Graham Butcher

I must admit after watching all the various YT videos of the mk3 with DCC that I was expecting a far more compliant ride from comfort mode, TBH I don't think it is much different to the ride of the mk2 without DCC which is a bit of a let down.

Thanks for the explanation, last night I tweaked my settings in the individual mode to give comfort and eco modes plus the AFS mode for the lighting. I could never work out why they decided that people using the eco would not wish to take advantage of the extra safety of enhanced lighting mode?

Yes, I did that and it seems to be working OK. I thought that it might also turn the radio volume up as well but it doesn't, its a strange way of doing it compared to the mk2.

What I'm saying is that my car would not fit in my garage as the garage also has other gear in it like 2 freezers etc and unlike garages which standalone, mine is part of the house structure and also part of the neighbours house. In there words, it is attached to both houses and the garage door only just fits between them so when you get inside the garage it measures something like 2.6metres wide between the walls and with the doors on a Superb being larger than most smaller cars, and the doors are indeed thicker most other cars, that there is insufficient space to open the door and get of the car. It might just be OK if you are built like Twiggy but totally useless if you have a large frame like I have. The neighbour who has the race to get the spot outside of my house, also cannot use their garage, mainly because they are using as a living space even.

Nope, it wouldn't fit in the garage, myself and my 3 sons are all 1.94m tall and me and my eldest are built like brick sh1thouses and while I could fit into most drivers seats not even my wife could possibly sit behind me as there is literally about 2" between the back of drivers seat and the back seat. One of those cars would have been fine when the boys were babies in their baby seats but as adults, no way on earth. Hence why I was looking for so long to find another decent Superb, or other similar sized car that was reasonably cheap to to maintain, tax, insure and run.😤

Every body in the street has a drive, the garage, having one or not is a red herring if your car will not fit in it as they are designed around the smallest cars and in my case a small car will not fit me or my family, people come in all sizes and shapes and its about time that developers understood that. As to the tree and also my house, my house is owned by a housing association and the tree I would therefore think is on their land and therefore theirs. I cannot just go and cut it down because I don't own it. The HA say that they don't own it or the land that it stands on, and neither does the City council or the County council, so someone is not telling the truth, but one thing you be sure off is that should I take the law into my hands and do something with the tree I'd be in trouble.

So does that mean that when I'm in ECO mode, it is also in COMFORT DCC setting as that is the last DCC mode before the ECO or how does this operate?

And will it then remember this setting for any subsequent calls, or do you have to do it every time? On the mk2 I never had to do that, there was a setting in the menu to set incoming call volumes.

Is there any real noticeable difference between DCC settings? I use mine mostly in ECO mode but sometimes I select COMFORT but I have not noticed any difference in comfort. Plugging the VCDS in and it reports zero problems with the system?

I have read the manual both for the car and the Columbus radio and I can't see any way of actually adjusting the volume setting for incoming calls, they are barely audible only noticed because the radio mutes but it also does this when driving over or under high voltage cables, meaning that in order to determine which has caused the radio being muted, is to look at the display and see if it says incoming call. This surely cannot be right, so how do I set the level of incoming ring tones etc. Once I have accepted the call, volume can be adjusted with ease, but I have to be able to know that a call is coming in first?

Yup, but at my age, I don't want to move any more, I can't be doing with all that stress and hard work, anyway, what is a nice area today could, tomorrow turn out just as bad as what we have today if the wrong people move in, so just have to keep on about the tree for me and hope that one of the authorities will eventually own up to it and remove it. It is an accident just waiting to happen as it is taller than the house and when we get gales, branches break off, the rest of the year we get pooping, leaves falling clogging all the bonnet vents and wipers and then in the spring we get all the bloody catkins dropping everywhere and getting trapped under the wipers blades 🤬

I have similar problems with my drive, my other neighbours front door is right next to my drive and if I pressure wash the car on the drive, I have problems washing the nearside as I need to go on their garden to do it, and also if the open their front door at the wrong time they get pressure washed as well. Also the other neighbour has a white Mercedes car double parked outside my house which hasn't moved now for 3 weeks.. I have another neighbour 3 doors along who also has upto 4 cars and huge great green Mercedes van who also likes to park outside my house given the chance, I can't win.

