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Had the low battery message on mine today at 8 months old. Used to get 2 years plus on the 7.5!

Just checked the date of my last post here, 30th November. That’s when my warning came on.
Today is somewhere around 20th Feb and I’ve still not changed the battery and the warning is still illuminated. I do have a few spare batteries but decided to perform an experiment to see how long the battery takes to fully expire. I’d like to claim it’s because it’s not good (understatement) to throw perfectly serviceable batteries in the rubbish but it’s mostly because I just forget as soon as I park up and throw the keys in a drawer at home (in a faraday pouch)

I skipped the 8 as I didn't like the look but mainly as given how many issues they've had, I neither wanted the grief or the cost once the warranty had gone. I don't trust VW to admit liability for what is clearly their mistakes. Why not hold off the change until an 8.5 is within grasp? Very pleased with my CS. I wouldn't want a DSG car out of warranty either given the large bills if the mechatronics fail.

I keep a spare battery in the glove compartment now. I had my key give up on me once. Never again. You'd be surprised (maybe not) the feeling of helplessness a dead key fob induces.

I had a manual MK7 PP and miss the gearbox but not the engine. I like the DSG but even though I'm on my second, I don't love it. Having said that for 90% of the time it does a very good job and makes boring journeys very easy. If I was happy to have an older car, I'd go with either a manual CS40 or 7.5R to get the better engine. I was always disappointed with the 7PP as the turbo would run out of puff just as things were getting exciting. Also, the torque comes in too hard too early causing wheel hop and slip too often, the bigger turboed cars are just so much better and if you want the car for the engagement and excitement, that's my recommendation (albeit I've not driven an R).

Thanks all. Heads up it's a bit of a PITA this one - the update logs you out, resets your sound equaliser personalisation, removes favourited phone contacts, resets your custom background lighting options/colours, and finally it removes any personalisation's you may have done to the vehicle settings (such as enabling dynamic cornering lights, etc)

Does this auto update as other oth or do you have to manually search for it?