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This is possibly the worst thing you can do. You will be murdered on the depreciation. If you are seriously thinking of this path, cancel the order and walk away, you will lose far less. To be honest I think you are acting very foolishly, condemning the ownership of car that you obviously liked enough to order, have not yet received, all on the basis of not getting a few emails. Based on your previous cancelled orders, now maybe this one, will you ever receive the service you feel you deserve? So many people would be delighted to be waiting on such a nice, new car, but you seem determined to throw all the toys out of the pram.

Hi Mike - I'm missing the logic of flogging after a year, once you've taken delivery of the car? I think it's fair to say that with a factory order, the painful bit is the unknown of when it will arrive, and the progress (or lack thereof) around the delivery process. Hence your thoughts about cancelling! But if you've gone through that pain and you like the car, where is the sense in selling after a year? Especially with the likely financial pain that will ensue given the 2nd hand car market and the fact you've taken the large initial hit with depreciation of a brand new car.

Hello my new S3 TSI272 Sportline to remplace my ex Octavia 2 RS TFSI With 4 whell OEM Skoda Kodiaq 20" Vega ,,,

Due to high number of requests let me make some short summary of units that can be installed in Octavia III cars. I have focused only on MIB2 / MIB2.5 units, to indicate differences between them. 1. Amundsen MY16 unit 5Q0035864A (without DAB) or 5Q0035874A (with DAB) 2. Amundsen MY17 unit 5Q0035864B (without DAB) or 5Q0035874B (with DAB) 3. Amundsen MY18 unit 5Q0035864C (without DAB) or 5Q0035874C (with DAB) 4. Columbus MIB2 unit 3V0035020x (with DAB, with regular Bluetooth, without LTE Modem) 5. Columbus MIB2 unit 3V0035021x (with DAB, with premium Bluetooth, with LTE Modem) 6. Columbus MIB2 unit 3V0035043x (without DAB, with regular Bluetooth, without LTE Modem) 7. Columbus MIB2 unit 3V0035044x (without DAB, with premium Bluetooth, with LTE Modem) 8. Columbus MIB2.5 unit 565035020x (with DAB, with regular Bluetooth, without LTE Modem) 9. Columbus MIB2.5 unit 565035021x (with DAB, with premium Bluetooth, with LTE Modem) 10. Columbus MIB2.5 unit 565035043x (without DAB, with regular Bluetooth, without LTE Modem) 11. Columbus MIB2.5 unit 565035044x (without DAB, with premium Bluetooth, with LTE Modem) All MIB2 units (as well as Columbus MIB1 which is not listed here) work with 800x480 pixels screens, either 6.5 or 8 inch. Amundsen MY16 has old style (rotating, monochrome) menu, with only 1 skin having 5 memory buttons in radio and phone menu. They don't support for APP key in 8 inch FL screens. Amundsen MY17 has old style (rotating, monochrome) menu, with 2 skina having 5 or 6 memory buttons in radio and phone menu. It may also support Media Command (depneding on FEC.SWaP codes installed). Amundsen MY18 has both old style (rotating, monochrome) and new style (pictures, color) menu, with 2 skina having 5 or 6 memory buttons in radio and phone menu. It may also support Media Command (depneding on FEC.SWaP codes installed). Columbus units have built-in DVD drive and HDD for maps and audio / video files. Only Coilumbus units can play video files. Every MIB2 Columbus unit can be reworked into MIB2.5 unit if required. MIB2.5 Columbus requires new 9.2" screen 5E0919606D. Every Columbus unit can drive directly subwoofer and central speaker (although this setup is not officially supported by Skoda). "x" at the end of Columbus units model number is letter A/B/C/D. Can also be missing. It makes no difference, just indicates original SW release family. Every of listed above units can be reworked into Plug&Play version (no need to visit SKODA dealer).

Ross Tech didn't do anything. VAG changed the protocols and hardware beyond the capabilities of your current Ross Tech lead. And good luck getting anything Bosch for the cost of VCDS.

