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Richard Hamilton

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  1. Not a scooby-doo with the EEPROM, I'm afraid.
  2. I bought one of these footwell lighting kits, and fitted it to the car just after Christmas. (How can you spec. adaptive cruise on a car, and not the interior light pack is a bit of a mystery, but it takes all sorts I guess). No dramas with the fitting, but it made me realise I am getting too old for DIY-ing! Mine is a 718S, but the wiring in the area of the LH fuse panel is identical. I think I would have preferred to run the loom around the front of the footwell, rather than over the top, but it was too short for that. I was a bit knackered by the time I got to putting it back together, and the loom ended up by being tacked in place by a couple of pieces of duct tape. In retrospect, I should have taken a few photos, as the above photos don't show everything you need to know. Getting the panel surrounding the fuse box off had me scratching my head, until I read the workshop manual. The Porsche LEDs aren’t as bright as I was expecting, but they are a hell of lot better than nothing! Maybe the Audi ones are brighter, but like I say I’m getting too old to be grovelling in the footwell shaving the brackets to suit. Doing it in the winter doesn’t help either, although it is the time of year you get most benefit. Overall though, I’m happy. The price of the Porsche LEDs was a bit OTT, but that’s not Robin's fault. I know how long these things take to knock up in small batches, so I think that it is good value for the parts he manufactures, the quality is very good, and I can't fault the service. The Audi LED kit is much better value for someone with better agility than me though.
  3. It may do basic coding, but I'm pretty sure if won't do a handover routine. When a car randomly loses its settings due to a flat or disconnected battery, it doesn't change the coding itself. It usually puts the affected modules into transit (delivery) mode, and the handover routine wakes them up.
  4. The service interval and distance is stored in the instrument cluster. When you do a service reset, it sets the next service date and mileage automatically.
  5. On PIWIS there is a coding option in the Front control unit for "Daylight running lights mandatory". Anyone tried changing the setting to see what happens?
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