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To be honest I’m sick of people moaning about delivery times. If you’re expecting things to arrive as fast as they did pre-covid you are delusional. Everything is still up in the air and will be for a long time. Shortages of many things are expected to last well into 2022, especially electronics but loads of manufactured goods too. I am sure the dealers/manufacturers are pulling their hair out trying to get these things sorted but a lot of it is out of their hands. It doesn’t help with customers constantly badgering them who appear to be wilfully ignorant of the times we live in. My advice? Accept it isn’t going to come on time and plan accordingly and stop complaining OR cancel your order and get something else. It’s not a life and death thing, it’s just a holiday you are going on, be grateful you are able to even think about doing it, there’s a lot of people in much worse situations right now. Get a grip. At least if you cancel my car can have the chips which would have gone in yours….

I agree that delays will be with us for long time, but I too get upset when dealers refuse to be honest by pretending that something is on time rather than telling a customer straight that it could be many months. There is a balance between keeping an order, vs a very unhappy customer because they could have cancelled and got something else promptly if truth had been properly explained

Thinking it might be item 7 in the above diagram but not 100% sure.

Great post @EnterName Another VAG independent near South Birmingham (below). Anyone used them and have some positive or negative feedback on them? ISA Technic Bridge Walk Woodcock Lane North Acock's Green Birmingham B27 6SN

Try here:

I reckon @e-Roottoot is correct in that the statistics are just statistics, i.e. lies. Probably 10% are declared on drive when there is no room because of 3 car household and one car drive or just a plain lie for insurance purposes. Another 10% are off the radar, no insurance or declared at wrong address even wrong owner. A recent case in the papers about a poor guy whos been battling with DVLA for over a year that the uninsured car registered in his name and address is not his and not even there. £1000's of pounds in fines and ballifs threatening him. Let us not forget that parking in car parks or in bays by tower blocks is usually on private land, but not really a drive or owned by the vehicle owner. Would a landlord permit or fund installation of a charger in his property, I suspect many would not allow any alterations. Maybe a law is required in that case.

https://www.racfoundation.org/motoring-faqs/mobility#a6 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/nts09-vehicle-mileage-and-occupancy#table-nts0901

I would ask them every single day now for that….but I’m bitter and twisted !

Only on front fender, but that was solved with heightening the coilovers 5-10 mm.

Lucky you and not necessarily; I’ve had a counter experience with AE. I’ve made a statement of fact Re the U.K. Customs and Excise law, nothing else. Almost certainly, the struts advertised on AE and elsewhere will be made by the same local manufacturers used by VAG for their Chinese production lines and should be of the same “quality” or hopefully, somewhat better!

The first thing Id do Kharl is ask yourself What changed before this problem occurred and zone in on that change - Did this occur in the run up to the engine change or after.? Its pointless and frustrating to just change parts without justification. I don't know if this might be relevant but did you use your original injectors or the ones that came with the replacement engine ? Why I'm asking is injectors don't like sitting idle with fuel in them and have a habit of sticking. Might work for a minute or two but then a piece of dirt could leave them open - I find this a lot working with classics but its worth ruling in or out anyway I have access to a scrapped 01 Golf Mk4 SDi and if you need anything I can see about getting it to you out there somehow

Hahahaha....thanks. Ur gonna hate this one though - a bit too far some, oh heck, most would say, but I can't have enough badging to remind me of wat model Skoda I have!!! Hahahaha

Got the car looked at yesterday by Aberdeen Volks Centre who diagnosed that the timing had been set up incorrectly ! They rectified and don't believe any lasting damage has been done thankfully. Car is now back to being nice and quiet as it always had been Now need to seek reimbursement of the bill from the original garage that did the cambelt last week...

We bought it! It’s in cracking condition, aside from a few stone chips on the front bumper it’s really hard to pick fault. The interior was spotless. And, of course, it swallowed our pushchair with ease! We didn’t realise it had the under-floor storage as well (no spare wheel) so that and the side pockets mean the storage is vast. Thanks again to everyone on this thread for sharing your experience and opinions.

