Sheldon.Cooper

Depends on your wheel size

VAG cars always had cheap/thin coatings in that area. Mk5 Golfs are notorious for it. Never did find a solution to remove the scratches fully.

The horn may be loose but the airbag bolts to the base of the steering wheel not the top cover. If that's loose then Skoda have a big problem as the nut runner that torques the nuts down has it's data recorded for traceability purposes and must be kept for something like a minimum of 5 years and the job shouldn't have left the work station without a confirmation of data being written correctly and within limits. Take it to a Skoda garage, better to be safe than sorry with airbags.

I've had 5 cars remapped over the years. Only 1 went bang due to the engine injesting the turbo blades (VW 1.9 TDI 150) the others have been fine. It will make a difference but go into it with your eyes open. Inform your insurance and if the worst happens be prepared to pay big.

take the box off. Boot the car Does it happen? If everything is fine it's the stupid box.

This topic is over 3 years old with no response from the poster as to status. The fact that the auto transmission was dangerously low on fluid will have significant impact on driveability and the slipping clutch symptoms are directly related to that. Having no power can be engine related. Putting your foot down and the transmission slipping so no power is transmitted is totally different but could be reported as having no power. It did sound like the op had 101 problems but no.1 would have been get the auto fluid replaced correctly then see how the car drives which is something that was never done in this thread as his local garage seemed to always be waiting parts.

Yes you can tell in a manual and it's much better than the DSG which just holds the gear forever.

There's every chance the chassis is slightly twisted. In a front or rear impact the car channels the impact force around the chassis and metalwork rather than absorb it in a single place so the sun glasses holder buzzing is an indication that what it's bolted to isn't quite where it used to be. If they were doing 30 and you took the full impact then I'm surprised the airbags didn't go off. If you want to screw them there's plenty of ambulance chasers who'll get you extra compensation unless you like not having your car and the inconvienece caused.

The speed is limited. Try taking your foot off the brake pedal the car will drop out of auto park once something like 5mph is exceeded.

Had my Octy 3 years probably used it 20 or so times. Just fun letting it park for you while all you do is watch it's doing it right. Also really good for picking tight spots that visually I thought was too small. If it says it's ok then it really will fit. Bought it for the front sensors but price wise it wasn't much more so went for it. It kerbed the alloys once and left me 2ft from the kerb another time so maybe a 90% success rate. Funniest thing was having my family in and I pretended to be using my phone to park (swiping finger across a blank screen) as it did it's thing. Their expression was priceless.

I had the sports suspension and 18" Golus on my 2.0TDI and although it didn't totally transform the car it was certainly liveable with, high speed was very stable and lively cornering a bit neutral but not altogether bad.

The boxes come with adjustable maps but I always had that niggly feeling that all it was doing was fooling the ECU whereas a remap is the real map in the ECU working. The difference is about 10% more from a remap. Very very important that you pick a reputable tuner of which you're choices are good so no problem there. You are on a slippery slope though.... after it's been updated you'll find yourself wanting even more in a few months time!

A 1.4TSI will never be a VRS. Everything depends what you want from it. Try both then decide what's right for you. Some VRS owners report 40mpg but the majority get nowhere near and that's driven sedately. When I drove a 1.4 I thought it was good for a 1.4 but it soon gets to the point of oh that's it.... A 230 is fun all the time.

The difference in price is that the box can be removed, sold on etc. So a premium is added for that. The Map can't. I've had 2 boxes and 5 maps on different cars. The maps are far superior.

So the official manual says 1 litre of oil every 1000 miles and you're going through 220ish ml every 1000 miles since your recent service? 1. Sounds like it's using 25% of what they consider normal. 2. A thinner oil was used at the service hence the increase in consumption. Sounds like you've got no comeback against Skoda, your options seem to be get it serviced again by a different garage and ask for a thicker oil to be used or check and top up every 1000miles.