what did you and your mk3 leon do today

Wings988

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Oct 27, 2011
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A light sprinkle of snow and freezing conditions and my boot release wouldn't work, the handle/badge frozen shut. I know they are based in Spain but I would of thought they'd do cold weather testing to make sure things work in low temperatures. Annoyingly I keep my de-icer in the boot :redface:
 
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Lmbarrett83

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Sep 8, 2017
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A light sprinkle of snow and freezing conditions and my boot release wouldn't work, the handle/badge frozen shut. I know they are based in Spain but I would of thought they'd do cold weather testing to make sure things work in low temperatures. Annoyingly I keep my de-icer in the boot :redface:
Snap!

Had the same issue this am.
Had to go in through the ski hatch in the back seat to get my scraper.

And that was after I forced open the door and watched the snow take the drivers seat.



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Izomezzo

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Apr 9, 2017
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Leeds
Yeah I sometimes have that problem. Also the Touch Screen sometimes stops working or does weird things. Best thing to do is keep a second bottle of de-icer in the house.

Cheers,
Izo
 

g_berserk

Smartass in training
Oct 15, 2014
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Lesson learnt.
If you don't have enough money for refurbishing all four wheels, just repair the inside damage, but don't ask them to do a full refurb :cry:

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Now I'm fighting with SEAT to get the real color code of the wheels to have the shop respray it in the correct tone.
 

Walone

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A light sprinkle of snow and freezing conditions and my boot release wouldn't work, the handle/badge frozen shut. I know they are based in Spain but I would of thought they'd do cold weather testing to make sure things work in low temperatures. Annoyingly I keep my de-icer in the boot :redface:

If it happens again you could try holding down the boot unlock button on the key fob for a few seconds, the boot lid should then pop open allowing it to be lifted at the edge of the lid.
 

Titchy

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Jun 10, 2017
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Rectified someone else’s bad parking mistake, cheeky bugger never left any details but I’m pretty impressed how it looks now. Hardly notice it.

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Izomezzo

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Apr 9, 2017
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Leeds
If it happens again you could try holding down the boot unlock button on the key fob for a few seconds, the boot lid should then pop open allowing it to be lifted at the edge of the lid.

I tried this, pretty cool feature. Also I like the fact that when you shut the boot it automatically locks again. I haven't used the boot unlock before.
 

Izomezzo

Active Member
Apr 9, 2017
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Leeds
Rectified someone else’s bad parking mistake, cheeky bugger never left any details but I’m pretty impressed how it looks now. Hardly notice it.

Before
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Prep work
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What did you use?

Cheers,
 

Izomezzo

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Apr 9, 2017
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Leeds
Noticed a couple of things yesterday when I was driving into town. One is that after I stalled at a roundabout the engine restarted by itself. Handy. Also when I had to brake quite hard (but not that hard) to let a car past my hazard lights came on by themselves. That's probably the hardest I've braked so far, but still feels very controlled and smooth.

Cheers,
 

Titchy

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Jun 10, 2017
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Buckinghamshire
What did you use?



Cheers,



First you need to know whether it needs a respray. You can tell if you run your finger nail over the damage, if it stops in the gap then it needs respraying.

If not you can do the following, using 800 grit wet and dry, keeping it wet sand in circular motions gently, wash, dry, check then repeat with 1200 then finally 3000 trizac pad.

For the next bit you will need a machine polisher with a hard and soft pad. Cutting compound (sonax 60/40) and then car polish (autoglym super resin polish)

Using the hard pad, apply a small amount of cutting compound to the pad. Rub this into the damaged area, turn on the machine polisher to a slow speed, letting it do the work. Keep going til the area starts to go shiny. Wipe with cloth and inspect. Finally grab the car polish and soft pad, repeating the above steps but at a faster speed. Wipe, inspect and admire.


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sfmk2.

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Apr 5, 2012
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This morning I found an actual use for 'eco mode'. It doesn't half help in snow to keep the torque down.
 

g_berserk

Smartass in training
Oct 15, 2014
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24
Monterrey, Mexico
Finally got around to order the fan washing jets for the windshield.
One of the stock ones was getting clogged and the other didn't want to adjust height so the change was more than needed and the end result is fantastic, even for cheap knockoffs
 

leonisis

Quick enough for me....
Mar 21, 2016
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Bangor NI
Took the plunge and upgraded to 8.5/19 on a Bola B11 in Matt Bronze. Yokohama Advan 235/35 sports all round. Certainly fill the arches now....
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