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So I haven't found a recommendation so far, but I did have a conversation with someone who drives a Octavia, similar age but with 10000 more miles on the clock. Apparently his DPF is now affecting his fuel economy (though his regens don't have smoke). But fuel economy is so far not impacted on mine. So, maybe mine will hopefully last another 10000 miles before I have to spend any money on it

The DPF on my car is coming to its end of life. there's more smoke and smells and active regen takes longer, and needs more time at uninterrupted high speed and revs to complete. I assume there will come a time where even 20 mile loops at 2500 rpm several times a week won't cut it anymore. Don't think the DPF will live to see 300,000. But who knows, maybe warmer weather will do it some good if it makes it through the winter. Question is, what exactly is causing it to die? Is it acculated ash that "doesn't burn"? In which case, can it be "washed out" or "blown away"? Is it some kind of chemical thing where the materials are being used up? In which case it's irreversible. Does "dpf cleaning" work on a DPF with high mileage that isn't just used for short trips around town? ie, has been used under ideal circumstances, as it has obviously having lasted this long. Or is the other other alternative to a new DPF is to delete it? Is deleting it a cost effective way and work well / pass MOT? The car is currently being used for work, so I can't just delete it right now. I probably would depending on the price if I found a new job, which I have actively begun to do. If the DPF dies before I find a new job, how many extra miles would a clean add? any recommendation for a specific type of dpf clean (i think additives / machine differ) or a place for dpf delete?

Ie, to widen the compatibility when ringing around a scrap yard. It's the chrome wrapped plastic door handle that you pull to open the door, at the rear of the car, without any speakers or locking button. Some stupid idiot snapped it

So one of my fog light bulbs have gone, and apparently it uses a H8 connection, the stock is H8 Phillips halogen I believe. I want to replace it myself, as I want to do more little jobs like this myself as opposed to taking it to the garage every single time. But I am confused that a lot of the H8 halogen bulbs I see have the word "head light" in the listing titles. So are the same type of bulbs used both as a fog light and the main headlights in cars (that don't have bi xenon)? What is the correct colour temperature of fog light? Is it 4300k for greater visibility in fog as opposed to 6500k?

Have you used the proper Osram night breaker ones before? The ones that cost £115 now After using the cheap ones from amazon for a couple nights, I find that the dipped beam is brighter around the car, but full beam seems to be less bright than stock on a dark motorway. Maybe it's because I read 6000k don't project into distance as well as 4300k

Well I've installed the "sinoparcel d1s 6000k" tonight and all is well. I quite like it, not sure if it's down to the bulb being quality or that it's 6000k rather than the 4300k previous bulbs were on. But the pool of light around the car seem brighter and the reach of the beams are more distinct. Decent buy for £23 and same day delivery.

How would that happen exactly? Would the bulb have to physically explode into shrapnel or something?

What's the worst that could happen? I've just ordered a "Chinese special" off amazon lol because it was guaranteed to be delivered by 10pm tonight which gives me time to test it out. If its completely awful, well I still have tomorrow to buy new bulbs before Wed mot. Currently my car has some budget Chinese tyres on ("Delint??") and nothing bad has happened so far. Not proud of it as I needed some tyred urgently same as bulbs now but will be replaced by Xmas in the next Costco sale on Michelin all climate for a possible bad winter. I bought "sinoparcel d1s 6000k"

Well, even if it does. Its a bit too late for me personally as I have an mot on Wed and need new bulbs by tomorrow night. Amazon will be fine for that as I have prime.

I don't know. I bought them from a website called powerbulbs. The box does not have a 4 year warranty picture on. But the Osram boxes from Amazon have it. I have kept one of the box's so will check out the serial sticker when I pop out later.

I used a pair of Osram Xenarc oem replacement (65 quid 2 years ago) . 1 died suddenly at 22 months, the other is slowly dying now at 24 (it's now purple and takes 5 goes to switch the thing on). The factory originals lasted 8 years... The problem I have even when they were working is I just never thought the lights were bright enough to see potholes at night, I use full beam far more often than I should frankly. Has your night Breakers lasted you a while? I do a lot more miles than average so I'll divide by 3.

But dirt cheap cos they're made in China? There's quite a lot of random brands on Amazon. Was wondering if anyone has used any that are significantly brighter than stock as bright as the £115 osram night breaker d1s laser. I just want to save some money if I can.

I need to put some audio tracks onto the hard drive into the car (niche personal use), because there is an unacceptable 7 second Bluetooth delay on the phone, and aux input from phone doesn't work at all. Problem is that it wouldn't recognise the sd card I put into the unit. Is there anything on amazon that anyone knows would definitely work? I could also use a cd, but what sort of disc, CD R/ or RW(rewritable)? If I manually burn to a cd, what are the accepted formats?

Well at that time last weekend coolant was about 35% of maximum. Ie just over half way to middle

My dsg 12 reg took 3.5 hours of stop start driving and idling without turning off ignition to reach an oil temp of 90C in the maxidot display with outside temp of 12C. Does that mean I could do with a new thermostat? Or do you have to take into account of the coolant temperature as well. Not too sure if the oil temp is the engine oil or dsg oil...