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And here is mine. Finally. With the aftermarket winter wheels. Not the best weather to pick up the new car.

I would go with the second one.I find that plastic tools do not last very long.

So after writing most of December off.. I'm back November trees rounded up to 70 https://ecologi.com/briskoda?tree=5ff831dc688d7b001d42760e December trees bumped up to 100 for the christmas trees felled over the years: https://ecologi.com/briskoda?tree=5ff8321c13bddb001c55d94f 2tonnes of co 2 for each month aswell.

Yep I had same issue one was stuck solid had to borrow some tooling to get it off.

I’ve got my eye on these 😍

The winter tires are compulsory here, right now there is also a lot of snow here. I have Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 SUV (Front: 19", 235/55, Rear: 19", 255/50) and I am satisfied. Overall, the traction of Enyaq is good, because of the RWD and the weight distribution. The Traction control is quite strict - no fun like drifts, but I had no problems in the mountains (some cars had to use snow chains).

Very likely to be fuse. No. 35 in cabin fusebox, 25 Amp.

I think all cars have as an standard equipment the independent heating/ AC. You can set your departure time in the car or in the app and you have following options: Just normal heating/ AC, or you can add as an options: Heating of the seat (you can choose separately), heating of the steering wheel and also heating of the screen. If you do not want to set it before, you can do it immediately in the app or by opening the car with the remote key. I have the heating pump, and in comparison with my diesel Octavia, the heating is much faster. Heating of the seats and of the steering wheel is also automatic - overall I am very satisfied with the heating performance.

The unfortunate thing with the motor trade is that people have a very low opinion of those that work in it. The unfortunate thing with the above is the motor trade is full of people who are mongs, snakes, morons etc so it's quite an apt opinion for the most point, that applies to both dealer and independents. It's a trade that schools point the stupid kids in the direction of. Just to clear the air though guys it takes a lot more than some comments on the Internet to rattle my cage. I'm a sarcastic arse hole at the best of times but sarcasm rarely travels well without tone of voice. Dash cams again. I always plug them back in when I'm done, usually as I park the car up in the car park. Whilst a vehicle is under our care it's insured by our insurance. Sadly GDPR has become a big concern these days and a breach can result in a hefty fine and or job loss for the guilty party. It's a legal concern that isn't going away, if your dash cam captures someone else's personal information then that's a breach, we could end up in hot water. One could argue that your dash cam is your responsibility to check and make sure it's functioning correctly regardless of outside influences just like drivers should (but rarely do) check their tyres, oil, screenwash etc. If that's part of an agreement with your insurance then maybe notifying them of the dealer visit might be the answer should an issue occur? I've known people do just that when they have trackers/black boxes fitted. Our contact centre will generally contact people to advise them that their timing belt is due when it's approaching that time, it's their job. The calibre of those people might not be that great, they might not know all the ins and outs, more often than not the person that calls you has probably never had their head under the bonnet of a car. All skodas (and the rest of VWG) are due at 5 years or the appropriate mileage. Those staff members do the same for any other pending work.

It seems if I've touched a raw nerve on this matter. Interesting to note the previous post admits to being a stealer and that a yard ape/grease monkey/technician/mechanic takes me through the condition of my car. As an owner of a Skoda Citigo I will want value for money. The cost of servicing from a main dealer would seem somewhat disproportionate as indicated by aerofurbs previous post not to mention the cam belt change! I guess there's no pleasing some people particularly when one is misinformed by supposed qualified staff. I use qualified in the looses sense of the word. Perhaps I'm being over critical but when main dealers try impose their knowledge on those who don't know, again as aerofurb has implied in his post, for additional profit its time to find a dealer one can trust.

Yes, I had a Low battery Key fob warning on the round screen, but it only appeared once.

