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Ahhh, so the noise of the air entering the tank when I open the cap is good, inasmuch as it shows the tank is sealed, which creates a vacuum as it empties?

I’m guessing these changes do not affect the brake lights when using ACC?

The RAC man I had out a week ago to check the battery said the have the kit to code a new battery correctly. Interestingly, he also said he’d replace the current EFB with an AGM as they’re more reliable and should easily exceed their 5 year warranty.

More dealer boolocks. They crack me up. 🙄

Oh and BTW, our son is 6’5” and he has no problem driving the 280. Seat adjusted all the way back, the height adjusted so his head is around 1cm from the headlining, the front of seat raised up to have a bend at his knees and wheel all the way into the dash. .

Errr… how does the rake or size of the windscreen affect the seating space in the cabin? A greater rake angle will reduce the headroom, nothing else. Although the Passat is 9.6cm shorter, more importantly, its wheelbase is 13.2cm less than the Superb. That’s how they squeeze so much space in the cabin.

And I guess it fixed the problem??

“Waits with baited breath….” 😖 C’mon, let’s be having it Bigeater!

Barsteward!! 😆

That’s way worse than our 2016 car. I often get some fogging, especially when it’s damp, but I’ve never had actual droplets forming.

That’s exactly what Prykey, the first owner of our 280 bought and they still has 3 years on; he’s covered a massive 12k! 😂 And in other news, on the umbrella front, Prykey confirmed our 2016 car came with two brollies and we use them all the time. Incidentally, the very best brollies are from the MKI, which were huge, beautifully made and very, very strong…. shame ours was nicked by someone at a Skoda dealer whilst it was being serviced; it was probably given to a new purchaser! They promised a replacement which never materialised.

We’ve had Conti All Season fitted for a couple of weeks now and the reduction in road noise is remarkable, albeit the original P6’s are notoriously noisy.

Just buy a CTek MXS 5.0 UK, a couple of 2.5m extension leads if needed, a Connect Cig Plus, shove it into the boot socket, switch on and let it do its thing.

Brilliant idea! 👍🏻

UPDATE So now I’ve got 300 mixed miles on the Conti All Season tyres I’m happy to report I’m very impressed. Grip is great in the wet and dry. A couple of days ago we had about 10cm of snow, which turned to slush and then froze. I left to goto work at 05.30 and our fantastic Kingston Council has not laid any road salt at all so far this year and there was ice across the pavement and right across the road in front of the drive. There was zero slip from the tyres as I left the drive and crossed the ice, which continued to the T Junction when again, there was no sign of skid as I came to a stop. But thee most impressive thing is the tyre roar or to be accurate, the lack of it! These are amazingly quiet tyres, which will make our long trips very much more relaxing.

Wouldn’t a blocked heater matrix result in heat reduction on both sides of the car, not just the drivers side?

I don’t understand why these cooling system issues happen on some units and not others? 🤷🏻

Yeah, buy new ones. I got a couple of sets of these Chinese copies and they’re still perfectly fine after a couple of years. For £8, you can afford to replace them regularly.

Don’t go anywhere near National Tyres in Kingston on Thames. Lie with impunity and damage alloys. On the other hand, Halfords Autocentres in Surbiton were excellent.

Yeah, I’m just thinking ahead. Given the last full service, DSG, Haldex and diff fluid changes came to over a grand, I suppose I should’ve realised it was gonna be expensive. As an aside, our son has a 2004 Mercedes CL500 (he’s getting avg MPG of 27mpg which is not too shabby and has just got 35 on a run from here to Bath) and it needed the suspension and ARB bushes replaced recently at a Merc specialist (which has given a massive improvement in handling which is great) and that work, plus a big service was £1,600; would’ve been £2,400 at a main dealer if they actually knew what to do. He mentioned to them he was thinking about getting an SL500 and the guy said, well, that service and suspension work would have cost you £3,500 on an SL. Ridiculous. Yeah… he’s keeping the CL!

Holy feck!!! 😳

OK, OK, so I’ve been the most “anti” one of these, but I’ve gone and ordered one. My bad…. 😁

Great. 🙄 Do you recall how much it was please, Colin? Hopefully, ApertureS my know re. my question.

Anyone know if the water pump on a date/mileage schedule on a 2016 280?