pinkpanther

Visited Cragside today.............

Glorious evening.............

Glorious sky for a fleeting moment this evening. Was bucketing it down as I snapped the photo with my phone................

Tonight's sunset.............

Looking like decent sized EV's are reaching realistic prices (admittedly not RRP) ............. https://www.hotukdeals.com/share-deal-from-app/4404912

Turns out insects are much more difficult to photograph than Birds😬

Indeed - I almost missed the noise after the first 2 attempts to fix whilst under warranty!

Same here - just checked the digital certificate and see a mention for the steering repair ('Authorized warranty repair' ) but no mention of subsequent attempt(s) to resolve the issue under warranty.

It may seem like overkill but I've had our Karoq serviced as per long life schedule by the local / supplying main dealer, but then have an interim oil and filter change by an excellent (localish) VAG specialist. Currently at 26k miles so effectively 2 oil changes thus far at a considerable difference in cost to say identical (OEM) parts were used on each occasion.

I hope the 'fix' lasts longer than it did for our car. From memory the noise recurred several weeks after the application of the grease.

After the Buzzard encounter it turned in to a lovely evening..........

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Arrived at a local country park earlier and this (? Buzzard) dropped a squirrel right in front of the car! My camera was in the boot sadly so had to make do with Dashcam footage Sorry to report the squirrel didn't make it although a real privilege to see up close........... L_20240824180012_35~5.mp4

Thanks for the explanation👍 I guess the 1.5 TSi hasn't got a deal extra to give which probably explains why I'd not noticed any particular difference, beyond the noticeable change in steering weight, between the modes.

Would that be in the DSG model? In my 2023 manual 1.5 TSi 'sport', mode makes the steering heavier, but has no appreciable effect on performance. Similary 'eco' mode appears to have no appreciable impact on MPG (tracking MPG in my cars is a particular fascination of mine😀).

I lost DAB reception in my Karoq following installation of front & rear Road Angel dashcams. Interestingly the same cameras had no impact on DAB reception in either a Suzuki S-Cross or FIAT 500. I tried ferrite cores in the Karoq to no avail. My Auto electrician is of the opinion it's the WiFi network generated by the Road Angel Dashcam which interferes with DAB reception. Sadly there is no option to disable this.

Whatever the cause of the colourful Moon given local weather conditions I suspect it won't be putting in an appearance locally this evening 😕

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkm2vpy7g6o

Apparently tonight's Moon is 97.5% full (Waxing) and is 367,816.3 kilometers from Earth 🌛 The colour may relate to atmospheric pollution - stunning colour nonetheless!

A few from the Bird hide at Clumber Park.................

We arrived just at the right time last night - no sunset to speak of, but the water was like glass. Lovely sky later too🌛

Stunning 👍 Especially like this one 👌

A few from last night.......... It was lovely to see a family of Swans after they all previously died a year or 2 back🙏

This was the folder created from the extracted file:

Seems especially pertinent since the online services for my Karoq ended after 1 year 😬 https://youtube.com/shorts/EzV0SnRlP7o?si=rAtRb8bSFC8aNzeS