It’s a long time since many of us drove RWD and the experience wasn’t always positive, in winter especially. I think it’s generally accepted that FWD is inherently “safer” fir most of the people most of the time. We don’t all want to drive The Ultimate Driving Machine all year round. Especially granny, who just wants to trundle here and there. So - I don’t envisage buying an RWD leccy car. But I will seriously consider a small leccy car to replace her Polo in a few years. The VW ID2 will be top of the test drive list. A hybrid is out of the question. The ****** child product of a liaison between an ICE and a leccy. As are the IC cars currently (pun) rushed into production to prop up the manufacturers emissions figures. Also ******ised ICE vehicle designs that give no advantage in space utilisation. I believe some big Audi hybrids are actually lugging around a 1/4 ton of motors and batteries when in ICE mode. What a nonsense. Minimal electric range combined with **** poor ICE performance. Where we’re gonna find the charging power is anyone’s guess.

It depends on temperatures you have during the winter. And if winter tires are mandatory in your country or not. Here in Slovenia we have sub 5° C temperatures around 4 months per year and around 2 months with temperatures below freezing in most part of the country. And winters tires are mandatory between 15th of November till 15th of March. Or summer tiers with chains in the trunk.

Used to have winter tyres on steelies 2 cars ago. Haven't had them since, always tempted to get another set of them but storing them and the cost keeps putting me off. If I see a cheap enough set on here I'll do it.

super slippery outside tonight - -6C and a few cm of snow cover, hardpacked on all side roads. Great with the SX4, not so much with the Octy. Oh, and ice rain on the way home Thursday evening - so -3C and rain

thank god it was walking "if you see a railway man running, there must something very very very bad after happening"

It doesn't suffer from the oil issues. But the early ones had timing chain issues. So either a 2011+ car or an earlier one that's (likely) already had a new (revised) chain and tensioner fitted.

I accidentally drained mine (being a kittens like many others) and what came out looked like it was freshly poured from the bottle after 82K miles so I would say its good for life and dont touch it.

Exactly what I was after. Thank you so much!

Tested out my Hankook all season tyres today. Impressive. Not quite as much bite as my previous full winter tyres but I'll not get stuck and braking was still impressive. Excuse the filming. Was a very quiet side country road with zero through traffic. https://flic.kr/p/2kqgWzn

G13 is now the recommend coolant and it's compatible with G12. It is pink.

Ok, just to add a few more gratuitous pictures of winter driving, this time in North Wales...! Going to work this morning.... And same stretch coming home just after lunch....

Surely the G12 on the coolant reservoir is correct, no matter what parts suppliers websites tell you. G40 is apparently similar to G12 ( different manufacturers) but as it is advised not to mix coolant I would stick with the recommended G12.

Agreed. Flip side, anyone can spot a polished turd if they know how to.

Welcome. https://search.briskoda.net/ Will be your best friend for specific hunts. What the youtube channel? Always good to know how some panel or another might be bolted/fitted. Odd how modern cars are more modular than ever, but so much harder to do anything on... or are they?

Hi, I know TMB has given you info on the roof rack trim caps but I carefully removed the whole roof trims from a scrap car as it had the four bungs in good condition, two on my Fabia are pushed in and bust. The trim was quite a tight fit as you would expect, held on by rubbers on the trim its self , it bends very easily though as well ,if that's any use. Martin

So it's a vanity thing more than a function thing. I'm not really interested in that sort of stuff, so I'll leave further guidance to others.

One thing that's just occurred to me is what the power requirements might be for the SD card reader, and whether the car's USB-C port can provide it? Not sure of all the technical details but I believe with pre-USB-C ports the current levels available can sometimes vary so certain USB devices just don't receive sufficient power, which may be the case here.

I would suggest unless driving on roads with no speed limits / unrestricted autobahn etc then there is no worry about using too high RPM in the gears while driving sensibly in a new car. I see now when not on a phone that the car has a DSG, so that is sorted then. Select D and the gears will change just fine when at the right RPM.

