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    Superb 1.4TSI DSG SE L Executive

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  1. You can tell the car to put the wipers in the clean/replace position when you're turning the ignition off - if you remember. Something like press down on wiper stalk just after you turn the ignition off.
  2. Just realised my phone wouldn't work in this way. I have the dual SIM Galaxy S9 and the dual SIM version does not support RSAP. Oh well. I prefer having both personal and work SIM in a single phone and don't have the SIM slot in the Columbus unit anyway.
  3. In the latest online PDF of the manual it's page 163. Note your mobile needs to support the Bluetooth rSAP profile for my suggestion to work. (Note I said rSIM but it's rSAP - Remote SIM Access Profile)
  4. I don't need Internet access in my Superb often but something else I've tried is using a Macro to enable the wifi hotspot on the phone when the car connect over Bluetooth. Another macro disabled the hotspot when the car disconnects. The car has a WiFi connection configured for both my home WiFi and phone hotspot. So within a short space of time my Superb's Columbus system has Internet access. I stopped using this because it's rarely needed and usually just enable/disable hotspot manually for longer journeys and plug the phone into the USB socket for power. Then I can get TomTom traffic updates on the Columbus but also quickly switch to Android Auto for Google Maps. It doesn't take up too much data - not really measured on a long journey. But I've even let it update the maps over my 4G connection but then I have 25GB data a month to use.
  5. If it has the SIM slot (which is standard on Columbus now) then it also supports the rSAP profile which means it can take over the SIM in the phone for a data connection and for phone calls etc. It does mean the phone itself loses the ability to connect to the phone network itself. If you have a good data plan then this is a cheap option and it's what I'd do I'd upgraded to the version of Columbus with a SIM slot (it was not standard in 2017). You could always share out the data connection so the phone connected via WiFi but you shouldn't be reading emails whilst driving 🙂
  6. If you have a good data plan on your mobile you can use the rSIM profile in the car's Columbus unit to take control of the SIM for calls, texts and data. All it should be doing is grabbing traffic data (sourced from TomTom). It shouldn't automatically download map updates which of course are quite large and best done over wifi or using a USB stick or SD Card.
  7. I activated mine with no problems when I got the car in October 2017.
  8. A dealer won't be much help sorting this out. Sounds similar to the problem I had. Maybe the updates they are doing will fix your problem when they reset their systems. Took about 2 weeks for them to work out the problem with mine. Mine is still working. Even used it to double check location of my car when I'd parked for a football match the other day and didn't know for sure the route back. Even tried flashing lights as I approached which worked also.
  9. Can you not connect to Skoda to check status of car etc.? Mine is working. It did stop a few months ago and it needed a reset on the Skoda servers which took them a while to work out.
  10. You can close windows (and probably panoramic roof) by pressing the lock button and keep holding it. I think you need to enable somewhere whether you want just driver window or all to open when you press the open button on the key. The roof wouldn't' open.
  11. You can alter how the car is configured in terms of steering assist/feel, accelerator, gearbox (DSG only), air-con, suspension (DCC only) etc. There are ECO, normal, sport and custom modes. Switching between them used button on the transmission tunnel plus the touch screen.
  12. Even if you have it plugged into the USB cable, the phone connection is via Bluetooth unless using Android Auto surely?
  13. I have had this engine and gearbox in two cars now - this Superb and an Audi A3. I do not experience this noise and in 2 cylinder mode gear changes is just as smooth and quiet as when in 4 cylinder mode.
  14. I think it's deliberate to restrict the engine using the throttle as it is on the 220PS engine. On the 1.4TSI 150PS engine the throttle is fine without any changes. I would wager it's to make it easier to pass emission tests with lower recorded CO2 figures.
  15. Not as a company car because of BIK being based on emissions. Overall cost per month for an L&K would be more because I'd have had to have had a 2.0TSI. I did not want a diesel.
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