The VW Audi Skoda Seat Thread

[Philip.]

Coolant reservoir level sensor wire?

That’s my guess. I’m sure my VRS one looked similar.

 

[ChrisR]

RS3 went for its yearly service today, got 75k on the clock and needed everything doing 🤮

Service itself was covered by service plan (oil and inspection service would’ve been £465 alone!).

Then had plugs, brake fluid, haldex and DSG changed. A few pence short of £600 lighter walking out the dealership.

Just need 2 front tyres in the next month or so, current ones been on almost 2 years I think which isn’t bad going.

 

[Jamie]

My fully discounted oil and filter change alone is £350. I love mine, but I don’t think it’s worth the cost, but I’m already balls deep now. They did point out it takes apparently 10 litres of oil at £23 a litre, which did make me feel a little better.

 

[.Simon]

Went to start the engine, and bam - an array of warnings: drive system, stop-start, brake fault, you name it. Phoned up Audi, who booked me in for diagnostics… in two weeks (cheers for that!). They did say it was safe to drive since the warnings were amber, not red.

Tried to drive it, and, of course, it’s in limp mode. Called them back, and they sent recovery to take a look (thankfully, I’ve got the extended warranty - it’s been an absolute lifesaver).

The recovery guy quickly narrowed it down to a failed pressure sensor. Turns out, he also found a couple of cables on the wiring loom that had been nibbled by something small and furry. He didn’t think the nibbling was linked to the fault since the cables weren’t completely chewed through, but still… not what you want to hear!

Anyway, the car’s been dropped off at Audi, and they’ll be looking at it in the next day or so. Enterprise sorted me out with an A5 hire car within an hour - can’t fault the service so far.

I’m just really hoping the issue is just the sensor and not caused by more damage that wasn’t spotted. All the errors seem to point towards that one sensor, but after reading horror stories about wiring looms, I’m crossing my fingers it’s a simple replacement covered under warranty. Really don’t fancy forking out silly money for new looms!

 

[Jamie]

I’m looking at new seats for mine - how easy is it to fit Recaro Wingbacks from the wider VAG range. There are quite a few competitively priced sets from S3 etc. Does anyone have any experience? Is it as easy as getting some universal frames?

 

[Matt Cup]

Picked up some extremely cheap Cupra R bumper grilles this weekend. Just need to fix a broken clip and I’ll get them thrown on.

 

[Pauleds]

My most recent purchase as a commuter/dog car
2009 A4 tdi 170 S Line
Face-lift front and 19" alloys
Heavier steering than I'm used to.
Drives quite nice otherwise.

Had the Golf for a few years now.
Great fun track car. Remapped GT Tdi140. Fully stripped out, rear cage, seats, harnesses, coilovers, bios pedal box etc. Not the fastest, but handles really well as it was setup by Tuned before it shut down.
Needs new front wings as they are held together with vinyl 🤣
Cheap to run on trackdays

 

[Flat Eric]

Got the Yeti back today. New clutch and Slave Cylinder along with 2 flushes of brake fluid. The DMF looked ok too so I took the gamble and kept it on, it's on 88k.

Car feels great to drive and the clutch feels so much better than before, I suspect the slave was on its way out for a while.

I've had to order a new drivers wing mirror glass as the old one has dropped off, looks like the previous owner had glued on a mirror plate and it's failed over time

 

[ChrisR]

Fresh MOT on the RS3, no issues and touch wood everything’s all good at the moment.

Will have had this 6 years next month, still don’t know what I’d change it for that doesn’t require me selling a kidney.

When it was being MOTd I was having a good nose in the dealership, brand new RS4 Performance Edition 25 thing was nice, for £117k 🤮. Or the RS5 at £99k 🤮🤮

Even the RS3 they had was pushing £70k.

Got back in mine and it still felt fresh (had some new front tyres the day before), interior had a nice simple elegance to it compared to the screen laden new stuff.

The new buckets they had in the 4 and 5 were lovely though (quick shitty pic I took of them)

 

[Danith]

Seeing as VW use plug in thingies for everything these days including turning off airbag lights, winding back rear caliper pistons, etc etc.

What tool am I best off getting? IE: what are the pro's and cons of the following:

1. Obd11
2. Carista OBD
3. Carista EVO

Thanks

 

[Matt Cup]

I’ve got OBD11, does the jobs I need it to. You get credits to use for the programming of different things. I very rarely use it though. Last time was for rear disk/pad replacements. But it’s handy to have in the car. Haven’t bothered messing with the adaptations though as I can’t be arsed.


No idea on Carista but I assume they are pretty much all the same.

 

[Danith]

I’ve got OBD11, does the jobs I need it to. You get credits to use for the programming of different things. I very rarely use it though. Last time was for rear disk/pad replacements. But it’s handy to have in the car. Haven’t bothered messing with the adaptations though as I can’t be arsed.


No idea on Carista but I assume they are pretty much all the same.

Just cos there's a deal on them on Amazon today. I know that buying the unit is the cheap bit then getting fingered for a subscription service is where they have you by the plums.

 

[Matt Cup]

Just cos there's a deal on them on Amazon today. I know that buying the unit is the cheap bit then getting fingered for a subscription service is where they have you by the plums.

Pretty sure they have all gone like that tbh.

 

[davo172]

Just cos there's a deal on them on Amazon today. I know that buying the unit is the cheap bit then getting fingered for a subscription service is where they have you by the plums.

Can't you buy like the premium version of obd eleven and get away with out paying subs.

