What did you do to your Octavia today?

[Dzl_Dubba]

Thanks. Do many unplug it?

Yep. Its not a difficult job. I'm sure there's a DIY on the GTI or Briskoda forums. The only reason i didn't do it, is because i couldn't be bothered removing bits on a new car and the plug needs to be secured to avoid rattling around. VCDS is easier

[GTR27]

I have got to commend you for recognising the problem and taking some action.
I have had many problems recently with drivers who have either 'upgraded' their indicators with LEDS or are just new cars with them as standard.
They are so directional you cannot really see them until the car is already committed to the manoeuvre (and pointing at you), which rather defeats the object of the exercise.
A problem with many modern (and expensive brand) cars is that they have the indicator light inboard (not on the corner) so you can only see them from the front/back. The Octavia at least has the indicators on the corners and with normal incandescent bulbs is not really a problem as they can be seen even at 90 degrees.
Until recently it was also traditional to mount a slave indicator on the front wing which was pretty well universal and very obvious. Nowadays the trend is to have the repeater integrated in the wing mirror, which is too high and also generally fitted with LEDs with the same daylight visibility problems.
It amazes me that that they can give high safety ratings to vehicles for having a whole load of electronic doodads fitted but fundamentals, such as compromised outward vision (pronounced styling, or bad design) and indicators that cannot be seen or even whether the brakes are functional, are ignored.

Thanks for the vote of confidence - but i'd hope on an enthusiast forum that anyone that modified their car could recognise if the modification had a significant safety impact (which the indicators do IMO) would reverse the modification and look for an alternative. When I did the initial tests in the garage, they appeared ok, but certain light angles etc makes them almost invisible when following the car, so I decided that i'd rather have them work perfect all the time rather than some of the time. Couldnt imagine anything worse than having an accident caused by a modification I did.

In other news, car keeps getting better and better economy. I'm certainly not driving more economically, it seems to be better under all conditions. I think mid to high 6's will be the overall average long term, which considering my mid 30kph average speed, is bloody good! I reckon if you were after a highway car, I'd be hard pressed to choose a diesel over this engine, especially considering DPF's and regens and other hassles diesel has.

[Gerrycan]

Thanks for the vote of confidence - but i'd hope on an enthusiast forum that anyone that modified their car could recognise if the modification had a significant safety impact (which the indicators do IMO) would reverse the modification and look for an alternative.

I'd be hard pressed to choose a diesel over this engine, especially considering DPF's and regens and other hassles diesel has.

Humanity is generally disappointing, so I try to recognise any rare sane or selfless action.

Fuelly is showing my average over 21 fill ups to be 6.2 l/100 so have to agree it is remarkably good, despite the inordinate number of short trips it does.
I also still have the cold start 'stutters' on most occasions but when, occasionally, it is not present then my average fuel consumption over the first kilometre will be easily 2 l/100 better.
First service is not far away so I will let them look at it then.

Had the diesel manual Scout had been available a year ago when I was buying then I am not sure that common sense regarding petrol v. diesel would have prevailed though.
We will probably borrow my son's Outback for some remote trips we would like to do.

[Dzl_Dubba]

More VCDS tweaks. Can open and close the auto boot at the centre console and with my key

[afterdarker]

Drove from Sydney to Brisbane. The ACC was great on this trip. I was finding it a bit annoying in situations like the Sydney harbour tunnel, it trends to turn on and off, but with less congestion and out on the freeway, it is excellent. Got good mileage as well, almost 800 km from the (50 litre) tank.

[woofy]

I don't ever use CC in city traffic, not worth the hassle and you can respond much quicker to any dramas. CC was never intended to be used except on more clear roads like freeways and highways. Never in a million years would I use it in a tunnel unless it was pretty much empty.

[afterdarker]

I don't ever use CC in city traffic, not worth the hassle and you can respond much quicker to any dramas. CC was never intended to be used except on more clear roads like freeways and highways. Never in a million years would I use it in a tunnel unless it was pretty much empty.

Yeah but there are a ton of tunnels in Sydney and they all have ****ing speed cameras, so CC helpful to keep your license, but it is twitchy in anything other than light traffic. European motorways typically have large volumes of traffic so in my opinion CC or ACC should be fit for purpose and cope with traffic on the autobahn or motorway (and in the tunnel).

[GeeMatt]

Yeah but there are a ton of tunnels in Sydney and they all have ****ing speed cameras, so CC helpful to keep your license, but it is twitchy in anything other than light traffic. European motorways typically have large volumes of traffic so in my opinion CC or ACC should be fit for purpose and cope with traffic on the autobahn or motorway (and in the tunnel).

i find it works great (although, as you say it drops off at low speed ). only issue I find is the gap to the car in front, even on the shortest setting, often still allows an open invitation to a car in the other lane !

[afterdarker]

i find it works great (although, as you say it drops off at low speed ). only issue I find is the gap to the car in front, even on the shortest setting, often still allows an open invitation to a car in the other lane !

Yeah the gap is rather long. But I noticed at speed at night on country roads, the gap seemed a bit short! Adjusting the ACC gap is a bid fiddly but overall it is good technology, very good safety feature, I like it because I am often on the (Bluetooth) phone as well and ACC gives you a bit more peace of mind when you are multitasking.

[Dzl_Dubba]

More VCDS tweaks. Added laptimer, display fan speed on auto ac and enabled traffic updates

[Benmac]

More VCDS tweaks. Added laptimer, display fan speed on auto ac and enabled traffic updates

Seems like you know your way around VCDS. Do you know if there has been any progress on turning off auto stop so the default position is OFF? I know there were various hacks using temperature but it did not seem ideal.

Thanks.

[Dzl_Dubba]

Seems like you know your way around VCDS. Do you know if there has been any progress on turning off auto stop so the default position is OFF? I know there were various hacks using temperature but it did not seem ideal.

Thanks.

Just hacks atm. I've just drilled it into my head to turn it off every time i start the car

[MJKooLio]

Adaptive Cruise in all situations! Love it. But I always hover my foot over the break.

[Antiplastix]

Adaptive Cruise in all situations! Love it. But I always hover my foot over the break.

Brake ??

[GeeMatt]

Brake ??

As we used to say when rallying. Only required at the end of the stage to check your time.
Sideways to wash off speed !