There are two service interval choices: 1) Fixed - 9,300 miles (15,000 km) / 12 months, whichever is reached first. Suited for low annual mileage, regular stop/start traffic, lots of towing or operation in arduous environments. 2) Variable - Up to 20,000 miles / 24 months. The car monitors journey types, number of cold starts, oil viscosity etc. and decides for itself when it needs fresh oil. Suitable for higher annual mileage with low engine loads. Favoured by fleet managers and PCP/PCH owners who are looking to minimise servicing costs, but not always in the best interests of the engine and turbo. The 1.4 TSI 150PS uses the same oil regardless of which service interval it is set to (VW 507.00 5W30). If your wife is doing 30,000 km / 19,000 miles a year, and it's predominantly motorway use then variable is definitely the way to go. The car will still benefit from fresh oil once a year. The dealer is supposed to ask you about your driving style and annual mileage prior to putting the car through the PDI (Pre-Delivery Inspection), and set the service interval accordingly. Some, however, simply set it to fixed so that they can extract more money out of you.

I think this thread has now run it’s course. 🔒

The spoiler is now all finished. And on this pic you can see the mk5 Golf aerial as well.. Happy with that, looks different without being too OTT in my opinion. More soon

Hellooo all! Been sniffing around this site quite a bit lately. OK I have to fess up...the main reason.. My son has a Fabia and we are just sorting out a few things and with your help managing quite nicely thank you. Thankfully his Fabia appears to be a pretty sound car mechanically - focusing on superfluous stuff - trim + bits n bobs nothing that compromises driving safely of course. I have to say thanks in advance for past present and future endeavours of the collective masses on here.... a great way to share knowledge info etc. Will do my best to share anything I find that is a bit nuggety and of value. A big Hello to all out there in Briskoda Forum land! Cheers from me...Tony (and Conner, me laddo who appreciates it then appreciates me fixing it!!)

The terminology in relation to services may differ in Ireland. I asked the service manager in the main dealer in Limerick to switch mine (diesel) from fixed to variable as I do a bit over 20,000km per year and he had never heard of that. He went to check and told me that they can set it to fixed 15,000km/1 year or 30,000km/1 year. I requested the latter!

Totally agree with both of you. The plugs need changing around now anyway so will book it in and switch to variable. Thanks for the great advice.

Three reasons why I don't like that idea. First, I can't stand the "nag" warning every time I start the car. Second, and I may be giving my car far more credit than it deserves, but my understanding is that on variable it "screens" the oil and recommends a change based on oil condition. Don't know if it does that on a fixed setting. Third, if your dealer is as useless as mine they will mis-record it as a fixed (eg 20,000 mile) service, making it look like you've not met the service criteria. Personally I'd get the service done and set to variable. ETA just noticed I crossed with Silver. Great minds think alike

Yes, at least with regards to the oil and oil filter element of the service. There won't be a gap in the service history, as long as the history doesn't show the car exceeding 30,000 km / 24 months between dealer visits then as far as anyone looking at the history will know, the car has fallen within the manufacturers guidelines. The only anomaly you might have is if the last service entry specifically mentions 'fixed' and then you run the car to the variable mileage / time interval. Don't forget to consider other service requirements that might be due before December, DSG oil, brake fluid, Haldex if 4x4 etc. Also remember the variable interval doesn't just factor time, mileage is an influence too, so whilst you're counting to 24 months, if the car had been set to variable last time then it might have ordinarily asked for a service much sooner, depending on how the car has been driven. Personally I'd get the car serviced now, but ask them to change it to variable.

What car Stevie? Is it the Superb? If so, I'd go for variable servicing with the car telling you when it needs new oil based around average30k km between changes (and a 2-year hard stop alternative). That's what I do with mine to avoid it being in the dealer every few months.

