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No worries. Here's another thread on it.

Here is my reasoning: When you put the DSG into "Park" mode, you effectively lock the gearbox. The lock mechanism is a locking spline/pin arrangement, something like the image below. The image shows a gearbox parking lock engaged. The advantage of my way of doing things ensures that there is no load placed upon the parking lock spline/pin. The car is stopped and hand-braked in position, prior to the gearbox parking lock being engaged. The disadvantage of my way of doing things, is that I think it's possible for the parking lock not to be correctly aligned and thus not correctly engaged. I don't know if this is a problem or not. One could argue that should the handbrake fail, by doing things my way, it's possible for he car to roll a little, allow the parking lock to spring into place on the parking lock wheel, and possibly shear off the parking lock spline from the parking lock. That said, a quick online search came up with this, which vindicates my way of doing it. (Someone might be able to come up with an article that contradicts it. 😉) https://lifeonfour.co/transmission-problems/how-to-correctly-park-an-automatic-car/#the-correct-way-to-park-a-car-with-an-automatic-transmission Ultimately, it's your car, park it how you like. 👍

Nothing. Did something I wrote suggest there was?

Just noticed this thread. I've had my car 4 years now. I potter around like an old man (because I am an old man), and my 2019 car has just over 20K miles on the clock, so I'm doing a tiny 4K miles a year. I haven't had so much as a hint of a GPF issue. I notice the increased RPM on start-up for about a minute, something like 1200rpm that settles down to 800-900rpm. I too was worried about having a GPF, having made a reluctant change from diesel to petrol to avoid the DPF issues. But as it happens, I have not regretted the change to petrol at all. There have been no downsides to it, bar poorer MPG, mitigated by cheaper fuel. The improved smoothness, quietness and ability to rev to 6K without running out of puff at 4.5K, while still providing good low-down torque have been a delight. Really, don't worry about your GPF. Worry about the silica bag in your coolant instead. 😋

Excellent advice. My advice is to go to an ICE specialist (not Halfords), see what they advise you your options are and how much the various options will cost, then pick the option that suits you.

As brake fluid is pretty unpleasant stuff, if it's leaking, I'd want to know where the leak is and get it sorted fast. If nothing else, you will confirm that there isn't a leak. If there isn't a leak, such a low brake fluid level may suggest it's never been changed, so it's worth getting that sorted too, as it's supposed to be changed every 4 years.

This is what I do too. I position the car where I want it parked and hold the brakes, put the selector in neutral, release the brakes and put the handbrake on (unless I'm on a slope, and then I put the handbrake on first), then put the selector in park.

It depends. You can test whether you need to this, easily enough. If you set up the conditions with the car in "Drive" mode, which you imply but do not specifically state in your original post, then move the selector from D to N, see if the car relaxes back off the biting point. If it does, then the answer is yes. If it doesn't, it would seem the answer is no. Personally, I put my DSG into neutral whenever I come to a stop, or am coming to a stop. I don't even think about it now, as it's just natural for me to do this.

Hello and welcome, Tony! 😊 I look forward to hearing more from you, particularly from the perspective of someone who spent time on the other side of the service counter.

I know nothing about the Racechip, and you haven't provided a link to the product, so I'm floundering about in the dark here. That said, I suspect you believe the Racechip is a mistake, but you're looking about for some reassurance that the Racechip is actually okay, and there's no need to spend the extra money on a remap. My advice is as follows:- If you're short of money, don't modify your car. If you're not short of money, modify it properly.

Tough choice. I prefer the VRS engine, but the Sportline is the FL model and so has a lot of improvements over the older MK3. That digital dash is nice. (Not sure about the black headlining, though.) I found the 150PS 2.0TDI a bit gutless to drive, but you can perk it up with a remap. Of the two cars on offer, I think the Sportline is better value for money.

Perhaps there weren't that many. I recall some of the more active posters on here expressing their support for the SNP in this thread, but then sometimes a few people making noise can seem more than their actual number.

I remember there were quite a few SNP supporters on here at one time.

Yay! all the chargers are empty. Oh!

Connect it up again and be sure to really push the connectors home. That seems to be a recurring issue, the connectors not quite making the full connection. Don't plumb in all the wiring until you know it's working on your lap in the car, as it were. The plug & play functionality of the camera changes the settings to the camera display, rather than the default sensor background, so the display settings seem to have been changed, but there's no camera display to feed. If you're sure you've connected it right and there's still no feed from the camera, get in touch with the vendor.

Interesting how "We're literally boiling the planet!!!" is somehow less of an issue when there are jobs at risk in an election year. 😄 Apparently we are NOT in an existential crisis after all. Who knew, eh?

Biden is going old-school protectionist in America. It seems the regime has decided that saving America's car industry is more important than their "Climate Crisis" project. https://archive.ph/P91pA

That I did not expect. 😊 Looks like a real gem. Enjoy! 👍

Certainly sounds like it. I'm bemused at why they are playing silly buggers with you. "Opps! Our bad. Here you go, sorry for any inconvenience caused." would be a better approach IMO, assuming that is the problem.

I have been out of touch on EA888 development and nothing about the Gen 4 engine, so that would have caught me out too. It sounds like an interesting iteration. https://www.greencarcongress.com/2021/10/20211019-evo4.html

Just noticed this cautionary tale from @SteffLimitless of the regret of chasing Skoda Scala power via stage 2 tuning instead of an engine transplant. Thought I'd yoink a link here as it seemed appropriate.

I see a lot of people who said one thing and tried to force others to either say the same thing, or have any contrary opinion deleted, now saying the opposite and quietly deleting what they said before. It's all good, this is just for banter and froth. Nobody looks to Brisky for an opinion on anything other than Skoda-related stuff, thank heavens! 👍 Means-tested overstay charges will sort that problem out. 😉

Not that I'm any kind of expert, but what exactly is the problem you have that you are trying to solve? So far your problem seems to be "Oo-er! I don't like the look of that!". Am I correct is summarising that as the issue that you are looking to "solve"?

You say her job is to analyse and combat misinformation. I say her job is to ensure compliance with a desired narrative and to try and discredit anyone who fails to adhere to what is the approved "consensus". Anyone who's been paying attention to world events over the last 3-4 years might reasonably get uncomfortable deja-vu from the use of the word "misinformation" used (along with "disinformation"). Or maybe it's just me? Previously it was commonly used to ensure compliance with the "safe and effective" narrative. Now the facts are slipping past the wall of narrative consensus, all but the most ardent true-believer is starting to wonder whether they have made a terrible mistake on that front. Hopefully the negative impact will remain small, but time will tell. Of course, the idea that electric vehicles are especially problematic for potholes is going to require some robust data to back it up, data that the Mail Online is never going to provide, but I don't think Pallavi is any more reliable a source.

Not sure the author of that article is any less biased than the Mail Online, but just waaaaay over on a different side of the argument. https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/profile/pallavi-sethi/