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NMavs wrote:Aww if you know of anyone with vagcom they can switch it on in all of 5 minutes

i'd hope the dealer wouldn't take much longer! And mine has some tasty looking cakes in the waiting area

gtblue wrote:Any sugestion where to buy a vag-com?

Got mine through ebay for £50 mate, best place to look without the need to spend a small fortune

NMavs wrote:

gtblue wrote:Any sugestion where to buy a vag-com?

Got mine through ebay for £50 mate, best place to look without the need to spend a small fortune

Thanks for the reply.

I saw a 12.10.3 for 40€ and a 11.11.13 for 30€. Some people say that 11.11.13 is more stable but our car is very new.

I think I have the 11.11.3 and there is no labels for the central electric module but in the diy section someone has uploaded the images for the long code

I have 11.11.3 and it reads all 2013 models i have had it plugged into no problems. Cant say I've tried it on a blueGT.

A few days in, I've done several motorway journeys and I have no ACT showing on the info screen while cruising. (I have a manual)

Is this just a symptom of only doing 100 miles and will it start kicking in soon or could there be a problem? I had the 2 cylinder mode occur on the test drive so I know what to expect. I've read the manual and it just says it should show under certain circumstances....

Faye,

Are you on the right info display? I leave it on the fuel consumption as that is where it displays for me. If you leave it on range, speed, radio, etc it won't show.

Faye_Valentine wrote:A few days in, I've done several motorway journeys and I have no ACT showing on the info screen while cruising. (I have a manual)

Is this just a symptom of only doing 100 miles and will it start kicking in soon or could there be a problem? I had the 2 cylinder mode occur on the test drive so I know what to expect. I've read the manual and it just says it should show under certain circumstances....

I know this sounds daft but the ACT mode doesn't show up on all the displays. E.g put it on average consumption and it should pop up according to the conditions (usually on level ground or when you let off the throttle).

I confess it took some angry button pressing as I thought mine was broken...! Hoping yours is the same and not a fault...


I've got mine booked in to have the laptop on the car for the locking. Anything else I should be asking them to enable whilst I'm in?

I have a DSG version. I recently had a manual version from the dealer for a few days and the difference is quite something.

Manual- Quieter in 2 cylinder mode by far! It is ever so slight.
Quieter brakes.
Good pull in 2 and 3rd gear.

DSG- 2 cylinder mode, flutter is a bit too audible for my liking. If you apply a light throttle you hear the rattle before it changes from 2 to 4.
However the engine has a completely different sound, the turbo sound esp. it runs so smooth not as raspy in general as the manual and the pull through all 7 gears is strong and well paced, and having the racing paddles for when i want to override and go manual is such fun and gives me better control as i keep both hands on the steering when i really pelt it on the roads. Kick down was something i had to learn about though! Also i don't miss my foot on the clutch in rush hour traffic.

Regarding the engine cover, can anyone confirm if this has this made any noticeable difference to cutting down the noise from the engine esp 2 cyclinder mode DSG? I am thinking it prob hasn't but anyway the engine does look tidier with it!

aniseedvan wrote:

Faye_Valentine wrote:A few days in, I've done several motorway journeys and I have no ACT showing on the info screen while cruising. (I have a manual)

Is this just a symptom of only doing 100 miles and will it start kicking in soon or could there be a problem? I had the 2 cylinder mode occur on the test drive so I know what to expect. I've read the manual and it just says it should show under certain circumstances....

I know this sounds daft but the ACT mode doesn't show up on all the displays. E.g put it on average consumption and it should pop up according to the conditions (usually on level ground or when you let off the throttle).

I confess it took some angry button pressing as I thought mine was broken...! Hoping yours is the same and not a fault...


I've got mine booked in to have the laptop on the car for the locking. Anything else I should be asking them to enable whilst I'm in?

It only shows on the display when in consumption and average consumption.

Thanks guys.... yeah I noticed it on the consumption screen driving home tonight, but I noticed that a slight hill or a tiny press of the accelerator turns it straight off! I might have been a bit too heavy on the right foot perhaps previously!

So car is absolutely fine. just me being a dunce! lol

Faye_Valentine wrote:Thanks guys.... yeah I noticed it on the consumption screen driving home tonight, but I noticed that a slight hill or a tiny press of the accelerator turns it straight off! I might have been a bit too heavy on the right foot perhaps previously!

So car is absolutely fine. just me being a dunce! lol

I have really noticed that too on the way to work on roads I would have sworn was completely flat, just to find that some of them have a slight arc to them... Because the first sign of a hill and it turns on all four cylinders at normal motorway speeds. But go a little slower and the ACT can easily handle it on two cylinders under 100 Nm of torque.

congratulation Faye on finally getting it and more importantly enjoying it

if you stay at 70 on the motorway it quite happily cruises along in ACT mode, venture slightly above it reverts to all 4

I've had it in act at 80 on the motorway

i think someone posted here is is something like 120kph when it kicks back in