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Trip to a water mill today. Dusted off my ten plus year old Sony DSC H300 bridge camera.

Oil and gas production has been down in Norway but no way is Norway stopping producing and selling oil and gas around the world as that is where their wealth came and comes from. As it is with electricity from Hydro and selling that for profits to other nations. This wealth allowed then to cut pollution and for citizens to have a nice life. And you need a nice income to be able to live comfortably because food and drink is expensive and your utilities are not cheap. As to unhealthy foods these are costly. Wealthier than the USA without being the cause of wars and selling weapons to kill and maim others to be sure of oil and gas.

Back to mk3 then

@EnterName re Hungary. Are you blind to the corruption and the treatment of people in Hungary? It seems so.

Age of vehicle. Style of dashboard used. @nta16 and many members years of experience. welcome, we hope you find your answer! I sense this won’t be unique and quite possibly, something very unrelated to the obvious.

Surely just use a map and pair of compasses and set at a scale of 75 miles according to the map and see how you get on with a circle 150 miles in circumference. Old school pilot type thing. Bombs away.

Reported to move to Mk2 forum, you could also look in there for any threads and posts on this.

I did not mean actual centre or even central down the spine. Everyone knows London is the centre and the world revolve around there.

Saw some Cormorants as well. MAH01665.MP4

This is actually the cause

Sorry for the late reply , however i have found the issue, the melted pin in the socket has caused the Antistart to not connect , so all i had to do is take the dashboard and fix that last pin by manually soldering a new pin and problem was completely solved. in case anyone has an issue ihope this reply helps

They're a common problem, even on the newer 8Y/Mk8/Mk4 cars. Same as how our era of cars had awful pan roof drains, that always leaked. It seems the VW versions are inherently flawed, hence why people fit 'modified' versions. A quick google search will net you some links - doesn't matter what brand or model it is, they're all the same. If the boot is leaking, especially in this weather, I would suggest doing your best to dry out the spare wheel well. I remember using a combo of paper towels, cloths, a hairdryer and plenty silica bags (you can get them on Amazon for a few quid). The last thing you want is mould. I've been so scarred from my experience, I actually still keep silica bags/dehumidifier pouches all around the car.

Id would remove the hat, it would act as a faraday cage and you could end up opening the fridge by mistake

Hope this might help, stolen from another thread, Mk2. (more rounded lines) - And stolen from same thread Mk3. -

Yeah @Breezy_Pete is one of those fellas with good access to such stuff so tagged him in. Still be nice to get a pic of it to clarify 👍

I'm putting more travel on this car than the owner, sorry. I saw 2006 in Triff's name plate looked at his posting history and saw Mk2 forum (until this thread, in Mk3 forum at the time) then went to give Triff a link to HatBoyHarvey vids where I noticed it had Mk2 2007-2014 so wondered if 2006 was a typo for 2016 or if possibly a Mk1 even - confused you soon will be, anyone remember Soap, Billy Crystal). Some members can have wiring diagrams available based on VIN and are good at reading them and electrics generally. Alternator and battery are like a couple if one is suffering then the other will be too to some extent and at some point and they can cause each other's breakdown, particularly not wanted at this time of year, and week.

That's no way to talk about your child 😁 Yeah i noticed in my profile it still had my beloved 2006. That was 2 fabias ago 🫤 Wrote off a monte carlo in the snow last January 😭 This one is a workhorse for now. 64 reg but 2015 🤷🏻‍♀️ Failing memory and befuddled mind...we must be related! 😃 🙏

Not always. Started about 6 months in. Mine is a 2023 model. Due a service in a few hundred miles so will be mentioning it as issue

Awesome, thanks a lot for the info @djmartzian, I will take a look tomorrow, but for early versions I would say it's not going to work 😞

That is a bit of faff, and for those on fixed annual mileage it a step too far maybe, and also increases the chance of being in RTA.

Here are a few photos of mine after being ceramic coated, end of October. 20241027_211414.heic20241027_211435.heic

Having to plan your route around your car's charging needs feels like going back to using public transport.

