RickGroove

Both of them are just around the corner from either home or work (< 1 km). It was 5C this morning and 9C afternoon, I don't expect them to heavily influenced by heat

Used (the same type) compressor at two different gas stations. It could possible be wrong, but it seemed correct on the winter tyres (using the same two). I didn't get pictures today, I¨ll see if I can make it Friday.

I'm pretty sure you don't want to run a diesel dry. It could possible ruin the engine.

Exactly my point. If I DEFLATE the tire from it's original 2.8 bar (40 psi) to 2.4 bar 34 the tire looks completly flat. Sidewalls bulging out and all. I'm stopping by the dealer Friday to have a talk with the guys in the shop.

Stirring up the bri-hive Anyways, I'll get some photos of the tyres with the different inflation levels on my way home today. Max pressure on the sidewall does display 51 PSI (nothing in bar, compressors at gas stations in DK features only Bar scale). 3.0 bar might not be that far off ideal pressure if max is 3.5. I am certainly not inflating them to max. Maybe Italian engineers know better, my knowledge tells me that the tyre pressure should correspond to the tyre load. Unless you're driving around with ~630 kg pressure on each tyre you should not inflate to 3.5 bar.

Yeah, stupid me. I was looking at Continetal's webpage... they are not featuring the right tyre names So much for goldfish memory. It is the factory mounted tyres on the Golus rims, it IS the 225/40 R18 92Y... despite the corrections here, I still cannot find the right tyre pressure.

Hi guys, I've been looking everywhere for this information as I think the inside of the fuel hatch is wrong. I have just fitted my Octy 2.0 TDI stationcar/estate with the new Golus 18" rims with the Continental SportContact 2 tyres (235/50 R 18). The tire wall only states what maximum pressure should not exceed and weight constrains per wheel. The inside of the fuel hatch says 2,2 - 2,4 bar for 2.0 TDI with 235/55 tyres, depending on passenger load. When mounting the wheels they were inflated to 2,8 bar (even after spending 5 months in the garage) and deflating them to 2,4 caused them to look like I've run flat. I mean, they were really bulging out. Even at 2,8 the front tyres looked at little squeezed. At 3,0 they looked like they should so I've kept them there but I don't like driving around on "intentional look", I would rather have the correct tyre pressure.

Hmm, thanks guys. I don' t think we got much different diesels here in Denmark. We surely don't have Tesco, so I guess we just have one kind of diesel and that's the premium.

Hi, I was talking to the mechanic at the local Skoda dealer and asked him if could recommend to add additives to the diesel. He wasn't sure it was a good idea since the 2.0 engine should be a newer version of the traditional VAG powertrain that which is in VW and such. He said that there had been upgrades on the sensors and other technology so he would not just say yes as he would with any of the old model. Does anyone know if it is a good idea to add additives and if so which can you recommend. I am driving 30-35 of highway each way to work and then some weekend driving that could consist of alot smaller runs but also the occasional +300 km.

Would anyone dare to try to actually run the car dry and see how much fuel they can cramp into the tank (please do not do this in a diesel). Take a spare fuel tank with 10L so you can reach a gas station.

I think it comes down to how hard you apply the brake (thus the clutch) and how fast you are switching to the selected drive. I find the lack from reverse to drive quite often, when reversing you of my drive way and then lightly touching the brakes to a stand still and then changing to foward driving. The lack it 1-2 seconds or so.

I am not dissatisfied with the Canton, I just think the possibilities to adjust the settings are too limited (or I haven't found out how yet). I have been fidling with a couple of things: - The Canton Soround Sound has to be set to either 'Front' or 'Driver' for the volume to get rich. Setting it to off make the sound flat, esepcially the sound from the two treble speakers in the doors get muted. - Boosting the 'Bass' on the equalizer doesn't really make a difference when sitting in the front seat at least. It makes no difference if it is set to -9 or +9. Should this be so ? - First I thought the sub to be broken, but when I opened the boot I could hear it thumbing, It is almost impossible to hear from the front. - When you have lowered the volume beyond the 'default setting' and you put the DSG in Park, it turns the volume up to default level instantly

I have a problem with the Canton, it seems like the Sub is out. Driving along with the wife the other day we agreed that the stereo sounded much like a standard set of speakers. The sound focus was off, turning it on improved the sound a little but still, turning up and down the sub woofer from -9 to +9 doesn´t make any noticable difference :-( Anyone got clues to what to check ?

Automatic hatch, windows, tinting of the rear view mirror when cars approach, control of indoor climate, convience indicators, brake systems... you name it. Funny as everything in cars now a days are electric, and still some insist on doing the shifting on gears by them self. The DSG is a little slow taking off if you are in a hurry, but all the rest is a great pleasure.

Thanks guys. Actually, Now I´m looking forward to see SWMBOs family 370km away