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Correct -the lights are full matrix but still suffer from the shortcomings outlined.

Just to close the loop on this one, I've now been using the intelligent headlamps for a couple of weeks and have become more accustomed to them. I still don't think they're quick enough to revert to main beam, and they are reluctant to switch to main beam if there are even small light sources, such as weak street lights, ahead of the car, which means that there are areas of the road ahead which aren't lit as brightly as they would be on main beam, which I could have used without inconveniencing anyone previously. However on balance I will probably stick with the intelligent lighting setup since the main beam light is, for me at least, just too inconspicuous against an instrument cluster with a blue background.

I can see the light from my current seating position, so that wouldn't help, unfortunately.

Not that I'm aware of. My colour vision was passed as good enough for flying aircraft, though that was 40+ years ago. It's not that I can't see it when I look at it, but rather that it doesn't stand out in my peripheral vision if I'm not looking at the instrument cluster, unlike the beam lights in nearly all if not most of the other cars I have driven.

Brilliant.

There is - I have it set to Fast and have given it a go this evening. I'm undecided at the moment. I like the ability to manage the lights but as I've said the small blue warning light, especially when masked by the predominantly blue background to the instrument display, makes it a bit difficult at times. I'll carry on with the intelligent lighting for a week or two and see how I get on with it.

You may be right. I'll revert to adaptive headlights and see how I get on with them, although I found them a bit slow to react (coming back up as I recall) when I originally tried them.

Corrected the sentence above.

I have a 2023 Superb Sportlin 280+, although I would expect all Mk3 Superbs to be the same in this respect. My problem is that I find the main beam warning light is a little out of my line of sight, being offcentre at the bottom of the instrument display, and I am occasionally leaving the beams up when I would want them dipped. This is more of a problem in urban areas where it's always easy to see when the lights are on beam. I'm not that keen on the intelligent lighting so have that switched off. My question is, has anyone found a way of making the main beam warning light more prominent and therefore less easy to overlook?

Thank you for the replies. I did search but didn't find anything regarding diagnosis but my local independent has confirmed that he can hook it up to his diagnostic equipment and, from what I understand. a stretched chain will show up in terms of the relative timing of the camshafts and the crankshaft, which seems logical.

Our 1.8TSi had an engine rebuild at about 80K miles to fix the oil consumption problem and had a new timing chain and tensioners fitted at the same time. It's now done 178K miles and has just started to make a rapid tapping/rattling noise for a second or two on cold start-up, which then disappears. If you restart the engine once it's been running there is no unusual noise. If you leave it an hour or so after it's been running the noise will reappear. My unsophisticated diagnosis of this is that it's likely to be the camchain and tensioner, not least since the noise is very audible at the sprocket end of the cylinder head. My question is - is this likely to be a correct diagnosis or is there anything else we should be checking before replacing the chain and tensioner assembly?