Scirocco Central

hi there
i've been so quiet on the site, soaking in the advice and experience from you guys whilst hunting for the best deal (and had hoped to post a celebratory whoop as i closed the deal!) but this is just confusing now...

has anyone had their DEALER (or volkswagen) confirm the flat tyre indicator is standard? admitted, my dealer was still sending through the order form with Shadow blue- (despite it being discontinued even on the configurator, harrumph) but they know nothing about it, and on the uk vw site the hill hold is confirmed as standard, but the Flat Tyre indicator is still a costed option...

its not much, but i'd like to get things right... anyone able to shed further light?

You really shouldn't worry about the Flat Tyre indicator. It's completely useless. A friend with another Scirocco had a flat and the indicator was saying everything was fine )

Crossbone wrote:You really shouldn't worry about the Flat Tyre indicator. It's completely useless. A friend with another Scirocco had a flat and the indicator was saying everything was fine )

I believe it only works if its set up correctly. (Thats how it is in Mercs anyway). I believe you have to inflate the tyres to the correct level, then press the button and it measures the level at that point.

I imagine there is more detail in the manual - if I could be bothered to check

Well you can imagine he can't be that stupid to complain about that system without even bothering to check the manual.
There isn't more detail in the manual, you basically said everything there is to know.

how do you know if you car has flat tyre indicator ?, it lights up when i start the car but i dont have a switch, does this mean i have it

Crossbone wrote:Well you can imagine he can't be that stupid to complain about that system without even bothering to check the manual.

You would be surprised....

Part of my job role is to write Technical manuals for work - you would be surprised at how many times I have to go

hehe!

182_blue wrote:how do you know if you car has flat tyre indicator ?, it lights up when i start the car but i don't have a switch, does this mean i have it

I think you have to have the button, but I don't actually have it in the scirocco I have at the moment - will in the new one so not too sure.

182_blue wrote:how do you know if you car has flat tyre indicator ?, it lights up when i start the car but i dont have a switch, does this mean i have it

The switch on mine is hiding in the glove box (top right corner if I remember rightly).

Only had the car two months so (hopefully) it was correctly set up prior to delivery.

Might want to check again as tyre pressure may of changed since you got (cos they are new and with the warmer weather (UK anyway))

Deagol wrote:

182_blue wrote:how do you know if you car has flat tyre indicator ?, it lights up when i start the car but i dont have a switch, does this mean i have it

The switch on mine is hiding in the glove box (top right corner if I remember rightly).

Only had the car two months so (hopefully) it was correctly set up prior to delivery.

I have to say I thought you was wrong when you wrote this , I thought you may have been confused with the airbag switch but a quick check on the way to work confirms that yes it there lol, thx

Do we reckon that the new 2011 model will have a different way to turn off DRL's or even revert back to the old stalk method only way? Do these things tend to change every model number?

the drl's are likely to stay as is now, the reason they changed with the MY2010.5 in nov was, I believe, the ECU change.
imo they certainly won't reintroduce being able to turn them off with the indicator stalk from the outset (ie without tinkering) as the drl legislation is closer to coming into force now, albeit still a reasonable way off

S

bleedsoff wrote:Do we reckon that the new 2011 model will have a different way to turn off DRL's or even revert back to the old stalk method only way? Do these things tend to change every model number?

I couldn't use this method to turn mine off.I don't have a problem with drl's but I thought I would try it to see if it worked anyway.

Can I ask what people problems are with DRL's are ,I dot have an issues with them

yes you can blue but it has been discussed elsewhere http://www.sciroccocentral.co.uk/forum/ ... 7s+problem" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
to keep this thread reasonably on track

S

Would someone plz with a rocco 22+ week upload a photo of his RCD 510 operating...I want to check the display color and the lighting of the buttons
Thanks anyway

My New Rocco arrives 2-3 weeks. It was ordered May 29th 2010. Currently awaiting shipping. I will post the spec changes included. Dealer confirmed its a 2011 vehicle.

spyzit wrote:Would someone plz with a rocco 22+ week upload a photo of his RCD 510 operating...I want to check the display color and the lighting of the buttons
Thanks anyway

I thought the RCD 510 was standard fit mate? You have it in your profile as an option???

KJ Phillips wrote:

spyzit wrote:I thought the RCD 510 was standard fit mate? You have it in your profile as an option???

Not necessarily, if it is being bought in Greece. Hence Spyzit's query which he needs help on. Anybody?

C.

RCD 510 is standard only in the UK. In the rest of Europe it is an option. You get the ugly rcd 310 as standard instead.

Sorry for the misunderstanding...please note that my Scirocco (my2011) is at local customs at this moment....I have found a buyer
for the RCD because I decided to change it with zenec but he asks me if the color display is the black one and not the silver one
he saw somewhere in another rocco...