If anyone has any up! tips, then post them on this thread..
I shall kick things off with a summer tip I found by accident last night..
I was missing having cool air on my face from the regular placed center air vent that is not on an up! (The up!does haveone but you can't direct it)
I tried directing the air from the right hand vent directly to my face, but it just made my hand cold..
By accident, I discovered that if you point the vent towards the drivers window at about 45°, it bounces air off the window intoyour face... (and helps to keep the mist off the drivers window)
dont know if its a tip or not, but if you have a double layer boot like in the high up, and have anything in the boot you dont want on show, you can hide it in the lower level...
If you have an Android smartphone, you can download a Shoutcast internet radio app. Then you connect the phone to the Aux. connection via cable or perhaps blue tooth(not tested) on the radio and listen to radio stations for anywhere in the world. If you listen to talk radio, like I do, you will not use so much data.
Yeah but dont you find Siri to be really faint and crackly? I just use the on board voice recognition. Its slightly better! Not so good at taking addresses though!
EEEEE new trick just discovered!! Remember I said you could go forward and backwards with the CD controls for the maps and more music, well see if you just down the right twisty dial ... that skips forward a track on the maps and more!!
Hahah i discovered this also a week ago and makes i so much easier to change track or radio station whilst on the move! The thing i haven't figured is how to use voice control whilst in an active sat nav guidance. The book says u hover ur hand over the screen but i will be damned if i see what it means!
I found out it is easy to forget and leave your parcel shelf/boot lid in the upright position when you drive away. This then necessitates an unscheduled stop to go to the rear of the car and put it down. You still have a view through your rear window but certainly not a full view. Awkward in heavy traffic etc. So a good tip, think and observe properly,before driving off.
I found out it is easy to forget and leave your parcel shelf/boot lid in the upright position when you drive away. This then necessitates an unscheduled stop to go to the rear of the car and put it down. You still have a view through your rear window but certainly not a full view. Awkward in heavy traffic etc. So a good tip, think and observe properly, before driving off.
Not a tip or trick as such. Rained tonight and I noticed the wipers switch to intermittent whe you stop at traffic lights, and when you pop it in reverse the rear wiper starts up to clear the rear window. Not earth shattering but darned clever all the same. Big car functionality in small car pricing, I like it!
Maybe we shouldrename this thread as a"Discovery and Tips" thread. We all seem to be discovering things about the car itself. I know a lot of the items discovered so far are included in the manuals, but sometimes that is like reading the small print in a long winded lawyer's warnings leaflet.
Thedoor frames are pretty wide, and you can buy an original protection for the upper part, but the lover part of the door frame is NOT protectet when you are getting in and out you car, if your shooes are filled with sand or mud
you can scratch the paint. Not that i drag mud into my car, but you get my drift.
Thats why i have protectet my door frames with carbon stickers, it protects and looks pretty god!!
Looking at the Euro NCAP site yesterday, I noticed that the Up! now gets only 3 stars, when it used to be 5.
Looks like the new (2019) safety test is more stringent.
Where the Up! used to get an 89% rating for driver safety, it now only gets 81%.
(The class-leader for small cars is currently...
Hi, has anyone come across a fault like the image attached with rear bumper (specifically above the wheel arch). Pretty sure it’s not been bumped and looks more like a swelling/fold to me. Can anyone advise further? Will VW look at this under warranty?
This was a brilliant little car although some trouble with gear box from the start, VW always refused to admit to.
Now it’s not starting any more.
I suppose it’s the gear box, is it worth replacing it, could it be exchanged by an only manual one and what are the cost implications.
Any help with...
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Yes, I do notice it before I drive away, but I still have to get out of the car again, need one of those sticks!
