Freeflyer

And now it's time to say good-buy and thanks to everybody here on the forum for the all the help! I got a new job and have to drive a lot (>7000km a month) so i needed something more fuel efficient.. Therefore I traded my beloved Edge for the most fuel efficient car in North America, a Golf/Jetta Stationwagon TDI. Now I get 50 mpg instead of 23 on the Highway between Montreal and Ottawa... and the DSG Transmission is just a killer.. apart from that it was fun while it lasted Hang loose and blue skies... Freeflyer

Ha ha!! Saw this the other day here in Montreal. The dealer on that car happens to be my Ford Dealer... They sure p...d this one off!!! Be aware the site mentioned on the car is in french.. (welcome to Quebec....)

I live in Montreal and I got the Pirelly Scorpions as well and they deliver on ice and snow... I had them already last year when we had a ton more snow than now. I got them for a good deal at 1010tires.com (This shop is in BC, so no customs or brooker fee) I hope that helped

Well well... Montreal Winter (October-June) -25° C City 13 mpg Highway 19 mpg Summer (July) +35° C City 15.5 mpg Highway 22 mpg ...heavy foot... :shades:

same here same here... I use an iPod touch with a Nokia E65... about every second time I end a call (via bluethooth) the sound doesn't come back. I saw a solution somewhere else here on the forum: use the voice command 'usb'. This helps, sometimes. I still end up rebooting the iPod every other day. I also noticed that for no reason the phone calls are being started in 'privacy on' mode. And you can only turn privacy off when the call is connected... And I have the latest sync version.

Thanks, I did it anyway... Door is closed - three dings when the door reached its open position Door is open - three dings before the door starts to close And thanks Lex for all advice and help!! (stubby antenna, bumper cover, Infinity Loudspeakers etc etc... )

I am going to test this tonight, as far as I am remember it does chim when the door reached is full open position.. will be confirmed.

Interesting.... I just replaced the bulp on the left side last week. The service guy asked me have the car for 45min to change a single light bulb (its still under warranty)!!!! So I changed it myself with an appropriate bulp (took me 5 min...). However I noticed the same "charred problem" as posted before. Maybe not as bad but still colored. Maybe that is why they needed the car for so long... honestly I do not think so but the car will get that appointment.

If you live in Montreal there is no questions... AWD... too much snow for a too long period called winter :-(

AWD, winter in Montreal is bad... very bad...

Ok.... time for some good news! I got my PTU replaced January 6th here in Montreal. 3000km later there is no smoke and no burning smell so far... and I drove a lot on the snow using the 4x4. I keep my fingers crossed....

Be careful. A longer antenna doesn't help in all cases. In order to get best reception the antenna should be half the size of the wavelength. Check this is from Wikipedia:^ Frequency versus length Dipoles that are much smaller than the wavelength of the signal are called Hertzian, short, or infinitesimal dipoles. These have a very low radiation resistance and a high reactance, making them inefficient, but they are often the only available antennas at very long wavelengths. Dipoles whose length is half the wavelength of the signal are called half-wave dipoles, and are more efficient. In general radio engineering, the term dipole usually means a half-wave dipole (center-fed). A half-wave dipole is cut to length according to the formula l= 468 / f , where l is the length in feet and f is the center frequency in MHz [1]. This is because the impedance of the dipole is resistive pure at about this length. The metric formula is l = 140.65 / f [m], where l is the length in meters. The length of the dipole antenna is about 95% of half a wavelength at the speed of light in free space. The magic numbers above are derived from a one Hz wavelength which is the distance that light radio travels in one second. For English that is 186,282 miles times 5280 feet per mile. To convert to metric multiply the previous total by 12 inches per foot and then, by definition, multiply that by 2.54 cm per inch. Divide this number by 100 to convert this length to meters. Then divide the result by one million to account for MHz rather than hertz. This will give a number which must be divided by two for a dipole antenna. To correct for resistance and impedance multiply the dipole wavelength by about 95% to account for the difference in the velocity of wave propagation in wire as opposed to the same wave in free space. If the wire velocity is known, that value should be used to get the magic numbers of 468 feet or 142.65 metric. All that is left is to divide by the desired frequency as measured in MHz to obtain the length of the antenna element. If you consider a typical radiostation broadcasting at 98 MHZ that would give you a dipole (Car Antenna) of about 1.4m (or 4.7ft), which is quite long for these days cars. Now its good to know that you can use a quarter length antenna with a metal base with almost the same effect as an dipole. Then you got the average 70cm / 2.4 ft Antenna for FM Radio which we know these days. If you already have this kind of antenna you should look into better components or a signal booster. Good Luck!!

Agreed! And I am from Montreal too... let me know how you would like to proceed... I am with Ford Fortier in Anjou. And the issue is very well known... keep me posted about your activities.

Finally I got a new PTU... lets see whether it lasts longer than the exchange of the seal only.. I keep my fingers crossed...

thanks for the hint! My car goes in Wednesday for the next Seal... its Fortier Ford in Anjou. The problem is so common, that I had to wait for a slot with the 'transmission guy...' If this doesn't help I will certainly contact Desjardin. I keep you posted. Apart from that, what a great car!!!!