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Well I said on the wish list. Doesn’t mean I’ll actually do it…

It’s already spitting with rain haha

I am sure you said no more mods, somewhere on here, hahaha Yes will do fella, wanting to get my wheels refurbished too but need a spare set whilst they are getting done

This is exactly what I am trying to say, the "accumulated ash mass" is just VW's / ECU's theory. In practice, actual DPF condition is OK until clogged enough to cause backpressure and related loss of performance and problems with completing regen or frequent regens. Can be well before 80g, can also be way after 80g. I stress that this is certainly the case for EU5 engines, perhaps EU6 ones have better pressure monitoring, but I doubt it. The only way to be sure would be to swap the DPF without resetting ECU, drive for a while and look at the accumulated ash mass reading sometime afterwards. On EU5 TDI, for sure the ECU would not notice new DPF and just keep increasing accumulated ash value in line with mileage / number of regens. I suspect it is the same for EU6 TDIs, but not 100% sure.

Will be good to see some before and after pics. It’s something that might find its way onto my wish list.

Got mine given a quick once over yesterday too. Makes it look so much better. Won’t last long I think!

Should be behind a panel at end of dash drivers side between door and dash. Access when door is opened. There is a panel that clips in place. Careful removing so not to damage spring clips. https://www.startmycar.com/gb/skoda/octavia/info/fusebox/2012#anchorfusebox3 The above link I think is your car. Fuse 35 Alasdair

This is what I had thought but must of misread what Travs had put in their reply Waiting till the service is done this week and then will order some spacers and bolts

I found this, doing 70mph and the rear got very lose and a little worried when the car went light. Along with how the A12 is currently with very bumpy in sections I am glad I have done new springs, tops mounts with B6’s all round, although it seemed to take a long time to bed in with a 4 wheel alignment it’s now on the money and super comfortable along with good control even on those parts of the A12. Only wish the car sat lower, about 15mm but it’s not sport or DCC suspension

Welcome back, Manny. 🙂

After months, last time was 25th of June before the car went in to Skoda for warranty work. I washed the car today, been putting it off but after France/Belgium, Devon/Cornwall in the summer and then some other trips the car was filthy, more the wheels than anything Wash it twice due to only buckets!!

Thanks, do you know how I locate the fuse please? Zero car maintenance skills

The stats support it, more piwet and mire torque. My comoany Ceva was seeing several minutes quicker runs by the EV trucks running up from the Spanish ports that connect with Morocco up to Madrid and onwards. Ceva use Winrose EV truck for such runs.

When the alarm backup battery fails it can leak and cause damage to circuit boards which can trigger alarm randomly. On a temp measure to silence it you could remove fuse for backup battery. It would stop the siren eventually once it goes flat. Indicators will probably still flash but at least it wont annoy neighbours. From memory its fuse 35 either 5amp or 20amp

Exactly, but those speed limits where put in place before EVs were as common as they are now.

What actually makes you think that electric trucks will out perform ICE ones in terms of towing etc? That certainly has not been demonstrated by the electric vans, or indeed cars towing caravans has it? Manuefacturers hyped up claims are never ever matched in reality and nowhere is that more evident than in the EV world.

Thank you, battery seems fine but I’ll follow your other suggestions

At motorway speed the drive by noise is dominated by tyre noise, so EV or ice the noise levels are similar unfortunately, and can, in fact, be higher with EVs due to the harder compounds and structure of the tyre needed for their (usually) extra weight.

It may be the alarm siren backup battery thats failing/failed or also check the voltage of the car battery. My old donor cars go off when the battery gets a bit low. Try hoovering the sensor in roof. Think its near the interior lights. Sometimes a build up of dust or in my case a small spider was setting it off. Think the siren is rh front wheel arch under plastic cover. Alasdair

Glad it seems to be sorted and fingers crossed it stays that way.

Lovely. I had Superpro front droplinks on order but researching the length reduction on lowering meant they were still too long. Got the longer of the two RacingLine offerings as could adjust when on the ground. The TT arms have a solid rear bush - just standard front one though. Question @MarioVrs H&R says ARB bushes go in dry - did you go along with that?

Wow... A blast from the past but welcome back @mannyo . Sorry to hear about your woes and the curve balls life has thrown you but hopefully things are now back on the straight and narrow...

Welcome back and nice to say hi again @mannyo Last time we met was either at JKM on a rolling road day or at one of the New Forest meets. I'm afraid my trusty MkI Fabia Elegance (154.5bhp by the way ) has long since gone. In between I've had a MkII Fabia which was sold when we moved to Germany, a Rapaid Spaceback (sold a month ago) and I'm now in a 2023 SEAT Ateca.

Thanks, I didn't know that. Still learning after all these years, to paraphrase a line from one of my favourite singers.

It's been a very long time since I posted anything here. Over the last few years, life has thrown a lot of curveballs my way, both good and bad. Some may remember me from the very early days of Briskoda, from what I remember I think I am something like member number 6. I was very active for a very long time on this forum, I started with my Mk1 Octavia vRS, one the first imported into the UK, then got a MK2 Octavia 1.9PD and then a Mk2 Superb. From there I had a couple of Audi's. Then life got in the way, both my Parents passed away, I got made redundant from my job in Dorset and times were tough for a long time. Today I am back in my home town, have a job working for a previous employer, and became a first time buyer in my late 50s after years of renting. My present car is a 2017 Volvo V90 Inscription with 2.0TD engine. I got it 5 years ago with 28K miles on it, and it now stands at 71K. So I am still around, I am not going to post much, but just saying hi. Here are two of the Audis, both taken at Briskoda Meets. Once is at Gaydon and the other was up noth somewhere.