TheWanderer

A bit like SWMBO.

I'd call it Sonia... It gets Sonia nerves! Taxi...

That's in regards to a second hand one or FE one, not a factory fresh one.

The phrase "caveat emptor" springs to mind in regard to the Mk4.

I take it that you aren't from the UK. In the UK the registration system changes twice a year, because the whinging car dealerships complained about the previous system where it changed once a year and put them under too much pressure from buyers who wanted the new registration (previously letter or) number for that year. Now by splitting it, it evens the load out.

Strange I manage to get anywhere between 30 - 35 mpg on my 8 mile trip to and from work and it's about 50% suburban and 50% rural A roads. That's a MY19 245 RS with DSG.

It's the new registration period. So it appears 6 months younger than it actually is.

If you can find the information! But the reviews from motoring magazines and websites all say you're going to be lucky to see 30 mpg, more often than not low 20s. Absolutely awful.

The Hyundai is now eliminated as I have found out that it has a fuel habit that puts an alcoholic to shame, compared to most warm/hot hatches.

It's close but "No cigar" as the saying goes.

The only thing that I've found that possibly could fit the bill is the new Focus ST.

Minus door panels?

Only looking atm. Did even consider Hyundai N20i or 30i. Was looking at Ford Focus ST, but it has disappeared from the Ford website 😕

Fair do's. I'm looking at Golf GTi. Will download the brochure shortly.

What have you ordered to replace it?

So it's a provisional date, not a guaranteed date for delivery. Jesus. I can't imagine how many orders are going to get cancelled because of these ridiculous delays, this is going to cost them £m's and £m's. I really do think that it's about time that they started to make the chips themselves, preferably SoCs, like on mobile phones, rather than rely on an external source.

Wondering what the delivery times are for other VW group cars are like? Also what BMW, Ford and Hyundai are like too.

Glad that I didn't order a new car, I'd probably be dead by the time that it arrived and it probably still wouldn't work properly either.

Completely dead.

Oh no you can't. I had to open the door using the blade of the key to get the cap of the door off, turn the lock which opened the door OK, but as soon as I opened the door the alarm activated, along with the immobiliser so absolutely no way to start the car and when I shut the door and locked it the alarm continued to sound for another 20-30 seconds despite me relocking the car. Why oh why is there no way to manually deactivate it such as a security code or something like that so you can get home or drive for 15 mins max so you can get assistance. I suppose the best solution would be to have mobile phone operation of the door locks and immobiliser via an app and QR code.

My fob went dead at 1.15 am, no battery available and left me stranded at work, no warning from the car. In the end Skoda Assist got me a taxi home because I didn't know that it was a combination of dirt in the fob and flat battery. Eventually got home at 3am. Took the fob apart cleaned up the inside and replaced the battery with a decent one and another key and all was fine. Now have a second key in a RFID pouch with backup batteries in my work bag, another set of batteries in the car and another set in my wallet. Its done it once, it won't get a second chance to lock me out. I hate KESSY.

Good luck with the car.

It seems only for the centre, which I would hate. Must be for the right hand vent, but that's at a push, as I hate thing's blocking vents. Also it will be low down, so a fat lot of use if you want to use either Google Maps or Waze as that needs to be more eye level not low down, as you will need to give it an occasional glance as you're driving, especially with the new tighter rules in regard to the use of phones in cars and touching them. The last thing you want to do is be looking down towards the centre console as you're driving and end up in the rear of another vehicle. Anyway in such a case then the vent adaptor that (I can confirm comes with the Baseus wireless charger) would be a better proposition, by a long way, as it can be attached to the right hand vent at a better height which is more towards eye level. Why they (Brodit) don't do the A pillar mount anymore is weird.

Do u want something like this? Although I have just noticed that Brodit have for some reason stopped producing the A pillar mount, so what I have here is now impossible to achieve, nor do they do a vent mount for it either. So a suction mount maybe the only solution unless Arkon do something like it. Actually I think that it comes with a vent holder, so it's doable but not like mine.

With the Mk4s reputation for software errors dare I ask what's that F is for? 🤭