BoxerBoy

ChipsAway are your friends 😂

I can't make out the damage. Looks not too serious. Seriously, a good body shop will fix the door.

I moved from a Superb estate to a Kodiaq in 2017. Now on my third Kodiaq. After 6 years in the Superb and now more than 6 years in Kodiaqs I've never found a problem size wise. As above, the Kodiaq is huge. I had 7 in it last week and of course you can't take luggage with 7. maybe a picnic or a few hand bags more likely. I think the Superb boot was little but longer but there's not much in it. As an aside, a neighbour just took delivery of very expensive BMW i4. A magazine road test emphasised how cramped the rear seat is and the boot is small and the extras are £££. I think the chap is mad as he has 2 growing kids with all the junk that brings.

As one who is both astute and numerate I’m very much in tune with the true annual cost of enjoying a car on my doorstep. It comes down to what I deem “an acceptable portion of my monthly income”. Always has been. A Kodiaq with extras certainly adds up to a big monthly number. But, for me the advantage of PCH over both PCP and outright purchase is the absence of a whopping deposit that has to be found from somewhere. Like many of us here, I’ve experienced every mode of purchase over many years. Who can remember when we saved up from our meagre income to buy that dream used car outright? 🙂 ps - having returned 4 lease cars between me and my wife I’ve never encountered any charges as I keep the cars in A1 condition. Though I have indeed enjoyed a CHIPSAWAY fix on a front apron gouge on last one. That made it A1 again.

It’s certainly not an “issue”. Unless one is unaware of such a requirement. I took my first Kodiaq to Europe after acquiring said document quite easily from VWFS. Business as usual.

It’s all just a silly way for dealers to make money. One of several “scams”.

I’m one who’s moved to PCH deals for the third car in a row. I decided that however you look at it, I seem to be “renting” a car. So once I decided to settle on renting a car I don’t have to think about residual value. I just hand the car back. VWFS always offer you the car at the end of the deal, because it saves them collecting it.

I love your arithmetic. In fact, I find it unbelievable that anyone can run a car for £100 pm.

Good luck with the gunk can and compressor. Please update us when you try it out on a dark night. I’m a Spare Wheel Man myself 🙂

I promised to drive my wife this morning. Gee, it was sub-zero. I by-passed her little frozen VW. Fired up my Bear and switched on all the HOT buttons. Ready to go in a few minutes. No de-icer needed. I love it.

I like to leave our light switches in ON position as I don't need the lights on and off as I reach or depart the vehicle. Days are short and nights are long so it's lights always on for a few months. But, the days are now getting longer 🙂

Difficult to help from a distance. Have you driven the car “briskly”, or attempted to, in manual mode to see if the engine will Rev up to maximum in a lower gear? And generally drive in an acceptable way. Most auto cars default to “eco” mode of driving with the aim to reduce fuel consumption, but it often turns out to be far too sluggish for some of us. I can only imagine any fault will lie within the gearbox change system or in the fuel control system. Running in manual will help separate an engine fault from a gearbox fault.

I'm on my third Kodiaq and never met any gearbox problems over 6.1/2 years. 30,000 miles on first Kodiaq. Fewer miles on No.2 and No.3 but no trouble.

That's £1,145 that can be saved and spent elsewhere 🙂

I often park at my door with the parking brake OFF. To stop the pads sticking. Especially when car will be idle for a few days. Not that I intend to play with my brakes in near future.

I wouldn’t stick a mount to the touch screen. Apart from blocking the view of things,I would be afraid of possible damage as it’s not built for the job - like a windscreen. (which is where my add-on satnav lives permanently)

Thanks for the feedback. My half century (+) of wheel changing without mishap allows me to skip the axle stand for the few seconds it takes to pull off one wheel and pop on the, ready greased, clean bolted replacement wheel. (Excepting this one where I paused for a picture) At no time was any part of my body under the car, at risk of getting trapped by a falling car. Do you carry an axle stand along with a jack and spare wheel? The picture angle misleads you. My 2x2 timber is securely placed on the reinforced jacking point on the sill. Definitely nowhere near the plastic trim.

Back to basics. Have the correct pads been fitted? All the pads I’ve met sit snugly and do not “rattle” up and down in the caliper. The spring clip usually just helps keep the locating pins in place. Springs aren’t “structural”.

Today was my first time changing wheels on this March ‘23 car. The winter wheels have been used on 2 previous Bears. I’ve never seen such messy wheel bolts. A mere 7,000 summer miles. A wire brush and some WD40 cleaned things up.

I'll second the extending bar. Almost essential these days for removing wheel bolts. Apart from the obvious - it's easier. And the piece of bent tin the car makers provide is rubbish. I carry one in each of our cars. Don't use all your strength on an extended bar for tightening though. Unless your under 16 🙂

Consider asking your local friendly mechanic to give your discs and pads a quick inspection. Won’t cost £160. If the pads still have plenty thickness then there’s no panic to get new discs and/or pads. Your friendly mechanic will be happy to oblige when the time comes.

It's common for a short push to change speed up or down by 1 mph and for a long push to change speed by 5 mph. On our Polo it it uses the Left / Right toggle to +-5 and the Up / Down toggle for the +- 1.

I tuck my motor bike away for the winter connected to an Optimate 4 charger. 8 years old and has fired up immediately every spring when it comes out of hibernation. Should work for a car too. Not that I’ve ever treated a car this way.

I moved to a 2023 model and also found my old spare 331 won’t fit the arm. But I reckon I’ll be able the remove the rubber blade part of the 331 and snap it on to the 2023 arm. I haven’t found a Bosch part for the latest car.

Jings! It’s only 150 mile round trip. Surely the car will do that on a charge.