nicklouse

Tested again and they do appear to be live all the time... Did some searching on this forum (should have tried harder first time at searching!) and found someone else who used fuse 35 (diagnostic connector, camera, radar sensor, voltage stabiliser for taxi vehicles) is also switched and no interference with adapter so have used that and camera now working perfectly

I did think that as well... As I was convinced Phonebox was off till I turned ignition on to confirm voltage then turned off again and it was still live. Thought maybe I'd just mismeasured it the first time and it was always live... Tried locking car and going back later and it was still live so perhaps I didn't leave it long enough... Some of them seem really odd ones to have live when ignition is off! Will have to have another go later...

Revisiting this topic as currently trying to piggyback onto the fuse box for my dash cam... 1) I've checked many fuses (all the ones I'm brave enough to pull out to put multimeter in) and so far the only fuse I can find that is switched with ignition is rear wiper. Others that I expected to see switched included rear camera, heated seats , phonebox and trailer hitch but all seem to be live with ignition off..... 2) The piggyback fuse adaptor that I have (which appears to be a standard size) doesn't fit flush into the rear wiper fuse because the electric seat fuse sits higher than a "standard" fuse and so I can get the piggyback adaptor in, but not convinced it won't work it's way out over time with vibrations as it's not fully seated 3) Other fuses for options I don't have (and so empty) that may be swtiched don't appear to have both live and return connections inside the fuse box so no point trying to tap in there... Any ideas / suggestions??

Planning on using a piggyback fuse to install my dashcam onto a switched live, happy with how it works and how to install right up to idiot question... Where does the ground/return go? I had a quick look tonight at fusebox and can't seen anything obvious in there to ground on so is it a case of attaching to bare metal of car and then if that is the case, where do you do it? Do I need a c-shape crimp and a bolt/screw somewhere on body?

I've got car set to manual assignment of keys. One is assigned to my profile, the other to the wife. On opening door, seat and mirrors move to position of whoevers key opened the door. You will always get the welcome message with choice of names in dash. So technically I could open car with the wife's key, jump in and change profile to me but next time her key would still set car to her profile.

Go into settings, personalisation and you can assign keys to profiles. If automatic it will save active profile to whichever key locks car and the apply that profile when unlocked. I prefer to have it on manual, then you can assign a key to profile. It will ask you to press unlock button on key you want, and you can do all keys in one go. Now I have a key and the misses has another and it has worked seamlessly!

My 220 2.0TSI L&K also has it, but not all the time.... Think it happens more on cold start? I thought it sounds like the starter motor running too long, but that wouldn't explain why I only hear it occasionally

If you push and hold the lock button on the key, it will shut all windows and the sunroof. Not seen anything about an already locked car automatically deciding to shut the sunroof if it rains though....

Yeah but that's kinda the point.... If you've got a gap of 25m on a 30mph that's really not enough space to get out, regardless of DGS / stop start / car make etc as that would be the highway code definition of safe distance... I would argue that it wouldn't be safe to pull out anyway as you are likely to make the car you're out in front of have to brake... The 2.0 TSI is quoted at a 0-30mph of 3.8s but you've only got a 2s gap to pull out into... FWIW I'm not disagreeing that the delay for engine to fire up and car get going isn't great, but if auto hold is on then car doesn't know you want to go till the loud pedal gets pushed and it takes a moment for the engine to fire up... with a combustion engine I don't see any way around that? I simply account for that when pulling off, or turn off start stop or auto hold to get quicker response. I'd say the car (in my limited mileage so far) behaves consistently, so it's not like it's a surprise or anything when it does it. +1 on the lane assist, really weird to have the car fight you but I love it on the commute in crawling traffic!

I had a play with S/S on my way home from work - couple of opinions follow 1) I found when braking to a stop from significant speed, yes it does cut out at 1 or 2mph. But my foot is already on the brake, and I'm not turning at a significant angle so lack of power steering is unimportant. Also, on my manual 2014 320d, if I had the car in neutral whilst moving (for instance rolling down hill in stop start traffic) it would also cut out before coming to a complete stop. 2) In crawling traffic, engine would not cut out until at a standstill. 3) Turning off auto hold improves the behaviour - in the sense that releasing the brake causes engine to start, so you get immediate power from accelerating. For those that complain the delay when pulling away is dangerous - (controversial comment follows...) perhaps if that gap is that tight then you shouldn't be pulling out anyway P.s. I realise it's not always that clear cut, but it's worth thinking about!

Picked mine up end of Jan, can confirm tow bar is same as video with a "pull to release" switch. It's pretty flush with rest of boot trim, can't see anything catching it unless you're really careless!

Picking up my Superb on Friday. Based on what I have read on this forum, and knowing I will do 12-15k per year, of which the bulk of miles will be motorway / longer journeys I told the dealer I didn't want a service plan as I want the car to be on variable service as per Skoda guidelines. Got an email back saying he would send it in to be set to variable..... So looks like someone changed it without asking me?? Naughty Skoda dealer!

I need some good sunshades for the rear for the little dude but haven't had a good look around yet... Where did you get them from out of interest?

Thanks @rtj70 and @BAJM - will bring it up with the dealer when I collect on Friday!

Fair play - come Friday I'll pay attention to it and see