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  2. Hi Pete, Thanks a lot for all your advice! Really appreciate it. I'm in Scotland in Argyle (so need reliable wipers, but it's a car we don't use every day). I'll wait a bit for the back to get better before doing anything though - it doesn't like those awkward positions... The tricky thing is that the wipers sometimes work and sometimes cut out completely, which makes it harder to find the problem. I haven't discovered any pattern yet. The first time they cut out was a dry cold day a few weeks ago when I wanted to spray the window, then came back on later when I had stopped and restarted, but I just tested for one wipe. The second time was last week while it was raining, working fine for 10 minutes, then suddenly cutting out, coming back on very briefly after stopping the car for a while, then stopping, then giving two more wipes before cutting out again for the rest of the drive; next day, they worked and so far every time I tested up to now, but haven't tested in prolonged rain again. I had it on intermittent wiping on Sunday for a while in a light drizzle and it worked just fine. Does that sound like a relay? Someone else told me relays either burn out or not, so a faulty relay wouldn't sometimes work and sometimes not. I read in your post that relays take a beating on the intermittent setting, which worked Sunday. Can it still be the relay if it works like that? If it is the control unit that's the problem and you have one that works and I could buy it, that would be great of course! No rush, I will probably give my back a week to recover before digging in again. Sorry if these are silly questions, but do you read out the unit itself or do it through the general fault diagnostics plug of the car? Just wondering if I could take just an old and new unit to a garage with VCDS to get it read and programmed or whether I'd need to let them replace the unit. Good to know what's needed! Cheers again, Seb
  3. I would keep the stencilled artist and get him to pay to either paint the rest of the building or preferably remove the paint. He should be made to do community service removing tags from bridges!!!
  4. They will have been placed where they could serve the maximum of properties with the minimum cable lengths.
  5. Re PS/BHP/kW & Nm. You are paying for what you get and the Max PS/BHP/kW & Nm in the UK is not the max, it is the Minimum you should get. You are not going above 3,000 ft above sea level in the UK, Ambient temps not more than 40*oC and not colder than -30*oC & the fuel is as it should be Petrol e5 or e10 or diesel. (Not true with BEV,s though as if the Temperature / Battery is cold in ambient temps only as low as -5*oC then power can be reduced until the battery is up to a good temp.) As to official VW Group Figures, 0-60 or 0-62 mph, top speed etc. They often lie. A VW or Audi with the same engine, gearbox as a SEAT or Skoda and the same power can be shown as better performing. They do not like CHEAPER cars looking as better performing. This was true in late 2015 into 2016 after the Defeat Device Scandal and Euro 5 emissions. Euro 6 Petrol & Diesels were retested / investigated and VW, SEAT & Audi had ERRORS in their Test Results at their favoured facilities. Fuddle not fiddle. Deliveries were suspended, cars withdrawn and even bought back. Now Test Results were then given for some. They are little liars quite often. If the cheapest Skoda is lighter than the estate, and the Polo, Seat (and the Audi A1 5 door sister car even though it is 136 kW & not only 132 kW) which cost quite a bit more and would be a lower or the same VED class than add 'Success Ballast'. Design, Manufacture & Test adding extra weights and stick them only on the Skoda. Others are making cars lighter, VW tell Skoda, MAKE IT HEAVIER AND GO LIGHT UNDER ACCELERATION. Do not just fit the correct rear springs. Vorsprung Durch Technik.
  6. However given the "allure" of Banksy then maybe the building owner won't sue, even if the work is "artistically challenging" But yes , it's a civil matter
  7. Hi, I need an Update from Version 0464 to 0469. Can anybody provide me, plus? Thanks in advance!
  8. they could be anywhere but yes its not unusual for them to be near the junctions
  9. I thought the latest Banksy was awful and the building owner should be suing, aside from the stencilled artist figure all he has done is shot a jet of paint up the wall randomly from a pressurised container and it has run all down the wall even across the wall of the adjacent building. Its exactly what the Just Stop Oil protestors do and they rightly get prosecuted, even with the photos taken from the optimal angle it looks rubbish, from any other angle it will look like vandalism.
