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Hello All, After having a discussion regarding LED replacement in the instrument cluster, (search: Rev/Speedo Dial Illumination), I have written up a guide on LED replacement. I hope someone finds it useful. Tomasz Instrument Cluster LED Replacment v1-1.pdf

I always thought that the current Superb was the most handsome car on the road. But it was simply too big for me. This new Octavia is perfect in styling and size. A beautiful looking machine. I don't want a push button parking brake. I don't want a distracting computer tablet. Or massaging seats or whatever. I want a good looking practical car that I can drive without interruption or distraction by computerised devices. Much discussion here is about stuff that I do not want and are just optional extras anyway. I hope to be driving this car car in the next few years ... and it will be one without the distracting bells and whistles.

Octavia III Estate 2.Tdi DSG Elegance from 2014. Own it since new. I had dozens of cars in my last 20 something years on the road. This one is counting 133k kilometers on clock. My review It's a decent car for the price tag but not more than decent in my humble experience. Please comment. - Given the chassis behavior, the ride is rough, specially on the back seats. I don't understand how can a car maker do that. If you have a floppy chassis, at least make the ride smooth. Other cars like the Peugeot 308 or the Megane have much more ride quality. My shocks are still stock. Changing them will improve the ride? I assume a very bad quality stock shocks. - The 2.0 Tdi with 150bhp and 320nm is nicely good to drive with plenty of torque. But at 133k, the dual mass flywheel is dying. Jerky start-ups when hot, and sometimes it stalls with a very jerky bumps that already caused leakage on the exhaust system beacuse of such play when starting up. That is just disappointing. - The DSG gear box, was clearly setup for petrol engines. If you step on the throttle, it will put one or 2 gears down and use the engine's rpm for optimum power. That's a PETROL setup. A Diesel, specially when recovering speed from 1500rpm, has the maximum torque available to use in the SAME gear until something close to 2500rpm. If you are in a worry, driving in the city in D mode is just a joke. Up and down, up and down. but Ok, it's an auto gear box. But the WORSE about the DSG is when you drive slow in speeds that uses 2nd gear to 3rd gear and back. The gearbox selects 2nd gear when driving in 3rd and the rpm drops from 1500rpm. That's just a joke for a city driver. Unless mine have a bad setup. - The wipers does not retract when you shut off the engine. My last car that did that, was a 1989 Peugeot 309. - The aerodynamics are the worse I have came across. At 100 km/h, you need to open at least two windows to avoid a massive cabin turbulence. - If you leave a window half-down and close the door, the glass looks like it will fall apart. - Rain sensor is not the sharpest Apart from this, good car Best regards to everyone