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Thanks Jo88Mak for taking the trouble to respond. However the workshop manual illustration is very difficult to read as the text is small and blurred. Nevertheless, so far as I can tell it refers to removal of bumper (which I suspected) and my original question was does anyone know if this can be done without removing the bumper? At least you tried - I'm still waiting for anyone else to respond.

Our 2016 Fabia Combi 1.2 tsi 110 6 speed manual reports 52 mpg overall long term but that's largely due to long runs on major roads and motorways. Gets 38 to 42 ish when used locally but is very dependent on how heavy your foot is.

ive had this issue too, you need to keep the revs higher. its actually stalled before you have come to the lights, but there is no indication it has.. no juddering or anything of the sort, its not until you come to a stop you realise or go to set off again. 2025 1.5tsi manual i'd actually drove 4 other skodas, two octavias, a superb and kamiq and didnt have this issue

First Bong might well be tomorrow if out early enough. Below 4"oC forecast, showing as possible 2*oC or lower.

The Authorised Service Centre or the Tech / Fitter doing a PDI changes nothing in the settings. Maybe Takes it out of 'In transit setting'. Might change Variable Servicing to Fixed Servicing, and might reset the TPMS when they change the pressure from that they come off a transporter at.

True to be honest I don’t care for what colour it is as long as it’s protected as I want to get this car how I want it and keep it for many years. How long would a mk2 realistically last if cared for properly from this point in your opinion ?

Pretty colourful skies yesterday..... And tonight's moonlight.............

I think im going to get the front liners off tomorrow and get the jet wash in there see what they look like and get them sorted first then move onto the next job. So you just used wax oil spray in there then put the liners back on?

Good luck - always wanted to try one of these. Will be very interested to see your results👍

Well the thing I don't know for sure is how badly the electronics might react to the smaller wheel diameter, and don't really want to waste money on "incompatible" tires. On pre face-lift models it's apparently not a big deal according to some threads, and the wheel size change in the computer is quite easy and painless (within some limits of course of supported wheel sizes, but there are usually way more sizes programmed than just the two oem sizes for this specific Octavia version, at least according to VW threads). Although looking at octavia spec the smallest oem wheel is the 205/60 r16, and that's 1.12% smaller than the 225/45 r18 - so quite close still, and it may be that the computer/clusters don't have a small enough tire circumference profile available even if it was possible to modify those settings. I assume that that setting, as it's exactly what the Authorized Service Center changes when changing tire size within oem options, propagates to all the modules that need this information, as even within the OEM tire sizes, they span from 205/60 R16 with 652mm circumference, all the way to 225/40 r19 with 662mm circumference, so over 1.5% difference - still possibly significant for all those advanced electronics, assists, radars etc. So unless the dials module has some Golf profiles in there, this may not be possible at all, and an experiment will be necessary. Thankfully that can be done as soon as sfd2 get's unlocked, without the need to physically swap the tires, as the setting change will change the indicated speed, and that's enough to calculate what circumference each profile corresponds to. Would be nice though if all of that was just openly available in the user manual for the car. Or perhaps some "advanced user" manual - optional.

Our 1.2 TSI 120 bhp DSG will easily do 55 to 60 mpg on a 50 mile motorway journey at 70 mph. On short local journeys 3-5 miles mainly urban dual carriageways 45-50 mph does around 45 mpg.

Cant advise on the Diesel, but our 1.2 TSI 110 bhp DSG 5 door hatchback will easily do 55-60 mpg on a 50 mile motorway journey at 70 mph.

@Mariosti I thought you started out bothering about splashing some cash on tyres that cost a bit more for winter use,. now there is this stuff about different wheels, weight saving. You seem to have all the answers and knowledge so seems funny you asked in the first place.

Quite possibly...

Definitely... The cable doesn't go to the house and stops mid air.

Or a high vehicle such as a bus were to hit it?

Is it AI?

Maybe it has not. On their property might be ok but above the payment i doubt is ok. If the were at 4m or 5m or so at the property boundary it still would not be very safe is someone was carrying a ladder along the payment like a ladder in the vertical.

Pretty sure no warranty covers tyres or any consumables on the car like brakes, fluids, oils, filters, shocks, suspension joints etc. Additional insurance "warranties" may cover, or partially cover such things, but that's quite some extra money upfront each year, especially on a brand new car. Sorry to hear you got so unlucky with the flats lately. I'm quite certain that if you bought a spare wheel and put it in the boot then you wouldn't get flats anymore ;) As to the unsprung weight, I am replacing the 18" skoda comet rims that are 13.2kg each according to Skoda with jrwheels SL01 18x8 , that should weigh around 8.3kg each, so that will be already a huge reduction of almost 20kg of unsprung mass on the car, but if it would be possible to remove additional 4-6kg and also get same premium threads but cheaper - well that would be a win win scenario, and certainly can't hurt also the daily driving. As a matter of fact i planned to get 5 rims and tires, to get a full size spare wheel. As I understand it should fit in the spare wheel well, and the canton sub should fit inside of the rim, or am I mistaken? Going back to the main topic, indeed, the circumference difference is too big for daily use, considering all the electronics on the car.

@lol-lolcan't believe that has been approved.

One VW EV owner got his no-driveway charging sorted......

Check the spark plugs as a first step.

I copied contents to root of my 64gb type c usb stick formetted as exfat week ago and it still didnt update. Is your usb formatted as mbr or gpt?

Wow. Those results are fantastic.... Very impressive!

1.0 Tsi 3 cylinder in a mk3 Fabia. 2018 reg with 110,000 miles. It's run perfectly for 4 years until last week when it started misfiring when under heavy load. Cleared all the codes and drove it. Code p303 came up, misfire on cylinder 3. I swapped the coil packs over between cylinders 2 and 3 and went for another test drive. No misfire and no fault codes. Very odd. There was a bit of oily mess on the boot on pack 3. Could that have been the issue? Or will it come back? Is it worth replacing the coil packs?