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So far so good and collection went well with a very good sales lady. Corsa electric handed back at 3 years old and it really behaved this morning and went as well as it ever has. 18*oC and humid this morning. Actually did 4.5 miles a kWh for the 25 miles this morning into Dundee, then when i got there the keys fobs were not locking it but that was because put back to factory setting and just needed cycled a few times. Good condition payment coming my way from Motability for the Corsa. . The Sales exec set up on the MyMini app & phone etc & was really very knowledgeable. * The My MINI App & phone setup is great. lots of charging, pre heating & relevant stuff, clear and easy to use and read and fast. Vahxhall / Stellantis really need to sort out theirs.** So car home, rear floor and parcel self out and & stored away & the car is ready for a bit of a road trip this weekend. I did 40 miles with it and got 4.1 miles a kWh with it in Sport and low regen and AC on as it was about 22*oC. There is no room to sit behind my seat as i have it all the way back and down, so it could only be a 3 seater. In the boot was the 3 pin charger in bag. Heavy. (I have one that i will carry and is lighter.) (11kW AC type 2-type 2 missing and being posted out, but i have one so no problem.) Puncture repair pump. First aid kit. Load comprises, 2 folding directors chairs. Cooler box. Tackle Box with tools and stuff, torches, wind up radio, cb radio, deicer, gloves, hi-viz etc. (the stuff that normally goes in glovebox, arms rest, under seats and in door pockets. A storage box under 2 suitcases. Elbow Crutches 3 pin charger and space for type 2 to type 2 cable and soft bags. Front of the car pretty uncluttered. Instead of removing the Yellow E badge the Saltire sticker was a perfect fit on it. First Aid kit, Tyre kit and wheel tools under the 2nd false floor.

Unusual phenomena - I've got a swarm of flies the other side of the road to my house: Probably about 8' in diameter. They're rising up from the ground in front of this shrub. Don't think they're ants (although it is the right conditions for them). There's a waterway (sewer) behind the shrub, but they look too small for Mayfly - Augustfly maybe? 🙄 Chris Packham talks about the 'apocalyptic reduction' in insect numbers. Going by the splats on my recently cleaned car, I reckon it's just that they're down here and not where he is. G

back in the old house there was a service chamber just down past our place in the foot path. one yr, weather like this, there was a billion ants out on the footpath around it, and 3 days later 999million of them were up swarming for hours. like that, just there. i dont mind ants, as long as they are not in my kitchen...

But I can't fly and there's only one of me I might take it back on the ants front as one's just come in on me. Unusual to see a dense swarm rather than them sailing off as individuals. G

But they can deliver, just not until next year. Supply and demand.

0% loan from the government to buy it, government grant towards the charger, government funded charging network nationwide. Hard to see what more I could reasonably expect them to do. Biggest thing I wish they would do is change the regulatory regime so that they decouple electricity prices from coal and gas generation, that polus brexit and the Ukraine war have caused the prices to rise steadily fromthe start of 2021. That and changing the rules so they don't penalise power generation based on distance from London and sort out the grid connections to Motorway service areas.

