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Indeed I have but I'm not 100% sure about it and I will not forward it to anyone until I test it for couple of weeks. Until that time 0478 remains the one I can recommend.

Hi everyone, Here's my first post for my first Skoda! I bought this today to be used as my daily/practical vehicle whilst I'm also on the hunt for something for the occasional track day. I was looking at all kinds of estates to fill this role, but none interested me with the budget I had, and I then came across this black mk1. I've always been a fan of the mk1 vrs my uncle owning a yellow saloon many years ago (probably brand new at the time) and I loved it! This one is a little older now and currently sitting at 114k with plenty of history and invoices, after a test drive and a thorough looking over it's mine! It's not mint, to be expected of the age of course but I have set aside some cash to work through some of its issues and improve things where possible. * Missing rear centre head rest * Slight damage to rear bumper * Slight rust under o/s/r door window rubber * Slight rust to o/s/f wheel arch * New Skoda badges front/rear and also alloys * Cracked in o/s/f indicator lens * Crack in o/s/r brake lamp * Centre console lower ash tray mechanism faulty * Glove box lid is marked and scratched * Cup holder by hand brake permanently open and won't close * Needs new floor mats urgently, to try and keep the grey carpet clean... * Due an interim service * Needs new wipers front and rear * Needs a set of decent halogen bulbs (nightbreakers) * Vibration through steering wheel under hard braking (discs and pads) * 16" wheels fitted thinking the 17" wheels would look better? * In urgent need of machine polishing and proper detailing session * Finally will look into some basic modifications to eek out a little more performance, sound and handling Any help or advice would be most appreciated, Cheers Rob.

Just a little update. I “borrowed” back my high mileage Fabia from my brother who has been using it as I needed to do a trip from Cambridge to Edinburgh to Bournemouth. My wife is using her Fabia which we share. I have to say what a joy it was to be back behind the wheel of my Fabia. A full tank and off to Edinburgh - she just cruises superbly and effortlessly. My apologies overall economy for the trip was 63mpg - all motorway. I notice no real driving differences between my wife’s much lower mileage Fabia and mine. I had the misfortune to drive a Vauxhall Astra a few weeks ago and even though my Fabia is “old”, I would choose her any day over the Astra. No oil used at all, the only thing I noticed that needs attention is the rear washer connection - no fluid making it to the nozzle. Cheers

Hello, For anyone interested and pulling their hair out with this fault. Skoda said there was corrosion on a plug in the passenger sill. I had another mechanic come and look and he went through all the wiring on that side of the car but found nothing. He happened to mention that the fault was a communication error and so I went back to Google and instead of looking for no Start I looked for communication error no start. I found one post that mentioned a similar problem with an Audi TT and that it eventually turned out to be relay 645. I bought one off Ebay for a tenner and low and behold it started first time. after a day it cleared the engine fault and the car has been fine for the last two months. Hopefully this helps someone suffering with this strange fault.

If I can get a dry day without any wind I might find out.

Knew a few people did this. Never really understood why, it's messy as hell and you can buy bottles of groundnut oil for less than a tub of peanut butter.

Hi all, I find the standard gear knob in my Fabia Monte is too low for me, does anyone know if it's threaded or not? And if so, what?... looking to change to an aftermarket one. Cheers

I think it would, Craig did this on the Yellow estate. He added a full brace behind the rear seats (where it would be on the hatchback) Fabulous read, and out does me on my build. Well worth the read if you haven't already.

Thank you for the heads up Dean, I will as you suggested try them out and see how I get on. I'll keep hold of the 16's though and stick them back on if it doesn't feel right. 👍🏻

If you’re going to have to do it manually, I’d filter the script down (in Excel or something) to a colour at a time, and put the same filter into VCDS, so you're only doing a bit at a time. At least you’ve only got to do it once

I have the same 17inch stratos wheels. I dont have adaptive suspension and the gap is definitely smaller than the ones in your picture. The gaps are similar to the ones in the white example above with the 18inch aeros fitted.

Hi. No, I didn't receive anything like this. The only thing I received from them was a list of the order, however, this was a digital file that was sent approx 4 weeks before I collected the car. Me and my wife found it strange that after placing our deposit, we didn't come away with any kind of confirmation of the order. We just put it down to COVID but thinking about it, it was a little odd. I know how you feel, you want confirmation of everything you're ordering so I would just ask them again or ask maybe ask why can't they provide this to make them provide you with an actual reason. Hope this helps

Snow foamed, washed, waxed, debadged, flaps added, roof rack and box added for Fam trip.

Washed for the second time and polished with Auto Glym high definition caranuba wax, nice shine although not too keen on the white powder residue which seems to be statically attracted to the body. Might try one of the ceramic coatings in future.

