I opted for silver roof rails and privacy glass with no regrets. I initially considered a bright red VRS estate and remember seeing a georgeous Audi A4 estate with the silver roof rails which looked great, so they were on my shopping list. Changed my mind at the last minute and ordered an L&K , chose Island green (same as my previous Octy..still like the colour) and kept the silver rails on the order form. Absolutly no regrets. they look 1000% better than the black ones.

chose Island green (same as my previous Octy..still like the colour) and kept the silver rails on the order form. Absolutly no regrets. they look 1000% better than the black ones.

Out of interest - any photos showing the car with rails?

wouldnt mind a pic of a fellow island green with silver rails too

Originally Posted by

WipeOut

I've just taken delivery yesterday of a LK 1.8 tsi estate, and the manual mentions the

cornering function

. For a simple man, what do I need to do to get this function switched on, what is VAG COM, and if VAG COM is used by the dealer, will they know what to do or be willing to help?

Thanks WipeOut

If anyone can come up with an answer to this I would be greatful also, could be useful with the longer nights on the way again :thumbdwn:

I've just joined today - because I was specifically browsing for details of how to activate the cornering function. This thread seems to cover a variety of topics so I'm wondering if I've missed it, or do we still not know if it's possible, simple, expensive, etc.?

I've just taken delivery yesterday of a LK 1.8 tsi estate, and the manual mentions the cornering function. For a simple man, what do I need to do to get this function switched on, what is VAG COM, and if VAG COM is used by the dealer, will they know what to do or be willing to help?

Thanks WipeOut

It may depend on the controller you have in the car -

Open Coding 07 and use the Long Coding Helper

Byte 23 Bit 2 should be ticked and Bit 3-4 changed to 08.

Thanks that looks hopeful.

Do I have to buy VAGCOM or will my garage do this?

what is the cornering function?

what is the cornering function?

A simple function that (when headlamps are on) lights the fog light on the side you are turning into. ie turn steering wheel left and left fog lamp comes on (only at highish steering angle and lowish speed as far as I am aware, so that it only works turning into a road, not steering across traffic on the motorway).

First seen on Mercs AFAIK, looks very odd at first (especially when you first see the light reflected in the car in front, you either think you have left your fogs on and scramble to turn them off, or you think one of the bulbs has gone).

You can mimic its usefulness by just having both the fogs on, the fact one is illuminating the middle of the road rather than the turning your are making is irrelevant really (obviously this is against Highway code and may result in a fine when not foggy, but I have mine on in back road blasts to increase light output and just turn off when you see another car).

Some fancier cars (and the some bread and butter French cars) actually have a swivel function that mechanically redirects light in direction of turn, but not Skoda.

Some fancier cars (and the some bread and butter French cars) actually have a swivel function that mechanically redirects light in direction of turn, but not Skoda.

IIRC the new Superb will have it as std with the xenon headlights.

I would have been happy just to have Xenon on hi beam on my Octy (ie not just lo beam).

Some fancier cars (and the some bread and butter French cars) actually have a swivel function that mechanically redirects light in direction of turn, but not Skoda.

These are also available as options on the new Fabia and Roomster.

wouldnt mind a pic of a fellow island green with silver rails too

Hi, Sorry about the delay. This one was taken in Poland a couple of weeks . Not the best but I will have to take some "proper " photos eventually. Spot the other "cross border" venturer...

G.K.

It may depend on the controller you have in the car -

Open Coding 07 and use the Long Coding Helper

Byte 23 Bit 2 should be ticked and Bit 3-4 changed to 08.

anybody already done that(sry for the english) can we get some additional info or some pics/videos

THx

Yes i have it working on mine.

I also enabled the fog light cornering function today on mine.

BTW, does somebody know what is the difference between the 'old' and 'new' coming-home logic?

IIRC the new Superb will have it as std with the xenon headlights.

I would have been happy just to have Xenon on hi beam on my Octy (ie not just lo beam).

These are also available as options on the new Fabia and Roomster.