I've had a search on here and not found an index of Skoda (most likely VAG) independent specialist dealers. As I move out of warranty, I'm thinking about looking outside the official Skoda dealer network for servicing. (Mainly for convenience.) It would be handy if there was an index of independent Skoda specialist on Briskoda, so we can avoid the duff ones and reward the good ones with more custom. One fairly local independent to me is http://www.autovolks.com/ Anyone used them and have some positive or negative feedback on them? Autovolks Solihull Unit 2/3 42a Stratford Road Shirley, Solihull West Midlands B90 3LS

I'm not selling anything so I'm unbiased. Blimey, it was hardly an insult! Not every opinion is worth anything, most people know sweet FA and just parrot rubbish they misheard down the pub, to learn about stuff you have to STUDY and learn the facts, whether that's in education or the workplace. There are opinions and there are facts, they are two different things entirely. An intercooler acts like a heatsink, it absorbs heat from the air travelling through it depending on it's mass and its internal area, therefore a large intercooler can generally absorb more heat from the pressurised air, it can also exchange this heat with the outside air which is why front mount is better, no intercooler can reduce charge temperature below the ambient air temperature so the most power an engine can make for a given boost pressure occurs before the intercooler starts to get hot, this is heatsoak. As the temperature of the intercooler increases the power drops, a FMIC is worth about 10 bhp less power drop than the standard SMIC. Thems the facts, form your own opinion.

@RobMac1 I have also upgraded to MIB2 and the MQB connector which comes with the camera perfectly matches the unit. Also, I don't have any issue regarding the handle side with the camera on the side.

I'm away til 26th but after then am good.

My batteries of choice are VARTA CR2025 that I buy from a reliable source.

One positive outcome of reading car forums both here and Pistonheads, is that I have come to the realisation that new cars are way too much hassle and unreliable and too techie for my liking. My 2016 Octavia hasn't cruise/ACC or front sensors or lane assist or touchscreen heating and is all the better for it! I have had both Kamiq and Scala courtesy cars and neither have felt as good as my Octavia. Several times I have had the lane assist trying to pull me into the hedge, and once slammed on the brakes for no reason.

Ah right, I don't think its an issue of aftermarket parts since it only started making the noise about 5-10km after I did an oil change on it, that combined with it only happens when the engine is warm, could have something to do with the variable valve timing, maybe the computer changes the timing a bit as the engine warms up, as for the people with scanners there seem to be 2 of them 30mins away from me so I might see if they want to take a look

I just watched it. That's exactly what I needed. Bloomin marvellous. Thanks.

Feeeew. Update completed! Everything back to normal operation. 💪😎 It took ‘only’ 35mn...

Sounds a bit like this thread, have a read.

I didn't want to make it too easy!

If you type @$user_name, until you get a context menu that shows the user you want, then click on it, you get a hot link that only shows the username. If your just want to thank someone, click the grey bottom right on their post and make it go blue, which increases their rep score and saves bandwidth.

http://autohausedinburgh.co.uk Edinburgh Area. https://www.victoriagarage-maud.co.uk North East Scotland, Victoria Garage Maud, Aberdeenshire. Authorised Repairer, TPI's, Warranty work. All the gear, more than just ideas, the Service all should get a Skoda Main Dealers.

Mesmerising, I want one too! Does the tracked unit remain on the flatbed in that position with the car at an angle or does it release the car and go into some kind of docking station underneath? Narrow drive too small for the recovery truck, I am guessing rear wheel(s) locked up requiring dollies, dangerous to use on a sloping drive without the vehicle handbrake. If it was just a simple mechanical breakdown then the tracked unit was a bit of overkill but probably Elf & Safety says the operators cannot push vehicles any more.

. That makes a ton of sense to me. Whenever I've been deciding what car to get, I've always plumped for the biggest and most powerful engine I can afford to run. I can't think of many occasions - none, really - when I've wished I'd got something with a smaller and less powerful one. On the other hand, there have been several when I wish I'd had the courage of my convictions and bought something with more beans. You could argue with some justification that you shouldn't ever get yourself into a situation where you needed it, but having a little bit to spare is always a good thing. .

