NPR

I've just purchased an Elegance and got the dealer to put on Michelin Primacy 3 ST. I've read lots of hyper-marketing on these, but the hook for me was the 'made for Australian/Asian roads'. The coarse chip roads here in Victoria are horrible for in-cabin noise and for someone who does 38K a year on highways, I'm willing to be swayed by the rhetoric. I did a test run on a particular nasty section of road at 110k/hr and recorded the dBs with the demonstrator running on Continental Contact 2's. I got an average range of 80-82, which was better than my Octavia I was about to trade (81-84). Now before I get into trouble with my methodology, please take these figures as amateur farting-about, not rigorous science. ;-) With the new car in hand (PS, love it!) shod with the Michelins, dB was 79-81 on the coarse chip. Not a great difference but it was audible. I'm fairly confident though they did make a difference. Siri at least understands me now, as best as she can. Furthermore, they are a reasonably comfortable tyre with softer sidewalks and I've yet to experience any grip issues. Regardless, I'm a very happy member of the Superb owners group. Cheers!

Happy with the road noise on the coarse-chip Victorian roads? Thinking of upgrading to the Octavia III....

Darn. Thanks for checking. I still think it's old school way of presenting a dash. Sometimes I do miss my mk6.

Thanks once again to everyone's reply. It seems a shame that it can't be easily done, as it makes a lot of sense. One less reason to pursue a Ross tech kit I guess.

Thanks for the reply. I will have to place my faith in my non-genuine Volks service guy to find it, but appreciate the advice.

Hello all, One thing I noticed after transitioning from my Golf to the Octavia was the lack of backlit main instrument dials (speedo/tachometer) during daytime when the lights are off. The Golf had backlit dials all the time, which improved readability, particularly in afternoon light or morning light. So, I would greatly appreciate anyone's advice on how this feature might be activated through VCDS.