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On these cool days, mine does it on start up also - another job to add to the list! 😉

I consider this a worrying heads' up, I had dealer change fluid and "serviced" the Haldex but most likely they did not took the pump out and clean the strainer ... will do this incognito when time allows, I think to remember also the gasket and bolts are needed, which seem readily available.

Really? How many kms/miles it had? Unexpected failure indeed ....

How did it go? Sometimes I have this what you mention happening in my RRP38 but well .... that is a Land Rover and strange things are expected! Try with another fob, in case yours "lost" the synchonization with the car.

Well, I hope he wasn't hinting at removing the dashboard ... 🤪 I also would not want to do that! But the idea of squirting down there through the speaker hole might be sufficient ...

I think no car in its category can beat the Superb for rear seat space and leg room. My neighbour has a Kodiaq of the same vintage as mine, he bought new, I bough second hand this year. Honestly, I would not trade one for the other ... but each person has its own thinking. About "faffing at the dealer", I do not see why not, after all, is one main requirement you have to make the choice of the car! When I did my bidding at a car dealer, I would sometimes have people come in with their specific requests, be it a babay stroller, their sales catalogue (briefcase with cloth samples, I still remember!), often would ask if it was possible to have a demo car to try the garage for size ... if you think a sales person will turn you away at that, yes, it can happen, but that is a fairly unprofessional person you better shouldn't deal with in any case ....

Yes, you both are certainly right 😉

I also put my auto's in N for a longer period of time, say a long red light, whether it was conventional torque converter, or CVT. I do like a lot the autohold feature in the Superb though, and I seldom put N in the DSG by myself ...

Carlston, you are very well prepared among a gazillion posts, very precise. I was thinking to fit winter tires going for 225/55-17 (not 215/55), however above you mention 215/60 as a possible fit. Is it a possible fit without rubbing? I would be afraid of having too big of a 'barge effect', considering already the dynamics of the Superb's suspension are not excellent ... even though I don't drop it in the twisties. I would not mind a taller tire. Rims are the 'classic' Stratos, on 17x7 ET40.

Go big, go bold 🤪 I understand, my car was more than 1000km from me ... oh well. Someday I hope to travel to your latitudes 🥰

I get on this interesting topic ... start to look for winters for my 280. I found a set of 17" so it will be interesting to 'downsize' from the 19s. First couple of suppliers are suggesting to choose from: - Michelin Alpin 5 - Goodyear Ultra Grip 8 - BFG G-Force Winter2 - Kleber Krisalp HP3 Any experience with any of them? Tomorrow will continue hunting. This time, I really favor a quiet tire and wet grip over consumption and price.

This is a complicated one ... try to record it, at least 😁

I've learned the other day also Mercedes had its failr share of silica-failures. So it must have been something ze Germans thought .... 🤪

With your mileage you will not feel the fuel hurt, the only things I can think are higher tax and insurance costs, if this is an issue at all in UK. Mechanically, the fact you got another powered axle means additional costs to maintain the haldex and rear diff, with regular oil changes. Some people have had issues with the rear diff, and replacement could be an added cost, but this is a special case. I've not noticed the 4x4 system to be noisier or less comfortable than the standard two-wheel drive. Yeah, is a hevier car, but I you should try both and see if you like the driving dynamics of the FWD Superb. Personally, I prefer 4 wheels to have power to the ground, but to each its own. Long term, there is another added assessment to make ... historically, higher-powered/higher-trim versions of each car have been the ones surviving with better resale values, and the most sought after once a car gets older, or even goes into young-timer/old-timer territory. The last years however have upset somehow that established pattern, so do not rely in that too much. Nevertheless, at equal budget I would get the most I can afford, considering your case.

We should have a map of who can mod this around the world and plan a stop to a trip somewhere .... 🤪

I sometimes do flick "wrongly", I noticed that because it shows a x1 or xx1 target speed. But yes, such large surge of speed unrequested sounds like a glitch.

We made a short trip this weekend, around 300km of which 1/3 highway and the rest mountain roads. Best was the return, woman drove all the way and made 13km/l, or 36.7 British MPG. On the way going, I was at 11.6km/l or 32.8 MPG, but I made it like 30min less ... 😄 My best ever was 38.2 MPG, on a relaxed leg of one of my long trips ... but it lasted litte, it was too quiet 😋

Mine does it the other way around, will suddenly indicate something like "bend ahead" and drop speed. Sometimes there is no bend ... but I noticed most times, happens on new streches of road, which perhaps are coded somehow in the GPS which I suspect is very connected to the system. I suspect also some day will be SO connected we will not be able to go past a posted speed limit, regardless of how correct it is for that road....

