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I think I've made my mind up, TCR, get used to the DSG and avoid the possible flakiness of the 8CS till the 8.5CS comes down in price, sorted

Anyone selling a TCR?

Bottled it and went standard
Nissens NISSENSRADAA014992
Managed to get it replaced in around 3 hrs. Did it static, not from underneath, stripped the front back and got the radiator pack off/on OK. Needed another pair of hands to support the Aircon rad and tied that up to remaining bodywork.
Noted leak at nearside bottom corner on the old one.
All reconnected and run up to temperature OK. So far so good.

DSG for me, would never go back to manual

Same here. When I’ve subsequently driven a manual courtesy car when my car’s in the garage for servicing, can’t wait to get back into my car .

Hello Ive just bought our sons Golf of him .He replaced the original radio C/D section ,with the later version so he can use his phone for Sat Nav and listening to music.The original one was wiith the car which Ive fitted as I wanted a built in SatNav Does anyone have the details,how to set up the Sat Nav I cant figure it out Len

Quote from: flipflops on 20 February 2026, 22:05

The 8.5 should charge your key battery in the middle cup holder, there's a little symbol on the bottom, pop it in there and I'm sure it charges, could be wrong tho

I think you must have dreamt that, that is purely a symbol to show us plebs where to place the key when we are driving in case we don't want to keep it on our person as it doesn't have an ignition slot. There is no way to charge a non rechargeable battery inside the key by placing it on that symbol on the mat.

Agreed it is not for charging but I think it's where you have to put the key when the battery has expired to start the car. It used to be on the steering column in the position where you would insert the key in a non keyless car.