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If you've connected via tv coax cable. Then turn on the VCR and play some vcr tape so its outputting an RF signal to your tv On the TV you need to go into setup and scan analogue channels on uhf, normally VCRs operate on UHF channel 30 to 36 , iirc ch36 was the standard. Once it picks up your vcr signal you should be able go to that channel and watch that Debbie does Dallas tape. You might need to disconnect any other aerial as terrestrial DVB might be using a conflicting channel (ch 36) Instructions to scan analogue channels are here https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1571609/Sony-Bravia-Kd-49xf9005.html

Managed to get a pic of the Sparrowhawk who pops by now and again.

MY18 1.4TSI ACT DSG Estate. Fuelled up on Sunday and it was estimating 695 miles. We've had a lovely day poodling around between Oban,Strontian & Fort Willima which has taken us to 205 miles sine refuelling and still estimating 520 miles remaining . That should put us at around 725 miles (in theory)

well i changed my badges over today, i found going in with the dental floss from the underneath the easiest, done all the steps, not sure its 100% straight but i dont think ill be able to move it or really notice out and about but it looks much better and how it show come from the factory, heres a before and after

If I ran out of fuel, I would probably think "What an idiot I am" 🙄

Check the battery voltage. Most places that sell batteries will perform a free battery test. It may just need a good recharge (up to 48 hrs on a battery charger) A failing or weak battery will always be worse in the cold.

This is why I retro fitted the TPMS button to my MK7....only China get it!... Having everything on a touch screen is stupid, if the touch screen goes thats it how you do TPMS or even switch of the ASR/ESC in winter?...

There's a dirty whisper going about that even I may attend this year......

Once you’ve sorted this ditch the locking bolts for normal ones. No one steals alloys anymore.

Wow, how weird is that! I did exactly the same thing in January! From an L&K 272 (350bhp with a Stage 1) to a Mercedes-AMG C43.

We can supply FECs, however for MQBevo they're £1200 for upto 8 features 🥲

Damage occurs when you're not square on when undoing the bolt. Hold the key fully home and square with one hand when applying force on the wrench. Angled wrenches should be avoided including the pathetic wrench supplied on the Skoda wheel toolkit. 4 way cross wrenches are the safest. Torque wrenches with short extensions are reasonably safe Avoid these angled wrenches, they do not apply force in the correct plane and carry a high risk of key damage

Very few people have ever looked under that flap, so hardly anyone knows about the drain being there.

Nissan one is slightly different. Nissan are shutting down their server/service for old Leaf using CarWings. This system uses 2G instead of 3G, 2G is said to be the fall-back option during 3G shutdown and will operate into 2030's. So this loss of vehicle feature is entirely on Nissan.

Same here - spent the cost of paint on Winter Pack+ Worth every penny - 4 heated seats and wouldn't want to be without a heated windscreen👌

Adopting a new DPF sensor can be done via VCDS, however I'd be wanting to run VAGDPF via Carista OBD dongle to see how blocked the DPF actually is, whether the car regens etc before I'd shell out on new parts.

So here's a few more pics of the bits as I unpack them and try and reduce some of the clutter. The rear springs have rubber mounts top and bottom, standard fare. Autodoc had a mish mash of different brands, so it's "Magnum" for the lowers, and "Topran" for the...tops: The Eibach rear springs, R21093: With a dry fit of those rubber mounts: I expect the stub is there for alignment when installed to wherever it goes on the rear subframe. Then it's the rear damper bits, some top mounts, which I ended up going with Sachs for: With the standard bump stop and covers, Febi Bilsteins for both: No sooner had I started to pack these all up and tucked to the side, then these arrived: The front dampers! So the 23-254343 B6 Damptronics. The Eibachs are R16391, so a quick check for general fitment: With the associated gubbins for the damper, bump stops, covers, and bearings and top mounts, SKF top bits and Febi Bilstein again for the bump stop and covers: Now, I will probably be forever debating whether I should have stuck with B4s or even OEM for the sake of maintaining comfort. I spent a good few days scouring the internet and gauging up prices. If I based the prices on https://www.bilstein-shocks.co.uk/ as an example, then a B4 set was coming to £1137.42, and B6 £1232.10, so pricing wasn't going to be a massive deciding factor (it was £300-£400 difference, then sure). It was a then a case of trying to beat that, and with some creative eBaying, there are these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155045005935 for £499.95. Some additional strategy involved me adding these on my watch list, and waiting to see if the seller would send me an offer, which they did to end up with the £474.95 that I ended up paying. I felt it was too hard to ignore. So I'm now committed to the B6s. Technically, there's nothing stopping me now from assembling the front struts as all the components are there, so I'll be back to rummaging in my garage for my spring compressors and then see where the mood takes me during the week, otherwise it'll be something for the weekend! Maintenance: £799.83 (+£474.95) Upgrades: £676.49 Miscellaneous: £604.95

