118TSI - General Discussion

[brad]

I also like the fact that the temperature gauge does provide a temperature reading and not just a general 'its cold'/'its hot' type of indication. The large angle sweep on the fuel and temperature gauges are a nice touch.

The temp gauge has a fair bit of "fudge factor" built into it. IIRC, 90 could be anywhere between 80 & 100 (better than just a light though).

[logger]

Corey
Have you checked the odometer on one of those 5km long odometer check strips on the highway? .

I have checked mine with GPS and it is spot on. If I drive my 118tsi on a flat road with cruise control at 106kph speedo / 100kph gps for 3 minutes the ODO will increment 5.0 KM. So your car skoda might have something be setup wrong.

[Corey_R]

Corey
Have you checked the odometer on one of those 5km long odometer check strips on the highway? My odo was hitting 5000m about 400m before the 5km was up (this is a Skoda Octavia with 205/55x16 that were down to ~3.5mm). By my estimates, it means that the 15,000km service actually comes up at ~13800-14000km and when the odo clicks over 100,000km the vehicle has only done ~92,000km.

Since going to 225/55x16 with 7mm of tread, my odometer now takes 5100m (too much & I'll go to 225/50x16 next tyre change) to do 5000metres.

My speedo was 9% under. 100kmh indicated was 91kmh actual. With 225/55x16 it's 3% under (100kmh indicated is 97kmh). It appears other vehicle manufacturers aren't so keen to "look after" us as my wife's VE2 Calais was 100/97 and her new Mondeo is 100/96.

Yeah - it was spot on when I tried it in the R. It was ~1.5 months old, so the tyres were new.
But you're right. Tyre wear does have an effect on the ODO (and therefore speedo) and changing wheel sizes DEFINITELY has an effect - but that's the same for every car there is (unless some of the BMW and Merc upper models are now using GPS or laser speed exclusively).

But your switching wheels example is a perfect example of why the error is built in - since you've changed your wheels and it's now only 3% udner, you'd be now getting fines all over the place in VIC if that error wasn't built in to begin with!

[brad]

But your switching wheels example is a perfect example of why the error is built in - since you've changed your wheels and it's now only 3% udner, you'd be now getting fines all over the place in VIC if that error wasn't built in to begin with!

I purposely went to bigger diameter tyres (about 25mm bigger in diameter) to get rid of the speedo innacuracy - no other reason. I wouldn't have done it if the speedo was within 5% or if it was going to push the actual speed higher than the indicated speed - that wouldn't be fair to anyone else that drives the car & doesn't realise how accurate the speedo is now.

[prise]

The temp gauge has a fair bit of "fudge factor" built into it. IIRC, 90 could be anywhere between 80 & 100 (better than just a light though).

Yeah I've noticed that - the needle position appears to be consistent with what comes across on the CAN bus until it gets near the 90 deg mark. From then on it seems to 'lock in' to 90 and not respond to small variations in coolant temperature thereafter. It's got me wondering how much of a change in temperature away from 90 is required after that to make the needle move. They may have programmed it to do that so drivers are more likely to notice the change in gauge reading when it matters.

[zoomda]

Had my 118TSI Wagon for about 6 weeks now. Great car, a real pleasure drive. I'm slowly experiencing the small things others have mentioned, Speedo has about 7% inaccuracy compared to my satnav, supercharger squeak can be heard if it's quiet and I'm paying attention, DSG changes down gears when going down a hill(I like that).

DSG has taken a bit to get used. Working around the slight hesitation from a complete stop (I still manage to chirp the tyres by pressing a little too hard, but it's happening less and less . Some how I managed to engage the rev limiter in S mode as well (didn't think that would be possible).

Still haven't managed to have a bit of drag with anyone though. Some clown in an imported turbo ****box of some kind was hassling me when I was in my partner's Honda City the other week. I wish I'd been in the sleeper wagon then

A stage 1 from APR or bluefin etc is appealing but so is RNS 510 from ebay. Decisions decisions.

[Brendan_A]

A stage 1 from APR or bluefin etc is appealing but so is RNS 510 from ebay. Decisions decisions.

APR have an Easter sale on now. Good time to be buying!

[Sawed Off]

Really enjoying the car. It feels like it's attached to the road, even over the bumpy North Queensland goat track we call the Bruce Highway. My wife compulsively hangs on when going around corners faster than walking speed. The best endorsement I can give is when I take corners that are yellow signed as 60 and I take them at 80 and she doesn't even flinch.

One small annoyance is the chrome aircon vent surrounds on the dash. They reflect brightly in the windows right were you look at the mirrors.

It's a shame that we seem to be having an ongoing issue with the Catalytic Converter Failure light coming on. We picked the car up on Wednesday and it's been in the service department on Thursday and Friday, and is going back in tomorrow (Monday). It takes a lot of the shine off owning a car like this. They seem to think it's "a leak behind the motor", but have also "upgraded the ECU". I don't think they know. What I know is that taking it into the Service Department every day has gotten old already.

[Rendog]

You can check exactly what the inaccuracy is by using a GPS device, or by driving on cruise control at 100km/h and then resetting your trip metre whilst you're on the "average speed" display. The first number which comes up is the "real" speed you're travelling. This % of leeway is consistent no matter what speed you're doing. (So if 100km = 93, then 50 will be 46.5km/h etc)

This explains why I'm continually overtaken on the Bruce Highway, I thought people had suddenly taken to flouting the law or love over taking VW's ... So I need to do 115kmps to be close to the speed limit...

[SMOK3Y]

for me to be doing actual 100/101 i have to be doing 108 & to do actual 110/111 i have to be doing 119