I worked out the above toe angle to be 4.5 degrees each side, toe out. Blimey! 😳 I put the car on some slidy cardboard so the tyres didn't grip the floor too much and got back underneath (it's a tight fit for sure!). Turned those eccentric bolts until the two dimensions above were the same and not 16cm apart, therefore the toe angle is now zero. There could be some 'thrust' i.e. both wheels pointing either left or right together (I'm on a steep leaning curve here - everyday is a school day), but I was careful that the bolts were, to the eye, rotated the same on each side. Out for a test drive: My road (30mph) - all good, next couple of roads (up to 50mph) - all good, dual carriageway (up to around 70mph) all good. Handles great, no sideways, steering central and arrow straight. I'll be booking it in for a proper laser-beam alignment tomorrow. Massive thanks to J.R. for steering me in the right direction (pun totally intended!) 🥰

Yes but distributing Liquid fuel to parts of the UK will never be an issue was the point. Now there are small independent with their own tanker and operators licence collecting fuel from depots. As they did in the last English Fuel crisis and rip off prices. The end is Nye, queues in London. PS. Get in a bus, a tram or a trains, subway, walk, cycle, take an electric vehicle, but there are strikes with transport workers. How sad!

It could be an oil cooler, fitted to the oil filter.

Hardley guff I used as the anchor point Asda in central Walsall to the pier head (most logical for a tanker to dock) on Google Earth Pro and as you will see on the attached, it is 87.67 miles in dead straight line so that is greater than 75, yes? The nearest sea on the East Coast is Holbeach (RAF bombing range) to the same Asda is 92.11 miles, again greater than the 75 miles (just saying that it does not matter even if a pipeline was laid it would not be dead straight) I expect that there are many places in England that are even further away from the coast, so as a matter of fact it was guff after all 😉Highly likely to be 100% true up in Scotland, but certainly not so down South. Google Earth for proving? 😉 The underground pipelines to airfields and especially WW2 airfields, yes, I'm well aware of those as I'm also involved with military aviation both current and historic along with their airfields, and regularly help out with a couple of WW2 Spitfires and also a Mustang P51 flying warbirds. But I do get your general drift as the UK is really quite small when compared to other countries.

Well I guess this a bit outside what the rear toe should be!! J.R. you're a star! No more pelvic floor exercises for me!

I have the hatch, which is obviously different, but I have two observations. Firstly, there are adjustable rubber bungs that can be screwed in and out to adjust how the boot closes. Make sure your bungs are adjusted correctly. They just screw in and out. Too far in, and they offer no shock absorbance and your boot can rattle on the catch. Too far out, and it's hard to close the boot as the rubber bung stops the latch locking properly without undue force. Secondly, there are some springy things that do "something" associated with the rear hatch. I'm not sure if you have them on the estate, but if you do, make sure they move freely. I had a sticky one which needed a bit of lube to get it moving correctly. I'd find I'd open the boot and there would be a sproingy click shortly after opening, as the spring thing overcame the resistance of the crud that was stopping it moving freely, and the thing sproinged to full extension. Both worth a look especially as they are quick and easy to check. Beyond that, those vents Occy mentioned might be worth investigating.

These citizens of Australia, USA etc, even the UK could maybe just live without electricity then or water coming out of taps. How much do they think the Canals / Waterways and reseviours cost originally, and the tracks then roads, railways, airports and ports cost to have and who paid. Maybe people for the past 100 years got stuff cheap and too easily. @Graham Butcher Hardly guff, but yes as the crow flies no further than 71 miles from the coast, but as it is the Tanker will need to drive further if it is a tanker. Not a pipeline inland to a depot where fuel is collected. Head for thinking, feet for dancing, or cycling, and use some common sense. 104 miles or even 115 if we do not take pipeline or pylons more directly to those in the Center of England and that want energy / fuel and to keep on rolling coal. The Forties pipeline comes ashore at Cruden Bay and then runs south down Scotland to Grangemouth and the refinery. There are pipelines to Airports for fuel, there was and is to Military Air Bases, there was to Edzell Air Base near Brechin, near the Forties Pipeline. There is Bunkered Fuel held in regions incase of Crisis / Civil Unrest. Fuel Shortages, Industrial Action, Terrorism.

Hungary has no problem getting Gas or Nuclear energy. Putin s puppy Viktor Orban does as told. It is Austria and Germany that wants it from them. That is because Germany really breaks sanctions and uses the likes of Hungary. Hence Hungary does not get thrown out of the EU.

