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You talk too much and bring a huge amount of background noise often drowning out good suggestions in the tumult. I'm not always right because it isn't possible to be, however I do know how everything works so I can help narrow things down a bit. I never found anything I couldn't fix, except stupid of course.

A couple of my efforts this morning from a frosty Leighton Buzzard lake

Some from today.

I love that! 👍 I can assure you that I will shamelessly plagiarise that, sadly too frequently, it would merit its place on my headstone! Happy new year to you and your loved ones.

And that’s if they do it at all. Ceramic coating is a good thing - it doesn’t replace proper paint care but makes it a lot easier to keep your car looking showroom fresh. I’d get a proper car detailer to do it for you as soon as you get the car, some offer packages for new cars which might include ceramic coating. However if you’re the sort of person who just takes your car to drive through hand car washes then don’t bother paying any extra for anything.

I don't like the steering wheel suddenly tugging for what often appears to be for no good reason, therefore I've schooled myself to turn it off (along with start/stop) at the start of every trip. Sometimes I forget initially, but I remember within a short distance of driving away. As for the insurance angle, in the case of an accident, it's not the first thought of anyone attending an accident to check whether the Lane Assist is active or not and once the ignition has been turned off, it resets to the ON position by default, so who would know. I would imagine that if an insurance company were able to ascertain if Lane Assist was off, then they might well try and use that as an excuse to wriggle out of paying a claim because that's what they do. However, as Lane Assist has the facility to be disabled, it's up to the individual driver to use it or not, so I fail to see how an insurance company can successfully argue a case if it's turned off.

I don't believe the car industry is going in a good direction. The resources of a decent sized nation are being poured into a wholly new technology for transport at a massive cost to the environment. We already have the infrastructure for Hydrogen combustion (JCB are already making hydrogen engined plant machinery) and although it's not as green to make hydrogen, it is easy to store, refill and saves dragging an extra half ton of batteries around. The emissions have a slight NOx output, but there are ways around that. At the moment, Ireland is beginning to worry that it has enough infrastructure to power its data servers, (admittedly huge) before we even talk about electrifying all their vehicles. Autocar commissioned an expert to work out how much more electricity was required to totally convert the UK to EVs and they reckoned we were around 9 power stations short. There are currently no plans to build these extra power stations (almost certainly reactors) although there is one new reactor coming on line in 2026, we will be phasing out remaining fossil fuel stations of course. Wind power is great when there is wind, although storing electricity is a not convenient technology in many ways, needing huge battery packs to store a meaningful amount of the stuff for our use. I don't believe batteries in cars are the answer and that they are mainly a knee-jerk reaction that politicians think will get them their jobs back at the relevant time. I'm saying this knowing that hydrogen combustion cars would more than likely be slower than current petrol cars in order to reduce emissions to super green levels and I do like a quick car, but for me, I would like hydrogen.

Seps suggestion does not require batteries in a remote as it is a manual operation actioned by twisting a key in a door lock.

It could be the passenger side motor, unlikely given the lesser problem with the drivers side, it could be the controller which is integrated into the drivers side motor, it could be a damaged wire in the door bellows, more likely on drivers door, it could be corrosion of the connector to either of the window motors, more likely the drivers one. A VCDS scan will lead you either directly to which one of these it is or indirectly in the case of a fractured wire, corroded terminals etc. Knock yourself out charging the battery for as long low and slow that turns you on or disconnecting it if you want but it wont make the slightest bit of difference.

Appreciate your input. Don’t want you to think haven’t replied or dis interested, I’ve just been awfully busy with other things incl covid related concerns.

Mine is in the UK and I'll have it this month. Ordered in May 21 and was quoted delivery of Dec 21 so i can't complain. Dealer kept in contact every few months to give me updates. Can't wait to get it, I've always wanted a vRS since the first ones came out.

@TruckbusUK If you follow the ebay link I posted earlier, you'll see that genuine batteries are indeed sometimes Exide branded. Another example here, with VWAG engraved near the negative post and the VWAG part number top right. REMK UP CITIGO AKUMULATOR 1S0915105A 59Ah 320A EFB - 7651917745 - oficjalne archiwum Allegro Maybe the OP could look at his negative (battery!) post and see if it has a date code engraved on the top like in the 2nd image of that latest link?

