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Well blow me down! I've been driving the Fabia quite a bit more just lately and continuing to enjoy it, though the ride can be a bit firm when only two up on poor roads, even though we stuck with the smallest wheels available, probably not helped by the energy efficient tyres which I assume have stiffer sidewalls? Also smaller cars tend to be more firmly sprung to be able to cope with the varying load of one to four/five people which is a greater percentage of the weight of a small car than it of a big car. The suspension in my son's Mazda 2 is also quite firm. Anyway, I digress. Couple of days ago my wife looked in the glovebox when I was driving and low and behold a Skoda umbrella! The car is coming upto 3 years old now and in mitigation we rarely use the gloveboxes in any of our cars. Maybe I had looked in the glovebox and saw the umbrella when we first got it and thought it better left in there and I'd forgotten?

Sorry.. No cigar for that guess...

Yes, we accept that it is possible on a good day with the right conditions and the right support just as this diesel powered Skoda Superb managed to drive for 1,759 on one tank of fuel and it set a Guinness World Records record. Record-Breaking Skoda Does 1,759 Miles on a Single Tank Greatest distance driven on a single tank of fuel | Guinness World Records

Guessing a Chrysler Voyager 🤷 A bloke I know here who has one, not sure what spec, but he uses it on the Autobahns a lot transporting antique furniture.

Bingo... A C3 Picasso that seems to have had quite a hard life... Is version number one. Version number two arrives tomorrow

5Q0 and 2Q0 radars have different mounting positions and, consequently, different brackets. With the 2Q0, you would normally have to buy and install different brackets. The 3D-printed part saves you from having to do that, allowing you to use the OEM 5Q0 bracket instead. It’s a great solution from @Cairus.

****röen Picasso. Can guarantee that if you're in a hot country the AC will be on the fritz 🤣

25 years of the Superb https://www.irishexaminer.com/motoring/arid-41906230.html

Ok there'll be two versions of this hire car as we've discovered the one we have which is named after a famous painter is falling apart and has non-working A/C which isn't nice in these temps and when we have a heat warning for 36 tomorrow. So we're getting an upgrade to an American Group F

My DRL kit arrived from AliExpress so using a spare headlight for cheap I first removed the lens by taking the clips off and then warming the sealant using a hairdryer, Then removed the 100 screws and the plastic strip, which is clipped in place, I also removed the LED module, you can see of the old strip the melting that had caused the yellowing, Using the reverse of taking it apart put it back together and tested it, Good result, just need to clean the inside of the light and refit the lens with some new butyl seal which will involve baking the light in the oven once the seal is in place then squeezing the lens back on and refitting the clips. A small but satisfying win.

Set of four alloys from a 2013 Skoda Superb Elegance. Part number 3T0601025E Style name Themisto Size 7.5J x 18 Offset ET46 PCD 5x112 Also the spare wheel with retaining nut and polystyrene insert. We bought the car as an ex-demo so it has always been always owned by us. In around 2015 we replaced the wheels and tyres with 16 inch steels as we wanted a softer ride. These wheels have been stored in an ISO container ever since. The car has now been written off so these are of no use to us. The tyres have reasonable tread and appear okay but because of their age (2015) it might be safest to assume they are beyond their serviceable life. There appear to be some minor scuff marks, but please judge the condition for yourself from the photos. We are in North Wales and I don’t want to courier these etc so be prepared to come and get them. £200

Me too, but don’t tell anyone 🤫

Yum… stickers for my tool box

I had a similar issue with my previous mk3 facelift Octavia, the info screen would intermittently turn it's self on & off whilst I was driving. I never got to the bottom of it, but I found pulling the dash fuse (behind the glovebox), usually stopped it from turning on & off for around a month. I can't offhand remember which fuse it was, but it's within the owners handbook. Maybe worth a free, try. Mine turned off & on, less often than yours, mind. Still enough to drive me crazy when it did.

I drive both my cars without consideration for MPG ( fabia returns circa 35 mpg, Golf returns circa 25 mpg) but I enjoy every mile (don't commute or do over 5k per year) rely on on fuel calcs in the cars

If you can charge with the ignition on then the microswitch on the gear selector has failed. This will not let you charge because the car thinks it is not in the Park position and you should get a fault on the app saying the parking brake is not applied. The total unit replacement is 12E.713.025.G and is in the order of £700. However it is possible to get a similar microswitch for about £5.00 from RS components or similar. This will need modifying and soldering to the printed circuit board once you have dismantled everything. There is a video on the VW-UP web site https://www.upownersclub.co.uk/threads/car-wont-charge-yellow-flashing-light-selector-not-in-p.14359/?nested_view=1#replies and a link to a video on how to do it. I did mine about a month ago and it is still working! Best of luck and get in touch if you think you need more details.

Hello, long time lurker first time poster... I am looking for the software update for this. Could you help?

Goodies arrived…🤪

Can be done, ie get WLTP range and more, only happens in exceptional circumstances ie battery over 15C and a driver who knows how to maximise regen. My son just drives our EVs, doesn't play with the regen paddles, draft that Transit van doing the 60 mph or so and that is fine but he's a smooth driver so get quite good milez per KWh. The Mini EV progressively throttles power and is better than the Renaults for the novice but I don't think it will go much beyond 0%. The Renaults will go more the 5% past 0% before even warning of performance restriction. It will then go another 2 or 3% before conking out so my little 5's range in summeris over 200 miles and the Scenic is over 275 miles in truth before Restriction warning pops up and one really should charge up. EVs BMS needs to be better and more consistent across the makes as the vary massively in how they inform and perform in the lower gentiles and negative of informed state of charge.

Do you actually calculate your fuel consumption - or do you use the fuel computer figures? I use an app to calculate actual fuel use and it always shows the Octavia's fuel computer MPG figures to read high by at least 2mpg - so your real mpg figure could actually be lower than you think.

TRW GDB1330 rear brake pads will fit all Scala models. They are currently available on Amazon.de for 23.80 Euros (about £20.45) which includes shipping to the UK and UK VAT. The rear brake calipers on the Scala are made by TRW, so it makes sense to go for TRW rear brake pads. TRW GDB1330 rear brake pads (for Scala) https://www.amazon.de/-/en/gp/product/B00DPIB6DO/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1

Ooh I wish it was either of those. And yes it's very nice if currently about 34 degrees which is a tad warm for me!

Sadly, the entire EV industry is guilty of misinformation, and it starts right at the top with the legislators pushing towards an idealistic goal long before we have all the answers, a pattern that I have witnessed before. I don't really think that we can lay the entire blame at the motor trade's feet when they themselves are staring down the barrel of punitive fines for noncompliance with an over-optimistic mandatory target. Also, sadly, the education system has been dumbed down so much that almost every school leaver qualifies to get a place at university, hence why we find graduates stacking shelves in supermarkets, as industry chiefs know that the qualifications gained in a lot of cases are inferior to those gained years ago.

Misleading people getting an EV into believing that a 50 kW battery car is going to go 250 miles or more is pure misselling. When 200 miles sometimes might be possible in the right conditions. Sadly people believe brochures and sales staff.

2016 1.2 TSI at 99K miles. Last tank 62.6 MPG Struggle to get below 50 MPG in the winter. I do do no town driving / short journeys though. Thanks. AG Falco