Ursicles

I think i do as i have an 18 plate 245 .... ill start looking into this OBDeleven thing a little bit!

Just reading this. Are you guys saying that HBA is a hidden freebie?? Or did u need to spec it from the factory?

Commute 180 miles a day .... Usual commute is about 40mpg, thats on the M25. I have had it as high as 49mpg, but lowest its been is 38.5mpg which is pretty decent.

Got a new job, so looks like the 245 will be 20k over the next 4 months Issue is that: 1) its a loan car, going to blow the 8k out of the water! 2) will need more servicing! So first service is due soon - how much did people pay for it? Checking Skoda website, they saying £179 - which seems pretty decent, though when you realise its just an oil change....

Anyone know what the vrs 245 wheel size offset etc is?? thinking of getting a set of these: http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=203308 if they fit.

So tempted to get one of these now. Anyone know what sort of top speed and 0-60 the 245 would have with one fitted? Every yr me and my mates do a eurotrip - cars need to be sub 6 secs to 60 and over 165mph top speed to keep up - as a minimum. Was going to buy a cayman, but wondering if a tuning box would give me enough to achieve those figure and not need a new car!

Yeah one of my mates lives out there - i think you also need a permit to buy a car, something like £10k for a permit, and there are limited numbers of them too!

Love the armrest tray - really useful, so just ordered one too. BTW - if i was spending £70k on a car - not sure i would have gone for a VRs!!

What have you done to the engine to get those gains??

Question - does it struggle to get to 165? Every yr me and my mates do a eurotrip, and the usual rules are sub 6 to 60 and 160mph top speed minimum - and yes, we do hit that speed regularly (highest ive done is 189, another has cracked 200). Thinking of taking the red baron this yr for the trip rather than buying a new toy for it - but wondering if it would cope.

Dont really like red cars, but the red is def growing on me. Also in a car park bloody easy to spot as its so bright and makes a change from the greys, blacks and silvers everywhere.

Had my previous lease for 19000 miles... never damaged an alloy. 200 miles on this new lease, scratched an alloy :) can only laugh! Not too bothered, will sort them out before i hand it back.

Now a fully fledged member of the club after this mornings delivery! Was delivered on a trailer, so a bit annoyed that when i started it it beeped it needed fuel as only 5 miles in the tank! But happy it came with P Zero tyres.

Well..... look what came in the post today.... can now leave this page, and head to the owners one Bit annoyed it only came with 5 miles of fuel in the tank mind!!

230 days?? Amateurs!! Try 263 days, with past 115 days in various cars paid for by VW!

Prob with motorways and cars nowadays is its VERY easy to hit 80 without any intention to do so. Personal view is that doing 100mph on an empty motorway is less of an issue than doing 32mph near a school at 3pm - courts on the other hand dont see it like that!

Having driven at speed in Germany lots issue isnt the person pulling out on you, but the fact that your travelling so quick they look up ...your not there, pull out and all of a sudden your in their mirror! Doing close to 190 in my 911, passed a mate who was turning off for fuel at about 70mph, and he said the speed i went past him was frightening and i just disappeared into the horizon!

Was that GPS verified, or speedo? If speedo id take off 5% for a better indication of true speed.

Not always true.. One of the girls i work with is a magistrate, and they do take into consideration previous history. If you have a clean licence, they pretty much urge you to take 2 weeks holiday and give you a 2 week ban. She said its not in anyones incentive to put someones job/family at risk for a minor motoring offence.

The Audi A4 i had used to have it... and often it would brake for no reason and was quite unnerving and car would often beep and brake and id take eyes off the road to look at screen which is warning me of a hazard - which was never there! If you dont know how to brake for a car or something in front of you and need assistance, your probably not safe on the roads in the first place.

1. andsoutham - BMW m235i / Mk1 Fabia vRS 2. Newport91 - Octavia Vrs 3. Devonutopia - BMW 335D most likely 4. mk4gtiturbo - Octavia 3 vRS TDI 5. Hyphons - Citigo 6. Thorpe76- Mk2 Octavia TFSI 7. Octy 4x4t - Mk2 Octavia tsi 8. Lkim13- mk2 octy vrs tfsi 9. andsoutham (Harry W) - TBC 10. AndrewE - MK3 Octavia vrs tsi. Now with dtuk box so would like to see difference 11. Themanwithnoaim Mk3fl vRS245 with some tuning-ish 12. Jars- a mk1 vRS tractor 13. mushtafa - MK1 octy vrs 14. Niceyellow vrs - Car tba but it'll definitely be FWD 15. Ursicles - 245 VRs (am i right in thinking i can dump the GF at gun wharf which shouldnt be too far away???)

70mph in the UK, but in Germany i can drive at 170mph quite safely in the same car.

I told them i wanted to hand my car back so they given me a hire car for 4 months in the meantime on their dime!

In this PC world, we had a deaf guy turn up for an interview with his interpreter. Now that all seems fair, no issue with that as many deaf people can lip read etc. Its when you realise that 80% of the job was answering the phone you see the full futility of the situation.

i apologise to you and the rest of your kind. #apachehelicoptersmatter