Easy to forget that Germany has much more industry than automotive as this article states.... https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/business/germanys-industry-the-most-important-facts-and-figures#:~:text=Four sectors dominate German industry,engineering%2C chemical and electrical industry. Whilst it looks like the German Automotive sector has failed spectacularly to gear up to the transition to EVs and now the big German car makers are spending billions buying up bit of the Chinese automotive industry and setting up joint ventures with Chinese government companies like SAIC the other big parts of the German industry and also trying to update their manufacturing technology but not without problems. Siemens are having some really problems with quality and post install repairs on their wind turbines and their share price has fallen hugely but their are some sectors that are doing quite well and I see that on a daily basis. For a country with relatively low natural resources thy have to innovate and build their mechanical engineering side, chemicals, pharma. Partnering with South Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese companies will help Germany fight China economically. China, I think, will actually be more concerned by what weather, earthquakes and their own property market is doing than competing with "The West" which China's move to No 1 economic power is just happening as something they have been building for more than fifty years and their success in the flagship automotive sector is evidence of their industrial might but I think their focus is improving their own country, ie city pollution, energy independence with their massive dominance in solar and now wind and there are few industries left they are not leading ie aerospace, but the are working on that, maybe pharma and they need all the improvements they can make in the solar and wind sector to help clean up the world as they are the biggest contributor to carbon pollution input. They have seen record high temperatures, their water table is lowering causing building collapses, massive damaging storms due to the sea warming so the Chinese will continue to surge ahead in technology over the West, I believe not as a race with The West but to tackle their own environmental problems. I expect South Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese countries and their companies will continue to want to work with both Europe and the US and whilst they will also do massive investment in China as well they will like to see success in Western countries so they do not have too many of their eggs in the Chinese basket. Audi/VW and many other Western automotive companies are seeing their profits disappear as the fail in China and must look for alliances where ever they can. Taiwan will continue to want protection from China and massive investments like this one can only help promote Western countries to help protect such countries from China's wish to re-integrate Taiwan in to China mainland control. Good luck Germany and mainland Europe in maintaining a strong manufacturing sector, probably a percentage of economy that is more likely to go down than up as the Asian nations power on through the 21st century but they, like the UK, can only do its best to retain as best as possible what it can but as with automotive as you find that you have to go for components to Asian countries you gradually lose control of the overall process and then the only course is one of continuing decline and one is left with businesses like tourism, agriculture/food, leisure, sport and anything else the Asian might want to buy of us Western is exchange for their manufacturing sector goods ie automotive and most other goods we want ie mobile phones, computers, electronics etc.. Empires rise and fall. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is the manufacturing sector’s share of economic output? 26.6 percent was the share of gross value added by the manufacturing sector in Germany in 2021. For comparison: in France, the share was 16.8 percent, in the USA 18.4 percent and in Japan 29 percent. What is the turnover of the manufacturing sector in Germany? 2,096 billion euros was the turnover of companies in the manufacturing sector in 2020. The automotive industry led the way with 459 billion euros. What are the largest sectors in Germany? Four sectors dominate German industry: the automotive, mechanical engineering, chemical and electrical industry. Global players are Volkswagen, Daimler, BMW (all automotive), BASF, the world’s largest chemical company with around 118,000 employees, and Siemens (electrical). With 1.1 million employees, mechanical engineering is the largest industry in Germany, but it is dominated by SMEs.

Hello everyone. Just joined the site due to having exactly the same problem as djgilson. I am a motor engineer who has given up trying to retire because the buggers keep on finding me. I specialise in classics and drive a 30 year old Audi 80 V6 as my daily. Last year the wife finally decided to give up her great old Beetle for something modern. She fancied an SUV of some sort, but I warned her that I would not tolerate a Range Rover or any of the other appallingly huge petrol guzzlers. I suggested a Yeti as I've always admired the cleverness of the design. We found a 2012 one owner 1.4 TFSI with only 32K on the clock and absolutely pristine. To my surprise I love driving it and it's been great up until recently when it developed the above fault. I gave it to a colleague who does my MOTs and has massive amounts of diagnostic equipment. He charged 240 quid for diagnostics and a new battery, thank you very much. It was still the same. I then used the good old method of common sense and replaced the fuel pressure regulator on top of the pump. That actually improved the problem but didn't cure it. I found this site tonight and when I read about the relay I realised this was almost certainly the problem. Although mine is a petrol it has two "100" relays on the board. I swapped them to check and the fault has gone! Sadly, although these relays are marked Hella, they are also made in bloody China!! I have ordered 2 from Amazon for 9 quid each, made in Germany. This is an exercise in modern diagnostics and teaches us that experience is far more practical than a code reader.

Not just Forfar it seems, they hit Kinross too. Quite a few cars now clamped up

In case anyone is having trouble viewing with this format, here are jpg images.

They actually track massive swarms by radar gaz ,last couple of days has been ideal for them as the temp has gone up ,pesky things tho .

Could be flying ants gaz we got quite a few knocking about our house at mo .

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Erm....You go first...😉

Did the failed backlighting happen when you were driving the car after dark with out lights on, that is how it is supposed to work to tell you to switch lights on.

🤷‍♂️. I didn't assume anything. I asked. Apologies for disturbing you.

They stopped putting them in the car well before yours was made, I believe. 🙁

Lovely evening............. Q

I spotted this morning in under 1 mile 6 cars and 1 van clamped. I assume no VED, expired MOT or maybe no insurance. So done by the DVLA or their contractor. This is the first i have seen these clamps used or actually anything clamped in Scotland for many years.

