Umbrella holder

[keijox]

Bought recently Superb 2011. Heard from friend there is umbrella holder in rear door. I looked for it but did not find umbrella or hole for it. I checked Google for more information about it and saw pictures how it should look like and found out place where it is. Went back to my car and found place where holder is but it was covered with plastic piece. So I'am wondering does my car miss this feature completely or could i just remove that plastic piece from door panel and buy umbrella from somewhere.

[psycholist]

There's a drain from the umbrella hole out the bottom of the car door to deal with wet umbrellas being put back into the door, so there may be more internal changes needed. If you remove the cover and there's a nice cylindrical hole suitable for the umbrella then it's probably already right and Skoda just did it to make the Elegance edition look fancier - I'm guessing the total cost savings would be negligible.

[ruffday]

May depend on the Spec you have but my SE has it.

[Coops]

SE upwards I believe.

 

I think if it is blanked off, then the door panel won't have the necessary internals to support it. You would need a new door panel.

 

Think it has been covered on here before.

[The Zee]

You can always pop the cover off and have a look and you could use it to store a dry umbrella. My Elegance has it as standard but I still don't trust putting a wet umbrella in there, I just stick it in a plastic bag and dry it out when I get home. But its a good place to store one to save it rattling about in the boot.

[peterposh]

I've got the S and the SE , only the SE has the brolly

[silver1011]

If the umbrella hole is capped off then there is nothing behind it. The door card is different and does not have the slot to hold the umbrella.

 

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/291174-superb-ii-no-umbrela-holder-can-it-as-retrofit/

 

See here...

 

[keijox]

Thanks everyone for answers. I'm not sure about edition of my car but i gues it's Comfort edition. I will try open cover and see what's in there.

 

Edit

 

silver1011, on 20 Nov 2014 - 00:50, said:

 

If the umbrella hole is capped off then there is nothing behind it. The door card is different and does not have the slot to hold the umbrella.

 

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/291174-superb-ii-no-umbrela-holder-can-it-as-retrofit/

 

See here...

 

 

 

 

Ah well i guess then there is nothing to do for it.

Edited 19 November, 2014 by keijox

[JakeBlade]

You aren't missing out on much by not having it.

[Brockysuperb]

Beg to differ. Useful, but should be on driver's side. Didn't get changed lhd to rhd. Better still in driver door. Not clever having to get wet walking round car to get umbrella to keep dry...

[GaSelle]

It is in the drivers side. When the steering wheel is on the right (left) side

[Coops]

Beg to differ. Useful, but should be on driver's side. Didn't get changed lhd to rhd. Better still in driver door. Not clever having to get wet walking round car to get umbrella to keep dry...

 

Ah but when you stop at the side of the road and walk round to the N/S door to let your passenger out, the umbrella is there ready for you to cover your passenger. It's not for the driver!

[JakeBlade]

Better still in driver door. 

My 2006 Passat had this.  And it took a wider range of "after market" umbrellas.

[scottprague]

It is in the drivers side. When the steering wheel is on the right (left) side

Funny, mines is on the drivers side as well. :-)

[ruffday]

You aren't missing out on much by not having it.

I have to agree I have had mine just over 2 years and done 94,000 miles and it has never been used.

[Wizzmed]

I have an S spec and I've got one. Previous owner was Skoda UK so maybe that was why.

[Rossorunner]

When I wonder why I should have doubled the cost of my car going for an L&k v the S 1.4 I have, I must say an umbrella is not high on the list.

[silver1011]

£15.00 delivered to you door...

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/251724646913?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=108&chn=ps&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0-L&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108

[Brockysuperb]

Hi GaSelle, you're right of course for cars built for the mainland of Europe. And to be fair this is where my beautiful car came from forged in the hands of VAG professionals.

But in my defence, I also draw your attention to a headline in The Times in (afaik) 1912. 'FOG IN CHANNEL, EUROPE ISOLATED'. It's how we are raised to view the world. And in passing islands have a greather tendency to drive on the left - Japan, Cyprus, Indonesia, Mauritius, South Pacific, Caribbean, New Zealand, even the continent of Australia (technically an island). They're not all former UK territory...

Coops also has a point, but we found that SWMBO found it much more difficult to keep up a running commentary on the road, other drivers, my driving, the weather, and the state of the nation from the rear...