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Correct - LSP = Last Stage Product, which in this case was TW Ceramic and Graphene wax.

2.6 all round on the Conti All Seasons unless the cars loaded and on a long fast run, then they go upto 2.8.

Washed all the bird poop off the 280 gained from parking under a tree for 3 hours yesterday. And then I had to wash it properly. And then add an LSP to the bonnet and roof. And coat the tyres. And Dyson the inside. Even though I didn’t want to, I felt compelled too. Bloody annoying really…🙄

Wow Phil. That’s really weird, annoying and bloody expensive. Hopefully someone here can help you get to the cause.

Now that’s truly ‘orrid!

Then I’d suggest that perhaps there is something wrong with the DSP amp, as the sound in the rear of our Canton equipped car is great.

Just wondering. For what reason/s, apart from the stealer profit-improvement aspect, does everyone say or even SCREAM no? Snake oil? Not required? Does not improve performance? Dangerous?

Believe me when I say AS, I’ve done all four of mine - two more than once - and you cannot see the repairs, except if you’re 6” away from the damage and even then it’s still not easy. As with most things, it’s down to the skill of the repairer.

Interesting. Does the Golf R have Monroe shocks, JR?

As a final update, anyone with a MKIII with a beige interior who has a mark on their seating and wants to buy perfectly matched dye, if they place a custom mix order with Gliptone, then call John Severn on 01244 888658 Option 1 and tell John that you want the colour he mixed for order number 19117, that’ll tell him the correct mix specification.

The entire seat base and bolsters, together with the centre section of the squab and bolsters are leather. The top of the squab, where a logo is embossed, or stitched on post Aug 16 cars, plus the squab sides, the top and backs are leatherette… whoops, sorry… “artificial leather”! I now know this as John Severn, the guy who mixes the dye at Gliptone gave me a great tip; if you press your finger nail into the seat firmly (NOT hard) and creases form into the indentation, it’s leather. Leatherette looks like when you push your finger into a balloon, so there’s no creasing which, given its basically plastic-coated fabric, makes sense. Yes, the dye will work equally well on the leatherette/vegan leather/NuLuxe/SofText/SensaTec/MB-tex/blah, blah… 👍🏻

Quick update. After the rubbish I received from Scratch Doctor (still no refund from them BTW) I contacted Gliptone last week and they confirmed they could match the leather colour of the car. I said I’d tried to find a large enough piece of leather to send them without success and they suggested I sent them a headrest which, although it’s not leather, in their experience the colour of the leather and the imitation leatherette in Skoda vehicles are identical. I sent the centre headrest to Gliptone last Thursday and yesterday, I received the 250ml of mixed dye, a free small bottle of leather cleaner and the headrest; brilliant service. More importantly than all this rubbish, is that I applied the dye this morning and once dry, the colour match is absolutely perfect. 👍🏻

Probably won’t work, but did you try disconnecting the battery for 10 mins or so?

This was told to me by Lookers in Guildford. This was not by the delightful service advisor who called me a w@&ker under her breath for me daring to suggest that the 280 doesn’t have a cambelt - which was confirmed to her by a tech - but by another numpty behind the service desk. Anyway, I’m happy to change the oils more often than the schedule states given the vast majority of miles I do is to and from work and all the wet mechanics barely get warm, especially in the winter.

Ahhh, right. Yeah, we don’t really have those here in Blighty, mate!

On 43k with the 250 DSG and no issues, except it has a bit of a sluggish up change for the first 30 seconds when really cold. No idea why it does that, so I’ll wait for the doomsayers to day it’s fecked! DSG service is 40k or three years whatever comes first, but I’m getting it changed every two, regardless of mileage.

I’ve got the stop/start defeat module and it doesn’t make a difference to the ACC stop time either. @JR RS, you’re a brave man using lane assist for steering the car for 60 seconds; even at low speed I wouldn’t trust it.

Guess they found ‘em…

Yeah, engine braking is effectively non-existent on our 280.

I didn’t get that opportunity. What arrived was a pre-mixed “all-in-one Skoda beige leather dye”, which, I’m guessing, was mixed by a colour blind person without a colour reference in room with blackout blinds….

Having driven cars and buses with those so-called smart screens, trying to find anything simply and safely is almost impossible; we have the latest Gen Transit buses at work they are a nightmare, having to combine commands from the steering wheel controls and the screen itself to make adjustments.

Yeah, thanks for the tip, but it’s that’s that useless Scratch Doctor lot.

Nope, only the NS mirror Colin. You can programme one of the seat memory buttons to dip the OS mirror, which I’ve done on #3. Manually move the mirror to the dip position you want, push the mem button, then the seat button you want to assign to the mirror, car “dongs” in response and voila.

Have you tried resetting it?

How come your 2016 L&K didn’t have an OE cam fitted, Colin? Nevertheless, seems like a bargain for £35! Use mine every day and wouldn’t be without one now.