I have the same problem, there is a tree at the side of my drive, but its not my tree, and the councils and housing partnerships claim its not theirs either and if I park on my drive, I'll have many poops on it the next morning. I try to park outside my house on the road but my neighbour has 5 bleeding cars and vans and also try to park outside my house and if I get there first and then have to go out in the evening, they will move into the spot forcing me back on my drive. I only have the one car and like to leave the drive free for my son or the in-laws to use when they visit otherwise they have park in another street.

Looks great but I bet the ride suffers, especially on potholes?

I had my Skandi rear DRL's activated, but I then deactivated them as I could not see any advantage in them. DRL's are designed to make your car more visible to people in front of you and to distinguish between cars that were active and those that were stationary.

I think that the speed camera POI's files have to be paid for and I don't think they give you any audio alert, but I might be wrong on that point The TomTom on the other hand gives me lifetime free updates of both maps and camera warnings, it also has a database of the speed limits of most roads and even where at some locations, it changes limits for a while and will alert you via audio alerts if you are exceeding the limit even if there are no cameras in the area, I find that very useful indeed, very handy especially when driving in strange location. It is also very useful when you join onto a road from a side, turning and there is not a limit sign at the junction, you could assume incorrectly that the road you're joining is a national limit when it is not for some reason. It is also having an excellent average speed camera calculator built-in function that will tell when you are entering a zone, even from a side junction and will display what your current average speed is, this worth its weight in gold. That being said, I would still love to get the built-in system working correctly, as it is always useful to have a backup system at all times.

This week I have purchased a 12v to 5v power brick from Amazon and wired that into the fuse box. This brick has 2 USB sockets on leads, one of these I have plugged my TomTom power lead into and run the cable via the slot that is at the bottom of the windscreen to the TomTom, mounted close to the instrument binnacle and the other USB lead I left dangling about 30 mm below the dash trim panel by the passenger door, conveniently out of the way as it is just where the door meet the trim. The passenger can then plug in their phone when it needs charging, I can have mine plugged into the socket in the consol and have the cover closed, which also seems to add some strength to the consol as it creaks much less when its closed. So now I have the dashcam and the TomTom switched ON automatically when the ignition is on, recording events and also giving updated traffic info and speed camera warnings on the TomTom. Now I'll try and track down some step by step instructions on how to get the TMC working on the Columbus using my VCDS HEX-V2 interface (still learning how to use this tool) and also how to update the maps on the Columbus and then I'll be pretty much sorted in that area.

Is it a rattle or creaking? I'm not aware of anything that could rattle in that area?

So has this problem now been fixed at last? If so, what would I need to do and how do I do it? I have a 2016 Superb L&K with Columbus and Canton sound. I also have update CD that I had just purchased for my old Mk2 Superb L&K which had Columbus system (old) just before the car was written off, would be usable on the new system or not?

Sounds like you may have a bad connection in the circuit then.

No, I meant that there might be a switch somewhere that turns the feature off, the speed part of my reply was to say that mine lights up in yellow when it is not active and as soon as I hit the speed limit it switches to green to show its active.

My Superb has the symbol lit up in yellow at switch on by default but upon reaching 40mph it goes green and is active. Mine also reacts at times to strips of sealant when the light is at certain angles, the camera sees the light reflecting off this and mistakes it for a white line but it can be overridden by holding the wheel firmer, or of course switching the lane assist off altogether.

Are you sure that it isn't speed sensitive? On my Superb it is only active I think at speeds above 40mph.

Just a thought but you have got the car in "ECO" mode, if so that be the reason as it would use less energy to cool the internal air rather than trying to cool down a constant stream of hot air?

Last night I scanned my Superb with my Carista device (I do have a VCDS, still learning it) and it found 4 faults associated with Ignition Authorization and they are reading from the screen:- 65794 - Data bus for suspension - 1 wire mode 133124 - Manufacturer specific code 221964 - Manufacturer specific code 221703 - Manufacturer specific code Engine:- 09491 - Manufacturer specific code Can anyone throw any light on these codes for me? I also have zero communication with the drivers seat, and zero memory function so I think that is related to the software/hardware issue that affected model my vintage and it may not have addressed at the time when it first came to light so I suspect it is a controller issue.