numskull

Your English is great.

Ahhhh, got you now MB…👍🏻

That’s annoying and yep, it sounds like it is. If I take mine out of the holder it literally falls apart in my hand and I’m boogered if I’m gonna pay £50 for a replacement! 😂 In realty, is a useless torch too. I’d just get some brighter LED units and forget the about the torch.

Ahh.. confused if that’s the case. 1. DSG gear stick. Current gives fast access to 'D'<>'S' and 'D'<>'N'. Yeah, our 2016 model does that; pull it back from D for S and push it up from D for N 2. Physical Start-Stop and other buttons. Yep, AFAIK they’re in the same place. 3. Location of display. It’s in front of me. Virtual Display might be nice I suppose. 4. Cooling box under armrest. Yes, it’s a cooled box under the armrest.

What are you comparing Martini?

Our 280 is 6 1/4 years old with 34k and still on the original P7’s! The only failures have been the right steering wheel controls, replaced under warranty and a rear wheel speed sensor, which made the entire system go nuts as we disembarked the Cairnryan to Belfast ferry and then every few miles for the next three weeks and Ireland and all the way back. Sorted very inexpensively and expertly by Wheelbase in Hersham. It’s the best car I’ve had, including Sierra Cosworth, Mondeo ST200, Fiat Coupe Turbo, Nissan SX200, Lexus blah, blah… and certainly owned. Will be keeping this one for good.

I’ve always rotated the tyres on all the cars we have owned. More difficult with alloys of course, so I just swap NSR to OSF, OSF to NSR, OSR to NSF, NSF to OSR. It evens out tyre wear.

@ Welshbloke, is this not a warranty issue, as it’s only three years old? Perhaps you’d get goodwill on the parts?

Five posts up will give you the answer.

Ante upped! 👍🏻

They will.. They’re the same in my mates MK6 R

Look like these?

OK, thanks JR. I have no idea what I’ve done wrong. As I say, I checked the coding three times but I’ll take another look; bloomin’ annoying!

Yep, ours does that too… …..don’t they all do this?

Mine too…

Thanks. So the power cuts off when the tailgate closes? How did you cut the holes in the cover?

We’ve had a Michelin OE16 inflator for 20 years. Never let us down. It will inflate a flat tyre in around 3-4 minutes and it has a cut off when it reaches the required pressure; it over inflates by 1psi. However, I now keep an Aldi Cordless Mini Compressor in the boot and this is bl00dy brilliant! Yes it over inflates by 3psi, but I have a calibrated pressure gauge in the car so it’s not an issue.

I like that idea, and I did buy two pairs; unfortunately the link no longer works. 😟 The same units are available at a cheaper price from China, but I didn’t want to wait for 4-10 weeks for them to arrive one hopes - I’ve had many items never arrived from China - then having the possibility of being hit with import duty too. Fortunately, the ones I’ve posted about arrived in just two days. 👍🏻 PS - do you have the link to your hatchback light mod walkthrough?

I’ve just purchased these LED units to replace the original standard units in the boot of the 280. Interestingly, they appear to be identical to the ones sold on the Kopacek website which are more than 3X the cost! They are much, much brighter and whiter than the OE units, even when I’d replaced the original W5W bulbs to LED’s; they were a pain to get them aligned properly too. The units are a bit tighter to get them in place than the OE holders and this is due to the case being slightly deeper but that’s no bad thing. Customer service was excellent too as I stupidly purchased the incorrect units originally and these were returned FOC and refunded very quickly.

517nm = 380lbft; that’s insane! TBH, apart from getting a classic of some sort, to sit and hopefully appreciate in the yet-to-be-built garage, I cannot see us ever getting rid of the 280; it’s a ridiculously well designed and made Q-Car. Who knows, it may well be that classic in-waiting in fact, in like, what, 19 years in our case? Perhaps I’ll shove it in there and buy something lease for everyday use. But for those who say I’m nuts, it’ll never be a “classic” I mean well, who in their right mind would pay £60k for a Ford Capri 280 or even more ridiculous, £100k for a Sierra Cosworth? Well, having had 1 RWD and 2 4x4 Sapphire Cosworths between ‘89 and ‘91 I can tell you, the 280 is better in every single respect. There were only 1,600 Cosworths of all types built. There are probably less than 1,500 280’s of all types in the U.K. and I can’t see it being available for much longer. Makes you think….

Yep that’s true but that’s when the packs are under the most torque. There are many, many 280 / Golf R /Cupra owners who are running Stage 1 remaps or piggybacks, with engines producing in excess of 400nm with standard DQ250 units without any issues. For instance, I think Colin170CR has a Revo Stage 1 map and a standard DQ250 and AFAIK, he doesn’t have any issues with the torque that map’ll be chucking out. In any event, I’m not going to be planting the right foot to the carpet at any time, so it’s unlikely I’ll be putting excessive strain on the clutch packs. PS - Sorry for the earlier dumb mistake on the DQ250.

Interesting. I guess clutch wear depends upon how many F1 starts and hard accelerations you’re going to perform. I think I’m correct in saying, that the 6 Speed Dry DSG is good for 500+nm which an S1 remap / piggyback are never going to reach, so that in itself isn’t going to wear the clutch pack anymore than running a standard setup. I wanted the Racechip to improve overtaking and give more ummph, not to startle BMW’s at the the lights.

I’ve driven a few more miles this morning. I still haven’t changed the mode from Eco but the difference even that makes, combined with zero throttle lag with the XLR pedal in place, is amazing. I will give sport a go later, when I can get on a dual carriageway. I do need to suss-out the app, though, as it keeps nagging me that I have it in a manual programme and do I want to revert to their set programme. Seems odd as they push the fact you can customise each programme to suit.

I switched it to Neutral and as I suspected, it does not bypass the XLR, which means although the pedal responds as standard, it still removes the throttle pedal lag which is great. 👍

Yeah, white with the black trim looks fantastic!