UndertheRadar

Has anyone had a fault with a Sonos speaker losing its ability to be used wirelessly? I have a few play 1’s and play 3’s, along with several bridges and a play 5. Recently the play 5 has Been absent from the app. I’ve tried using the app to find it and recognise it again to no avail. it was working perfectly up to then wirelessly with the rest of the system. I assumed it was the app messing about as usual and left it sitting in the hope it would return on its own. discovered today it will only connect with an Ethernet cable and work perfectly, but will not connect to WiFi for wireless use. Im assuming it’s a faulty wireless unit in the speaker itself. Anyone else had a similar fault with one of theirs?

Compared to some of the prices I was getting for genuine wheels from dealers here, caffyns are looking about 60% less. I actually rang the dealership and asked for their parts dept, to make sure the online site wasn’t a scam. They also quote a delivery figure So cheap they have to be taking a loss. I’m not complaining though. 😂

My lambswool ended up looking like some drunk bloke had sheared it. 😄

I’m in the middle of correcting the paint on mine, but I’m not fitting a permanent ceramic as mine is used for all the daily running about. It’s easier to repair the odd rub mark from other peoples shopping bags, coats etc if it’s maintained the old fashioned way, ie sealant or wax, now even spray ceramics like turtle wax are fantastic for very little outlay. Permanent coatings are harder to fix as the entire car or even one side may need cut back and reapplied due to the coating changing the paint finish slightly, and making a single panel repair stick out. I’ll add a pic of mine at the minute with no protection at all to give you an idea of what yours should look like when you head back again. This is it inside the garage.

I hose down first. Then pre clean spray and Hose down again. Then snow foam and deal with badges and shut lines, grilles etc using detail brush. Hose everything off and snow foam again and wash car two buckets with snow foam still on.

I always use EBC brakes. If you pick your car on the site it will list all available parts. something like Yellowstuff pads would probably be fine. Orangestuff would be better for track but not for the road driving home again. I have either yellow or the older Red pads in all our cars and never had an issue with them.

Not a fan of any dealer clean of any description to be honest. As far as fallout is concerned, I went through a full 200g bar of course clay on my wife’s Focus when it was new and with 7 miles on the clock. That was after I carried out a thorough decontamination wash with fallout remover several time’s. I have to assume it was stored somewhere beside a rail yard or the like. Normally I blame the shocking amount of rubbish that comes from brake pads these days. I used Race Glaze 9H when the paint was cleaned and corrected. That was 2yrs ago and the finish is still as good now. hopefully yours is finished properly when you return to pick it up. Sealants and coatings are fantastic, but only as good as the person that applies them. Regardless, If your still not happy, get a refund and have a good detailer coat it for you instead.

Fantastic big wagons to do miles, in pure comfort. Also one of the only vehicles I’ve seen getting a new engine during a PDI 😄. workshop still averages 3 engines a week under warranty. my last Mercedes was more or less just as bad. 10k in parts in last 5yrs. my stress levels have probably dropped by about 75% since I bought the Superb. And long may it last.

Ah, but seeing as Range Rover owners don’t like to admit just how horrendously bad their vehicles are, they now claim that failed or broken components are actually a characteristic. Lol. Glad your enjoying your superb.

Looking for a set of 18’s at the minute myself for winter use, and found Caffyns Seat-Skoda Parts to be the best price by far for genuine rims.

Autosmart, auto finesse or Gtechniq do some nice wash mitts.

Snapped this one on silver paint, part way through a correction.

Don’t know whether you got this sorted or not, but your brake pads are causing the problem for a start. to remove that properly, remove the wheel and mix concrete acid and water 50/50 in a spray bottle. Spray on and use a detailing brush straight away to remove baked in dust. Do small section at a time and wash off Well, with power hose or open hose instantly. this method will remove the brake dust without causing any harm to the finished surface of the wheel.

Yes they are diamond car mats. Great mats, especially with the full coverage for the kids in the back. The heel pad is fine. It grips well and is more or less flush, so you don’t really notice it to be honest. They are a leather type material, so need hoovered with a brush attachment and wiped down with damp cloth or even a microfibre to get them cleaned properly. I was going to get white stitching, but chickened out.

Not today, but fitted these back in February when I brought the car home.

I have been adding ZX1 in the correct ratio to manual gearboxes for many years now, with great results. Always kept or made them quieter and smoother. A lot of people complained that dealers changed the oil several times, or changed oil spec to attempt to cure “sticky” changes. 10-15ml of ZX1 leaves them like a new box. Although if it’s clutch mechanicals rattling, then it will have no effect. May be still worth a try if only to rule the wet side of the box out of the equation.

The biggest problem dealer techs face is normally after 3-4yrs they don’t see the car again. So issues like this very rarely appear in the workshop as the vehicles are too new in most cases to make them have to think about it. They are in most ways fine enough at their job, but just out of practice in diagnostics. Ive also seen a failed lumber support bag in a Mercedes seat or even the door handle Failing cause the engine to cut out due to working off the vacuum system, and yet seem completely unrelated. So I never rule anything out. ign may not come on as a safety because the box thinks it’s in gear For instance,

Have seen this happen before, but mainly on Audi units. It’s either caused by corroded pins on the block connector for the box or unfortunately a failed mechatronic can give the same result. Normally the mechatronic will give a failed to communicate error, but not always. Also assuming they’ve checked the basics and made sure the brake lights are working to discount a brake pedal switch, which doesn’t always code either on some cars.

Check the pins for corrosion on the multi plug going into the Dsg.