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I found the Phillips x temes for £80 each, also these for £85 and even higher light temp, closer to midday sun at 6k: https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/osram-cool-blue-intense-d3s-xenon-bulb-up-to-6000k-single-boxed-48177228C

Is this your own vehicle footage? They look noticeably brighter than the OEM bulbs, my biggest grip is that the beam pattern in vertical cross section looks like a U shape, as in it illuminates the nearside (sensible) not the centre line (not sensible) and the offside (even les sensible). I'm talking about high beam, I don't have an issue with dip. The centre dip means the limit point is about 50m shorter with these lights compared to the LED lamps on my Octavia mk3 vRS. The steering feature is a total gimmick and doesn't help at all.

There are a few in the UK. There was a short thread in the Facebook superb UK owners group which prompted me to start this thread up. I have been surprised, most of my family and friends really like it, however, i think I'd have preferred something more anonymous!

Except for those with more discerning colour rendition perhaps.

It's called Dragon Green.

It's such a unique, nay possibly marmite colour, it's worthy of its own register. Here's mine, a 2018 sportline petrol 220ps with DSG. Bought used from dealer with 9.5k miles, so practically still in the wrapper.

After much research and reading / watching reviews, I decided to stick with Garmin. I'll use the mini2 for my rear, and I bought a 57 for the front, and added the garmin ODB2 power adapter which addresses one of my main gripes of using up two switchable power supplies (the 12V sockets are always on, and can't see how to change that, and no 12V power adapter has a low voltage detector built in). I can then install the spare mini into my wife's car as a front cam, as she only has a short commute on rural roads.

I've narrowed it down to 2 choices: Nextbase 522GW duo £189 Viofo A129 Duo £145 when you add the necessary circular polariser Both give me the resolution and connectivity options that I need, anyone got experience of either of these? Amazon reviews are similar, mostly good, some bad.

Interesting. The accident I just had was similar, only the driver in front of me slammed her brakes on in the outside lane of the motorway for no reason, and I hit her from behind. I had dash cam footage that shows the car veering ever so slightly to the central reservation then back again, then an emergency stop. We suspected she was distracted by something, a phone maybe? Then panicked passing the speed camera and performed a full emergency stop. My insurance company immediately ruled out crash for cash for several reasons, the profile and her history indicated this was unlikely, so even without video footage your wife would probably have not been found to be at fault. However, I agree having both is sensible, which is what I had in my octavia.

similar, but I managed to almost completely hide my two garmin mini installations in the Octavia, the cables are thin enough to push into the roof and door trims. I had a small loop running into the centre console mostly hidden in the tray coimpartment. The rear had a bit of coiled cable running from the rear hatch trim to the camera to allow it to be opened, and to put the camera into the area swept by the rear wiper. No rear wiper on my Superb, so not sure it's even worth fitting a rear camera...

can you run them from a USB port? I've got an OBD powerline adapter, which is has a low voltage detection circuit to switch it off. I don't want to hardwire it into the car, as I might occasionally move it to another vehicle temporarily.

I've been using a Garmin mini for both front and rear on my now deceased Octy, and helpfully recorded my recent write off, but I missed a lot of files as the damn things are so sensitive they save a file every time I cross a cat eye or any moderate bumps. The app is so clunky it's a right pita to delete files, without taking out the SD cards and cleaning them up on a PC, also a pita job. I'd like to replace them with something more user friendly, criteria being: - Front & rear cam - Over-writing files (I use 64Gb cards so not huge space) - small as possible, not bothered with having a screen - preferably nothing from Garmin as the whole experience is shoddy product development. The obvious candidiates are Nextbase 622 and 522 and the Kenwood models. Anyone got positive recommendations? I don't want to spend more than £250, so the blackvue is probably off my list, unless it is so good that it's way better than anything else...

Ordered a, set of konis, will be here in 2 weeks as coming from Holland (thanks Brexit). Anyhow, more to the point, how much typically does it cost to get them fitted? £200 ish?

You don't need to mod your car to justify that, in any case, already made that investment years ago.

Everything I have read about the superb and the konis would suggest this is the case - you simply can't get a poorer performance than the standard set up. A tractor is faster over some of the gnarly back roads around here!

Mine work OK, as in come on when I open the door, and when I switch the engine off.

2 days in, me and two mates went out into the hills on a walking trip tiday, via the back lanes in the preselis. 3 up in the car and its crashing into ruts and dips at moderate speeds, so I knew it couldn't wait any longer.

Picked up car an hour ago, taken out since then with a friend to add another perspective. Conclusion is to forget any engine upgrades before the suspension is sorted out. An extra 100Nm and 80PS could easily get you into unexpected trouble. It's a world away from the Octavia vRS

Did you make the improvements in that order?

Tbh I'm not concerned about the behaviour of the car when pulling away, I can drive around hesitancy and wheelspin. The two areas for improvement in my opinion are overtaking ability, and body control on a twisty undulating B road.

If I remap it, am seriously considering doing the DSG map also at the same time

I ask because there's no mention of it in the brochure. Does that mean the spring rates are also different?

Where did you get it from, which version etc? If you have a link, would be great!

Quick question - is there any difference to the sportline suspension compared to SE-L trim?

Regarding weight, there is a tonne (sorry!) of opportunity to improve efficiency of EV powertrain technology, so the specific outputs are likely to increase through new model evolution.