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Nice to see you decided to keep it on the road, suppose you were expecting some cost as it is nearly 20 .

I have noticed in these winter evenings that the interior door handle on the drivers side has light , illuminating it so you are not groping round in the dark I have spotted that the passenger one is not lit up so guessing the bulb/s have gone, I have scoured the net to try to find a) what bulbs are used, & b) how to remove to replace. I dont want to remove twice, want to get bulb/s 1st Can anyone help ? Thanks 👍

I got 1 from my local garage who has a contact with TPS ( they supply VW / Skoda /Audi parts to Dealers) Find a local VW specialist to see if they can get 1 from TPS . Price is about right & they are very easy to self fit

I bought a mk3 L&K 138k miles 2017, 2l diesel,DSG as long as it has full service history paperwork, if its DSG the oil is regularly changed you should be ok, the water pump & belt change has saved you around £500 already. Provided you continue to get service done regularly these older diesels are good for over 500k miles. I would strongly recommend you test drive the car for at least 30 min, again if its DSG, if you feel ANY gearchange then it will be a new clutch in the near future ( had to do mine 😞 )

correct, its registered. as manufacturer build quote.

OH - take the sportline, its 4x4, you can remap to approx 220 and the 4 wheel drive will just manage the torque.

To answer both your questions in 1 word - YES . I recently bought a 2016 L&K & traffic sign recognition just needs to be activated using VCDS, also did you check if the leds on the fan dial lit when knob was rotated, some were not so, these would need to be coded on as well. If you want the paddles you will need to buy the paddles with wiring loom to connect in, then this will also need coding in with VCDS. Its easier for the VCDS owner to do both paddles and traffic at the same time. Price the whole job up 1st then decide. Personally if you have the DSG why bother with paddles, might as well just have a manual. When I bought mine, I have a friend here in the South East who has the full blown VCDS and knows his stuff, to plug in and check for errors, he activated everything that could be & even permanently switched off the stop start ( so I do not have to press the deactivate button every time I use the car) . Word of advice If you want anyone to do any VCDS work on your car make sure they come well recommended and have done paddle fit before, get this wrong and it can cause major problems, just 1 setting out and you can have very strange effects. ( I fitted a MFSW and when it was coded in the horn stopped working was very simple to fix as the guy knew what he was doing ). good luck on your choice