How time changes. I waited 2 and a half months when I ordered mine back in October 2020. 😲

😂 I'm still the sort of person that hand washes our cars, if I can once a week. I'm sure my wife thinks I'm mad, she's never really understood why I use two buckets! I just don't get the time to polish, etc, these days

Just a follow up to this issue When tank was fairly low on fuel i accessed the fuel pump and float sender in the tank I exercised the gloat sender back and forwards with my hand Put it all back together and so far guage is now reading correct Filled the car up and so far the needle now shows full correctly So looks like the issue is a dodgy in tank sender Will see how I get on now

I was put off them when I drove the Nissan Primera CVT about 20 years ago. It was a hateful thing, not helped by a course sounding engine droning away. I should probably try something modern like a Qashqai to see how they have advanced. But there is something about the rising sound of revs that I like. It's an intrinsic part of the experience of acceleration and deceleration for me and I can't imagine a Tom Cruise car chase would sound the same if the car was CVT. Although the Fast and Furious lot have that many gear changes going up the gearbox, perhaps they should get CVTs

Sorry meant to post the correct images!

No derailing that I can see, the thread was meant to encourage discussion. If we all agreed it wouldn't be a discussion, it would be a 'love in' I would like to be convinced of the EV revolution as it might make me actually want an EV, which on the face of it, would be a handy thing as it's in my future - assuming I'm still driving or buying new cars in the next decade. The thread was really meant for the discussion of whether 'media' was going to dwindle, as EVs don't seem to have the same attraction for most folk that IC cars do. This may change, but my friends who are buying EVs want one in the same way they want an iphone. They know nothing of the design or technology and want the latest thing. Mostly they bang on about how cheap the thing is to run, but know nothing about any of the car's engineering. It's easy to go off topic with EVs, as I've proved, but I still wonder if Brisky will become a smaller place as EVs become the dominant form of transport 😞 (Disclaimer: the sad face emoji was for the potential shrinking of Brisky, not EVs becoming the dominant form of transport 😞 )

Same here So happy! It's been 11 months since ordering.

I'd suspect a lichen, unless it's maybe 1cm deep which will be a moss.

Pull the passengers seat fully back and get your head under the foot well, awkward but doable. I sprayed the new cabin air filter with odorX to make it smell nice.

Why not shoe horn the W12 out of a Bentley in there. Oh and pie...

I was contemplating a Superb V10...

I should add in fairness to the above post, well, two above post, that I've also just read that we expect another 30GW of wind power on line by 2030, which is equivalent to a lot of powerstations....when it's windy. This from Autoexpress In comparison, Lithium-ion battery production for electric cars is very energy-intensive. As an example, a 100kWh battery will take around 20 tonnes of CO2 to produce. A typical battery lasts for 150,000 miles, so that equates to around 83g/km of CO2. Then, when you take into account charging over that same distance, the same battery car will deliver 124g/km of CO2 over its lifetime. Current hydrogen production and in car use, is a similar figure, but that should drop once hydrogen is made from renewables. Anyhoo I digress again. We need to all go out and buy Fabia 2.0 petrol cars and keep Brisky going on the legendary performance of these beasts. W16 Octy anyone?

Mine was in a few weeks back and since then it's been faultless. Probably completely spew it's guts in the morning now though. 😁 The only thing that they didn't fix and they told me there isn't one yet was the adaptive cruise fault so will need to go back for that. I still love the car though and have spent a bloody fortune recently on cleaning stuff so that confirms it. Race blue ftw. I'm a 61 year old professional moaner but can't see me swapping this car for a while yet.

No, I'm not, it isn't all about you, only the first bit is. The second bit is about me. The third bit could be about anyone, but more generally; a person can be smart but people are stupid, the larger the group is the dumber it gets.

Spigen branded cases for protection.

ybx7027 12v 60ah 560a yuasa EFB start stop battery. It is the same that Halfords wanted to fit. It was fitted by ex vw mechanic,do l assume it was coded correctly.

Don't think it'll help actually. A 54-reg mk1 is likely to have the system where the two (driver's and passenger side) modules communicate with one another, but nothing central, including the diagnostics. Effectively invisible to VCDS. @Jamesmaher63, it's not clear to me whether you previously replaced the driver's side regulator (wires and mechanism) or motor module? Please clarify. It also sounds like you may just need to reset the one-touch function on driver's side as it is actually moving the window? I wonder if the single comms wire from driver's side module to passenger side one is busted? The result of sep's suggested test will be useful info.

And a very good concise definitive suggestion it was too!

The minimum delivery statement is correct, because that's the minimum amount the pump electro-mechanics can deliver accurately. The pumps are calibrated using a calibrated 25l container.

