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You're quite right; I think my brainstem has grown reliant on them, poor show! And you're very kin - thank you - but my fault entirely I think: his van was parked on private land, and the protrusion from his vehicle edge was well, not negligible, but probably would have been had I not sought it out!

Good point, going to put it infront of a bodyshop person tomorrow morning. I assumed as I'd holed it it would be a bit far gone, but I'd be thrilled to be told otherwise. Thanks for the tip - one of them looked a bit ropey - I'll make sure I give them a good going over before I hand over any dosh, esp. the number plate lights. Thanks!

P.S.: I'm happy to certify co-op cling-film for temporary use up to 70mph when used in copious quantities.

Hi all, Dicky reversing sensors, halfwit driver (mea culpa!): reversed into a metal bar I didn't see poking out from a van; impaled my tailgate (mark ii estate), and the resulting deformation shattered the rear window-glass. Would anyone know of any mark II estates in breakers yards or heading that way? I'm especially keen if they're in the South West. I shall chase @Andacami's former steed which is in North Barnet. I've had a look at the ebay options, and put a request out on a couple of breakers' yard broker sites; I'm just keen to shop around. I suppose I'm also interested in acquiring some reversing sensors, if anyone knows the part number!! Season's warmest, and thanks for any time and consideration anyone can give this (all tips welcome, I'm very much a lay-person when it comes to cars), Al

Sorry, also to add: I got the pre-made wiring loom as I wanted something plug and play. In retrospect I might have tried just the bluetooth module and mic. If I understand correctly, I would have had to figure out how to crimp the power cables into the radio loom wiring myself somehow, but it would have taken up far less space. If I had to advise someone in the future I'd say buy it with the wiring adaptor, and if my technique for getting it to fit doesn't work, cut the wiring adaptor off and figure out how to crimp it in oneself.

Hi, not sure if this helps anyone looking for adding phone use to the swing radio but I've posted the steps I used here:

Hi, it's not rSAP bluetooth, but in case a simpler solution meets anyone's use-case, I have a Swing radio and used a technique for adding bluetooth outlined here:

Sorry just to add: the "long torx screwdriver" was just because my normal screwdriver's heads were the interchangeable kind and they were too 'fat' to reach into the little hole for the radio screws. Any non-interchangeable head screwdriver would, I expect, do.

Hi all, Looking at previous posts on the subject I couldn't see this method, so I just wanted to log it for posterity. Took a second person for step 12. Needed a long spare bit of wire, and a long torx screwdriver (not sure of size, sorry!) Purchase a cheapo bluetooth dongle for the Skoda Swing (I believe it emulates a CD changer); I know, I'm mad for cheap Chinese tat, but I have to order it all before they invade Taiwan and we have to boycott them! Here's the link: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32884724837.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.14191802Bc6Lo4 Pry off shiny plastic fascia plate which provides the immediate surrounding of the CD insertion aperture Undo 4 screws holding in radio Pull radio slightly out Undo pax airbag light wire connector. I used a mobile phone's front-facing camera (having placed it just infront of the gear lever, and with a torch next to it illuminating the area of interest) to give me a view of what I was doing. A little make-up mirror would have been simpler. Pull radio all the way out Remove extant wiring loom and plug it into the cheapo bluetooth wiring loom dongle, and plug the dongle's loom in turn into the radio Plug mic in - your mileage may vary, but I furtled with the shiny plastic dashboard fascia adjacent the hazard light button and managed to run the mic wire upwards and outwards (laterally) toward the steering wheel a little, so the mic is held where the shiny plastic meets the duller plastic close to the steering wheel. Your mileage may vary, but I get excellent sound pickup unless I use the vent immediately adjacent it on a setting >2. Prepare to bury the junction block whilst replacing the radio. There is little spare space behind the radio when it is in situ: I took a long spare wire, doubled it back upon itself, and poked the loop just outside the radio enclosure (there was a little gap on the drivers' side) forwards until I could grab it and pull it into my operating field (IE within the radio enclosure). I then unplugged the wiring loom, pushed it through my spare-wire-loop such that the loop would allow me - by pulling on it - to provide traction to a bit of wire that would draw the wiring loom connection block off to the drivers' side and thus into space where it could sit and allow the radio to be pushed all the way home. Switch radio on/check bluetooth works OK, test-call to ensure audio pickup ok. Push radio back in most of the way and reconnect pax airbag light A second person slowly slid the radio back in for me while I gently drew my wire loop toward me. This took a few tries and much patience. Once the radio was pushed home, the screws were done up: loose first, then tight. Re-tested bluetooth. Replace fascia. Tea and medals. Sorry I didn't get photos; if one of the mic position would be useful to anyone do let me know. I'm told the sound pickup is great. There's probably enough mic wire to go all the way to the top of the side pillars if one wanted to really do some dashboard dismantling! Credit to the Chinese hero in a factory somewhere who knocks out these wee wiring-loom-and-bluetooth thingies, and to my father for being a second pair of hands and pulling up and showing me videos online while I was trying to pry apart random bits of dashboard!

Holy smoke, that's significantly cheaper than the garage I limped to! Thanks Jules. Also, bravo on 226,000 miles If and when there's a next time, I shall call out my breakdown service. And I shall report back here on the outcome!

Bloody good point - thank you - I'd be gutted if I carried something around for years and then policy precluded the receiving garage from fitting it! I'll stick to OEM/VDO kit.

Sorry, this might be a daft question; I'm a car ignoramous and would welcome a steer. I couldn't find an answer to this specific question on the forum or elsewhere. I've had an injector fail on my Superb mk II 1.6 (which has had the emissions fix); I was able to limp to a garage at ~20mph, but the replacement injector took a day to arrive. I understand from the fitter to whom I spoke that injector failures are par for the course, and often due to electronic failure rather than mechanical failure (the latter being something that can be tested for with a view to better predicting impending failure). Another may fail tomorrow, or in five years - it's anyone's guess, but if I'm towed to a garage, I'd much rather get dragged in with a spare part I can (it seems to me) predict needing, and have a chance of it being fitted there and then, than have to leave the car somewhere not wholly convenient and wait for a part to be ordered. This might also let me shop around for a remanufactured injector (which I understand to be a re-used injector body with new parts in it where indicated). I don't think I mind sticking one in with the spare wheel, but... do I sound mad? I don't know anyone who carries spares other than a wheel and some fuses/bulbs... Thought I'd better consult the hive-mind before I do something dumb! Thanks!

Hi all, Apologies; unable to find anything upon searching the forum or the wider web for a Superb mark II aftermarket adjustable speed limiter. I can't find any specific products that do this for the superb mark II. The two generic products I've seen don't seem promising (but I shall investigate further). Does anyone know of any products that I could look at to install this function? I've been offered a great price for a 2012 Superb 1.6 TDI CR DPF 77 kW CAYC (EA189). I have an adjustable/variable speed limiter as part of the cruise control on my current car, and I find it invaluable (I'm ashamed to say it's like owning a microwave - I know it isn't strictly necessary, but I now feel I can't get by without one!) . I use the adjustable speed limiter function in my driving every time I drive, and I don't use cruise control in its 'normal' mode at all. The only aftermarket systems I can find that describe any sort of variable speed limiter function on their websites are the Lindgaard Pederson EC 80 control stalk (I presume their control modules have the function I describe, but they don't have the Superb listed in compatible vehicles for them), and the Liteon sl900ci for which I can't find compatibility information, but more annoyingly, the Liteon CM35 control stalk doesn't seem to have buttons for variable rate speed limiting. Thanks for your consideration, and grateful for any steer anyone might have, Al