You are right with the Superb, it has the AFS (Adaptive Front-Light System) standard on Elegance spec or when ordered with the bi-xenon option. This includes mechanically adjusted headlamps, however the fog lamps are "Static corning lights" just turning on or off (albeit by fading in and out slowly).

The Fabia has just has the Static cornering light option (ie just the fixed fog lamps), not the mechanically adjusted ones.

You are right with the Superb, it has the AFS (Adaptive Front-Light System) standard on Elegance spec or when ordered with the bi-xenon option. This includes mechanically adjusted headlamps, however the fog lamps are "Static corning lights" just turning on or off (albeit by fading in and out slowly).

The Fabia has just has the Static cornering light option (ie just the fixed fog lamps), not the mechanically adjusted ones.

My new Fabia has the mechanically adjusted ones as well as the fog lamp cornering function. It might be just a LHD option ? It works very well!

I have mine on in back road blasts to increase light output.

Problem with this is that for fog lights to do what they're supposed to do (and so that they don't blind other road users) they point at the road surface directly in front of the car. The idea with them is that you use them instead of headlights in heavy fog and this avoids being blinded by the fog reflecting the light back. From the way that people generally use them I don't think hardly anyone actually understands that principle and why fog lights are provided on many modern cars. Using them in addition to headlights doesn't do any good at all.

The point of this is that if they are correctly aimed they will not give you any more light where you need it, which is in the distance, particularly when you are driving quickly. In fact they will probably actively detract from your driving by over-illuminating the road next to the car in comparison with the distance, the effect of which will be to distract you from what you need to be concentrating on. Anything close to the car will be too close to do anything about it if you are driving quickly ("back road blasts").

If what you want is to improve your vision for these back road blasts, then the answer is absolutely to replace the fog lights with spot lights, set up to come on with the main beam.

In practice in most parts of the country we very rarely have fog that is thick enough to need fog lights instead of headlights. Although I have definitely on rare occasion in the past encountered conditions where they have been necessary in areas like Yorkshire...

Incidentally I should have added to my post above that the factory-fit "cornering lights" work exactly in line with what I am saying - they come on when the speed drops as you turn a moderate corner to illuminate the edge of the road, and turn off when you exit the corner and speed up so that they do not distract you unnecessarily when they serve no purpose.

The point of this is that if they are correctly aimed they will not give you any more light where you need it, which is in the distance, particularly when you are driving quickly.

In fact they will probably actively detract from your driving by over-illuminating the road next to the car in comparison with the distance, the effect of which will be to distract you from what you need to be concentrating on. Anything close to the car will be too close to do anything about it if you are driving quickly ("back road blasts").

I disagree on two counts:

Firstly, if they gave no extra useful light as you suggest in the first paragraph, they would not be implemented as cornering lights. (I would argue that in the s-bends I am using it on, this represents effective a continuous "cornering" activity anyway)

Secondly, your assumption is incorrect that I need the extra light in the distance, whereas I need it exactly where the cornering function gives it, to the sides and lower areas.There is no "distance" in the kind of back roads I am using it for (100m max depth of vision).

The flood of nearby light illuminates the nuances of any bends and importantly the edge of the mettled road and the start or mud, grass, stones and trees/branches. I can therefore position the car relative to the side of the vertically hedged in road. My sideways margin of error is much more important than forward margin (due to slow relative speed and resultant short stopping distances and the fact any active road users signal there presence by the light bleed round bends much earlier than any line of sight could, thus actually rendering long distance lamps almost pointless)

The "quickly" is purely relative to the roads (given there is much steering and braking input, average speeds are actually probably only 30-40 mph).

Sounds like you would be better off with some wide angle driving lights set up to operate with hi beam, aimed fairly low and off to each side (rather than straight ahead like normal driving lights). Something like Cibie Oscar SC cornering lamps (but they are petty bulky for normal cars - I had them on a 4WD). The right beam pattern with a sideways aim on decent fog lights could give a similar effect I guess.