Think this is more vag specific than the others tbh

 

[Danith]

Can't you buy like the premium version of obd eleven and get away with out paying subs.

Think this is more vag specific than the others tbh

Yeah seems obd11 is better for the limited things I'd want it for. 50 quid delivered

 

[SC03OTT]

Seeing as VW use plug in thingies for everything these days including turning off airbag lights, winding back rear caliper pistons, etc etc.

What tool am I best off getting? IE: what are the pro's and cons of the following:

1. Obd11
2. Carista OBD
3. Carista EVO

Thanks

obdEleven is what I have. Seems to be the better of the three. I don’t bother with credits or apps. Just do stuff yourself. It’s easy enough.

Mine is currently useless however, due to the latest SFD security VAG use. I think that’s the reason anyway…

 

[Joe#]

I've owned this for almost 3 years now and can't see myself moving on for a while yet. Brilliant all rounder!

 

[Starlet_gt]

I've owned this for almost 3 years now and can't see myself moving on for a while yet. Brilliant all rounder!


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Those wheels look spot on.

 

[Poopensharten]

Thats lovely, Joe!

 

[davo172]

I've owned this for almost 3 years now and can't see myself moving on for a while yet. Brilliant all rounder!


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Told ya! 😉

 

[Matt Cup]

Cupra R Grilles fitted.

 

[Jamie]

Preferred it before - I don’t think it goes too well with the red. Have you thought about removing them, having them wrapped in CF and refitting?

 

[Matt Cup]

Preferred it before - I don’t think it goes too well with the red. Have you thought about removing them, having them wrapped in CF and refitting?

No I haven’t.

Plus wrapped in CF 🤮

 

[Philip.]

First clean of the year. Probably needs more power but it does everything so well. Absolutely load it with baby stuff and off you go.

 

[Matt Cup]

The grilles are emphasising that I need a splitter now though 🤔

 

[Philip.]

The grilles are emphasising that I need a splitter now though 🤔

Rieger 👌🏼

 

[Matt Cup]

Rieger 👌🏼

Yep seems to be the best one to go for👍

Slippery slope though because next it’ll be a diffuser and I was supposed to be leaving this car alone 😂

 

[Philip.]

Yep seems to be the best one to go for👍

Slippery slope though because next it’ll be a diffuser and I was supposed to be leaving this car alone 😂

Aye, the Rieger is by far the best lip out there. Had Rieger bits on my last 3 cars now, flawless fitment.

 

[davo172]

Preferred it before - I don’t think it goes too well with the red. Have you thought about removing them, having them wrapped in CF and refitting?

I have to agree copper and red is a no from me would much better black carbon or anthracite.

 

[Matt Cup]

Well I like the copper, and the copper is staying (for now) 🙂

I do understand it may not be to people’s taste though.

And if I do get fed up I’ll get the blades painted red like the car 👍

 

[-Jamie-]

Definitely looks better with the R grills, I'd do the same if I had a facelift

 

[Stay Puft]

Brand spanking new. Loved this. Front brakes look big.

 

[Mr Trailer Man]

Brand spanking new. Loved this. Front brakes look big.
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Rear wheel looks dangerously close to being kerbed 😅

 

[Flob]

Looks smart Sam! Do these have that silly light bar on the front like the new GTI does?

 

[Stay Puft]

Looks smart Sam! Do these have that silly light bar on the front like the new GTI does?

Not mine, I wish! Maybe should have been in the spotted thread 🤣

It did have a weird strip and blacked out from badge, which appears to be the ‘black edition’.

 

[Matt Cup]

Looks smart Sam! Do these have that silly light bar on the front like the new GTI does?

Yes and an illuminated badge 🤮

 

[Stiamh-JM]

I passed a brand new Tiguan (or possibly another VW SUV variant) and it had a red light bar at the rear and the badge was lit up. Thought it was some c*nty aftermarket addition but seeing the above..probably not.

 

[jenic]

The AC needed a regas on my Golf, I use my local dealer for a lot of jobs as they aren't priced unfairly and provide a good service, they're a family run VW dealer so not a big chain.

Anyway, this was Monday. They said there is a suspected leak, found the leak on the condenser, told me not to pay anything yet as they are going to see if VW will cover it on the all in plan. They called me today to say it's all approved, going in on Friday to be fixed.

A lot of people told me not to bother with the All In plan as they wriggle out of every claim (it even says AC not covered online), but the servicing alone pays for it, the MOTs are a bonus and now this claim has gone through without any ask from myself for it I'm pretty chuffed and it's given me some more confidence in it.

In other news, while I was there on Monday I noticed the showroom which for the last couple of years has always been mostly EV is now down to just 1 EV and 8 ICE/Hybrid cars. Guess that shows what people are actually wanting to go and buy!

 

[Matt Cup]

You’re lucky my condenser failed and I had to stump up £500+ to get it fixed even though it was under extended warranty, their excuse at the time was that I hadn’t had an aircon service which meant it was invalid. In hindsight I should have pressed further with them.

 

[jenic]

You’re lucky my condenser failed and I had to stump up £500+ to get it fixed even though it was under extended warranty, their excuse at the time was that I hadn’t had an aircon service which meant it was invalid. In hindsight I should have pressed further with them.

To be fair mine had been serviced once before, although not in the dealer network. It isn't on a schedule though is it?

I was prepared mentally to have to stump up that sort of money on Monday when he told me, as I never thought they'd get it approved.