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Up till 2012 or so with Service Books there was 2 pages after the service page with a car diagram and you put where any damage was on the vehicle. Poor repair or no repair. Then it went to being done on a palm top device. This carry on with a Free Car Wash after a service. It should be done before a service and that person should be trained to spot damage not cause it, or the tech then has a clean car to check. Outside and under when on the ramp. Body inspections are like road tests at a service. False pretences / fraud by main dealers that charge a premium and the Manufacturers / importers conspiring in the deception

Hey john. Thanks for that very comprehensive update. I was towing myself at the weekend and the passenger protective system fired off many times, which, apart from being potentially dangerous, really ****ed me off. If I was offered a skoda retractable towbar I would get it done in a moment. In fact I'm going to chance my arm with skoda and see how I get on. But for you....happy towing.

Sadly even with a brand new car which has supposedly had a PDI done by a trained person it is important to check levels at hand over then when home or next day to compare. Also tyre pressures because if they are set poorly or never set then that gives an idea of the dudes / dudettes being hopeless and not giving a damn.

If the other module doesn’t work then it may well be cheaper to buy one and get you to connect than get a garage to code it! I will consider it. Although I’m not sure there’s any other retrofits I will do that will need it.

You make a Lot by the car , buy a vnci Red

Here's hoping there was enough oil left in the sump to avoid any damage to the engine by the time you arrived home!

I have been looking at this too and I don’t think you can just add the extra buttons. If you look on the back of the buttons you will see 10 pins (two rows of 5). On my car (a mk 3 scout) it looked like the wires on the car side are not there. Not sure where the other side of the wires would end up the ECU maybe, maybe wiring diagram would help.

Some progress made. I thought while I wait for the new module come I would do some fault finding on the sensors. Luckily I started fault finding at the plug end. Starting by checking pinout. It would seem my eyes are not very good at distinguishing between 10 and 18 and I’d managed to pin one side of the plug backwards. Repinned it and now just the dataset faults remain. Hopefully the swapping if module corrects this.

The Skoda response really is just bull**** - it's clearly a corrosion issue and has absolutely nothing to do with whether mechanical parts were serviced or not... We've had Skoda's for 25 years now and I don't recall them EVER doing a bodywork inspection as part of servicing.

Is your 2025 Octavia is a facelift model? I’d assume so, else it’d be one of the last of the pre-fl models. What is your query about traffic and road closures? Mine has done that from day 1; really quite helpful. Maybe a function of your user permissions - something to do with location 🤷‍♂️ On my pre-fl car there is a setting to save the PIN in the infotainment system; yes, reduces security a bit but massively reduces the faff! I leave my climate control on Auto, with temps set at 21C +/-1; the car retains that setting. IIRC, that syncs to the Škoda servers ‘cos on the rare occasion my wife drives it as her user and sets different temperatures it sets back to my preference when my user is selected.

Yes but no I didn't check under the bonnet before I drove away. Should I need to? It was the seal with the oil fitter that hadn't seated correctly. All sorted now, fingers crossed. Nope, I refer you to my other to save typing them out again.

Nope. If it had appeared, I'd have dipped the clutch and killed the engine. All sorted. When the garage changed the oil fitter, the seal hadn't seated properly. Were they just careless?

Skoda , Seat and VW UK and Germany, Spain and Czechia know a fundamental design and manufacturing fault and the corrosion comes from behind the metal and owner sees and behind the paint. So the have had 17 years to be sure Dealership employees check while doing body inspections. Issue a TPI /TSB. What ever some desk jockey says about not being corrosion is just the usual P!$$ take from their Customer Services / Warranty contractors.

Blimey that Alpine is ugly! Too much 'addenda' at the front and the wheels are awful! All in my opinion of course...

on previous 2016 Mk3 TSI 220ps DQ250 FWD i coasting by default were present only in E on current 2023 Mk3.FL TSI 280ps DQ381 AWD it were also in D, had to code it out -> https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/516414-vcds-options-on-superb-iiifl/

Our Kamiq was a bit late for its second service as the dealers leadtime was bonkers. Dealer assured us it'd be fine (famous last words). However if the car was on longlife servicing then it could go 2yrs between services (18500 miles) so I don't see why it should be problem. I suppose, as the first service is basically just an oil change and the second is a more extended inspection, then they might say the inspection is overdue.

Hello vRS WRC fans. I want to buy a new white carpet. Is it still possible to buy a new one in England? What is the part number? I have 65/100. Thank you very much

There is three trips. Since refuel. Since start (which seems more like a "today" trip and then long term. The long term can be reset by the driver. I wondered the same thing myself when I set off for holiday a couple of weeks ago.

Hello vRS WRC fans. I want to buy a new white center carpet. Do you know the part number? Is it still available in England? I own a 65/100. Thank you very much.

Hi, please, I need new white carpet. What is the part number? Is it still available in England? I have the number 65/100

Are you ordering in the UK? The configurator you showed is German - as another poster said, I don't think elec seats are available in UK and they're not showing in the UK configurator.

Caffyns were actually very helpful and investigated and submitted a warranty claim. Skoda's reply was "it's not corrosion" so claim dismissed! Baffling. What is rust if it is not corrosion? I have now had to contact Skoda direct. Aaaargh!

Does the 2026 L&K superb have a trip odometer? I mean, a mileage counter that you can zero say at the start of a holiday and then read off the total distance travelled 2 weeks later? Looked in the digital and hard copy manual and found nothing. My 2017 model had a physical button you could press that did this, but the new car ...

Not found if the Alpine 290 is getting the same upgrades the R5 in the aero and battery department but it should see a few more miles range. I would be keen to try both the upgrade R5s and the upgrade Scenics, would avoid even more of the public charges. Just hope they come to the UK as we do get a restricted list of Renault and I would presume other marques too. https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/renault/5/370305/updated-renault-5-offers-more-range-more-google-tech-and-even-more-style https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/renault/scenic/370350/new-renault-scenic-embarrasses-tesla-model-y-range-again New 67 Kwh Scenic should be well under £30k for a very roomy car and have the LFP charging to 100% being no worries.

Sadly I doubt that I will be able to get a used new Range Rover EV even if they end up discounted or depreciated by 90%.