Before this thread gets out of hand, I think it's probably fairly potent to say, that... I figured it out once at the hole. It did take a little wiggling, but then suddenly all was well. There was a second connector - and that worked out too. Time to close this topic. Thanks for the tips, @Cakemonster - that did it.

It worked!! 👍😎 Straightforward, even for a dimwit like me, once it's obvious. Muchas gracias 🙏 Gaz

Thank you, that clears that up. Book the MOT now

Mine’s not quite as high as the above, but not far off. Sufficient to say I’m more than happy with what I do get. Certainly compared with Mrs B’s 1.2ltr Nissan Note, it’s very acceptable…

Hi, thanks for coming back. Yeah thermostat has been replaced. Temperature gauge sits in the middle for a short period after driving for a while and then begins rising. Hi Gaz. I find it unlikely, I've had the primary and auxillary water pumps replaced.

I think the OP needs to provide some pictures showing exactly what behaviour they are seeing... The only part I've ever notice move is the solid red bar and it does so predictably as shown in the pictures above.

It is all personal preference of course, but I think the 'Sport Blue' (I think it's called) is the 'best' colour: Not a fan of red cars. 'Moon White' is a complete no-no (just looks dull). Black cars look great when they are cleaned and polished, then you drive them down the road and they look dirty again. the 'Meator Grey' looks like a dull undercoat that they forgot to put a proper colour on. Silver is just 'meh'. I do like the Business Grey but 'Race Blue' is absolutely my favourite. As used car buyer I never have the option of choosing the colour its always right version and spec first, then hope it is in a colour I like. the stars aligned for me when I got my Karoq!

I really must try harder to contain my imagination 😜

Something like this helps on the strengthened sill jacking points to protect the thick rubberised type coating when used with a trolley jack - (or loaned to garage to use with their post lifts at MOT time)

I've recently jointed the Kamiq gang and have 1.5 manual (no a fan of dsg/stronic) - the gearbox is lovely and smooth to shift I think. Reverse will crunch a little if you haven't completely stopped still, the Audi A3 I had previously didn't do this but apart from that all good.

Loads of vehicles will be affected by this come the end of the year, as all 3G networks are being shutdown. Vodafone have completed their shutdown and i now no longer have app access to my ID.4 on my drive. 4G signal still works on the car though.

I always found that i had to be very central when pushing it up and quite firm.

No wet cambelts at all. Only wet belt is a small oil pump belt in the 1.6/2.0 EA288 diesels, located in the sump and not known to give any problems.

-> https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/459115-instructions-for-winter-refueling/ -> https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/501427-filler-cap-stuck-query/ -> https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/507390-fuel-flap-is-stuck-and-wont-open/

Any chance you had rain/puddle water dripping off shoe soles onto mats on that occasion? Blasting air at the floor would have started to evaporate that fast. No airflow on cold glass would have given that somewhere good to condense again straight away.

Colourful end to the day earlier..........

Hello & welcome BoA Wait until you see the nonsense some of us type who have it as our native language - you'll fit right in 👍 (if not better!) Gaz

Seat/Cupra is now guinea pig for VAG SW doepartment. They always get new firmwares as first ones. Next is VW and Skoda is last one, with sometimes even few months of delay.

on the bridge at the entrance to our holiday accommodation in Scotland this week

https://www.jandeengineering.co.uk/camshaftalignment.html

I'm guessing that the rear most car drove up afterwards 💡 It might even be the plod. How about the front car had uncommanded emergency autonomous reversing? Or its because of Brexit....................... Find a photo and select your own narrative!