I had a few but other than the LED Lights they were all internal so it shouldn't have been a reason for confusion. They've given me the Scala with the incorrect tailgate, ordered a new one and once in stock they'll simply swap the boot over

I've phoned the dealership and the representative claimed that he had no knowledge of this problem. I followed up wiht and email and letter: "Dear Mr xxxxxxx I purchased my Skoda Citigo xxxxxxx from you on 6th February 2016. I recently noticed a defect next to the petrol filler cap due to rust penetrating from behind the panel. (see photos below) You are probably aware that this defect is not uncommon with the Citigo and that Skoda has already accepted responsibility and undertaken repairs in these circumstances. On page 3 of the Service Plan the Skoda Warranty ensures the following service: “Repair of rust perforation to the bodywork of your vehicle that occurs within twelve years from the start of the warranty. Only rust perforation of the body panels from the inside to the outside is included in the definition of rust perforation to bodywork and covered by the SKODA warranty.” The warranty however advises that my claim must be made through a SKODA Service Partner. As such I am seeking your assistance to process this claim and hope that the warranty repair can be carried out promptly. I look forward to receiving your further instruction in this regard. Yours sincerely" I'll keep you posted on how this goes..

What happens if you try looking where you are driving?

This was a pretty dramatic sight. Made the rookie mistake of looking up, but happily didn't get pooped on!! HwVideoEditor_2021_07_31_200448224.mp4 A few photos.........

GM's accountants have been destroying Vauxhall since 1925.

The 225 is fine, I ran that size on the original spiders for years with no issues. I'm currently on 225 40 18 and again, no issues.

It's done by changing the BCM adaption channels. You can either do it manually but it'll take a while as there are almost 200 channels that need changing or use VCDScripter along with scripts on the previous page:

You can just get a small cubby to go in one of the dins, with the single din radio on top. Mines done like that.

Well done with all the work you've done! It's inspired me to start thinking about getting a cheap fabia and fixing it up.

Last info I got for mine is that it’s in transport. I also saw already 4 of them on truck being transport to customs. As I understood dealer, plan is to introduce them in saloons at August (next or 2nd week) and the same week to officially give delivered cars to the customers.

Sorry to hear that, something like that will have a long lasting effect. There's nothing wrong with looking after things as long as it doesn't go too far otherwise you're worrying too much about things in life that are relatively unimportant really, and that's any lump of metal, at any monetary value. I was going to put a rant about modern cars with oversized wheels and tyres that are often far too low profile for their need and the state of the roads but instead I'll put it's not all your wife's fault but I bet she cares a lot less about scuffing the wheels than you and possibly better for it (unless the damage is a lot more than wheel scuffs). I bought my car as the paintwork on it wasn't particular good and the colour was boring so I wouldn't worry if I got the odd dink as my previous version had particularly good paintwork being a new bodyshell but I found I was beginning to get a bit over fussy and worried about where I parked it. The best thing I done was when I swapped the shiny new bumpers to a set of original bumpers of a different sort I didn't have them re-chromed (apart from the high cost at the time, much higher cost now) I left them dull and with a dink in one of the overriders. But I still worried about the paintwork which one of the reasons I got my present car and liked plastic cars as you can deal with scratches at your leisure. My neighbour had two new RS4 estates in a row, after an incident he started to worry too much about the second one so I suggested as he used it so little, and never in the way it was designed, and couldn't get all his fishing gear in, which was his real interest, that he change it for another vehicle, merely affirming what he was thinking. He did and said he felt so much better after it went. He got a more suitable vehicle but still uses that very little but at least he can get his all fishing gear in. His place and vehicle are kept very smart, he washes the vehicles himself even though he had vouchers for free dealer valeting.

i seem to recall smooth peanut butter being highly recommended in the detailing section a few yrs ago..

The "missing" headrest obscures an annoying amount of the rear vision. 16" wheels were standard on the vRS estate, but the 17" off a hatch will bolt straight on; you won't even have to change the bolts. A good remap is available from several reputable tuners.

AGM’s are the most robust batteries you can get. It will be fine for a few weeks until you can get it coded. I did the same on our ultra low mileage Fab 3, swapped the EFB battery out for an AGM 6 months ago and had it coded in on its major service a few weeks ago.

Says it all imo.

And twice in the C4 highlights Jones said that Hamilton had pushed Verstappen into the wall last time out. But - it was good to have an independent-minded pundit in Alan McNeish rather than the usual two Red Bull-ists.

Ha haha hahaha. Just no class whatsoever. Red Bull5h1t management just cant stop themselves can they? Horner accusing Hamilton of gamesmanship for driving too slow in Q3...when it was actually a quicker warm-up lap than 2 of his previous runs... Then Marko applauding the predominantly Dutch numbskull crowd for booing the Mercedes drivers at the pole position interviews. Once again, if they two put more effort into managing the building of fast cars rather than wasting effort gobbing off, they wouldn't be 0.4 seconds behind pole position would they?

