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Having looked at that alarm I have a few queries... The first is why? If you have an Octavia III then it will already have an immobiliser and may even have alarm depending on spec. I certainly haven't installed an aftermarket alarm system on a car since the mid 90s as the inbuilt ones tend to be decent and anything aftermarket tends to bugger the car up and cause faults. The second is to note that that particular kit seems to be for older cars which don't have a Canbus system. So it's unlikely to work without an additional interface between it and the car.

This is true but you need to be careful when checking that any lighting up of signs is direct lighting and not just the latest retro reflective sign faces doing Thier job as recent changes to specifications has increased the performance of the latter. I know my Kodiaq headlights are aligned as I've checked them, as has a garage but the new sign materials still reflect back very brightly

On the cyclist subject the ones that are an issue round here are the commuters in dayglo orange and reflectives that then gave an high lumen off road conical beam LED flashing light on thier bike pointed straight out horizontally instead of angled down. Get one of those coming at you or behind you with the light hitting your rear view and door mirrors and you know about it and have temporary blindness and colours in front of your eyes for a while after. Thats not good for the safety of anyone...

Saw a prat in an old A4 today with crappy bluish LED drop ins. Funny thing was he had one projector headlight that didn't glare but also wasn't putting much light on the road and one reflector which was horribly glary... Both on the same car.

Noticed this last night on the drive up to Lancaster... It mostly seemed to be high end cars with matrix lights that weren't spotting and adjusting for vehicles on the opposite carriageway

Here's a thought after all the discussion re tyres and rims and Carlston suggesting changing the lot for smaller ones... Why not just fit the same size tyres but of an all season type to the rims fitted to the car on delivery... That's what most normal people will do instead of faffing with new steel rims and different tyre sizes. And if the tyre size isn't available they might go 10mm wider or narrower to suit.

I think that would be my first starting point too given the experience of others... Maybe tr y a factory reset of it to start with, as well as checking everything else has been switched on and off Tvlesst once just in case something has got itself in an in-between state.

Likewise (well 39 years) and that includes driving a 32ft Winnebago but I can still see the benefits of having a camera...

Yeah... I've seen a few reviews of it and a 1.2 turbo hybrid manual 4x4 looks quite a tempting prospect

By all means use your mirrors but there will still be a massive blind spot directly behind you that you cannot see - due to the car's bodywork. You could look at this area before reversing but it could easily be filled by something without your knowledge as you reverse (small child, perhaps a cat or dog that you also wouldn't see in your door mirrors. A reversing camera overcomes this issue and allows you to see everything you can see in the mirrors PLUS that blind spot directly behind you from the bumper back. I don't have a camera on our Kodiaq and am very very careful but do on our Swift and there is no doubt about it the camera does help from a safety point of view (even when reversing such a small car).

If it's anything like the earlier Fabia's it'll be the inner door carrier seal that is leaking... rain and the like drains internally into the door between the outer bodywork and an inner door skin / carrier behind the door trim. The inner skin / carrier is normally sealed against the rest of the door by a foam sealing strip around the edge but this deteriorates and then causes water to run between the it and the door trim, down onto the top of the door seal and the into the footwell. The solution is to take the door trim off and re-seal the lower section of the inner door carrier / skin to the rest of the door using something like gutter sealant or plumbers gold.

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In my opinion just change the starter button. Or take it out strip it down and clean it. They are known to have issues that manifest themselves as you describe. The one on our Kodiaq was replaced at 3 years old just before we bought it.

You've had a day at Hardwick then? If you ever get the chance get up on the roof... The views are stunning.

Are they the ones they had in the CTC project car? They look great.

As has been mentioned a few times it's the cornering lights function. As you slow and turn the steering wheel to turn a corner the fog light on the same side as the corner lights up to help you see the kerb and round the corner.

That bulb you arrowed is the fog / cornering light. The other outer bulb is the DRL.

To be honest it probably is a Samsung problem as they have a habit of messing with Android in their phones in such a way that it breaks certain functions... They have regular history of doing so. Personally I wouldn't buy a Samsung phone for that reason alone... Your far better off with plain unadulterated Android.

That sounds very much like the anti stall feature these engines have...

Looks to be a turbo outlet hose

At a guess it's just the hot engine and exhaust parts cooling down.

True but that's only the case if you use it without thought. I have it on the Swift and use it and my eyes... my eyes watching well ahead as well as the radar cruise control. As ever the tech can help if used as extra help rather than as a stand alone system.

Stupid question but does your car have cruise control and is it set?

If you are talking about the lower light unit under the headlight it has two lights and two separate bulbs in it. One serves as a drl and the other is a fog light. So it's perfectly possible for a drl bulb to have blown but the cornering lights, which use the fog lights, to still work.

In my experience Honda's started to go downhill with the mk 8 Civic. Great engine and futuristic design but it was let down by poor bodywork and plastics... Leading to leaks, door handles falling off, trim coming loose etc. and over complicated infotainment and dashboards. The Jazz is a bit better screwed together and the mk 10 is a bit better but they still aren't quite what they once were.