PetrolDave

I've been running iOS18 beta since WWDC in June 2024 (and iOS18.1 beta in the last week) with no issues with CarPlay.

Sounds like an intermittent problem with a wheel speed sensor (or the wiring to it) to me - all those systems rely on accurate vehicle speed data. Time to do a fault code scan (with VCDS, OBDeleven or similar) to get a clue which wheel to look at.

What are you trying to do/change?, there are dozens of long codes for the many electronic modules in a Mk3 Octavia!

I gave up using Mac mail on my MacBook to access Hotmail as it seems to regularly have problems due to changes by Apple, Microsoft or both. I use web based Hotmail via Safari, but even that failed for 2 days a few days ago so I had to use Firefox temporarily. Seems to me that Apple and Microsoft are deliberately making life difficult for each other!

Slightly off topic but how easy would it be to fit a vRS exhaust to a 1.8 L&K, the 1.8 and 2.0 are the same basic engines and I do like the twin rear exhaust look (I even had a custom twin outlet exhaust made for a Citroen C1 so it 'matched' my RS4!

I love technology and touchscreens (my work nickname was Inspector Gadget!) and wouldn't be without the many IOT devices in my home and my touchscreen tablets and smartphone, but context and place is important. In a vehicle having to look down at a touchscreen to change a driving setting is much more of a hazard than with physical controls as your fingertips get feedback to help locate the physical control without the need to look down and take your attention away from the road (and change the focus of your eyes which adds further delay re-focussing even when you look back at the road). IMHO in vehicles touchscreens should only be used for comfort and convenience functions, with all driving related functions having physical controls.

Just asking We returned from France on Saturday on the Brittany Ferries Roscoff to Plymouth route. At check-in in Roscoff there was a notice asking drivers of hybrid or EV vehicles to inform the check-in person who would then give them a round "EV" sticker (even if it was a hybrid) to apply to their windscreen. BTW there was no such notice on the outbound trip from Plymouth a week earlier? While waiting to board we spoke with the driver of a Toyota RAV4 hybrid in the queue behind us who said that when he asked the check-in person why they needed to know she replied she didn't know. When onboard the ferry we looked around and saw that vehicles with the EV sticker were not segregated and just parked in the lanes with all other cars, SUVs and vans. So why the need for the EV sticker last weekend and not the weekend before on the same ferry, the Armorique?

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I suspect that's a question for WhatsApp, they may have security concerns about using Bluetooth.

My climate control is set at 20° in Summer and 21° in Winter. GFs spends most of the time at 20° but has short burts down as low as 17° 😁

Sounds like one of the temperature flaps (there is more than one) is stuck - you really need a decent code scan (with e.g. VCDS or OBDeleven) to tell you which one.

Battery needs charging? Something staying on when it shouldn't, such as a dash cam?

Over the air updates are not available on the Octavia 3.

The 20 plate has a GFP, the 19 plate doesn't.

Larger wheels mean lower profile tyres which will give a harsher ride - so only do it if cosmetic appearances matter a lot to you.

My Elegance and L&K have the Mode button, but other spec levels may not.

The different rotational speed of the wheel will make the ABS based TPMS think that that tyre is deflated. Moving it to any other position on the car won't make any difference to that. Seriously, you need to have tyres/wheels on each axle that are the same outside diameter, so you need to have replaced 2 tyres or 4 but not 3.

Driving Mode was an option on many trim levels, not standard. The manual covers all options so many things mentioned in the manual won't be on your Octavia.

Sounds like a problem with the headlight positioning motor on the drivers side. Best get a fault code scan done with VCDS or OBDeleven.

Yep, it's not activated by default as it's a chargeable SwAP feature.

Interesting that the title in the manual is "Change bulb for fog light switch" when actually it's nothing to do with the switch, it's the actual fog light bulb!

It's not unknown for the cable to the A5 camera to go faulty, it's reported quite often on the Ross-Tech VCDS forum?

Press the MENU button (bottom right), then scroll the horizontal list of options that appears until CarPlay (which looks just like a large Play button) is in the middle then click on it. If your iPhone is plugged into the USB socket CarPlay will connect, then press the symbol at the bottom right of the screen (a set of small blocks) as I said before.

Removing her from your insurance will probably increase the premium if you remain as the only driver.

When in CarPlay press the symbol at the bottom right of the screen (a set of small blocks).