I've owned my 2018 Superb 280 L&K from new, and I thought about changing it last year, but there was nothing I fancied (in my price range). Since I love the car, I decided to stick with it, but looked into getting a bit more power out of it. After shopping around, I went with a couple of local businesses here in the North East of England. Firstly I went for a turbo back custom exhaust system - 3 inch bore, sport cat, back box (and hence valve) delete, and large central silencer. It's a bit loud for me (actually it's more the resonance), so I'll probably get this sorted in the future. Next, I got a Forge Intercooler, Ramair Induction Kit and Forge Muffler Delete fitted. Then it went on the dyno. I ended up with 396bhp / 526Nm (graph attached), which was pretty much where I was aiming. It was a relatively warm day when it went on the dyno, so on a colder day it possibly could have done just over 400bhp. Unfortunately, just before Christmas, my stock turbo went up in a cloud of smoke. Since then it's been in the garage, where they've mainly been waiting for parts. I've now had fitted a new Garrett Powermax Turbo (Stage 1), and upgraded HPFP, with it ready to go on the dyno next week. I'm hoping for about 480bhp, but time will tell. The biggest delay they've had though is in trying to source an upgraded LPFP. They initially thought a Golf R / Audi S3 one might fit, but this proved incorrect (hence my question to you earlier). They're going to map it with the stock LPFP in place, but if this proves to be the bottleneck, I wanted to better understand my options.

Just map your car. Torque increase with the bhp will help. Otherwise just buy a 4x4 Superb that will put the power down with virtual cockpit and Columbus ICE

I like Rotis. Gandalf likes Rotis. Together, they make a good form!! 😂 Really pleased with how these turned out, and the fitment is spot on. Rotiform LAS-R 19x8.5 ET35 Matte Black

If you take your foot off accelerator going downhill the dsg gearbox goes into coasting mode ( D shown on display with no gear number) and unlikely that 2 cyl mode will occur at same time. 2 cyl mode occurs on light throttle/ light load on reasonable flat terrain and going down slight slopes if foot still on accelerator. You can also hear a slight change in engine noise when 2 cyl mode kicks in.

I think the success of the pcp deals so far has been a buoyant used car market. When that bubble bursts more people will fall victim of the car not being worth the GFV when trying to move on to their next deal because the only realistic option is to hand the car back and start again with a deposit to find. PCPs and 0% finance deals have contributed to the inflated new car prices by taking power from the consumer.

I'm currently looking to buy a 2021 Octavia IV (PHEV), I did a lot of research regarding towing as I need it to tow our caravan; all the websites I have found say it will tow 1500kg, I phoned up my local tow bar fitter who said he could fit a towbar (gave him the registration so he should have had the right details), so we went to test drive the car, one of the first things I checked was the weights plate on the b pillar which stated a train weight of 0kg, so we left very disappointed, the route home went close to a Skoda dealers so we nipped in and asked them about it, it was a Sunday so only the sales team in, and the guy said all his paperwork said it would tow 1500kg. So Monday I phoned them again and asked service dept, who put me through to parts dept, who put me through to someone else, who said (drum roll) it has to be factory fitted, it cannot be retrofitted. So I am very interested in any light that anyone can shed on this, the way I see it even if I could get a towbar fitted the weights plate would make towing anything illegal, unless you can change the weights plate? Is there anything substantially different about the IV’s with towbars or is Skoda just trying to keep the money in-house?

Hopefully no paint damage was caused by the screwdriver? Plastic trim removal tools may have been a less risky option?

To me using locally means just as i asked about. My 2016 2.0 TDI SCR DSG will do 45 mpg easily, over 50 mpg regularly on runs. 63 litres can do 630 miles, and sometimes 730 miles. But one week of 55 miles used as i described it will need 9 litres of fuel brim to brim. A the DPF light will be on after 5 days. Hypermileing is easy out and about, not easy 'driving locally' if the engine oil is not getting even to 50*oC, and the coolant maybe just getting to 90*oC indicated. Taxis/ Private Hire cars can sometimes do great MPG because the engine is staying hot, and even if sitting stationary ticking over lots it all works out with the averages. MPG is after all how many miles driven, but needs to take into account how long an engine might be running and covering no miles, as a Taxi sitting waiting to go someplace with the engine fired up can be used.

Your understanding is wrong. And H4 replacements? Where did that come from? They won't even fit in the headlight.

The shutter is part of the projector, not the bulb.

It will not be the Xenon ‘bulb’ as it is working on dip beam, so it does point to the shutter.

My moon white TDI 170 4x4 2014