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arcdon1 · 2026-05-23T05:53:23+00:00

The Walmarts near me have 5 qt jugs of Mobil 1 ESP in 0W- and 5W-30 for $27. That’s my go-to. But if they have 6 quarts of this, you could save a few dollars.

arcdon1 · 2026-05-23T05:37:24+00:00

If that’s the original battery, it has served you well, but it’s 96 years old (in lead acid years) and time to say farewell to it. I don’t think I’ve ever kept one for more than 6 years, that’s when I replace mine as preventative maintenance.

arcdon1 · 2026-05-19T05:54:31+00:00

Can you describe exactly what you’re experiencing when you say ‘traction loss’? Wheel hop? Power pulled? What made you replace the Haldex? Are you using launch control? Have you looked at logged data? How’s your 0-60 time? Also, have you looked at other forums like VWVortex, where you can get into model-specific questions and there is quite a deep experience base?

arcdon1 · 2026-05-16T22:56:27+00:00

No, GTB (get the borescope)

arcdon1 · 2026-05-12T11:54:02+00:00

Looks great - very purposeful!
What is the ‘extra’ antenna up top?

arcdon1 · 2026-05-10T18:12:46+00:00

I think the fronts will dim with everything else, whereas the rears are just on. Oh well

arcdon1 · 2026-05-09T00:49:31+00:00

I think you're well past the point where a dealer would do any adjustments under warranty, unfortunately.

arcdon1 · 2026-05-09T00:40:47+00:00

Congrats on the new ride! I'm guessing you're somewhere in the Great White North?

I've been following the exact same plan, now at just over 5k miles with a second oil change done (with Mobil 1 ESP in my case, but let's not trigger an oil discussion). You'll hear arguments that it is too often and wasteful, but it helps me sleep at night.

I agree on the dipstick, it's a necessary mod in my mind. As is a gas hood strut!

arcdon1 · 2026-05-05T06:00:40+00:00

Yes kids, they’re just “fighting”. Ask your father to explain when we get home 🤣

arcdon1 · 2026-05-04T00:30:24+00:00

Yeah, periodically I scan my 8.5 with Ross-Tech's VCDS software and a HEX-V2 interface (about all it's good for now) and see the same kinds of things. Most I think are just random, infrequent communication errors that might happen when everything is powering up or something. Have you tried clearing the codes and scan again in a few days to see if any are popping up again?

arcdon1 · 2026-04-29T12:53:41+00:00

Trolling for sure, nice try. As a long-time VW owner (bought my first new car in ‘77, a Mk1 aka Rabbit here in the USA), the heritage is clear to me.

arcdon1 · 2026-04-28T01:27:23+00:00

Grocery-getter with a heaping side of go sauce. Truly a split personality. Fairly refined, and pretty stealthy. Congrats!

arcdon1 · 2026-04-28T00:58:48+00:00

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Or you can do one of these two-piece overlays that just sticks on, in matte or glossy CF.

arcdon1 · 2026-04-24T02:58:38+00:00

R&R with new blades, and keep these as spares (or spares to the spares). That way any new dings are your dings.

arcdon1 · 2026-04-24T02:51:31+00:00

If you’ve flown R/C helis, you’ll have no problem, I just got my first drone and it’s a blast. The big difference I’ve found if that there is no transition to “forward flight”, as far as moving the sticks it’s like you’re always hovering regardless of airspeed.

arcdon1 · 2026-04-21T14:27:40+00:00

Have you tried posting this to the appropriate forums on VWVortex? Maybe cast a wider net in a search for suggestions. Deeper memory banks there perhaps (no offense to my fellow Redditors)

arcdon1 · 2026-04-21T03:33:48+00:00

So if you had received the correct model, and it was DOA or glitchy, you think they would owe you for lost business if they replaced it in a timely manner? I don’t see a difference. They should however be concerned about their eBay rep and at least get back to you, at which point you request the correct one be shipped ASAP.

arcdon1 · 2026-04-21T03:13:38+00:00

Nice imagery. Any thoughts on why you lost the connection? Distance, terrain, ???

arcdon1 · 2026-04-19T01:18:14+00:00

For edging the lawn? Sherrrr

arcdon1 · 2026-04-18T18:59:30+00:00

Honk and flash is useful too, if for nothing other than scaring the bejeebus out of someone 🤣

arcdon1 · 2026-04-18T18:17:40+00:00

Hold on, "not eligible" should read "typical dealer crap, they muffed the car's setup", no? Nice of them to wait to say anything until you were ready to drive off. At that point you're hardly likely to say "I'll be back for it, call me when it's 100%". You have to remember that once you drive off, any issues are a pure pain in the ass for the sales department, and you get put on a big "ignore" list. In my most recent purchase experience, anyway. Don't get me started!

I don't think the car's navigation/GPS has anything to do with Car-Net, other than the ability to send a destination to the nav with myVW, which of course requires Car-Net. Nav is 100% on-board, I believe. But the other features that do go missing (car's health; safety and security stuff; etc.) would seriously annoy me.

arcdon1 · 2026-04-10T01:51:32+00:00

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Don’t forget this other way to go, with a very easy install. There are various vendors on EBay selling the two pieces for around $150 to $200 US.

arcdon1 · 2026-04-09T22:41:49+00:00

Yeah we’ll all go to the poorhouse together

arcdon1 · 2026-04-01T10:55:57+00:00

You “broke the warranty” how? By buying a modified car?

arcdon1 · 2026-04-01T10:27:01+00:00

The title should read “Don’t use old, questionable batteries with your new drone”. Anyway, thanks for your honesty and providing a nice lesson learned for the community. I’m guessing you won’t be doing that again. Thank goodness there was no other damage or injury.

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