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O/S/F N/S/F O/S/R N/S/R But don't loos any sleep over it. FOS = found overly stiff ?

Thanks all for the REALLY helpful insight. I think I can live with the 19" wheels as I had them on the mk4 VRS (without DCC) - but will be sure to really concentrate on ride quality during test drives. I might consider the SEL but the Sportline was the one that caught my eye and coming from a largely VRS and GTi background, I suspect it'll win through for me, even over comfort. I'll definitely buy approved used and look to use the all-in-one followup cover during my ownership, so hopefully things like headlights and boot struts aren't much of a concern. Is the pano roof standard on later models? basically I'll happily avoid it if I can.

My only other ideas are - 1) Blocked holes in the plastic cover that sits under the front wiper arms, ahead of the base of the windscreen. 2) Washer bottle or a pipe from it has sprung a leak. That makes more sense as OSF / FOS

PS 92 pence a kWh. Ultra rapid up to 160kW. "No parking" just charging in bays.

So my rear seats releaser popped up a little bit, mechanism works but this red button doesnt move at all and i cant get it back. How to fix this

Hey all Have a 2021 mk4 octavia vrs and i am not far from needing front pads and discs changed Been quoted £750 by a trustworthy indie garage and on akoda website it goes for about £800 Just checking how much it has cost other people to get both front pads and discs changed at a garage?

I hope you're allowed to wait until you're charged despite what the sign says!

New Ultra Rapids at McDonalds Forfar just at side of the A90. 100 yards from the 4 hopeless 50 kW max and often much less Angus Council chargers.

I currently have an Ottocast Mini Cube 3 that I picked up just before Christmas but it's currently sat on the side doing nothing as it doesn't seem to like my Kodiaq's Bolero and has therefore only been used a couple of times. It's still in it's original packaging with all parts and has been 'reset' to as delivered factory settings. It's the standard USB model rather than a USB C but does come with an adapter. I paid £43 including delivery for it but if anyone wants it I'm happy to take £35 for it - just drop me a PM. Cheers

Aircon has not been used in the last 4 days. No sunroof. fos = front-off-side

Hopefully in October ie Just In Time

Only 8 days supply of gas stored on the British isles as a maximum. AI says 12. Jackdaw gas field is almost ready to go into production. The pipelines and platform are in position. £3 billion spent already by Adura the joint venture between Shell and Equinor to prepare jackdaw and Rosebank. £1 billion on Jackdaw.

British gas warning uk gas stocks are at record low which ciukd affect LNG supply and presumably electricity production from gas powered electricity plants. If actual supply becomes a problem rather than just the big price hike this could be all sorts of problems electricity, heating and those types of transport that use LNG which increasingly includes ships.

grajay, It sounds like it is AirCon related. This hot weather the Air con is working hard. Have you got a Sun Roof? Oh, & what is "the fos wheel" ??? 🙂

For the last week or so, most mornings I've found a small puddle of water just inside the line of the fos wheel on the garage floor. I'd say that it amounts to about 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls. I've tasted the water and it certainly isn't coolant, and in any event the water level in the expansion tank hasn't changed. I'm sure it's not aircon derived as I've not used it for about. the same period. I thought it was rainwater being held with somewhere below the windscreen but I've no idea where to look. To sum up, I don't think this is serious to take the car off the road, but it niggles me that I cannot find a solution. Hopefully one of you might be able to suggest something. Thanks

Google tells me it was dropped as standard on MY24 cars, where it became a circa £900 option. So if it's something you want, carefully check the spec of late '23 cars when the change would have been made.

Hi Skoda fans, I am from Bulgaria. I've bought my first car in 2021 - Skoda 2 (2005) combi, 1.9 TDI 105. I've changed almost all parts of it unfortunately and that's how I learnt most of the things about Skoda. Currently I am driving Skoda 4 2022 combi, DSG, 2.0 TDI, 150hp

Much of that lead was created by the UK outsourcing manufacturing and, in doing so, exposing our manufacturing processes, designs, etc., giving them even more power by learning how we do things. I can remember back in my lifetime when it was the UK that led the entire world in many fields. One such item is trucks; think back to all great British lorries that once ruled our roads and those overseas. Now it there is not a single one left. We are now a massive importer of lorries instead of being an exporter. You can look at so many other things, toys is another prime example.

If 85% of solar panels are made in China and they are much cheaper it is hard to do anything else. Again the UK could add extra import duties but would we be shooting ourselves in the foot when solar panels are a key to cheaper electricity which benefits so many businesses and domestic economies.

There is so many strange things that the UK Government & politicians think is acceptable and then others that they are dead against.

We always have the power and now out of the EU. EU levies extra 35% on Chinese EVs, but not hybrids so the Chinese do even more on hybrids. UK chooses not to. Protectionism tends to harm all but the EU countervailibg duties on EVs, extra 35% on SAIC ie MG vehicles !!! Less on BYDs. When UK was in EU there were hundreds of Anti Dumping now there are only a few tens. UK continues to prioritise finance and specialised industries ie military, pharma, luxury cars, sports etc. Difficult to change when China has such a lead in mass production and cheap energy.

How did you get on? I'm currently considering doing the same. Wheels and Tyres - Skoda Octavia Mk3 (2013 - 2020) - BRISKODA

I think a test drive in both SEL and Sportline models is a good idea. Personally I found the ride quality on the SEL variant better than the Sportline so opted for that when I changed my car.

When my car did this it was due to water condensation in the car and was cleared by drying out the interior. Yours looks more like the condensation may have been there for some time and has corroded a connection, possibly the connections to the cluster.