Info from an actual tester (me) the wheel bearing is a major fault, the split drop link dust cover could be a major or minor (though if split is a major), now for the shock absorber- fronts actually have a gland designed to allow excess fluid/pressure out so any good tester should advise that, this being said if it has fluid leaking all the way down the shock then it will be a be a major, rear shocks don't seem to leak very often (i've only ever failed a couple in 15 years of testing)

For a breach to lead to termination it has to be fundamental to the contract, not calling isn't. Now, and I have tried this with a large communications services provider, if there are repeated minor breaches and you keep complaining but they keep doing it you may (and this advice came at high cost from one of the big legal firms) succeed in terminating but don't bet much on it. The notice of termination got them to do something about the issues but the action probably wouldn't have succeeded. Now if the order had written on it "to call every two weeks with an update and if you don't I can cancel at no cost" then the ground is firm.

Just an update at 2500 miles My wife uses the karoq during the week for trips to Tesco about a 3 mile round trip each day and so far so good. There is no way she would take back her old Honda CRV so I use that for getting to work and back. I have only used the Karoq to get to work once when the Honda had a flat tyre and here's an interesting fact! On my journey to work (total of about 16 miles) part of the journey involves travelling about 4 miles between along a 30 mph max road, this is only 1 mile after I have started my trip. As the road has loads of areas the police regularly hide to catch people speeding I have got into the habit of setting the cruise to 33mph and just accepting this. The road is nearly flat but does have some slight down and up hill sections, as soon as the cruise was set the car went straight into two cylinder mode for the whole 4 miles until I hit the next round about. Very impressed. Car managed 43mpg for the full trip ( Honda CRV 25 mpg if I am lucky). At week ends we regularly travel to the east coast and so far the karoq has been superb always managing close to 50 mpg for the 80 mile trip. Again it regularly drops into two cylinder mode and I have to say without the indicator on the dash to say this was happening I would have no idea ( car is not empty either as I have my wife two dogs and luggage in the car). If you need to overtake the response back to normal mode is instant. So still loving the car and for us personally convinced so far it was a great choice of car and looking forward to many more miles.

Airbag fits 👍🏻

All vehicle design is a compromise and over 9 years I have chosen two generations of Octavia estates as the best compromise available to suit my needs at a price I was prepared to pay (in Australia) The mk2 1.9pd was a stolid overall design and the mk3 1.4tsi is substantially lighter, has a larger interior, better performance, better crash safety and remarkable economy (especially for a petrol engine). Agreed that when you go around the mk3 it is obvious that there are very large areas of (undamped) very thin high tensile steel, you can depress the roof with one finger (certainly no kids allowed up on top of the car at air displays unlike my youth). Yet this basic shell is light enough to take a small engine, strong enough to take an engine and ancillaries over twice as powerful, flexible enough to allow fitment of AWD systems and still set class standards for internal capacity. Unlike most I actually find my mk3 is quieter than my mk2 was in most road conditions, with most of the noise tyres/road surface related and booming/rumble issues only coming out on our really corrugated dirt roads, then the torsion bar rear suspension does not help at all. This type of discussion can go on forever due to personal subjectivity and it is a pity we don't all have access to the necessary equipment to test our respective vehicles objectively. At the end of the day it does come down to personal satisfaction and I don't blame anyone getting a more satisfactory 'compromise' from another manufacturer if they can find one.

Engine is back in the hole, not without its challenges stripped threads, wrong spigot bearings already fitted etc etc. A few more connections to make then give it a whirl..