Mine has the 280mm discs I think, it was the lowest powered Yeti, it does not have caliper carriers, the calipers bolt directly to the steering knuckle = wheel bearing carrier. You can use the large discs and calipers from an earlier Golf GTi, I bought a set from Ebay quite some while back but they are in storage following my move and the job wont be done for a very long time. You have to use the corresponding steering knuckle, that brings its own problem in that the knuckle is for a 50mm strut body IIRC and mine has the smaller diameter struts, 45mm I think, so I have to either change the struts which I only fitted last year or use adaptors which are available. A long post to explain that if you have the smallest brakes you can upgrade to the decent ones but its more complicated. The other thing putting me off doing the upgrade is aside from having to refurbish the calipers I cannot believe the weight of the set up, it is by far the heaviest of my removal cases heavier even than the ones with all the lathe tooling and bar stock. Granted I have not weighed my current set up but these are astonishingly heavy, the car will need a brake upgrade to cope with the extra weight 😄

My mate went out with and then married a girl called Candice Hunt… absolutely true.

I somehow think the ebrake will apply automatically once the gearbox is in park if the car is parked on a slope. Maybe a sensor in the gearbox? At home the car is parked on the level & the ebrake is not activated when I pull away in the morning. At work on a slight slope it is.

I've done the 1000 to a tank with 20 mile range showing. I put a little over 70.5 litres in when I filled up. I think driven really carefully I might get between 1100 to 1200 miles on a tank, another reason why I chose a Superb.

Yes, Golfs used to have them for sound deadening, they fill with water like a sponge and rot from the inside out.

Jeez ime losing mi marbles haha meant to put ants 😂😂

Thanks for the responses. Have been into dealership (3 nails in tyres !! one repairable and 1 new tyre) They were very helpful re DSG issue. Offered to take vehicle in for a couple of days and drive it to try to get fault to occur. I will drive it with technician initially also. Hopefully it will reoccur. Then we might get to the bottom of the problem. Will let you know outcome. Grant

The disruptive change continues at a pace on consumer demand and choice......

I've used Central Panels twice and recommended several times - https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_dkr=1&iconV2Request=true&_blrs=recall_filtering&_ssn=centralpanels&store_name=centralpanels&_oac=1&_nkw=octavia Their own site is usually better:https://www.centralpanels.co.uk/product-category/skoda/skoda-octavia-1996-2004/ I've had other regulators go, and quite quickly, but both the ones from CP (Front-Right and Rear-Left) have lasted over 5 years, with no worries.

Hi everyone, picked up a nice 67 plate Edition 2.0 TSI DSG yesterday, in Quartz Grey with a great spec including Pano roof, DCC, Heated rear seats, Area view camera, Park Assist, ACC, Heated windscreen, Virtual Pedal, Interior Light Pack, Spare wheel, Memory seats (both) and more. 6 years old but 1 owner from new, full Skoda history and just serviced. Bought privately so I have a nice thick history file including all the invoices and the original bill of sale too 👍🏻 Pleased with it so far, it’s a nice place to be and the engine seems well suited to the car.

So I’ve bottled doing it myself… Skoda wanted 2 hours labour at an eye watering £230. Two local body shops… one said £150, the other £100. The second one had an Octavia driver in the workshop. He said two hours but if it took less time he’d charge me less. And all said it was a bumper off job.

Those certainly look reassuringly expensive but I'm still trying other options at the moment - and I need wedge bulbs for the Kamiq, not bayonet, thanks

Tough crowd on the Octavia groups eh haha. It for some reason lasts longer when I drive away so I'm wooshing away out of the car park like I have a broken car, I almost put the factory box back on or even modified it. The problem isn't how loud it is in general, it's how unecessarily and obnoxiously loud it is when I'm simply driving out of the car park with feather like pressure on the throttle at like 10 mph. Hard acceleration is fine as that's what I want it for (car always gets up to temp before this if I ever fancy doing it).

2021 cars onwards have directions show but not the map - here's an example on a Tiguan (look at the HUD). Not sure why they would've disappeared

Have you got a sunroof? four possible places; light seal rear vent behind bumper poor factory panel seal sunroof drain

You’ll know if your airbag has been stolen cause they don’t just take one…. It’s normally on a theft to order car and they will clear it out of parts that are needed to repair a crash damaged car. plus if they somehow took an airbag, removed it from its covering and replaced the cover you would have a airbag light on (on all cars)

I can tick all those boxes with my vehicle. I call mine a Category S because thats what it was, the salvage yard said it was a fleet vehicle, self insured by the company and no claim was made, that it would not be recorded............. It made no odds to me because once re-registered in France any salvage markers are lost but the V5 did indeed carry no salvage marker. I got second hand airbags, a reconditioned dashboard (the airbag ruptures it) seat belt mechanisms with new pyrotechnic charges as a kit from an Eastern European guy, most of the written off vehicles were going over there to be broken, mine would have too, when Mike went and inspected it for me he saw a transporter packed full of wrecks about to leave for Poland or Romania, there were 2 or more every day from this yard alone. So the RHD vehicles go to Eastern Europe, some are repaired and return for resale, others the parts get removed, refurbished in the case of the dash and seat belts etc and then return to sellers like this guy who can undercut any of the domestic companies offering the same service, or at least he could, he was very concerned about Brexit. All bar one or two of my vehicles have always been bought this way and put back on the road and then used by me for many years ,one even got written off a second time and I retained the salvage from my insurers, repaired it again and they re-insured it!

