New Things you've Learned about your Leon...

[shutcorea]

you can change a track on a CD or media by swiping left or right at the name of the song instead of using the steering wheel or the touchscreen's next and previous icons. Just like an ipod touch.

it's usefull for the passenger when trying to change a track and you're on a bumpy road since he doesnt have to struggle aiming for the little "next" track button

 

[IainW]

The car beeps and flashes a warning at you if you pull the handbrake in the snow......

 

[Seastormer]

The car beeps and flashes a warning at you if you pull the handbrake in the snow......

Yeh, my Honda CBF1000GT does that too.

 

[Stever750]

A non woofing woofer. Downer.

I'm quite happy with it to be honest and think the sound is great (when the car is stopped anyhows). On the move I don't think the subwoofer makes a lot of difference as the bridgestones are bloody noisy and drown it out a lot of the time. Some surfaces worse than other obviously, but I can't wait for them to wear out so I can replace with some better rubber.

It's OK, just not an audiophile system. The one in the octavia had a better tonal balance. The problem is an upper bass resonance that makes it boomy and rather one note. Knocking back 2-3 notches at 250hz and boosting the sub by a similar amount helps, but it's the cabin / trim resonance that's the fundamental problem.

I like the need to only flick the ignition key.

 

[sixysix]

How many of you know what the alarm sounds like?
I tried mine out months ago and it's a nice loud piercing alarm, well it is from the drivers door

 

[simonali]

I learnt that the Cupra works so much better on 18" wheels. It's quieter, more comfortable and the sportier DCC modes are now usable. The traction is also better and the annoying wheel hop under hard acceleration has been eliminated. I'd actually enjoy driving it now if I could see where I was going.

 

[concerned cat]

Is that a rear caliper rusting?

 

[morini]

I learnt that the Cupra works so much better on 18" wheels. It's quieter, more comfortable and the sportier DCC modes are now usable. The traction is also better and the annoying wheel hop under hard acceleration has been eliminated. I'd actually enjoy driving it now if I could see where I was going.

That was always an opinion of mine too. Have you bought a set of 18" for yours now? Or is it a winter tyre strategy? The only way I can justify it is to wait until all four of the crappy bridgestones are bald then switch tyres and rims at the same time. Expensive though.

I always said the 265 cupra wheels would be a better bet for the UK.

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[Stever750]

I learnt that the Cupra works so much better on 18" wheels. It's quieter, more comfortable and the sportier DCC modes are now usable. The traction is also better and the annoying wheel hop under hard acceleration has been eliminated. I'd actually enjoy driving it now if I could see where I was going.

What do you mean by the sportier dcc modes more usable?

 

[Seastormer]

I learnt that the Cupra works so much better on 18" wheels. It's quieter, more comfortable and the sportier DCC modes are now usable. The traction is also better and the annoying wheel hop under hard acceleration has been eliminated. I'd actually enjoy driving it now if I could see where I was going.

Do you only go out when it's dark then. Have not found any probs with the car on the 19" wheels myself.

 

[simonali]

To answer various questions posed:

I work nights, so most of my driving is done then.

Caliper is red, not rusty.

Yes, they're winter tyres. My job is physical, so I have to be able to get into work, whatever the weather. Working from home is not an option and neither is public transport.

Probably the roads where I live, but I find the car to be far too stiff in Cupra suspension mode and the car can bounce off line when it hits bumps. The extra sidewall depth seems to cure that. Cupra is now like Sport and sport is like Comfort. Haven't tried Comfort yet!

 

[Seastormer]

To answer various questions posed:

I work nights, so most of my driving is done then.

Caliper is red, not rusty.

Yes, they're winter tyres. My job is physical, so I have to be able to get into work, whatever the weather. Working from home is not an option and neither is public transport.

Probably the roads where I live, but I find the car to be far too stiff in Cupra suspension mode and the car can bounce off line when it hits bumps. The extra sidewall depth seems to cure that. Cupra is now like Sport and sport is like Comfort. Haven't tried Comfort yet!

Good answers there, I admit that the ride is hard, but as all my last Biza Cupra's were very hard, the 280 doesn't seem too bad on the twisty undulating borders roads I use. Coming from non SEAT's, folk do mention that they are very stiff so I maybe just have got used to it.

 

[Stever750]

I've found sport setting to be too bouncy, so I only ever use comfort or cupra setting on dcc

 

[andrewpain]

I tried "ECO" mode on my FR. Once.
All my shoes turned into flip flops and the Guardian dropped through the letterbox.
haven't tried it since....

 

[kazand]

I tried "ECO" mode on my FR. Once.
All my shoes turned into flip flops and the Guardian dropped through the letterbox.
haven't tried it since....

 

[Stever750]

I tried "ECO" mode on my FR. Once.
All my shoes turned into flip flops and the Guardian dropped through the letterbox.
haven't tried it since....

I've only used it around town over roadworks etc, as its a lot softer. Open road it's too soft.

 

[Seastormer]

I've only used it around town over roadworks etc, as its a lot softer. Open road it's too soft.

On the Cupra, Eco is only available in the individual profile setup, so I have that as (Steering = Cupra, DCC = Sport, Diff = Cupra, Air Con = Eco and Engine = Eco) the Eco on the Cupra 280 includes the rolling at idle (out of gear) set up and the car then travels a lot longer off the gas, as there is no engine braking, and when in this set up I got my well over 40 mpg trips. It takes some getting used to, and is not really suitable for snow etc as you want the car to slow using engine braking and not the brakes, but it has it's uses on long motorway journeys in good weather conditions. When I am on an at work trip with colleagues for instance.

 

[Stever750]

I've just read all the back issues of EVO's fast fleet 280. They've got DCC set to sport or even comfort on the basis in the wet you'll need to sense the edge of grip which is not easy with modern electric steering; engine in comfort as they don't like the artificial noise enhancement (neither do I), diff lock cupra again makes no sense to lessen it, as it results in more understeer, less reaction so TC kicks in more frequently. I do wonder though if the tighter diff setting results in lower fuel economy... I'm also undecided on the engine setting between sport with a sharper throttle response and comfort with a more natural sound.

 

[simonali]

Easy way of sorting that is to use VCDS to turn it down or off. I've got mine set to 50% volume and it just sounds rorty instead of fake.

 

[Stever750]

It is if you have VCDS