Hi Amar, welcome to the forum. Modern engines are supposed to not really need a break-in period in the old, traditional, sense - agree with limiting revs for the first 1000 kilometres or so, but important to vary engine-speed and not to impose heavy loading on engine ( keep in lower gear than would be usual)

@Billywizzo Kodiaq has 3 parts: ACC - requires hands on wheel with active steering by driver Lane assist - requires hands on wheel with corrections automatically performed by car as long as lane guidance lines are readable by camera Travel assist - combines ACC + Lane assist. In effect means ACC with hands on wheel but active steering performed by the car. Usage - personally I would use travel assist on motorways and just lane assist in town/City driving. Hope it helps.

The car has done 7,500 miles. Ex demonstrator. He was the technician at the dealership.

Greeting!!

Hi and Thanks! I picked up my car this week, really liking it, first time I've owned an Automatic before so it'll take a bit of getting used to, i keep grabbing the gear leaver to change gear. I think i'll need to replace the interior lights through as I swapped out the interior lights for LED ones and it made a world of difference, especially in the boot. Otherwise, very happy with it!!

Please make a video of your car detailing everything you have changed. You have one of the most fascinating Mk IIIs on the forum

Looks interesting. I've not read the full thread but the write up on detailing world seemed positive.

I don't know if you would notice the difference, but Michelin's noise meter would. The Michelin Primacy 4's in size 185/60R15 have rim protection which makes the ride harder. Michelin Primacy 4 in size 185/60R15 shown with rim protection https://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=110&rsmFahrzeugart=ALL&pdp_alt=2&suchen=Search+for+tyres&live_chat=125&m_s=3&cart_id=tReyWyZog6djv4rq.110.732291735&sowigan=So&Breite=185&Quer=60&S_Z=&Felge=15&Speed=&Load=&Marke=Michelin&kategorie=6&filter_preis_von=&filter_preis_bis=&homologation=

Thanks. I had a pretty good day today, but that scene makes me feel optimistic about the future in a way I can't begin to explain. Soul food of an extremely pleasant flavour. It's not a bad bottle of Argentinian Malbec I'm drinking, before anyone else says it...

A few photos from today's walk........

I expect people are also over-reliant on the 'safety tech' to save them.

To some degree yes... the problem is two fold and a bit of a vicious circle combined. Driving standards do seem to be dropping, leading to an increase in accidents, so education and training is worthwhile but also in-car tech is creating distraction which is also leading to accidents and some of the accident-preventing tech is in and of itself, distracting (witness Germany's courts ruling on the Tesla).

Marketing will be another strong driver for the ever-increasing array of 'toys'. The 'my car does x; doesn't yours?' BS/vanity/insecurity/willy-waving nonsense that seems more and more popular as time goes by. If your car isn't lit up like a freakin Christmas tree inside and out you're just no-one right?

That verges on unreadable and rude, I suggest you read JRs helpful post again, sort your above post, your details say you live in London but the post above must mean very new there.

Yep, all too often I find myself ‘flashing’ the car in front whilst trying to set the ACC......

Pic of her debadged

my new quartz grey octavia vrs is sat at grimsby ready for delivery to the dealer , should be here soon

Hey Jordan, just got mine in Perth Australia. So far so good. Appears the vrs in Australia comes with everything as standard. Still trying to work out how it all works

nice one Robert. I'm on the Northern beaches of Sydney (south side) so in part lockdown.. Hopefully will get some good news today that we can go around a bit more so I can actually take the car out!

Great to hear from another recent Skoda Kodiaq owner in AUS, Alen. I bought a new 2.0 TSI Petrol just over 2 years ago with all whistles and bells, and still loving it (both around town in Briz, and long road trips e.g. 2000km north Qld late last year before this crap pandemic locked us down, and more recently family road trip to the rainforest mountain holiday retreat at O'Reilly's on the Lamington Plateau, utilising all 7 seats - grandkids in the 3rd row.) I was interested in your comment "already have vcds dongle ready to turn on a few things as i am sure Škoda didn't give me all the bells and whistles this car offers." I've seen these dongles advertised on international market sites, but have yet not found how one purchases them in AUS. Any suggestions are welcome. Enjoy your new Skoda. Great vehicle 👍