What is the price of a new correct size battery? What is the price of a new key after fitting the wrong size battery? Just get a good quality right size one. Thanks. AG Falco

Thanks Mac. I did mess about initially in B&W but it didn’t work for me, the drainage channel gets a bit lost as it ends up the same contrast as the grass. Had another quick go for you, going Sepia..

Thank you!

TC-6 measurement at cold start in the morning: 2.6 litres per hour (was 3.6-3.2 before) and after few hours when i moved the car from the parking show 2.2 litres per hour and finally when i finished my shift show 2.3 litres per hour. The numbers dropping very fast to the 1.2-1 litre per hour and meanwhile the idle reached the 850 rpm which means things are getting much better. 🤩

'17 L&K Superb Combi, UK import. I'm an X5 convert. Looking forward to driving this machine.

Does state in the advert and most other ones I've seen that they are specifically not for Canton, so they are aware of it at least. I don't think it will be possible to get one as the market would be too small for them to bother with making one for fibre optic setup like the Canton has sadly.

I have a 1.4 stop/start and had to replace the battery last year. Took it to my local indy dealer who changed it in about 5 minutes without any re-programming, just removed the connections and old battery and installed a new battey, (about £140). I have not had any issues since?

Thursday Out in the car and tested a few known locations the sat nav is now working correctly showing my house and the new 8 year old dual carriageway On home again and tested the car system for new updates I have database 21.11 Tried on the car for sat updates but none available Scoda recommends keep looking Chris replied new database should be 21.2 Will watch this space Thanks to all who replied I will post any progress when it happens

Yep this works perfectly. Just disable the two options and Predictive ACC becomes ACC. Job done.

Did you contact the dealership? According to @Skodamias there was a software fix for this problem. His car is a 2021, yours being a 2020 I'm guessing it has an older software.

thank you.

No. If it works, which is about 20% of the time in my experience, you receive a notification that a new destination has been received. You then get the option to save it and/or navigate to it.

thanks for your reply. situation now resolved at dealers expense. whilst I think main dealers are very expensive RRG skoda in Bolton Lancashire dealt with my problem in a courteous and prompt manner at their expense. p.s. I lived in Kilbirnie Ayrshire for a few years early on in my career, lovely area of Scotland

I replaced the CR2025 with a CR2032 when the battery went flat in the second key, yes it was a bit of a squeeze getting it back together again but it fitted OK.

Following on for Ken's advice - a good routine to adopt is to turn all electrics off (unless safety) before you turn the engine off and conversely don't turn any electrics on (unless safety) before you have the engine running. Another tip, if you don't already, to help clear the screen quicker when the blower is used angle the sun visors so that the blown air deflects back to the screen and not roof. Modern cars all being so big have huge windscreens and lots of other glass areas which are good for condensation (and solar gain) I've put two Pingi dehumidifier bags on top of the dash for my wife's Mk3. We're quite dry weather here (relatively) and not very low temperatures normally but for about the last 4 or 5 winters I've noticed there's a lot more damp and condensation now with green mossy/mould type stuff (I'm no gardener) on the concrete paths than the preceding three decades.

Hi guys, I did a little bit more experimentation with the lights issue. It seems that my car's my lights are set up for UK (Left hand side of the road driving) by default but the issue is that in the menu "Driving on the right" is selected- so the menu selection is wrong. The reason why I think that is because if I go into the menu and select "driving on the right" (even though it's already selected) the beam pattern shifts to the right. If I then select "driving on the left" it then shifts back to the left. So I actually think that it's been set up correctly but the menu is incorrect l, but only initially. Might be worth having a look for yourselves. I found parking up by a wall to be able to see the light beam pattern worked well. Cheers

fitted my own for £286 all in...

Looks great! I'll book my car in now if that's okay? 😁

agree half agree .. yes my 1982 E28 525i is very slow compared to anything now a days but its a car that you really have to involve your self in driving , steering is heavy and you have to actually use your arms , no drive by wire so you can actually feel the throttle working , it leans going into corners its 40 year old tech but i could drive that car every day day in day out and never feel bored . You have to interact with the car and when you do you get a sence of satisfaction from doing it ..it has soul and presence ..... new EV maybe quick etc but lacks emotion ... company i work for has contracts to move Porsches , Lambos, ferrari, Aston martin , classics etc ..... weve had Porsches in my family for over 25 years ,,, My sister had one of the last air cooled 993 targa's..... gutted she had to sell it when she got pregnant .... It was a drivers car the noise when you started it was enough to make you think "ok im gonna have to get my head on " when i get sent to pick up a new 150k plus you just zone out .. completely dead of soul