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If you need them, check out my gallery for photo's i took when I changed mine (2012 FL) using rob_e's description. I have to admit to breaking a clip on both of mine but i think i got a little impatient.

When I was working on the Stereo in my car I had the battery disconnected for the best part of the day. On re-connecting and driving, the gearbox was a whole new experience as it seemed to have 'unlearned' all my bad habits. Might be worth trying unplugging the battery for an hour or so. You will obviously lose other settings as well, but my gearbox is much more responsive now as I suspect it 'learned' while I was running the car in rather than my normal, more 'spirited' driving technique.

Thanks again rob_e. Nowhere near as easy as the Skoda mechanic had suggested. Finally got round to doing this. Paintjob is a bit iffy in places but you'd have to look to find it. Images uploaded to the gallery. http://www.briskoda.net/forums/gallery/album/1064-black-mirror-caps/

Thanks rob_e. Excellent bit of advice that!

Same here. Though my car was suffering from the misaligned steering column issue but now I think the issue is more to do with the sterring wheel being a couple of degree's out.

Thanks vwdan. Seems quite a lot of force is needed which is quite worrying. Do you need to remove the mirror glass first? If so, is there a recommended way of doing so? Thanks again

Hi all, I am looking to replace the mirror caps and wondered if anyone had any technical procedures or advice on how to do this. The Engineer from my local Skoda garage said you can just pull them off by giving them a yank upwards. Really not keen to try this one. From what I can tell the mirror motor assembly and the indicator lights are mounted on to this so it isn't just a cap. On the replacement ones I have and can see several clips and holes for screws. Any help or links to technical docs would be great. Pics would be helpful to.

I have experienced the Accelerate - Coast - Accelerate issue a couple of times but I have been heavy handed (or footed) to experience this and only when the car was warming up. I did have issue with a sluggish feeling gearbox but I found this went away when I pulled the battery when I was upgrading the stereo. After connecting the battery and taking the car for a run, I found the DSG to be much better. The dealer said that it learns your drving style and maybe this was my issue. I had been careful running it in so when I tried to push it a bit, it didn't know how to respond.

Sounds like a problem I had on my MK I and the Central locking motors went kaput. Unfortunately I'm not sure about the MK II's so I would recommend getting a local mechanic to check it over. May just need lubricating. MK I's were so much easier as they didn't have the inner door panel, just a plastic splash guard. Hopefully someone else might have a better idea.

Yes and no. The DSG box is usually touted as a best of both worlds, a drivers automatic gearbox as it gives you almost as much control as a manual (not necessarily by Skoda) and what you describe is what I would consider to be a function of an ordinary automatic gearbox. As I have said above the DSG itself is brilliant, the rest of the package lets it down if you have sporty model, like the VRS and you want to have some fun (where possible and sensible) and be able to control the car better. Put it this way, if I had a choice of manual or standard automatic when I bought the car, I would have gone for manual. I had a choice of manual or DSG and went for because all reviews have said DSG is the way forward and it's the closest thing to manual control your going to get, hence best of both worlds. I bought the car with DSG and flappy paddles because that is what I wanted. Every other car I have driven with flappy paddles from the big boys all the way down to my old Brabus Smart FourTwo had a better system in this respect. Granted, the DSG in my VRS is probably one of the best systems I have driven but as a complete package (again I bought the flappy paddles because I wanted to use them) the DSG system is let down by the rest of it. From reading your post, you haven't got flappy paddles because you don't see the point. What I was trying to say for the OP is he may be in the same position I was (manual VRS' in the past), may have read how brilliant the DSG system is and think, as I did, that this is the way to go. Coming from a manual VRS background the OP may be slightly disappointed as I am that such a fantastic system is let down by the rest of the package. I bought the VRS with DSG so I could chuck it about and have a bit of fun every now and again with out having the faff of a clutch pedal. Having taken the car home via the back roads last night, I have to say the DSG seamlessly going thought the gears as you push it always leaves me with a big grin. I think I will look at some paddle extensions or replacements, this should make things a bit better.

I bought the DSG version of the VRS with flappy paddles thinking this would be a good compromise as I tend to get stuck in traffic and hate the pedal mashing in stop start traffic. In hindsight I wish I had stuck with a manual. I love the auto mode but I have issues with the manual mode. Don't get me wrong, I think the DSG is fantastic but for me the following ruins it. 1. On ALL the other flappy paddle gearbox cars I have driven, when in manual mode you get a big gear number displayed in Multi function display. I sometimes forget that I'm in manual mode (my fault I know) and the engine is soo quiet I can be driving along, radio blaring away doing 35 - 40 in 1st. 2. As others have mentioned in other posts, you can manually change down when coming up to a junction / roundabout to find the system has done the same thing and you end up being in 1st instead of 2nd. This could be easily rectified if there was a big gear number shown in the MFD. I know it’s at the top but half the time is doesn't show because something else has precedence over that part of the screen. 2. The flappy paddles are totally inaccessible if you hold the steering wheel on the grips (10 o'clock / 2 o'clock). They are just too small to reach. If I hold the wheel at 9 o'clock / 3 o'clock then it's fine but because of the size of the wheel it doesn't feel right. They should be made bigger and put on the steering column. I end up using the gear stick, which I why I think I would go back to a manual next time. To summarise. The DSG Gearbox, I think, as others have said, is bloody brilliant. It is however, in my opinion, massively let down by it's supporting features, paddles etc. Auto mode – Brilliant, Manual mode – not so good I wanted a drivers car but because of the issues with the paddles and the MFD, it makes it just too much hard work. Maybe I have given up too easily and need to force myself to go manual mode for a couple of weeks to try and get used to it more.

That or just the turbo spinning. My Mk 1 used to whistle / whine and that was what I was told when I queried it. Can you describe the whistle a bit more? loud / quiet high pitch / low ptich etc etc.