The last time I had my car serviced, the dealer informed me they had replaced the battery in my fob (only the one I left with them, obviously!) FOC. Next time I go for a service I'll take the spare fob with me and hopefully they will do the same again!

Welcome Zac, don't forget to post loads of photos when you have taken delivery of your new vehicle.

For what its worth, my wife's car failed an MOT Test for having tyres that were more than 10 years old. We looked at them on the car and thought this was rubbish, however when we took the car to another garage the guy there put the car on the lift and we saw that the rubber looked perished. We chang...

Welcome Dr. lucky. It would help us if you would put all the details of your vehicle that you mention above, in your signature. This can be accessed from the EDIT function of your profile above. Please also mention your engine type and fuel. There are so many permutations of these vehicles it helps ...

This comment only applies to the I4 diesel engines, not petrol!

If I were you, I would try reformatting the thumb drive before you download maps on to it. I know this shouldn't need doing on a new thumb drive, but it is something I would recommend you try, particularly if using a Mac!

Yes Keith, you are correct. I use a Sandisk Atom 64GB thumb drive. Have used it for over 2 years now, even when the recommendation was to use 32GB only! However, I do not delete the old file before downloading the new one per se. I always reformat the thumb drive (to FAT32), this ensures there are n...

Totally agree with you LeithL. You need to know both sides of the story to form a balanced opinion.

J_AU, I suggest you look at the subject line of the posts and if they are likely to offend your sensibilities, don't open them!

You mean the AA!

I certainly haven't, and not too sure I would get it even if offered. This is ECU reprogramming (I assume). What happens if it goes wrong? Call the AA to fix? I don't think so! I would certainly want more information as to what benefit I was supposed to get from such a download. Good idea in theory,...