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Electronic Gremlins - are we just unlucky?

So the car has gone in today for it week of investigation, they have lent me a Fabia 1.0 for that time. All I can say is it is so much smoother than the 1.5 , smooth acceleration, no lag and just more relaxed drive. Also there is a bump coming in to our village where the Scala skips and makes a loud clunk, the Fabia just rides it like our old Octavia Vrs and our Kodiaq used to,not at all unsettled.

By Liteboy · 3 minutes ago3 min
Update to Version 1969

The dealer put my car up to 1985 when it went in for a service in February. It was absolutely fine, and my only negative experience with it was that there seemed to be far fewer radio station logos.
Last week the car went in for an OCU update, and they also updated the infotainment to 1989. So far it all seems fine, and there seems to be a lot more radio station logos available now.

I know looking at the threads on this forum that some people who've updated to 1989 have benefited from doing a factory reset of the infotainment after the update completes. When I picked the car up from the dealer I did have to login again, set myself as primary user, etc. So I suspect they did a factory reset (but I know the OCU update was also forcing people to sign in again).

By JamesK · 8 minutes ago8 min
Update to Version 1969

Octavia Mk4 Estate 1.5TSI Manual – SE L First Edition
Manufacture Date: 2020
Infotainment Hardware: H56
Display Unit/Control Panel Hardware: H44
Display Unit/Control Panel Software: 2088

I formatted the USB stick to exFAT copied the files to the root, when I did the update, I had the engine running, the bonnet and the windows open and the AC turned off.
I started with 1896 and moved to 1941, this took about 25 minutes following the on-screen process listed in the original post.
This went smoothly with no issues, the main thing I noticed was how fast the screen was after the update.

By MonkeyBoy2283 · 8 minutes ago8 min
keyfob misbehaving seriously

So it's time for a competition "who's alarm battery lasts longer from which brand-model and which location-enviroment temperature".
This will take some years to complete...

By D.FYLAKTOS · 17 minutes ago17 min
Outback going, what next?

After dropping a wodge on the Outback for a new battery only for the tailgate issues to immediately recur and funnily enough for a internet search to suddenly (wasn't before) flag that there is a persistent and long standing Subaru issue with a parasitic battery drain via the telematics module. Basically the car continually tries to phone home and drains the battery, the tailgate control module is acutely sensitive to voltage meaning that if the car has sat for more than a day (sometime less) the boot won't open without doing a full control module manual range reset (unlock by hand, open by hand, close by hand and jump up and down on it until the door engages fully). There is a fix and it's not hugely expensive (apparently) but I was going to move the car on anyway

None of us love the car either so I stuck it on Motorway while it needs nothing major done. It's v low mileage and pretty much mint other than this known issue.

But what next. I've no idea what to get even if money was no object.
I'd like another estate.
I'd like to it to be fast and decent to drive but also reasonably comfortable.

If I had no kids I'd get a used M5
If Volvo did a decent non-hybrid motor I'd get a V90
M3 estate is a bit dear and I hate the interior (no likey flat panels much).

I drove an E63s estate a while back and I think it was maybe too fast to enjoy.
The ID3 has put us off VAG group

I don't do many miles to fuel costs are not really an issue. Coupes are no use with the kids.
I'm tempted by another RR as they were a great place to be and super practical but made from terror + Temu parts and tbh not the best to drive as it's a 3T 4x4 after all.

I think I need a restomod Jenson Interceptor.

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