Everything posted by D402
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Rear Brake Discs
I'm very pleased with the Brembo discs I bought from ECP; they've been on for over a year now and, despite little use, they have remained rust-free. I went with the same for the fronts. The Brembo pads aren't great though - they make lots of dust and don't have the same 'bite' as the original pads. I wouldn't buy these again. Ferodo DS Performance were very good on my previous car. @BanquoWait a week or two and ECP will have 40-50% off Brembo yet again.
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SD Audio File Type
Flac for best audio quality as it uses lossless compression, it does support album art. I use Exact Audio Copy to rip CDs.
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leak from rear wiper
I get something similar, a vertical streak on the inside of the tailgate glass as if water has run from the wiper motor area when the tailgate is opened, often afer I've washed the car or heavy rain. No idea what the cause is, it doesn't bother me enough to justify investigating
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Amundsen Mib2 Map Updates 2022/23
That's odd, Windows wouldn't extract the EU AS 1810 file from SEAT for me, but 7-Zip worked fine.
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SatNav - Route includes 'time restricted' roads.
You're right, I was using Waze via Android Auto and the Closure button doesn't appear there.
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SatNav - Route includes 'time restricted' roads.
I had Waze try to take me through two road closures in the same journey recently so even that's not immune to these sorts of problems. Annoyingly, you can only report closures through the Waze website, not the app, and while you are actually at the location so it's impossible while driving.
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Remote opening of boot
The latest keys have a motion sensor inside that disables the KESSY function when they've not been moved for a while, this should prevent the key relay type theft while the keys are stored at home.
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testdriving a Superb 3 - any particular points to look for?
Sounds fun, I had many enjoyable seasons working at Arjeplog and Arvidsjaur
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Always pulls to the right...
The steering wheel, upper column shaft, intermediate shaft, pinion and rack are all keyed and geared together permanently so setting the steering wheel straight will set the zero position of the rack too. The only adjustment is in the tie rods; usually both sides need adjusting to achieve correct alignment with the steering wheel centred but many garages don't know this or are too lazy to do it. If you have you have correct alignment, steering centred and matching tyres but it still pulls at high speeds then perhaps the subframe is misaligned with the chassis. If it only happens at low speed then perhaps the steering angle sensor needs recalibrating to recentre the active return function of the electric power steering, although I would expect it to adapt automatically to alignment adjustments.
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Need a rear light Unit following breakage
It's easy to remove the light cluster, instructions are in the handbook. Then you'll be able to read the part number off it. With any luck, you'll find one by searching for that on Ebay. Very lucky there was no other damage and well done stopping the culprit.
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DSG holding gears
Does it do it all the time? It will hold a lower gear to get the revs up during a DPF regen. I also notice high revs when accelerating, even gently, uphill. I don't see more than 1750rpm driving normally on the flat in E mode.
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Adaptive cruise control
Yes - adjust the set speed so you're going slower than the traffic in front of you!
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What are those error indicating?
With at least two faults plus timing belt and water pump due, I'd be looking elsewhere. Look at the state of those buttons too, yuk!
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Pedal Response improvement VCDS
Interesting graphs but they wouldn't show if there was a different time lag between pedal input and throttle opening in each mode Mine too, wish I could get 2 or 3 times as much improvement again though
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Help with cd player please
I wonder if ripping the CDs, burning the ripped files to a CD then putting that in the reader would work and be close enough to the CD experience
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Help with cd player please
Rip your CDs to a lossless format such as FLAC then copy them to a USB memory stick to play in the car. I use a free PC app called Exact Audio Copy for this.
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Superb MK3 - Ticking/Window popping sound while driving
Get a passenger to listen while you drive, they may be able to pinpoint the noise more easily than you can.
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Rear brake wear.
Thanks, I stand corrected! @BerisfordDoes your experience at 60mph match @xman's at 35?
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Rear brake wear.
Next time you clean your discs this way, check the front brake temperature afterwards!
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Rear brake wear.
That's because the park brake switch applies the front and rear brakes if pulled while the car is moving, similar to ACC braking but much harder.
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The Superb III Picture thread
The pleasure and pain of brilliant silver; doesn't show the dirt, but doesn't look much different after two hours of washing it!
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Briski cyclists?!
Don't worry, the freehub splines and lockring are all that's needed to hold it together. The little bolt just makes assembly easier.
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Noise during accelerating or braking
Sounds like the brake pads moving in the caliper. Does it do it if you coast to a halt without using the brakes, then accelerate? Or if you roll down a hill in neutral, brake to a halt then release the brakes to roll away?
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ACC brake lights (or not).
Both ACC and front assist put the brake lights on if they apply the brake at all.
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Tdi 150cv 4x2 is faster than a 190cv 4x4
On paper 190 4x4 is much faster than 150 4x2 (0-60mph 7.7s vs. 8.8s), 190 4x2 is slower than 190 4x4 (8.0s vs 7.7s) Are both cars 6-speed DSG? Has your friend's been remapped?