Everything posted by numskull
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[FIX] Ski Hatch Handle broken off
Congratulations on the brilliant fix, Komap!! In the 16 years of owning Superbs, I can honestly say I’ve opened the hatch once, in the MKI. It had an early “Simply Clever” idea, which was a built-in, but removable ski cover, so that one’s family wet skis didn’t drip all over the inside of the ones car!
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What have you done to your Superb III today?
Is it connected to main beam only?
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What have you done to your Superb III today?
Holy Beams Batman - that’s £500!!! Here
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What have you done to your Superb III today?
You are, without doubt, a nutter! You know a couple of hot water bottles would’ve been a lot less hassle!😂 But huge respect for doing it AS; you have balls ‘o’ steel my friend! 👏
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Failed, an eyewateringly expensive control unit on a 2016 Superb Estate
That’s good new, as SUK will only consider goodwill payments against those vehicles which had been serviced and/or repaired within the franchise network and I certainly wish you luck on getting a big contribution to the cost of that £3,500 part, which cost VAG £18 to have made including devcost. It’s utterly immoral what they charge.
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What have you done to your Superb III today?
1 And all you need to do is tap the accelerator and it starts, missing all of one or two seconds and two passing cars and then to switch it off. 2 Hmmm, well fortunately for those like us with a DSG gearbox, as it says in the Manual, “For vehicles with automatic transmission there is no automatic engine shut-down when the system detects a manoeuvring action due to a large steering angle”.
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Blindspot detection and lane assist
Probably a good idea to add your general location in the world to see if there are members in the area who could ad the coding?
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What have you done to your Superb III today?
Wonder why it’s so annoying for some, to remember to disable stop/start with that thing… ermmmm…. what is it….. it’s on the tip of m…. YES, I remembered; it’s A SWITCH?!? You don’t forget to turn a key or press a button to start it, so why is pressing the Stop/Start disable switch such a faff?
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Transport blocks left in
Ignore me; been up for 37 hours and zero sleep….
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Transport blocks left in
Given where you’re getting the alignment undertaken, was the dealership in question Hendys?
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What have you done to your Superb III today?
Ours is a 2016, so thankfully it doesn’t change the driving mode to Normal after switch off. Never could fathom the reasons behind that decision, which was much to the annoyance of of Skodians who’d discovered the “feature” once purchased. 🙄
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Failed, an eyewateringly expensive control unit on a 2016 Superb Estate
I recall the telephone unit failing on our MK2 and a new unit was £700+vat which was utterly ridiculous. I bought a used unit for £170.
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New owner help needed
Ahhhh, right. Do you know when it was introduced?
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New owner help needed
Is the electric element auxiliary heater an option in the U.K.? In my experience, our 280 heats-up within one mile regardless of the outside temp.
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Left front wiper
Given all VAG vehicles have Bosch / Aerotwins fitted, they probably are costing them 15c a unit.
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Left front wiper
If only this was true! TBH, I now replace the blades not the entire wiper. Still working fine after two winters, but I think I’ll be changing them again soon.
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What have you done to your Superb III today?
Careful, the “Ditchfinder” brigade could be along momentarily… Oh, I agree with you btw! All tyres sold in the U.K. are covered by strict performance regulations (until Westminster decide that anything will be allowed as long as it doesn’t have a metal ring as the tread and is wider than 2”!).
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Left front wiper
It’s designed to try to maintain the position of the wiper blades to be at right angles to the screen. You’ll note the arms sometimes go up or go down slightly, both when they’re switched off and when they’re in operation too. When they finally park, their position is moved so it’s opposite to where they were last parked, so if they previously had the blades facing up, they move the arm up so the blades to face down. Good idea really.
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Superb 272 bhp 2018 - which DSG does it use?
Did both the 220 and 272 have 7 speed DSG?
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Autoglass cut cable
Unfortunately, 99% of dealers nor independents do not have the experience, expertise or time to remove and replace a windscreen and that’s why they too use a screen replacement company
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Autoglass cut cable
^^^^ What he said, 100%. What you don’t accept is for them to scotchlok them with a bit of cable; you want a new connection to the sensor unit. Thats what happens when you send an untrained tech to do a job like this. Also check they’ve fitted the bottom of the screen correctly too. I saw a Superb a few weeks ago, which had its heated screen replaced and it’d been fitted using so much bond that 2/3rds of it was 3mm proud of the plenum shroud, which meant the NS of the screen from top to bottom could not possibly have been fitted correctly. That was an Autoglass bodge too.
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What have you done to your Superb III today?
I think the P7’s are great quite honestly, and they’d be pretty-much perfect if they were a bit quieter. Having said that, on a good tarmac surface they’re fine.
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Interior lights
To be fair, he only had to open the boot to find the torch! 😁
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What have you done to your Superb III today?
I just removed the cool-looking Team Heko wind deflectors, which I fitted a couple of weeks ago. That’s cos they’re noisy above around 40mph and bloody unbearable at 70 and utterly pointless too, because they don’t deflect the wind but, apart from that they’re great! I’ll be ebaying at the first opportunity.
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Failed, an eyewateringly expensive control unit on a 2016 Superb Estate
Hey ApertureS… “it’s the connectivity module behind the display it still should be near that!” Should that be “still should not be near that”?