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Offline Watts

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1170 on: 12 September 2026, 23:03 »
Quote from: Exonian on 12 September 2026, 22:01
Quote from: Watts on 09 September 2026, 16:10
(fried egg bap with cheese and avocado btw, very tasty)

What type of cheese Watts?
Hopefully it’s just one of those random warnings that pop up and then vanish

Been 100% ever since and no driving issues at all. Just gets you on edge a bit.

Jarlsberg. Yum yum...
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Offline Exonian

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1171 on: 13 September 2026, 11:53 »
Jarlsberg - niiiiice
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1172 on: 02 October 2026, 17:12 »
Treat mine to a nice new set of Bosch wipers, only £21 delivered from the world's biggest rainforest... Old ones didn't seem too bad but could be a bit noisy and smeary.
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Offline CarbonGTD

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1173 on: 04 October 2026, 11:24 »
Yes I swapped the wipers on mine too, to the Bosch Aerotwins - agree the OEM ones aren't bad, but the Bosch replacements are quieter and better and clearing for not much £ (replaced the rear wiper for the Bosch too, only a fiver - easy win).

Having suffered with 'smeg' on the inside of the windscreen more in my 8.5 GTI than I ever did in my 7.5 or 7, I have also bought one of the triangle headed, telescopic arm cleaning rods (with microfibre on the flat surface) and treated the inside of the windscreen to a proper clean - is now miles better.
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1174 on: 04 October 2026, 11:29 »
Quote from: CarbonGTD on 04 October 2026, 11:24
Yes I swapped the wipers on mine too, to the Bosch Aerotwins - agree the OEM ones aren't bad, but the Bosch replacements are quieter and better and clearing for not much £ (replaced the rear wiper for the Bosch too, only a fiver - easy win).

Having suffered with 'smeg' on the inside of the windscreen more in my 8.5 GTI than I ever did in my 7.5 or 7, I have also bought one of the triangle headed, telescopic arm cleaning rods (with microfibre on the flat surface) and treated the inside of the windscreen to a proper clean - is now miles better.

I'm too tight to replace the rear, rarely use it anyway. Tried the Bosch yesterday, much better!

Have you a link to this wonder product for the inside please? Sounds great!
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1175 on: 05 October 2026, 08:37 »
Is this a thing? The inside of the windscreen smearing up more than in the 7.5’s?

I thought I was going mad, I have to clean mine much more than in my previous 7.5 but thought it was just me misremembering,
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Offline candywhite12

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1176 on: 05 October 2026, 08:51 »
haven't noticed a difference between 7.5 and 8.5 tbh but do find the 8.5 more challenging in the areas where the glass meets the dash, near-improbable angles for me to clean that part, so i can see smear especially when the sun is right in front of
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Offline Exonian

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1177 on: 05 October 2026, 10:19 »
Quote from: CrunchtheApple78 on 05 October 2026, 08:37
Is this a thing? The inside of the windscreen smearing up more than in the 7.5’s?

I thought I was going mad, I have to clean mine much more than in my previous 7.5 but thought it was just me misremembering,

It’s definitely a thing, I think it’s the new plastics giving off fumes causing a haze. It does settle down after a year or so.
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1178 on: 06 October 2026, 07:58 »
Ah, thanks Exonian. I look forward to it settling down in due course!
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1179 on: 06 October 2026, 22:05 »
On my way home this evening noticed a dark coloured GTI behind me - not sure if it was a 8 or 8.5 - next thing blue lights and the GTI comes flying past me and down the road dodging between cars.

I seen many unmarked R's but this was my first unmarked GTI - plenty of pops as it flew past!
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