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phoned them twice and they never got back to me, must be doing well if they can afford to ignore potential new customers

thats fair comment, never really thought of it like that, probably best explained by me being brain dead in that no-mans land between Christmas & New Year!!

is there a bit of the forum to post goodbye on when you move on from a Skoda? thanks

Slightly off topic, but my wife just got a new Fiat and their Blue&Me seems to be a great system, and is very simple to set up and operate, surely with all the R&D resources available to VW they could come up with a similar system? lets hope so before my new car is due next March!! cheers

Guess you have the saloon? the estate has another in the boot, I have found over the years with two kids and many long trips with many electrical devices that a combination of extensions and adapters ( ie 1 into 4 sockets) seems to work and doesnt involve making any holes etc. But dont do what I did, left a fridge plugged in overnight on a ferry to France, result flat battery, rather irate holiday makers behind us and extrememly red face on my part!!

I too had a speaker replaced under warranty

hi can anyone help with this please? cheers

looking for advice on how to remove/replace the rear door speaker grille on a 56 Vrs estate please, managed to crack mine and need to replace it thanks in advance

Think this is an "undocumented feature" of the MkII Octy, my March 08 VRS estate still mists terribly, had it into dealer and they claim there is nothing wrong. Mine is very bad if I have been driving for a while and stop for around 10 mins, when I start the car it seems to actually blow steam onto the windows, particularly with A/C on. I find directing air to floor for first few minutes lessens this particular one. I have just learned to live with it, the Vrs is such fun I can forgive it !! (tho build quality is not as good as my last MkI Vrs!!) cheers

doesnt the passenger seat have a seat belt sensor then? cheers

I think the build quality in the Octy 2 is not as good, had mine 3 months now and a couple of niggles, bad door buzzing from speaker in passenger door, drove in heavy rain the other day and got water coming in through top of both front doors, I recall seeing something on here before about door seals being a known problem but cant seem to find it using the search, also it mists up when first starting almost like the heater vents are blowing steam on the windscreen, even with air-con on. Would be greatful if someone could direct me to the door seals issue before I go to the dealer. I also think it might be a good idea to have a sticky about known faults, a FIAT forum I go on for ny wifes car has this and its very useful IMHO Cheers

indeed!! weird looking thing isnt it?

also saw this weird looking Pug as well!!