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My Polo GTI+ does not activate rear parking sensors unless I'm in reverse, nor does my MK7 Golf R, or any VW I have previously had which has had factory tot parking sensors. All sensors do stop working above a certain speed (8mph-ish), presumably because the feedback update rate of the sensors can'...

I think that all the parking sensors on the current generation of parking controller that VW Group have been using for maybe almost 10years are always active when stationary and stay active up to maybe 10KPH - or more. It took me a short time to become aware of that after driving my own car that ha...

Andy...You are totally wrong about the front-end collision warning. It is most certainly not woeful. It saved me from crashing into the rear of a hard braking car with no brake lights on Sunday. My 2litre GTi+ is £55 / annum less to insure than my previous 1.8 due to its increased safety. Plus the ...

You sure it’s not the rear parking sensors that are triggering the warning? I’ve got parking sensors on my previous generation Polo GTI and if I’m in stop start traffic and the car behind gets to close, it’ll trigger the rear parking sensors, and cut the radio volume. You could be right, I've just ...

Cruising at 70mph this morning, was getting 47mpg.
Around town, still lucky to break 40mpg without being very careful.
Really, the 1.0tsi is a bit of a disaster in this car and the MPG is no better than the Gti.
Of course, the Gti costs a lot more to buy.

I've never had the anti-collision activated at any point, and I haven't disabled it. :?: Ok, but that doesn't mean it won't at some point.... I had the rear collision warning triggering all the time into town the other day, because a stupid young person was driving far too close behind me. Very, ve...

I still say the hill hold is there only to assist you, same as auto lights and wipers, not a replacement for these controls/functions. You still have to put headlights on manually sometimes and still have to use wipers manually if you find the auto doesn't wipe to your satisfaction, no different to...

zach.lambert wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 4:38 pm A couple of months went by. It was only when we spotted the puncture we checked all of them again. The tyres on there are falken S ones. Soft sidewall even when fully inflated.

32psi down to 20psi in a couple of months doesn't strike me as excessive.
It's only 6psi a month, that's not crazy.

I'd permanently disable the anti-collision software.
All of it, front and rear.
Unfortunately, not possible.

I would love to know how much range we can actually get out of our 94Ah i3 but as soon as the lights turn green, whoooosh every time, I can't help myself!! :mrgreen: Yup. I used to see an i3 driver quite regularly at lights on a three lane road home. I'd be in lane 1, waiting to turn left further d...

Just watched a Jonny Smith video of him doing 0-60 in the Audi e-tron. Around 5.7 seconds. But, of course, the beauty is no drama at all. No launch control to set up, no engine sitting at X revs to get max thrust. Just boot 'er up. The ease of which you can launch an electric car is very addictive, ...

Be interesting to know how long he noticed the pressure drop over and his make of tyres.
Assuming it's the same tyres on all four wheels and equal pressure drop over all four, they must just be a particularly 'porous' brand.
Porous or permeable, whatever the correct term is for rubber.

How long passed between you setting them at 32psi and noticing they were at 20psi?
Weather, especially cold weather, plays a large part in tyres losing air.

That's what I was afraid of! :-( In my experience, dealers still take as long to register a car as when they used to have to physically go into town and do it at the DVLA office. It's like the time it takes to register a car is 'hard wired' into them and new technology has made no difference. I bel...

I've leased my GTI for two years and I roughly do 10-30 kms a day. I'll just enjoy my car and don't think too much about breaking in. I've heard rumours that most VWs has a magical switch at 700 miles / 1000 kms that should give you some extra power though, Is that true? I don't know if it's true, ...