g:IQAAAOSw2H1d3~8v Brakepads are this one ( I think , but I am waiting replacement as well , so lets wait to confirm)- https://www.ebay.ie/itm/EBC-RedStuff-Rear-Pads-DP32173C-Golf-R-7-5-Audi-S3-8V-Leon-Red-Stuff/184375948982?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 The most interesting part of the setup is brake disk. Karoq with front wheel drive , do have solid 5x112 10mm depth , 272d ( as far as I remember) and 58.9mm height rear disks. 4x4 have 50mm heigh disk ( aprox). So issue was that 10mm in heigh needs to be compensated with some spacers for brake calipers, but that I found that AUDI TT 2008 , do have 22mm vented, 310mm diameter, and 58.3mm height disk which I installed bolt on in my setup Or this one from EBC - https://www.ebcbrakeshop.co.uk/ebc-oereplacement-brake-disc-d1458_p4240606.htm Any questions - just ask

You cant have apple car play, not with the mib1, you need to change the unit.

Thank you very much!

Yes i understand, a lot of people have a love hate relationship with a lot of recent systems. I know some people who hate the start stop system. I have this fantasy of semi auto pilot with ACC and lane guidance, I travel often along a nice stretch of road with clear markings so am hopeful it will work well.

A couple from Brands Hatch today..

I just bought one off amazon and plugged it into the usb c. Heck of a lot cheaper than the Skoda factory option!!!

How about BRAKES ? Look what I am preparing

I like it, now everyone can see all the good stuff we do anonymously. 😅

Red Bull a whole second off pole!... for the 3rd GP on the trot. I saw Brundle wrote last week about Max leaving for Mercedes, this result is surely going to increase the chance of that happening, although Lewis is talking about 3 more years.

Never a good idea to switch on a return line. If pulling the fuse gives you the result that you want then that is the line that should be switched, I would simply use a relay and then there is nothing to do and you would not know it was fitted. Did it have any effect on your radio like losing presets, longer boot up time etc?

After a near 4 hour drive the wife decided we needed a short walk so nearly 6 hours and 13.5 miles later (21.6km) we returned to our hotel. It was only 28C in the Lake District.

Have to agree with Roottoot. Space savers weigh a ton, i got one for my Roomster, and was going to sell a full size alloy, decided to keep the alloy. Ask people how many times they have used a spare, me in the last 25yrs, once. Still like to have one.

Good job! May fool most people... 😉

Absolutely not. I'm simply a member who believes that without financial support the site wouldn't be what it is. If I have something to sell then I offer a discount to people who support the site financially. I notice you're not a paid member, perhaps you should join?

I don't have a problem. Because I have no desire to drive a connected games console with a vertical tea tray sticking up from the centre of the dashboard, nor do I want to talk to my car. I have a reliable & functional means of transport that does not bring me problems like everything I own with a touch screen does.

Once again, for whoever wants them, here is my latest customised version of EU Speedcams ( July, 2020 ). They consist of EU speed cameras which I've split up into four consolidated poi categories i.e. Fixed Speedcams, Average Speedcams, Variable Speedcams and Redlight Speedcams. They come supplied with my own preferred personal choice of icons, shown below, to match each of the categories. Remember to Install them as I explained in the first post in this thread i.e. after extracting the zip file remember to place only the PersonalPOI folder and metainfo2.txt file onto your sd card ( Please Note: a usb stick will not work! ). Also, please remember to select/tick the relevant newly added poi categories and the poi audible warning alert in the menu settings after performing the update or they will not display on your map or audibly alert you. Enjoy! EU Speedcams July, 2020.zip

I sometimes get the opposite, it mutes the music and then doesn't unmute it. It may be a similar issue / setting involved

It's kinda sounding like this DSG business takes more input and effort than just changing gear the good old fashioned way! Everyone seems to be switching modes and the like constantly. I thought the idea was to not have to worry about that. As far as I can tell in a manual the modes make no difference to economy if you have half decent control over your right foot. I tried eco and normal and just found it laggy and annoying when I wanted to make progress, but with no benefit. As stated above though, if you've got CC on, the ecu is taking control of your throttle anyway, so the mode selection is redundant.

Sport. I then use my right foot to emulate the other two modes.

I think the remap aspect is irrelevant. The dtuk pedal box only "remaps" the throttle pedal to take out the slack in the initial movement of the pedal. The controller allows you to select a less sporty or more sporty mode, but also allows you to switch the pedal box off. It's like a rheostat for the pedal, but does not affect any other aspect of the engine management. Make sense?