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Yes, that'll do. 507 00 is the clue.

I believe you can't change the default drive mode as WLTP mandates that the car has to default to the mode in which it was tested. Unless, anyone knows if it's possible to change this with VCDS...?

Personally, I think tall cars / SUV's which are only FWD are silly. How often have I read complaints from 1.5 TSI Karoq owners about wheel spin, especially on DSG models, when pulling out of junctions. It puzzles me that owners are surprised when tall car = more weight transfer rearwards on acceleration and consequent lowering of adhesion at the front wheels.

I think you might well find a difference between their claims and the results of a dyno test. Equally, not all maps are created equal. You need to be aware of dangerously high exhaust gas temperatures, for example. Equally, headline BHP figures are not what's important on a road going diesel. The shape of the torque curve and the area under it are what's important for driveability. The best and safest results will be obtained from a custom map created on the dyno. I'd suggest talking to Darkside Developments for an estimate of realistic and safe gains that can be gained from your engine.

A remap isn't going to yield an extra 50 bhp. My 150TDI Yeti is remapped to a claimed 180 / 185 bhp which is probably about correct and the most you're likely to get without further mods. It's also common to remap the DSG box to optimise the gear change point and behaviour and to increase the clamping pressure of the clutches to cope with the increased torque from a remap.

Yes a 4x4 Karoq should be at least as off-road capable as your Yeti. Although, since it's longer and wider. it'll be a bit less wieldy in tight and nadgery bits. We have both a remapped, manual Yeti 150 TDI 4x4 and a DSG Karoq 190 TDI 4x4. HTH

Have you looked into having your original diff reconditioned? For example - https://www.mandttransmissions.co.uk/reconditioned-differentials.html. https://www.thedifferential.co.uk

Pass. The car was going into my local indy VAG specialist for service and I got them to fit it at the same time. However, having done similar things on various cars over the years, I don't think it'd be too challenging.

I bought one of these when the rear wiper motor on my Yeti died. I suspect it'll fit your Octavia but check in the listing. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193530911803#vi-desc-maincntr

A bit more expensive than some but the seller assures me that these are anti-glare - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115496743732

I see one poster saying that there's a noticeable reflection on his replacement digitiser. Is yours the same and if not, do you have a link to the one you purchased? TIA

That sounds about right for a fitted tow bar these days. I'd suggest that you do fit a dedicated wiring loom that's coded into the ECU.

No XDS enabled on Yetis, although it can be done on facelift cars. However, when the ASC senses the rear end wagging about, it applies the rear brakes to stabilise things.

However, in those 50 years, things have evolved somewhat. When my wife bought her first 4Motion Tiguan in 2011, I decided that we needed a tow bar on it and I'd be a cheapskate and not fit coded electrics. The result of that was that I managed to wear out the rear discs and pads in c. 20k miles. Since the car didn't know that I had a trailer attached, it was obviously attempting to correct the forces at the rear by modulating the rear brakes much of the time that I was driving across local hill road in my usual enthusiastic fashion. I've been driving and towing for 50 years and I'm an old hooligan and still drive like one. Cue the next two Tiguans, her current Karoq and my Yeti being fitted with dedicated and coded electrics. The rate of attrition to the rear brakes is greatly diminished even if I did manage to cook the front discs and pads on the Karoq at 18k miles and the Yeti at c. 12k. I'm sure much of that is to the actions of XDS....😁

The is the one I fitted to my Mk5 Golf. https://www.awesomegti.com/shop-by-car/audi/a3-8p/whiteline-anti-lift-kit-golf-mk5-mk6/ However, as far as I can see, there's nothing available for MQB platform cars as yet. This link which doesn't open is listed on Google as offering: Control Arm Lower-Inner Rear Anti Lift Bush Kit ... Anti Lift & Caster Increase. ... Sport Spring & Damper Kit -MQB Platform AWD: Golf 7 R. £109.50. https://www.vag-performance.co.uk/product/control-arm-lower-inner-rear-anti-lift-bush-kit/

Something that you should learn about if you're planning on driving in France. Actually, it'd be a good idea to learn a considerable more French as well. Who knows, you might actually enjoy talking to the locals....😄 However, in the meantime.... https://www.drive-france.com/faqs/get-your-priorities-right/

There's a discussion about that here - https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/mkvii-golf-r-or-gti-with-performance-brakes-17-inch-wheels.376367/ I've never done it but I did run 16" winter wheels over 312 mm brakes on a Golf and if the balance weights were not carefully placed, they could contact the callipers.

I had a red Powerflex insert fitted to my Mk5 Golf GT Sport 170 TDI which was remapped to c. 210 bhp. It lasted 3 days before it was removed again. It was awful, particularly when reversing. My wife drove it and said, "You've ruined your car!" Much more successful was the anti-lift kit which I had fitted at the same time. That kept the front end down under hard acceleration and reduced the understeer.

Pass. EBC have always maintained that for road use on cars up to 200 bhp, Greenstuff pads were the correct fitment. My Mk5 Golf was just over that and my Yeti c. 185 bhp. I also used their pads on bikes for years with good results but my recent experience with Brembo has been more positive.

It it were me, Id buy something else. I've got Brembos on the Yeti and the Karoq at the moment with Brembo HP pads. I used EBC discs and Greenstuff pads for years on Mk4 and Mk5 Golf.. However, I wore out the last set on the Yeti in 2k miles. I think having XDS set to Hard probably didn't help but I'm less than impressed with EBC stuff these days. In fact, I think I've been less than impressed for several years but I didn't want to admit to myself I'd bought the wrong brakes.

Remapping a 150 TDI certainly wakes it up. We're running both a remapped 150 TDI Yeti, manual 4x4 and a bog standard Karoq 190 TDI, DSG 4x4. Driven enthusiastically, the Yeti will stay with the Karoq but being a manual and a Yeti it's harder work and much less refined. I can see a remap of the engine and gearbox ECU's in the Karoq's future. 220 bhp and 470 Nm beckons.

It would appear to be just a case of digging a bit deeper into the Autodoc menu. Would any of these work for you? https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/brake-disc-10132/skoda/octavia/octavia-combi-5e5/126003-2-0-tsi-rs?criteria[200][0]=340&criteria[100][1]=VA

Back O/T... Have you looked on Autodoc? If it were me, I'd be looking at something other than the OEM ones. Hence the drilled Brembos and their HP pads on both our Karoq and Yeti. Pagid get a good reputation as well.

I'm reminded that when I was but a wee boy, we had a West Highland Terrier that did that. Grumpy, vicious little devil it was, as well. In more recent times, I'm reminded that when Bike Magazine first tested the new BMW R1200GS in 2004, they described its handling in the same way. I didn't believe them at the time and then my wife bought me one from John Clark Motorrad for Christmas that year. The Bike journalist was quite correct; that's exactly how it felt. I spent the next three years riding around with too much preload on the rear shock just to get the bike to turn as quickly as I wanted. Nostalgia.....ain't what it used to be...🤔

If there were snow on the ground, I might have nipped out in the Karoq to see if it would also perform lovely pirouettes from an application of the electric parking brake...