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Just love all the tech. May not use it all the time, but always fun when I do. I like the "stick shaker" effect when approaching a lane line. Only problem is the mammoth distance the parallel parking facility leaves. If there is one piece of tech I do not find useful is in certain Volvos and BMWs where the bloody seat starts to retract as you pull away - very unnerving.

Thanks for that. I've recently ordered a 64gb sd card to be ready! Since it doesn't have to search between directories, does it install any faster? or will still take the best part of an hour?

I've just downloaded this file. Normally the files are nearly 30gb. This is omnly 17gb. Is it therefore the correct file for a Superb III, MY 2020? If so, does anyone know why it is so much smaller> Is it some kind of new compression method?

Stumbled on this today - 7th April 2023. Downloaded, transferred to SD Card etc. Worked a treat. Thanks

Sad day. Took to body shop after meeting a kamikaze muntjac. But then again, it could have been a roe or fallow deer, and wouldn't just need a nose job but a new vehicle. No idea what it'll cost apart from insurance excess.

Not sure about the first part, but in my Superb mkIII, the usb-A in the centre pocket seems to connect phone to Columbus, but pluging same into a USB adapter in the cig lighter/ash tray in the rear Columbus does not recognise the device. I always do my updates using the SD Card slots in the glove box. Both seem to work OK.

I know not everyone can, but invest. I started in 1985 with £500 (about £1555 in current value), and dribbled in to PEP, ISA and SIPP over the years and now not particularly wealthy, but .... Make sure you control it yourself - there are plenty of thieving snakes out there who'll flog you any manner of worthless crap and do their utmost to part you from what is yours; they make the 50's, 60's and 70's car dealers look like angels. Don't use money you can't afford to lose. Generally pay off interest bearing debt first especially credit cards with high APR!, but with current interest rates this may not be the best plan, because you may be able to generate more from the money invested than the debt is costing you. Don't pay for "Systems" Don't try to get rich quick - you won't, and may need to obtain a new shirt. Don't lauunch headlong into spread betting, CFDs etc - most end up requiring the new shirt as mentioned above. Re-invest your dividends. Generally avoid AIM shares, but there are some OK ones - research well! (a good site to help in avoiding the crap etc (if I can mention it. If not and you're interested pm me..) is ShareProphets. It does cost about sick squid a month but it's well worth it (no, I do'nt have a financial connection with it). Especially, be very very wary of basic resource stocks, particularly explorers, but there are some profitable producers out there. Read widely - the weekly mags are a good start, one of which is on paper and online, the other is totally digital, and published by one of the brokers in Manchester. How you go about it depends much upon your personality, but an easy, if flippant, book to start you off would be Naked Trader. There are plenty of free resources on the web for researching, spotting trends, and any manner of complicated ways of filtering stocks, but the best way as always is to keep it simple; moving averages tend to work as good indicators and the aforementioned sites will help. If the thrill of a succesful investment makes your heart leap for joy, and a loss sends you in to a pit of despondency, perhaps DIY investing is not the way for you, and look to using professional help, but be aware of para. 2 above.

Many thanks - downloading OK, but just as lethargic as the Skoda site.

Just tried the link, and only results in page loading error

The car is under the extended warrant program so no money hit on that, justr the inconvenience, and looking at an unusally emoty driveway. The roof is another matter - 50 year old corrugated and not insured, but just thinking on the savings I've mad over thyears makes it feel better.

Had a bum week last week. Monday, 69 plate L&K 190 diesel estate in for second (20,000 mile) service and advised of oil leak beetween engine and gear box, so today and tomorrow, no wheels. Has anyone else any similar problem? Also battery tested as not up to par so to be tested again today, and possibly to be replaced. Thursday, building roof take off by wind. Friday, a puncture - screw intyre shoulder so replaced. Hopefully thats the sequence of three completed!

Alll so very spot on. You see it, I see it; shame the rest don't see they are being "had over" by the likes of, well better not name names and orginsations, self appointed or otherwise. As the say, divide and conquer, or as we used to say in certain quarters, "If you want a compliant population, scare the sh-t out of them"; I wonder when THAT last happened? Don't think we need to look too far back, do we.

No problem if you arrive in a dinghy in eastern Kent, I beleive.

Just downloaded from portal, took around an hour. Unzipped to hard drive, 12 minutes Copied to fast SD Card 37 minutes Usual installation in car is around an hour, but I do nee the ingnition on, and when the ignition times out the process suspends, to continue when ignition back on.

12 months old this month and 16,000 on the clock. No chance of lockdown here, but still 10,000 short of normal, since only two Scottish journies. two Cornish, but no France, Spain, Italy. I feel bereft - paid for all those estimated miles on my insurance, and not done 'em.