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by ffiish
Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:04 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Angry with VW!!
Replies: 14
Views: 6507

Re: Angry with VW!!

You could ask for at least a GTI while you wait for your car to be sorted...
by ffiish
Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:12 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Daylight Running Lights. ARGGHHH......
Replies: 136
Views: 55751

Re: Daylight Running Lights. ARGGHHH......

So basically all this fuss is because the instructions are written badly and people can't follow them (even dealers!)

I bet no-one even tried to proof-read the manual after it had been translated from German.
by ffiish
Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:45 am
Forum: General Scirocco Talk
Topic: Delivery Delay
Replies: 6
Views: 2890

Re: Delivery Delay

In this day and age with car companies losing millions you think they would bend over backwards for your trade. Surely VW must have a mechanism in place to review projected sales figures as real sales dictate. i.e. change production at a plant from a poor selling model to one which is in high deman...
by ffiish
Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:00 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Daylight Running Lights. ARGGHHH......
Replies: 136
Views: 55751

Re: Daylight Running Lights. ARGGHHH......

That one was a deliberate typo as not sure to what extent the swear police are active here. The Mazda was a surprisingly good drive - nicely accurate when pushing but civilised when taking a more relaxed approach. ESP cut in too quickly though as soon as there was any hint of a loss of traction (eve...
by ffiish
Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:43 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Daylight Running Lights. ARGGHHH......
Replies: 136
Views: 55751

Re: Daylight Running Lights. ARGGHHH......

:hyper: laughing at the idea of a long-necked bird sitting behind the steering wheel.

It's "stalk" people!
by ffiish
Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:28 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: AM Radio Band - No Stations
Replies: 8
Views: 3216

Re: AM Radio Band - No Stations

AM aerials are a different design (loop) compared with that of an FM aerial (rod), so there are probably two within the window - chances are one was broken.
by ffiish
Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:59 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Headlamp deflectors
Replies: 10
Views: 5390

Re: Headlamp deflectors

Has anyone had any experience with the Bi-xenons? Ordinarily headlamp stickers don't work as the lights get too hot, so some cars have a switch to change their orientation from RHD to LHD. My previous car (a Mazda 3) the headlights where pointed so low it made no difference anyway (carp for driving ...