Yerr ... if your car is a 2014 model, you aren't going to get a good working system. The nearest thing will be Mirrorlink, but nothing more. My suggestion is that you go and invest in a MIB2 system for your car. Speak with @pab567 who can organise you a replacement Amunsden (or Columbus if your pockets allow) which gives to you native Mirrorlink and Android Auto and Apple Carplay as standard.

I ordered two so it worked out cheaper than anywhere else online.

I see postage @ £3.20 is more expensive than the product @ £3.18!

Yep, you’re correct, it’s not manoeuvre assist; did I say it was? It’s actually called Rear Traffic Alert. And who said parking sensors have anything to do with this; parking sensors have nothing to do at all with this discussion. Collision Avoidance / Pedestrian Alert / Bicycle Alert / Rear Traffic Alert all use the radar systems and activate the braking system for the first three.

We use groundnut oil..

Was recommended Polytrol after being unhappy with all "Back to Black" products. It's magic, brush or wipe on and wipe off after it starts to go off. I have used nothing better, it's expensive but a 100ml sample pot will only cost £6 and it'll do the bumpers at least twice. https://www.owatroldirect.co.uk/product/polytrol/

Plagiarised from a post in another forum but too good not to share here: "Red Bull gives you whinge"

I have a thing for Lemforder.... Wishbones Ball joints Top mounts with bearings Dog bone (w/new bolts) Just waiting on the new suspension and, hopefully, it'll stop sounding like a knackered bed.

No, it has a different part number for a start, but if you look at the photos you'll see it's also got the wrong 'handedness' compared to a 6y1959801. The installation orientation is different on mk1 Fabia compared to all other applications of these parts. You need exactly the same part number as your existing one. The part numbering is very confusing, and ebay sellers often over-generalise about which part numbers fit which models. This seller at least doesn't do so; tells you which model it's from and tells you to check for part number match: 2005 SKODA FABIA 1.2 12V Ambiente 5DR (VRM: NM05RZB) DRIVERS FRONT WINDOW MOTOR PLEASE MATCH THE PART NUMBER BEFORE BUYING: 6Y2959802 Don't be tempted by units where the part number starts 6Q... or ones with a suffix F on the end of the base 9-digits, they have different connectors, and wiring. Can't seem to font size match this back to normal, sorry.

The first-gen podpoint I have on my wall got a recent update, and I can now set coarse charging time through the app and their server will enable/disable the charger roughly according to those times. So with chargers like these, you could enable it overnight while you are most likely plugged in. (I personally dislike cloud-based smart home, it's unnecessary and slower than local hub-based control. I'm still using the in-car timer) Yes, true smart chargers like OpenEVSE will allow you total control.

And I don't understand how some people can like it. Different people different likings and different driving styles. I know for myself I feel safer on the roads knowing car will not turn off by itself.

I would go with t-cut as well this is my before and after using t-cut then as nice soft buffer pad after. Then after.

Because the side seats are usually in position in either of two connectors and cover the others. They have automatic dirt covers which cover the connectorwhen not in use. The middle seat can be left out and the connector is then accessible to those in the side rear seats such as children’s hence needs a more robust cover with a warning. Don’t forget to open it when dropping the central seat base as I think it would break easily!

Try to look closer at the push button on the trunk door. Or here : https://skoda-virt.cz/cz/auta/favorit-a-felicie/12173-psychoward666-whitehill/?offset=120#komentare

I can't understand how you guys can like the start/stop system. I would say it's one of the most annoying solutions in the automotive history. I'm actually quite frightened just thinking of motor being turned off when waiting on the side road trying to turn on the main road with heavy traffic. I turn off the start/stop system with every drive I make. I'm already doing it automatically.

I have as extra’s :- Extended 5-year warranty as my Scala SEL DSG is a keeper Front and rear parking sensors, essential the wife drives 50% of time only 4”11 tall Rear view reversing camera great if not in hurry as it can take up to 30 seconds from car start up to come on Electric adjustable drivers seat again essential as wife has weak hands Built in Satnav a waste of money Google or Waze far better and free Adaptive cruse control, we do a lot of motorway driving, the best feature on the extra’s list Heated front windscreen, cannot live without in the winter car kept outside USB socket at the top of windscreen for forward security camera (put in privately) 12v socket in boot (put in privately cheated by Skoda as on the list as standard when car was first ordered) One extra I would like old fashioned heater controls

I had my Octavia 1.9 PD since March 2009 but it has done 396514. First engine had lasted about 168000 a crankshaft bearing shell had broken up so the engine was scrapped. I had a recondition engine fitted and it still going strong with the mileage of 228514. I know it's not oldest Octavia can anybody beat the mileage?

I have had same issue for few months unlock car fuel cap dosen't open. I have found a soloution which works without replacing servo motor. Lock the car and as your unlocking the car at the same time push the fuel filler cap at same time it pops open everytime for me.