Yes they have the VED and the Reg. No.. They've said the car will be ready for collection from Saturday 21st. However, I've said until the extended warranty issue is resolved to my satisfaction I won't be collecting it.

I'm glad you've got it sorted. However I'd be looking for a clear explanation of exactly what went wrong. This is pretty vague, and if I was a dodgy garage owner who didn't want to give you any money towards the fix, I'd tell you that there's no way you wouldn't have noticed that your car didn't have the timing set up correctly when you drove away from the garage. Presumably, something was not tightened properly after the original work, and 350 miles later, it worked loose, and the timing belt slipped (or whatever actually happened), and then the car started running badly. So to give yourself the best chance of some money back from the garage who did the original work, I suggest you try and get a precise explanation of what the original garage failed to do correctly, and how that meant the problem only arose 350 miles later and why it required you using another garage to correct the problem. (In writing would be ideal, but I realise that might be difficult.) Good luck!

It is correct there's no neutral and towing one could damage the EV. This is because the motor is always connected, without control electronics, towing an EV will generate electric current from the motor and could damage the rest of power circuits if not countered or controlled in any way. But it is also okay to tow with the car switched-on (like the videos) and charge the EV this way. Extra load on the tow hooks and clutch of the towing vehicle though. For FWD EV's, it's absolutely fine to load the front onto a dolly and tow this way.

Thanks Xman and all for the info. My Karoq is a manual and I was in a queue of traffic with EPB on and car in gear with clutch depressed so maybe I had slightly released the clutch without realising ; I'll try to replicate later ! As a matter of interest, I did find a report on Autoinsider.co.uk that there was a recall for Karoqs in November 2018 relating to cars built between 1.7.17 and 31.8.18 for what appears to be this same problem : "Parking brake may be released inadvertently when disengaging clutch", recall ref 45H5. It required a software update to fix. Anyway, car is in local dealer week after next so maybe then I'll get clarification.

Still not decided what I’m going to do but have a few options now so that’s good. Pretty certain it’s the struts so not so keen on paying £120 for investigation to be told sorry not covered. Think my opening gambit will be can you tell me categorically if the struts are covered by the warranty if they are happy days ( I’m sure they aren’t ) if not I’ll put the £120 towards one of the other options.

Hmm. Not sure what that means. Is my car producing too much liquid or is yours the opposite?

Superskoda, now it’s Kopacek.

Remastered this shot taken a couple of weeks ago. Quite like the look of the car without any sponsors or stripes.

The degree of difference between the front and rear wheels depends on which Haldex unit is fitted in your car. Haldex 5 claims to pre-engage and therefore avoid any detectable slippage. I think Haldex 4 engages within a few degrees of wheel rotation at different speeds. The Off Road Button alters the ABS and Traction Control settings and enables the Hill Descent Control. The only thing I discovered about driving in snow is that the handrake switch disables the Haldex so that you can perform lovely pirouettes with the handbrake.

We have O4 1.5 Style manual. ACT is no issue, I can sense it always, but passengers do not. When my wife is driving, she doesn't know, doesn't care, doesn't hear, or feel anything, or is aware that such a system exists in the car. I suppose majority of owners are like her. Kangorooing a bit is still there, especially when releasing clutch gently, but not a thing to avoid car.

If that's a picture of your car, you keep it too clean!! 😁

Yes, the dealership took the car in overnight to test it the following morning. However, they claimed they couldn't recreate the problem. They did update the software but that didn't resolve this issue. If it's more pronounced over winter then I'll try again.

1.5tsi has now been for 67000km. Had it from the factory. E-tec only for like 300km. ACT on both are quite the same, expect e-tec shuts the engine off when coasting.

Woohoo. Got it off with a long ratchet extension and a lot of force after cutting the pipe. Nearly went flying when it cracked the first time. Then used a ratchet spanner to get the rest off. The plug on the end was slightly different, had a plastic nub in a different place but cut that off and went in fine. Hopefully I can clear the error and somehow force a regen otherwise looks like I’m gonna have to go the garage.