So far I’m two hours into this little task.. The OE Fabia fuel cap is a roughly textured thing, I’d looked at something else from the extended VAG family but couldn’t stomach paying £140 for an aluminium Porsche Boxter one, so thought I’d tweak what we have. So I’ve spent two hours tonight rubbing the cap down with varying grades of paper to remove firstly the texture and secondly the odd moulding which looked like a lip to get your fingers round. more updates soon

Last year when I secured a ‘local’ job (compared to the 55 mile commute each way I was travelling before) I decided that combined with better eating and looking after myself I’d treat myself to a bike. After 20+ years in the workshop my knees aren’t the best. So when I decided I would cycle the 8 miles to my new job and leave the car at home I thought an e-bike would be the solution. So all through winter, rain, snow and ice I have ridden. I have no regrets what so ever. What a great bike. Comfortable and easy to ride. Great brakes and a good spec. The Bosch crank drive motor giving the assistance when required and turned down/off when I want to push hard. Range is impressive and I have done a few long rides (for me). 1 year after deciding to do something about my health I am 5 stone lighter and doing things I’ve never done before. I really enjoy taking the Carrera out for pleasure rides and the commuting and it has been faultless.

Hi stokey I have mine in black since August is brilliant to drive very comfortable only down side was the stop start a bit of a delay when starting off again but now I just turn it off when I get in the car so no longer an issue I had a 1.6 diesel quasquai before this and found it more economical to run but when the car needs fuel I just put it in and don’t really look at the mileage all in all quite pleased with the car and would recommend it

Welcome to the forum. if you're a novice, I'd be inclined to put this into a garage and get it sorted properly. What's on the back, drums, and what's the mileage?

It’s very possible. Stands to reason, less overheads, no expensive training programs for each staff member, no rack and rack of special service tools, big shiny expensive showrooms etc. You could argue it’s unlikely they are trained to the same level but then there are a lot of independent service centres that are owned/staffed by disillusioned ex dealer techs anyhow. Nothing stopping them keeping up their training either.

I stick to an independent for all my services they can update the electronic book same as the dealer as well as retaining the warranty. Also, keeps the dealer questioning mods such as suspension or mapping. So I can the remove if I need proper warranty work. Although in most cases it’s less hassle to have the independent sort small issues. Some more info is in this thread

Out of interest, when I was wondering what one of these companys would offer for my car, I put it into the Webuyanycar web site. After the offer they gave me of £3.500, I would not trust these sort of companys to give you a fair price. I traded it in in the end only around 3 months ago to a Skoda garage, got £4.500 for it. They sold it to an independant dealer, as it had too many miles on it for them to stick it on their forecourt. The independent dealer had it up on ebay for £5.995. It sold soon after. This was a 2011 Octavia VRS TSI in great condition, full service history with 103k miles. So the moral of the story is, I would get less from Webuyanycar than trading it in. If I wanted the trouble of selling it myself, which I usually do, I could have got even more. I think your car is worth a lot more than £6262 by the sound of it mate. Compare like for like via Autotrader to see what the market is selling them for.

Think they trade around £14k and retail around £17k obv dep on mileage, i bought mine last week and love it, shame yours wasnt up 4weeks ago

Don't think it makes any difference how old you are! 😉

Hey Ads! Yep, we're still game on. At the moment it's just yourself, Chris, me and a mate of mine in an RS3 who's tagging along. One chap who was originally confirmed has now sold his vRS but might come down anyway. You never know though, we may get a few lurkers along too 👍

Result! 🙂

I'm a long way behind you fancy MkIII boys, but if its any consolation I ran a higher profile tyre on my MkII Superb for several years / many thousands of miles without issue...

Thanks for all the replies to you all! Just for information I have recently moved back to the west coast, hence it should not ve environment causing this issue. I will post pictures of the rear discs when I'm changing back to winter tires in October. Will be interesting to see how coated discs looks after 6 months in this environment.

You say it started after a service I know coincidence happens but I would check to see if everything was put back as it should have been.

As you're only on 62k, it might worth clearing the fault code (if it'll stay off) and popping into a Skoda dealer to get the emissions fix applied. When the code comes back, go back to the dealer and insist they replace the EGR under the TBM. It's certainly worked for other people

"Box on", as in a tuning box? Sounds like the most logical scenario that this is causing an ECU issue. Especially combined with the DPF delete. FIngers crossed it's smooth running from here!

My thoughts to the insurance route have crossed my mind but the possible increase in premiums at the same time have me looking at the DIY route as long as the headlight is OEM rather than pattern in this case.