(far from first language, indeed 🤪) I know what you mean, but there are two things: first check what settings you got for ACC. Mine was set as 'early' and I put it on 'late', and the distance is as short as possible. This keeps the system engaged, but not so invasively as to really be a hindrance to the way I like to drive - actually when system is off or I drive the other car, I am taking far more chances than with the ACC ..... The second thing is, see how in this case is not really the machine's fault, you can "assist the driver assist" 🤭 by being proactive and make some manouver to get out of the slow lane problem without upsetting too much your driving flow ... usually when I am in a case like yours (often, here traffic is hellish and we seldom have three lanes, which makes matters worse), I will watch the gap on the left lane and when I can I slip in, leaving ACC on. Usually is a quick glance (twice!) on the mirror, a blip on the throttle, slip in, let ACC keep the distance, and here we go ... Many cases I need to keep a closer distance than what ACC likes, I try to avoid such situations but sometimes is not possible ... I just wish I had conventional cruise without some algorithm deciding for me when it was going to slow the car. I’m just better at doing that. I also would prefer a less "preventive approach", especially in a wild place such as the one I am living, which is fairly incompatible with automated machinery 😁 For example to drive it in the traffic here using the ACC is a gamble, I often get honked at because it keeps "too much" distance, go figure The best way to balance, I found is to be a more "proactive" and engaged in how the ACC works and responds. I actually got to like it, to work like this. I've made half of my 12K km solo on long highway trips, and this back and forth with the ACC together with good tunes on the media storage makes long trips much more entertaining 🙃 notably “lane assist” ... I like the feature, but as mentioned above, it is incompatible with the local traffic ... I turned it off. had it on for like a month or so, but .... I switch it on again when I go abroad in more civilized countries, or when the wife is at the wheel, she likes it. On the other hand, I admit makes me a more "lawful" driver, since instead of battling the wheel, is the time when I really DO use the indicators all the time ... shame on me!

Is the adaptation something VCDS could do "safely"?

Thanks people... next couple days I got some time free off-work and was planning to clean up well the area with some degreaser, and watch it over the next few weeks ... will update if something happens!

This seems the topic to ask ... during this weekend's trip, I've noticed for the first time drops and liquid all around the tailgate area. First I thought it was water/condensation, but instead it is oily ... am I to be added to the list of unfortunate victims?

Yeah, I am new to ACC and I've noticed this is one feature that I do not feel very comfortable with, so I did exclude it. I also feel now 'weird' driving some other car with standard CC, feel something is 'missing'. It is a very valuable feature. The fact of hate or no hate, I do not think it depends on whether is used "right" or not. We need to consider that when we are driving, we are "active users" of the road, we got eyes to see what's up, and since we got brains (sort of!) we can evaluate driving patterns, speed and behaviors of others with brains (sort of!) around us. ACC has got only camers for eyes, and a radar for distance, and based on these inputs has to map the surrroundings and match car behaviour to what is going around us, which sometime could be unpredictable and we might not like .... Plus, I am sure a manufacturer that provides such device will err on the conservative side, lest someone trust too much the system without paying sufficient attention, or without the sufficient skills, and then have a problem and blame the manufacturer. We all read from time to time some Tesla Autopilot mishap .... i turned the buoy of a 6months ownership and clocked 12K km, mostly open road with ACC on. I passed the love/hate moment, I got a better understanding of how it works and reacts, and based on that I think more of a "co-pilot support to driving" than not a "fit and forget" device. If you keep yourself correctly engaged, a good "symbiotic" relationship can develop ... and it can be rewarding and also fun! I give two examples of things that work very well for me .... A say I am driving on the highway/motorway, two lanes, ACC on, 130kph. Say way ahead, truck or slow vehicle pulls from right lane to overtake, I see it is doing maybe 90, I can let the ACC do its thing but I sometimes I do not really like its approach, especially with large vehicles, kinda slows down too much too early ... so in that moment I flick down the switch to 120 ... slows down ... 110 ... slows down ...and then very subtly settles at maybe 90/95 .... smooth, and my passengers (extremely bothersome wife especially!) don't feel a thing and there is no nagging, and I did not felt that bothering sensation ... Now I once settled is time to flick the lever up to again 130, and the moment the slow overtaking vehicle is out of the picture, here we woosh again to speed. If I want to quick it up, I bring the speed manually and then "let go" and ACC takes over again. Easy ... B say I feel I want to drive more spiritedly, especially in some roads with little chance to overtake and slow traffic, so you need to be closing the gap with traffic and so on. It happens rarely, but if I do, I keep ACC on, system keeps braking to hold the distance, but I give gas to 'be ready'. Don't know how to explain it, but you end up in a sort of "tug of war" with the car, which is amusing, not to say you do have the benefit of keeping the electronic aids on. Sometimes I will just switch it off, but when on provides a reassuring feeling as well. Only drawback I found so far to ACC is that seems to be a source of increased brake wear, expected due to the way the system works ...

Also here I have been recommended to shorten the intervals, and I do believe 80k mi is a bit too much for me for an auto trans, regardless of how advanced the DSG might be. I have the same occasional jerkiness in the same gears, up or down, and especially when in manual. Sometimes I think is a matter of torque interruption, and I try to stay off the gas when I shift, but it does it anyway. I got half of the kms of the OP here. Will ask the dealer to look into it, but since is not a permanent issue ...

I think you need to go search in ETKA, but I have not done it yet for the Superb.