Whisky trail and visitor centres South of Inverness and next to A9. As is shooting, fishing, hunting with cameras. Off road driving, quads etc. All the tweed and tartan anyone ever needs is at House of Braur and falls of Bruar behind. Killicrankie. Pitlochry will be as nice as Highland Town as any selling tat. Road from there across to meet the A93, then A939 then back towards the sea and Inverness. A small point about the lovely seaside towns and villages. All are at sea level. Like sea lochs. They are not up hills. It is roads running alongside. But passes and old military roads are maybe the best for views and great if stops are available and not full of camper vans parked up.

have a 2015 skoda rapid 1.4lt with dsg trans. Had exact same issue and found wire to coil connector damage at connector. Fixed this and problem no more. It appears to have occurred when previous owner had spark plugs replaced. I think the wires were yanked when removing the coil to change the plug. Amatuer job dome replacing the plug as more than one connector and coil damaged during this process. Recommend freeing the wiring harness along the length of the plastic tray before removing coils

if you got 2 days, then good chance its sorted....at a nice price too.

Sam Evans. EXPERTS. Pick an expert! Then Pick a number any number. 98% EV,s charged at home. Not even cars, let alone EV,s. Vans. How quickly are the petrol and diesels already in the UK going to be scrapped is what will be relevant to reduced places to fill up. As to supermarkets with filling stations not having pumps anymore, well they caused the closing of many filling stations privately run. I predict fuel being better priced as petrol and diesel is a product that comes while refining oil to produce petrochemicals. As far as filling stations not being charities. There are in the UK Community Fuel Pumps. Run by locals for locals and tourists because there was not a huge demand for a Filling Station but to fill up required a 50 mile round trip. Until councils do not require diesel for their vehicles then Diesel is getting delivered to them and there can be Local Authority depots serving fuel. Local fuels for local folks. It arrives at ports and no place in the UK is more than 75 miles from the sea.

Easy to make profits from ridiculously over priced goods, foods at filling stations, virtually or actually small convenience stores. It is a long long time away from Fuel filling stations in the UK not selling liquid fuel. There are bigger and bigger ones with Fast food outlets and bakeries and post office counters etc, owned by the likes off the Issa brothers /Asda EG. Not needing to sell at Service Station rip off prices.. there is an issue with Service stations that is a Government / local council caused issue. Refusing planning for staff accommodation at the facilities. Also Brexit and getting staff that want to live in the middle of nowhere with no shops or facilities other than where you work and if you have no car you are stuffed. PS. Devon is not the back of beyond as far as a Cash and Carry,s or deliveries from suppliers no matter what some might like others to believe. And as far as electricity gets up the wind farms and pylons and get in the chargers, or get cracking and drill baby drill. Vans be them ICE or BEV can deliver goods to filling stations and charge hubs, they need fuelled anyway unless they do so at the depot.

Got any links to said cases please?

I can't tell if it's the same manual as I have -- although the cover** looks the same, and it has the same number of pages -- but I've just noticed that there is one at Manualslib that can be downloaded. I hope this helps. 😊 ** - The page to which I've linked shows the first few pages as thumbnails, with an expanded version of the first one (and you can click in the others to see them).

As someone that is from that neck of the woods - The weather begins to turn late September time. My advice (remembering Scottish schools are ahead of England's) would be to head up late August or early September. You could also shoot for before summer - anything mid-April time onwards is doable. Off to the east is a bit meh... some spots are quite nice but a lot of it is fields, and it's hardly the 'highlands' as you've said. The west (I.E. Fort William, etc) is pretty packed now, and late September is pushing it with the weather over there IMO. The typical NC500 is a bit of a car crash now (pun not intended). Somewhere like Skye has been absolutely devastated by the building of that stupid bridge - what used to be a reasonably quiet and stunning place is now a tourist trap, full of coaches and those fu***** motorhomes. My suggestion, if you wanted to enjoy as much of the 'highlands' as possible, would be to aim for mid-September time, splitting your trip between somewhere in the Cairngorms, and somewhere like Ullapool. Around Ullapool is still doable (think Lochinver or Gairloch), and you should miss most of the tourists by then. There are some very nice roads too. If you drop a few things you might like doing (local history, fishing, whisky, sheepskin rugs, fighter jets, mountain biking, shooting, walking, photography, foods, dolphin spotting, looking at the views, etc) I'm sure I might be able to suggest a few more bits to do/places to swing past. Have your wits about you on the roads though. The A9 is not a safe road to drive (it looks fine until someone in a rented motorhome pulls out of a T-junction in front of a someone) and people are absolutely clueless on how to drive the roads in the north. I had a lovely exchange with a Swiss bloke in the summer who thought it was appropriate to stop on very fast road (locals do 70+), on a blind bend, in the middle of the carriageway, to take a picture of a cow. The other thing to note is that, rather amusingly, the NC500 route really isn't that nice. Yes, the views are stunning. However the roads themselves, whilst nice on google maps, are a very rough, hardy tarmac that isn't the best to drive your 992.1 GT3 on. They are full of tourists, logging lorries and the like. The first time I drove up there was in a hire car, and I'd cracked the windscreen about 5 miles outside Ullapool. Certainly, if you're after views and whisky, then that's the place. If you're after driving roads, I would be inclined to look elsewhere.