It "may" be made of sugar..............but its .......................sweeeeet!!! 🤪

I wouldn't say the scout has MUCH more ground clearance... It's only 17mm more and that is down to the tyre profile... The 4X4 has the same raised suspension. It also has the same drive train and, in many cases the rough road package. We've had ours for 12 years now and love it... It's just an extremely capable vehicle. We've done some very mi!d off reading in it but, for us, the appeal was the all weather capability without all the plastic addeda and without going the full SUV route.. We live on the edge of the Peak District and my wife used to work on the other side of the Pennines so wanted something with all weather capability (read snow) for the bad days. Nowadays we like the fact that we've never been stuck and have always managed to get to look after elderly relatives or to the hospital (my daughter has medical issues) regardless of what mother nature throws our way

Can anyone help I have a 2012 octava vrs and the alarm keeps going off at random I also can’t turn it off when it is going off. Driving me mad is there a easy fix any ideas ?

It's funny how we've been waiting to see what the new Defender looks like, so far it's been most camouflaged prototypes, but perhaps the bag has lost it's cat! https://jalopnik.com/sure-looks-like-lego-leaked-the-2020-land-rover-defende-1835745122 It seems that someone has found the forthcoming Lego model of the new Defender...perhaps. If so it's got to be one of the funniest ways a car has been 'outed'. Looks OK from what I can see

Or because they attract/hire more competent people for the job? Škoda dealers are awful in every regard IME. The one exception I’ve found was ALS Autos in Downham Market. Anyway... I’ve just accepted with most high value purchases that once your business has been secured you are just another reference number. It shouldn’t work like that but it does. In car dealerships sales people are usually in short lived roles and are likely so focussed on keeping their jobs for another month/quarter that they don’t have the ‘luxury’ of thinking ‘I’ll phone Mr Mandp every day with a status update because in 10 years time he may come back and buy another car’. They will need to make up the numbers and that’s all you are, a number. Suck it up and wait for the car or just forget about any new car. I have a feeling you’ll be disappointed no matter which dealer/marque you chose.

They really are excellent cars. I can manage 90+mpg, my son about 38...

Just kidding, it's the passengers ejection seat, don't pull the tab until the mother in law is sat right next to you.

when my fabia SE L 1.0 tsi went for it first service in march the dealer put the VW 504.00 oil in my fabia 1.0 TSI i said to them it the wrong oil oil you need the vw 508,00 oil they said no the vw 504.00 is ok. so i went away with in 5 days i lost 3 MPG and was down on power i ring the dealer to say the cars not right and its coming back to them so they can do the service right so got a new oil filter and some vw 508,00 oil when back and make them change it with in a week the car was back to full health . i've talked to the dealer a lot as i get on with them and they sad i was not the only one with a 10 TSI to come back with problems after a service so now they put in VW 508.00 in all 1.0 and 1.5 TSI

Zero time today, been babysitting a 5 month old overnight so zero sleep as well! Did manage to pop into the garage just now and slip the battery cover on. Well worth the time and expense to retro fit the “ASZ” box, fuses and cover as it’s really tidied up the eyesore of a corner and my favourite shot so far.... More soon.

Interesting thread I happened upon on that Twitter. I asked @Threadreaderapp to unroll for ease. Bloke finds an interesting bit of kit in a thrift shop............ https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1135354815259656192.html

See if this works? It's a big file though so will likely take some time to download, it contains all the files listed above in my earlier post. A big thumbs up to @Arkaig for telling me how to do it There is some duplication to those already posted by Arkaig though.

i discovered completing your profile and commenting on a few posts / doing your intro post, will give you access.

Our last two lease cars were returned with 5600 and 12250 miles on. The will have been sold through a BCA auction as ex VW-lease at Leicester. Remember there are a lot of PCH deals about now and the majority are 8000 or 10000 mile limits. Some as low as 5000 mile a year. Not all low mileage ex-lease cars are clocked. Lee