You have included the word 'diff' in the thread title, probably by accident but please do not confuse the diff with the Haldex. Bad things will happen.

Rolling shot of Gandalf on a Euro Club cruise, with the remnants of a P-plate (plastic) that fell off the back of a motorbike & smashed into the grille!!

Why assume “from new”. Just some random reset. I’ve seen 40mpg on the dash a few times. This shot was after a boring day down to Goodwood in July. Cruising the M6 most of the day at a GPS 70mph. My honest Brim Brim consumption over 4,600 miles is 33mpg. Many of my miles are chauffeur-drive smooth, but I’m not shy in putting the foot down when the time comes.

Remember the main contributor to fuel economy is the driver. Whilst some may be able to achieve impressive figures you should have an idea what kind of driver you are & your typical usage. 45mpg from a 2L tdi would seem around the average. I would be expecting >50mpg from any kind of diesel. Are there any fuel logging websites around these days like Fuelly? This was useful when I got my Octavia as you could see the logged data of multiple users filtered by car/engine/body style/transmission etc

Feels like a mib1. There was a report that the coding solution worked for mib1. You got to see what is coded in the infotainment unit on the TMC set code. If you see 15, try 14. That was the reported solution for mib1. For that to work it means that the map file is over engineered for the purpose e.g.. it's generic that it was produced for different markets so was engineered with flexibility. You have to look into the unit with VCDS / Obdeleven Pro looking for the TMC code set. As see set to 15, change it to 14 and reboot. I don't reckon they would have been kitted out for connect services so that 5 character code doesn't come in. You just got to experiment. That's assuming it was over engineered by the map provider and the system people that coded it into the system. You could sniff around Aussie sites that had this unit if any that may have tried to put it on Australian TMC. That was the clue for the mib1 standard. See whether they talking about VCDS coding. It could be straightforward if the mib1 report was correct that was posted up here.

The airbag light would be on if you remove an airbag.

This is very true. Maybe the moderators could sumarise the current position as a "Final" post on the thread and then lock the thread as any comments now can really only be "off topic" in reality (and deserve to have their own threads with their own titles so as not to confuse future browsers 🙂

150 calipers are made by Ate 582VL And the type is VAG VCF251 Very different from the Bosch FN3

As you’ve found WD40 is absolutely useless as a dismantling fluid. Plus gas is much better option.

I haven't found a way yet, the calipers are different to the 140/170 I think that the Golf R hangers may work as I believe its the same caliper. If you search for the caliper type that is on the 150 it comes up with Golf R parts. Let us know if you do it.

I read the opening post and see the perfect example of not meddling when you don't understand things!

@domhnall - its a very imformative channel and has been my source for goto information throughout last week. So I've officially started looking, my Passat is up for sale and I see no reason finanically as to why I wouldnt be granted the EST however Im not going to start laying down deposits until I get offical confirmation. In the meantime I've been doing a lot of internet browsing today seeing as the weathers been so poor. Couple of 80's have caught my eye, although beyone the mark of what I can spend I may stick out my brass neck and try and get them down to the maximum threshold mark- all they can say is "no" and laugh me off the phone. Anyways, from my chat with the sales person in Dundee I understand that whatever I purchase will come with the remainder of the 3 years warranty for the car, and the remainder of 8 year warranty for the battery. I'm now torn between looking for something newer, say 22 or 72 plate with approximately 5-9k miles or an ex demonstrator which has a lot of the packages included but will possibly have higher miles. You opinions and input are most welcome.

As I was cycling home, over the Polegate by-pass this afternoon, I saw some tell tale LED DRL's and a flash red Polo come off the Cophall roundabout slip road. Mrs Gaz was on her way back from Crowborough (funeral directors and solicitors) - what are the odds of me cycling over it at the exact time Mrs Gaz was driving under it? She beat me home 🙄 Said she didn't see me..... in my dayglo orange hi-viz cycling top, bathed in bright sunshine, cloak of invisibility Gaz

I have an RNS315DAB in my Scout which fits perfectly