  10. Re the location of the green cabinets, are they not mostly located at junctions between roads on the corners, the sensible place for going off in 3 directions? That is certainly the case here in France and it was in the City of London. Places where no-one parks and to do so would be very dangerous and against the law. I suppose on a long straight residential road with no side turnings they must repeat at intervals.
  11. Thank you Nicky . I have already ordered one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186123072112 . I will test it and see if it meets my requirements. Good thing is that I can return for free without any postage cost . I would definitely like to go for a MIB2 but unfortunately I can not justify spending over a 1k on a car that now is valuated at around 5-6 k
  12. Yes to all questions. Perhaps you can find the same OBD in AliExpress more cheap this days
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    Very heavy rain through the night and a much nicer morning early on.
  14. The satnav uses the route to decide what power source to use at what time. I think it usually saves a bit of electric for the final part of the journey. Main issue is that if you are doing trip out to see relatives, the car doesn't know that you might want to save some power for the return journey. You need to charge the car though. You haven't confirm that you are doing that. If not then all the discussion on satnav is moot.
  15. There are a lot of variations of the 2.0L EA888 engine. There are several "generations" of engine, using different compression ratios, different variable valve timing (some on inlet, some on exhaust), different piston design, different turbos, with or without GPF, and a load of other different design changes. Oh yeah, and versions with direct & port injection vs those with just direct injection. Sometimes more than a remap is needed to reliably achieve high power outputs, even if the engines appear to be fairly similar. This video might be worth a watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spmOpP-1sQE
  16. Thanks It's done currently 42000km No brakes serviced yet what I know of. It's been regularly serviced at 7400, 10200, 13200, 23800, 30600 and 40000km. Air filter is in good condition.
  17. No, I don't use the sat nav, I use waze.So, the satnav can improuve the mpg?
  18. Pretty late at night when I wrote this, my apologies! It’s a 2020 plate but registered in 2021. Won’t seem to let me attach a pic so I’ll just send a link to a car that is the same set up as mine - https://www.carshop.co.uk/used-car/SKODA/SUPERB/OE70FZY (this is a petrol but mines a diesel). This is what I’ve ordered https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195745960647?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=pnF0FLUNRUa&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=dl3v_jcati6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY I’ve got the MOST cable as well, so as long as I take it to my electrician (he can do all the specialist coding) I’m good to go?
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  20. 40-45 is normal without charging it. Are you using the inbuilt satnav? That has a smart system that will use the battery at the optimal time for the journey. I use waze so have to make sure I control the battery usage myself.
  21. Thank you, so basically I can but this one https://www.amazon.it/Bluetooth-Lettore-codici-Scanner-Android/dp/B06XGB4873 (If I'm not mistaken it is among those indicated by the carscanner developer) and the free version of https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ovz.carscanner&hl=it&gl=US if I understand correctly, the 1555 error is the same as the B201A. https://www.carscanner.info/coding-mqb/ These encodings are therefore 3 free, then you pay (€2.79/3 months or, perhaps more conveniently, €5.49 for a lifetime license), right? Seems to be cheaper than obd eleven.
  22. I have no idea what you mean by this, what is the build date of your car? or if you dont have it, what is the VIN? You need to know if you have 5A or 5C immobiliser which will vary the instrument cluster required.
  23. Skoda don't release patch notes of the updates. However if you load in the new FW then prior to update it will show you roughly what modules are being updated
  24. AdBlue didn't come in on the 150bhp ones until mid 2017 I think. All 190bhp ones have it.
  25. Just to clarify, the readings are now back to useful data. Unfortunately, I can't ignore in your face dashboard recommendations when they are clearly wrong. I must have fiddled with the stalk carrying the speed limiter controls without knowing what I was doing and this corrected later on when I actually used the speed limiter. Maybe there's a Fabia equivalent of returning to factory settings but I'd be scared to do that in case it wiped something important. I'm not very impressed with the speed limiter function but it might be handy on long motorway stretches with a 50mph limit for roadworks. We do like the eco suggestions which have helped us adapt to the new car which is a very different animal to drive.
  26. Hi, its strange for me how to reach more than 43mpg, I have a Skoda Superb iV, estate, 2020 with 1.4L petrol, and now chance to have more than 43Mpg combined,I'm VERY diassapointed, what I do wrong??? Thank you.
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