The buying process for Škoda electric vehicles has changed Customers will now buy our electric vehicles direct from Škoda UK giving them confidence that the price they see on the website is the same as the invoice price they will be charged in their chosen Retailer, wherever they are in the UK (subject to any price adjustments we make, which may take some time to be displayed correctly on our website and other materials). Although customers will now buy their vehicle direct from Škoda UK, the Retailer will still be there to help customers with specialist product knowledge and advice helping them to buy the right car for them and their lifestyle. And of course, the Retailer will be on hand to deliver the same expert servicing and maintenance they do today.

You either laugh or cry, what’s the issue He did try, completely butchered the door loom trying to repair it. He gave up and purchased a newer car and offered me it for what he got offered trade in

I think there was also an option for vented discs of the original size, with calipers from sierra/fiesta? But I don't know if there are some proper discs available.

Car mode (Eco, Normal, etc.) is NOT the same as the transmission mode (Eco, Drive, Sport). Go into Indvidual and you will see a long list of mode options for the different systems.

Investigating journalists from the major UK newsagencies or publications should be doing their job and revealing to the public the Kidology of the number of first registrations, storing vehicles owned by manufacturers and importers and drop feeding out used. That is their job, rather than bloggers and vloggers that investigating journalists might look into their Self employed involved incomes and declaration to the HMRC. PS. Maybe a can of worms will get opened. Company cars, BIK, loan / media cars lunches / launch,s. Influencers. Hospitalities. Jollies and trips. Maybe Haymarket Media Group, Autocar / Whatcar can do it, it one of Lord Michael Hedeltine,s Financial Journals. He is an insider with VW / Bentley having brokered the buy out. Also his businesses had and has VW as a customer. Now that he stood down as the CEO of Haymarket Media Group maybe son Rupert can be the one to blow the whistle on any cheating going on in the UK motor trade. Take the hit on their advertising income.

updates in head post: + ICAS3_LGe_Europe_v1.31.56 + MQB3_LGe_Europe_v1.31.56

Hi! Did you solve the issue? I have the same problem.

Hello Alonso, welcome to the forum. Most likely the connector failure was caused by nothing more than a loose female socket - or dirty male pin.

... unless it's of the KESSY kind. For those, a spare battery in the wallet helps.

If your key fob does fail, you shouldn't need a tow, at least not on the Octavia. There is a hidden key hole in the drivers door handle. Pull the drivers door handle outwards a bit, grasp the plastic cover to the left of the handle, which should pull off to reveal the key-hole. You can now open the car manually. It may set your alarm off, but at least you can still drive the car.

Whatever device you are currently using to read this - just take a look at the list of updates. You think they are all there for new features? No, they are there to correct errors. Do the software engineers ever say "That's it, we've cracked it, there need be no more updates". - Chance would be a fine thing. The more complex the software, the more errors. And you want to trust your life to it. God help you.

Some people need help because they have not the common sense they were born with. They do not know a run flat tyre has blown out so in comes TPMS. They moan has no low screen wash warning. They ask why the low oil warning came on when the car had a service only 10,000 miles ago. Ask why the coolant warning came on. They ask why the Service indicator is telling them so many days til an Inspection and the car was only bought months ago and it had. Service. They walk and drive among us and some stuff now on cars is to protect us from the not very bright or interested. Keep them a bit safer might keep us. But then they never bother reading the Owners manual. Checking tyre pressures or if the lights work. They expect a warning. Like a red car showing they are too close. Or a beep that they are reversing into something. Or a warning the passengers seat belts are not on.