ExSEAT

With bikes and cars I've always been of the opinion that if it's gone, it's gone. That's what the insurance is for. No use preventing a theft if they trash the car or pull it apart trying anyway. Ive never liked the idea of trackers, they increase the chance of you getting a ruined car back in bits and once it's been stolen it's too late. Having a hidden device is pointless, big stickers that say 'tracker fitted' or whatever that crazy system that means you have to press 10 buttons in a specific order is fitted might be enough to make them think another is easier.

Nice bit of info, I thought that it was only the pre face lift model. My 2018 was a 68 plate 245, with the special one being from earlier that year. I had to wait 6 months before the order books opened again so I just assumed they were all 245s that year!

Maybe slightly different but in October I sold my 2018 245 (the normal VRS one, not the 245 edition) that was pretty well specced up (virtual cockpit, DCC, heated seats, reverse camera and a few others) for £23.3k to arnold clark, it went back up for sale at £26.5k and its gone. I didnt realise 230 extended into 2018 but all you can do is look at what an equivalent would cost you and see how it works out. Factoring in that if it went tomorrow you'd be waiting best part of a year for another new car aswell. I'd be interested how competitive the 20k offer is.

Ah so you want to use parking mode? In which case you want a permanent live like the actual 12v socket and a 'magic box' to monitor the voltage so it doesn't eat your battery and leave you stranded. Parking mode was never really for me!

On both of my VRS (pre and post FL) I uses the rear wiper fuse, never had any issues at all. Instead of wiring straight to the camera though, I wired a 12v socket and put it in the glove box. I then plugged the camera into that, giving me the option to just remove the camera whenever and an extra socket should I ever need it

I sold mine to arnold clark for £23,279 at the end of October. Last thing on my mind was another VRS though! That was a 2018 DSG TSI with 13k miles on it.

Always hated it, lifting off the accelerator to ease up if traffic speed was changing and not showing down at all 🤣 would never use it on the motorway!

I couldn't comment on the fuel, but I'd expect to see a raft of these issues if it was the root cause. All I can tell you is that mine would make the noise after around 20 minutes of running, it was most noticeable when stationary and even more when the start stop kicked in, it would continue indefinitely as if it was struggling to maintain pressure, you could feel it if you placed a hand on the back seat or the surrounding carpeting, if you put your ear to the seat its very clear that's where the noise is. Best of luck!

Hi, in my case it was the fuel pump under the back seat. Took a long time to convince them there was a fault. All sorted noise wise. The cars gone now.

Did you have any issues locking the car the night before, for example did you have to press the button twice? The fore runner of the relay attack (simulating the keyless element using a repeater at the car and an amplification at the key end) was the replay. I cant remember the specifics but it works by intercepting the first button push and recording it, then when the button is pressed again it intercepts it and stores the new signal, using the old stored signal to lock the car means that button press 2 is the next unlock code. The above is fairly unsophisticated in that it can be bought online. There may be other ways but this one was common.

My friend has a 290 cupra DSG on lease (2 years) and the valuation on that is over 30k. Don't know who's paying but someone must be!

My ex 2018 mk3 VRS has finally come up for sale at the arnold clark dealer that I sold it to in October. Its 2.0 tsi 245 DSG, plenty of extras etc and 13.5k miles. Showroom price (normally forecourt but they have no new cars to put in the showroom!) Is £25,600. I think it's brand new price 3 years ago was around £800 more after discount. If anyone's looking for one it was absolutely mint when I left it, reg is PY68BXK and it's at workington. It's got virtual cockpit from the factory, DCC, reverse camera, folding mirrors heated seats and more, plus some OBD11 tweeks like HBA. It's a meteor grey. Defo a sellers market it seems!!

I've used it on my last 2 VRS, the later one being a 2018. I changed some aspects of the virtual cockpit display, added cornering fogs, activated high beam assist, activated the chirp on unlock and turned off the sound aktor thing. There's lots you can do, much better learning how to do it on the face-lift properly rather than using the apps as some aren't properly compatible and you can't track the changes they are making to each module. If you do it yourself you know what's getting changed. Oh another thing was using it to switch between warm climate AC and normal climate AC in summer!

@KenONeill @AnnoyingPentium I live on the borders, in Cumbria. I used to take my octavia to border motors in Dumfries. They were much better than the idiots in Carlisle and helped me out with a long standing issue but they were still a dealer at the end of the day. My local dealer went pop 3 months after I bought my brand new car, which was helpful!

Thats where I am at the moment. I sold my 2018 VRS a few months ago as I wasn't using it, the dealer wanted to do a air con service, brake fluid change and front diff service at the next interval. To think they would so the belt potentially a couple of years later on a car with less than (projected) 20k miles on it is shocking. But that's cars I guess. The mk3 fab owes me very little, I'd not want to jeopardise future value but we don't have a specialist nearby and the dealer is 50 miles away. I dont trust this particular dealer, I used to drive another 70 miles past them to the next one because I hated them! I wouldnt trust them to inspect it and not come back with 'definitely needs changed' regardless of the condition. I have such a low opinion of the dealership network as a whole.