Regarding the juddering windscreen wipers, the rear wiper on our Karoq SE-L was very juddery. I have just changed it to a brand new Bosch rear wiper blade (Bosch model number A331H), and that fixed the problem instantly. I wish I had changed it sooner.

Lock the car with the button on the key fob and within 5 seconds touch the door sensor, this disables the kessy. After this the car can only be unlocked by pressing the button on the key fob. No need fro tin boxes or faraday pouches. tom

Agreed. You only have to look at the way the majority of new model cars are advertised. Far more emphasis is placed upon luxury features and gadgets than on anything associated with the performance of the vehicle. It's also true of used vehicles. I see countless ads that say 2.0 TDI with no mention of which power output.

You have hit the nail on the head and to my chagrin it seems the majority of new car purchasers are willingly buying into the bull**** judging by the way the content of this forum has drastically changed over the last year or 18 months. It seems that many people are more interested in their social media than driving and would willingly let the car drive for them if it never disturbed them.

It is the one thing I like missing from my old Octavia................ too much unnecessary 'technology'. If I get stuck in traffic I can turn my ignition off, and I like to stay awake and paying attention, reading the road whilst driving. I find it helps..........

So how much did it drop and how does it look? Here are some not ideal photos I could take at the moment (from a photography point of view) but they do ok to provide the comparison: For me it's almost perfect. The front is exactly as I wish it would be: 20-25mm drop measured. The rear seems to have dropped more (in comparison) a 25-30mm in total. As stock, the rear was sitting 10mm higher than the front (clearly visible on the top part of the photos), now both ends sit at the same height. This looks pretty sweet I have to admit as the car sits level now, but I wonder how it will be once fully loaded with 4 people and luggage. Need to check this. For sure, if i hadn't opted for the 6.5mm thicker Audi TT bushings I'd be in trouble and the rear would be lower than the front so my recommendation: If you have a 272, you most probably need the Audi bushings too (they were 16 EUR in total) A couple more: I have to say I absolutely love the look of the car right now with the wider alloys and the new ride height, clearly purposeful and as aggressive as it should be (for what it is with near 400bhp) without getting too extreme. But the best thing was the handling improvement. I really didn't expect that amount of change as I've experienced in my first test drive an I can only attribute it to the Sportline's DCC set up which, has to be different than the L&K's otherwise my findings simply don't match the ones from L&K owners at all. As short as I can put it, the springs almost eliminated the effects of weight transfer during almost every change of balance. Gone is the squatting during acceleration, the brake diving and the bit of initial roll still left even after the arb upgrade. In Sport, it's a real performance machine now but the weird thing is that the comfort hasn't been compromised at all. The car turns in and corners almost flat, and what I noticed is that the point of the thicker arb's intervention became imperceptible now. No more "bit of roll - then lock yaw" behaviour, just an increased opposition to roll right from the start and much more tendency to follow whatever your input is. Driving it "blind" you would have to assume it's some focused GTI and I did live with one for 3 years so I have a good reference I think. The exploiting of the extra power now is so much nicer, you don't feel as if you're forcing the car to do something too hard but rather something it was designed to do from factory. Everything just works better and doesn't stand out. Obviously the Sportline's damping (on Sport) was set up right from the start but the stock springs were the weak link letting it down. I can't explain it any other way. I'm usually picky with suspension and handling and as it stands, changing the dampers doesn't even cross my mind, it's that good now. On the other hand, if you don't have a Sportline DCC and decide to change springs on your own, do yourself a favour and put some new shocks in (Koni Actives got great reviews recently here) while you're at it. The thought of having to do that if my DCC-springs combo wasn't up to the job made me dizzy, thankfully it wasn't the case on my car. The only other thing needed now is brakes I feel. On an open road, you are now getting so tempted to attack anything not in a straight line and once you do the limit has been raised that much that you find yourself needing to stop from higher speeds way more often than before. So it's something that needs looking at at some point. Overall a great transformation into something so much more potent and enjoyable helped by all new bits in place, looking forward to just find time to drive it now...