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It’s 2022 not 1922. As others have said, you don’t need to do anything. Re the handbrake, try to just forget it’s there. You’ll probably find yourself looking for the handbrake lever for a few drives; I certainly did the first time I drove a car with an auto handbrake. When you pull away, it automatically disengages. When you stop it re-engages to stop the car from rolling. If you look at the dash, you’ll notice the handbrake light stays green. On a hill, it stops you rolling back; again the warning light stays green. However, when you park and stop the engine, the actual handbrake engages and the warning light turns red and the brake remains fully engaged.

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This was a couple of years ago. Never been back since; my business now goes to a local very well respected indy VAG specialist.

I had a discussion with the Senior Service Receptionist at Lookers Guildford who, in spite of my protest, insisted the 280 had a belt after she’d asked if I wanted a quote to change it. I suggested she check with a Tech and when she had to come back to tell me I was correct, as she walked away, called me a w@nk@r under her breath. Nice eh?

They have good specs but aren’t particularly liked by owners and came 7th in a test of 8 tyres last year. I had Accelera tyres fitted to the MK2 just before I traded it and they were excellent.

WTF??? I’ve tried putting the links in again and they were added then they were removed, replaced with the link to this thread, so here’s a direct cutnpaste…. Turtle Wax 53139 Hybrid Sealant Hydrophobic Carnauba Car Spray Wax 2 X 500ml Original Formula https://amzn.eu/d/7jVhH8m Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions Pro Flex Car Spray Wax 680ml 53706 - Graphene Infused Detailing Spray for Car Showroom Shine & Gloss with Paintwork Protection Against Road Grime & UV Rays https://amzn.eu/d/ccUNffg

I’ve been really happy with the P7’s - they still grip like hell in dry and wet, but are crap in ice and snow (obvs) and they’ve lasted 6 years and 37,000 miles with a bit of cosmetic cracking on the tread edge. Yes, they’re a bit noisy on metalled roads but on the other hand, they’re near silent on tarmac. Now I’m old enough to remember the days of 175 65 15 Michelins on our Peugeot 604Si being as hard as coal and lasting 47,000 miles with practically zero wear on them when we sold the rust bucket and before that, a full set of Kelly Springfield tyres, mounted on white Weller wheels (don’t ask about the Minilites they replaced - young and stupid, see?) on our Cooper S lasting all of 3 weeks; but the grip was amazing. So 35+ years on, tyres haven’t exactly moved on at the pace of Safari, solid memory or processor speed, so I’ve got a sneaking suspicion the Michelins will not last anywhere near as long as the P7’s. Time will tell.

Yeah, unfortunately, the rolling resistance is much higher on All Season tyres.

Paste. However, I have the spray in the boot to top-up after removal of a bird strike! Bought from Amazon here. I bought the paste from a seller on eBay here who sells it for a great price. Boxes are bit damaged, but who cares. I also got the sealant spray for a two pack deal on Amazon sold direct from TW here.

Now the P7’s are close to their EOL and we’ll be going north over the winter, I’ve plumped for Michelin Cross Climate 2’s; I’m getting them changed next Tuesday. Michelin has a 15% discount promotion through BlackCircles at the moment, bringing them down to £184 a corner fitted. I’ll report back with my initial impressions.

Ahhh right, so that isn’t in the guide.

Am I missing the bit in the guide where the liners are removed?

Washed the car for the first time in 7 weeks. I clashed and polished the car with Turtle Wax Ceramic Hybrid Wax 4 months ago and it’s still beading like I did it yesterday. Given the heat, the rain, the heat, the Sahara dust, the rain etc. etc. we’ve had during that time, that stuff is amazing.

Driving style also has an impact. Watching this one with interest…

Wouldn’t think so. A pair of Air Horns should do the trick! 👍🏻

First time I've had to change it and this vid made it very simple! Thanks!!

Ours didn’t.

I’ve never seen 116c oil temp, even when running for 2 hours at 90mph in France in August with the outside temp at 32c. it remained steady at 107c. I have a Racechip GTS Black and XLR Pedal Box, which pushes 330bhp. What sort of driving were you doing?

I’d find a decent VAG specialist and get them to do it.

True, but they are put under greater operating extremes in these tests than one would be likely to ever encounter on U.K. roads.

And who would’ve thought that the Hankook Kinergy 4S2 would get the overall joint top score in the ‘22 Tyrereview All Seasons Test here.

Same as ours. Nothing to worry about.

Couldn’t resist, so I just went out and checked ours - it’s red so I’m guessing it always has been.

So you do mean the actual push button on the hatch itself? I’ve never even noticed it’s illuminated! Anyway, AS can tell you if it can be dismantled, but I’d take a guess that it’ll be a non-replaceable LED in there.

The one in the car or the one on the hatch?