garykane1980

Bringing an old thread back to life as I tried a search and couldn’t find what I was looking for. I'm also thinking along the lines of a set of 18s with perhaps winter or all weather tyres; not a fan of most 3rd party alloys but given the prohibitive cost of a set of OEM alloys, I don’t mind looking at motorsport-inspired lightweight (strong?) alternatives from the likes of Team Dynamics, Oz, Sparco or Compomotive. Could anyone please confirm the criteria on width/offset to fit the Performance Pack brakes on my Black Edition and if certain 18s fit or don’t fit? Thanks, G

Confirmation that I WASN'T charged for the environmental disposal, so not sure why they quoted it as extra on the job card. My package is indeed the 2-year VW "Fixed Price Servicing". Booked in now for diagnostics and hopefully get the battery replaced, as well as the PV4 software update to see if it resolves some of the infotainment glitches - I'd swear my car has gone back into auto mode after being used in manual mode without my asking - but can't be 100%. G

Thanks all; it may well be the standard 2 year VW plan and it’s just a slip of the keyboard from me, but all in all it sounds like I shouldn’t be charged extra as it’s normally accounted for in the plan.

Hi all, It’s been a while as it’s been far too hectic a year. My R is coming up to 10k miles and 11 months old so I’ve it booked in for its annual service; have a trip to France next month so wanted to make sure it was done in advance. About 2-3k more miles than I expected at this stage to be honest but we’ve since got an electric car which should help cut down the local running around. Anyway, Citygate Ruislip just sent me a check-in text and even though I have a 4-year service plan they’re quoting me for an “environmental charge” WTF?! I’m loathe to pay them anything for extras, so is this something hidden from the package and a legal requirement? I also see it says “no campaigns” on the pre-job card - assume this means no automatic or necessary software updates? I have requested a dealer software update though as I’m momentarily getting a blank screen, often several times a short trip, on the central infotainment screen whilst driving; my battery drain warning continues to ping within seconds of turning the car off; has existed even since I had a module replaced at two-months old, so I want the battery replaced too. Any chance the ridiculously sensitive front collision assist could be improved with an update??? It’s by far and away the biggest complaint I have with this car - way worse than anything I’ve ever driven of the same technology. Other than the above, as an all-rounder car it has been pretty sound albeit a bit crashy (despite the DCC) over the ever-increasingly crap roads - even compared to our Mini Aceman John Cooper Works believe it or not. No rattles that irk me other than my dashcam buzzing in certain weather; the power delivery, Akra burbles & good MPG on longer journeys have all been positives. BUT… the VW dealer and assistance experience has been woeful and the amount of times the front & rear assist has nearly broken my neck and embarrassed the hell out of me in front of bystanders during standard low speed manoeuvres have put me close to putting it up for sale.

Thanks! Damn, I knew I wasn’t going mad! 🤪 Instant regret then pulling off the flap to see what that space was like as I was going to change phones to one that doesn’t fit snug under the flap. It has obviously reset the light. Will try adjusting the settings then and see if it brings it back.

Am I going mad, or has this lighting always been white? I’d swear it matched the individual interior lighting colour scheme!? 🫠

+1 for needing to replace a key fob battery after an unreasonably short (in my opinion) 6 months. 🙄

Hi @AHG it’s both sides, but I say RazR’s is aligned different to mine. The edges of mine show up a) as it’s Pure White and b) as it’s diRty! 🤪

Beautiful photos of your R @RazR! Does your Xpel have this weird triangular cut out on the back bumper near the corner of the boot lid? Hard to see in the above photo, but should be easily seen in my photo of my dirty Pure White! I do not like this detail at all and feel that Xpel could’ve had a better detail in mind for this area. Unfortunately I also have some tiny corners lifting as mine was done in the dead of winter and didn’t get any respite for the first 3 months (so I’m told by the installer). Hopefully just bad luck and not a sign of things to come! Waiting til the summer for a full inspection and replacement of the film on the offending panels (driver’s door, roof and top of boot lid so far). I’m hoping people have a nicer finish/detail to the rear bumper area that they can show me, so that I can argue that needs changing too.

It is madness!! I thought it was just me! 🫠 I see you got this option in your recent software update didn’t you? Hopefully winging its way to the rest of us soon!

Afraid of breaking the flap - so do you just yank it out, or is there a method? 🧐

My installer said the same thing! A crazy amount of individual pieces! Dolphin Grey looks the nuts! 🐬

I was panicking for a minute as mine is a BE, so I was thinking I lost this with my power supply issues. I think ‘Drive’ was the only item in the menu I didn’t click into to check the options in Individual mode! Thanks and sorry for the “moment”! 🫠

I got my PPF done at CreativeFX down at Brands Hatch in Dec - really recommend!

Glad you got resolution on this! it begs the question for me though, how to get Sport+!?! I’ve not been pushing or testing my R too much and only just got it really run in - and just noticed I don’t have Sport+ anywhere!

Thanks for the advice! 🤞🏻

I take it by your sad emoji that it’s not good @Booth11? 😩 Anyone else have the same symptoms? I’d have thought that as well as changing the module that the battery should also have been replaced because it hadn’t a good start in life shall we say. Will I have much joy in requesting a new battery under warranty?

And I have to add, it’s really impressive. When my R was in for warranty work I had a loan T-Roc R-Line and it felt stiff and crashy in comparison to my R with DCC, despite the T-Roc having a less sporty suspension and bigger sidewalls.

My favourite Audi colour also. Beautiful car - enjoy! ☺️

Had a lovely weekend driving to Kent to see friends near Ashford and then down to Camber Sands this morning. Over 300 miles covered on a mixture of avoiding potholes on country roads and the bottom half of the M25. So you’d think the battery would be fully charged and pretty strong right?! 🫣 Without starting the engine and only turning on the ignition, it only lasts ~20 seconds before a warning light comes on! Surely this isn’t normal?! Remember my dash cams have a backup battery so not drawing anything.

I’ve no idea to be honest. The service manager wasn’t there when I collected and I didn’t get any paperwork!

I was like a kid on Christmas morning today as I was picking up my R after two weeks at the dealer (Citygate Ruislip). The updates from the service dept were non-existent and only instigated when I chased them by following my security system updates. Thankfully they honoured my request to not wash the car and that’s about it. Anyway, interface module J553 was replaced and all seems to be good in the world again! ☺️

The problem has been there since ~100 miles, and the car is only at ~490 miles now!! 🫠

I get that those functions are EV only; I meant as in was there ever an option to pre-start the car's engine? I can remotely start my Volvo to heat it up in the mornings, followed by confirmation of the start when I finally get in the car - it detects that I have the key on my person, then followed by physically turning the ignition knob.

The dash warning light for the battery issue caught up with me on Friday evening when I couldn't get into the car - nothing when clicking the remote button - totally dead. The warning light had moved from amber to red late on last week, but it was starting and driving fine (without all the functions like keyless entry, heating, ACC, standby power, etc. that weren't working on amber!) Anyway, I got moving again thanks to The AA and they escorted me to the local dealer, where I was pre-booked in for today as it happens. They weren't best pleased when I dumped the car in front of their dealership at 7pm on a Friday evening, but I explained that I didn't want their problem to be my problem first thing Monday when it probably wouldn't start again! Their Master Tech rang me this afternoon asking me for the chain of events, and once I was able to explain that there were issues pre-tracker/dash cam installation, he didn't seem concerned. I also emailed Citygate the error report the security installer ran before doing any work as backup. Fingers crossed now this gets resolved, and I can finally start enjoying my car!