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Thank you for the reply sussamb I had forgotten about that switch. I tried it yesterday with just the ignition on and it made no difference. This morning I had another try with the engine running and it worked. So problem seems to be solved. Thank you. I hadn't pressed that switch originally that I am aware of. Sometimes I think that the car has a mind of it's own. I normally have the MFD on MPH but every time I start the car it's on something different, and often whilst driving it will change to something else. Thank you again.

Yes, 76 reg, but I’m transferring my personal number plates to it anyway. The 76 plates are only really important when it comes to resale time… The new car is a MY2027 build so hopefully fairly recently built.

Spot on. Trading Standards, HMRC work with UK Border force. I said OPSS upside your your head, OPSS upside your head...... GOV.UKBorder controls for non-food productsGuidance for businesses on OPSS border controls.GOV.UKOffice for Product Safety and StandardsOur primary purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence. The Office for Product Safety and Standards

That's hilarious clickbait. What's being ordered for destruction is a certain brand and specific type and colour of 2 gang sockets with switches that were made in China. It's one of DOZENS of product safety recalls that happens regularly. That eFixx fella certainly knows how to draw people in You have to scroll some way down before finding it and blink and you'll miss it. https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls It's this one ICYMI https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-safety-report-2-gang-universal-wall-socket-2604-0061

Best selling car (not just EVs) in China, about half million, which is by far largest car market in the world. Not as good looking as the R5 IMO but good price especially in 47 KWh battery...... Geely own Polestar and Volvo, part own Aston and also numerous other brands. Good boot and Frunk size too. Spacious but slowish charging. 115 hp and bit slow to 60 ie 11 seconds. Could sell quite well.

Yes camera was working and the usb hub does now the fuse is there

Reckon you may have found the problem (I hope) Engines these days are very sensitive to any leaks. Alasdair

Coming back to this as I've toyed with a few things we thought would fix it. So far, we've replaced the oil filler neck and the cap itself - if you have a leak here it will prompt the same codes (P1504 and P1553) as I have been having. However, this was not what was causing mine after replacing it with a known good neck/cap from a spares car. Chucked a smoke generator on the vacuum system and identified that the intake manifold has been leaking where it meets the engine itself. I haven't fitted the new (used, known good) one yet as not had the time but I'm hopeful this will fix it. If anyone else is doing the same, make sure you replace the gasket too. I'll report back with my findings as soon as I have them.

Not quite the same thing, but my mate (who isn't on here I don't think) and I retrofitted rear electric windows from a donor Elegance to my old 2006 Mk1, although being a later one there were some CAN/LIN incompatibilities. I think the main thing I'd advise is making sure you have a Comfort Control Module that is capable of running these things, as I know there's a certain spec of these that have a stripped down system that cannot be adapted. @Tech1e might know more than I do about this actually.

My dipstick is exactly the same as the manual describes BUT there is not ANY treatment at the marked area as shown in S19-0760 picture - it is just plain steel. That is why is difficult to see the border between wet and dry. The other reason is when inserted is becomes wet and dirty almost everywhere...

My Fabia's Owner's Manual describes checking the oil fill-level as shown in the attachment below. The Fabia's dipstick is black-coloured steel and (as fabiamk4man has said) it is not easy to spot the level, particularly when the (thin) oil is clean. About 3.14 into this video it is suggested that laying the dipstick against a piece of kitchen towel is a useful means of identifying the oil-level and I've used that method successfully for many years.

It is steel. I may do so 👍

Is the dipstick steel in the area you need to see, or plastic? If it's steel, sand off the blackness?

IMO Think yourself lucky you have a Skoda vehicle that still has a dipstick

It shouldn't have been that hard or tricky... easy things are made difficult by vw...

You are dealing with people on a keyboard that can be anyplace and who know nothing about cars / Skoda's. Even Communication / Resolution Managers might have more experience of selling shoes / trainers or serving fast food than motorised vehicles.

Try taking a photo with phone and then zoom in on it to try to see the wet/dry boundary.

Are you checking it both ways, stone cold before the engine is started to see plenty oil, & as required at Normal Operating Temperature after stopped a few minutes, so 4 or 5 and when the oil is at an indicated 90*oC or so? You can wipe the dipstick and then maybe a very light dusting if talc powder on the dipstick. I used to use french chalk on difficult dip sticks. Only a Tiny amount.

I admit that it is quite difficult for me to clearly see the oil level on the dipstick every time. It usually gets all dirty when it is inserted, and in addition the space in which the level should be is pitch black and without any treatment to hold the oil and thus clearly show the level... I wonder if anyone else has the same problem and if so, what they have done to deal with it...

What did you end up getting and would you recommend it?

New lens arrived today, wide angle zoom, 14-35mm couldn’t resist giving it a go. Took a few more snaps for a small photography project.

On the facelift cars, the foglight is actually two different lamps - a foglight and the daylight driving lights in the same enclosure. It seems that drivers of many older makes of cars, not just VAG, have the foglights rewired to come on with the ignition to make them look modern. This is maybe what has happened to your car. The law says that the driving lights must be OFF when the headlights are on and so it may be a MOT failure if your fog/sudeo driving lights are on.

The VIN will tell you when it was built. If you are picking it up in a couple of weeks will they register it as a 76?

Got the call from the dealer today to say my new car has arrived at the dealership. 7 days from order to delivery! I had to wait 7 months for the Superb. A benefit of zero factory fitted options. It will no doubt have been sitting in a uk port for a while, Civics are built in Japan. I’ve booked it in at a professional detailers for a “new car” treatment. I’m going on holiday at the weekend so I’ll be collecting the car when I get back in a couple of weeks time. Thanks for all the help and advice over the last 18 mths guys 👍🏼

Thanks so much, I’ll give it a go.