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Dougall

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    Octavia 245 Challenge Estate

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  1. Hi, Our 2012 vRS is still going strong having just gone through its annual service and MOT, but the entertainment system is letting it down. In the past I considered adding the Bluetooth module and also considered an Amundsen off of ebay. I've been looking at various head units on eBay that tend to be Android and are a straight swap in terms of size. They appear to be pretty feature rich and a convenient way to add Bluetooth, sat nav, apple car play and moving over to digital radio would be also be good. Would be really interested if anyone has swapped over to something else? Experience? Did it need to be coded? Just worried to swap over to something unproven! Thanks
  2. On the my tyres site I’m struggling to get the 205/50/17 tyres on those rims and see a price - wanted to see how much it would be with the continental ts830
  3. Thanks Carlton. was just searching around and saw the Kodiaq option - seems Skoda also do genuine part steels in that size 5QF 601 027 03C
  4. Thanks for all the replies - really useful. might sound a bit strange but all wondering if just a set of steel wheels wouldn’t be a bad idea - just thinking they probably take a lot of abuse and cheaper to replace if they get damaged. The 17" Terons in winter with standard-size 225/50 mentioned by flybynite sound alright. Could I get a set of steels in this size?
  5. So last night driving in the dark on a country road and hit the biggest pothole ever - massive bang, pressure sensor warning and puncture within about 5 seconds. Garage inflated the tyre this morning and big hole in the inside sidewall - so no option but a new tyre. With so many potholes on poor country roads - I'm now worried about the unforgiving 19" Xtremes on the 245 challenge...........maybe I'd be safer with alternative alloys or even a set of steels I had a spare set of wheels and winters on my old Octavia 2 - but a bit clueless with the new one running these 19". On my old VRS 2, I basically got VAG wheels with the same specs as my 16" spare wheel so felt happy with the caliper clearance etc. So.............any advice appreciated................is there anyone out there with a 245 Challenge running winter wheels tyres? Are people dropping down to 18" or 17's? Not so worried about tyre choice..............it's more what wheel sizes/options are there? Ideally don't want top spend a fortune but maybe being a bit proactive may help protect the xtremes!
  6. It's not my car, but with a Corrida Red Challenge on order I was interested to see proper pictures of an actual Challenge model - electric seats and black tail pipes being tell tail signs
  7. Same here DSG, which I'm led to believe there are no issues with. Manual is looking strange, you can't get a build date until October and now they have gone stock only - so I'd be worried if I had a manual on order
  8. Hello mate........how come you decided to get rid of the MKII? My one is working out fine, quite like the look of the new one now it's grown on me but could not stomach the price difference
  9. Luckily I'll be down South anyway so not a journey specially for it...............we live in the country..........proper morning 'postie's here'
  10. Post arrived this morning..........two tickets to the 'Thursday' at Goodwood with the promise of vRS gifts and light refreshments! Result
  11. In case you've not seen them, Autoexpress has an article with some pics: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/skoda/superb/63390/2013-skoda-superb
  12. Personally I'd wait, however you may have problems with the dealer. They seem to under some sort of obligation or bonus agreement to get the cars registered within so many days of delivery (think it was 14 but someone will correct me if not). I know quite a few people have come up against this issue on here.
  13. Sorry probably confused things. By the looks of your picture I thought the symbol opposite the L and R looked right the icon for the fold mirrors rather than the one for heated mirrors. I assume your mirrors heat up rather than fold.
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