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"You're always gonna have problems lifting a body in one piece. Apparently, the best thing to do is cut up a corpse into six pieces and pile it all together."

Unless the point is to make you jealous and/or annoy or upset you, in which case I'd argue it has proved its point 😜. On a slightly more serious note - isn't any car that can do more than 70mph pointless in this country? Or any car that has less than 5 seats? Or any car that has less than x litres of boot space? The point of the Kodiaq VRS is to give middle aged idiots like me something that's pretty decent fun to drive, but can still carry around the entire family + dog + bikes, and/or a boot full of crap from Ikea. It's a jack of all trades, and even if it doesn't quite master any of them perfectly, you can't really argue that it's pointless.

Longest I've ever run a car (previous was a MkIV Golf that I ran for about 96k miles). It's been a great car, loads of trips to France and running the kids all over the country for their hobbies (track cycling and music respectively!). This was on yesterday's trip from Coventry to the Welsh National Velodrome in Newport! Looking to change soon but waiting for prices to be less crazy 😞

Depends if you're coming from Hawes?

This is anther update since I fixed this wiring near the gearbox. The electric windows have been working fine as well so must be all linked to this problem.

The front new coil springs I went for Lesjofors. I also replaced the top mounts and bearings. The old springs must have gone weak over time lower to the arches . The car sits much higher now from the arch bigger gap new springs. I can see a big difference in the handling now to.

Just a 1600 Super. Purbeck Grey with a hand painted matt black mock vinyl roof Dillon was a great cat - bequeathed to us by a colleague who emigrated to the USA. Huge but gentle - he was the kids' best mate when they were tiny. Even my F-I-L who was a dyed-in-the-wool dog person couldn't resist him when he suddenly arrived on his lap

Thanks for the help! Was one wire dead that goes into fuse box in engine bay

I'd love them to pay attention @J.R. and, from the info above, many are - they are just trying to find a way of stopping the relentless messaging that the system is unavailable when the sensor is covered in snow 😉 - which would likely require the car to know it was snowing (or to have some way of turning the bloody warnings off!)

got another update friday afternoon,delivery due 18/03/2022.fingers crossed.

no. People can be driving quite happily in manual driving just as you describe, and the warnings all kick off so people are rightly woindering is there a fault or is it just because of the conditions.

..and even you have your place in our community who have no car related direct questions just want to have some attantion and watch a couple of us taking your post seriously I’m really glad that almost all of our silly questions here (in this forum) are treated well and will be answered in short time. Even if we diced the car, at full moon, drinking black cat blood.. So, what you are saying is true, and I agree with it, but I feel “you like to watch things burn” instead of help. Just realised (again), why I try to avoid facebook and such forums.. (That’s all from me on this sunny Sunday morning. Might wash the car today.)

I had them. Ended up binning them eventually. When fitted they really are quite dark. In summer when the kids wanted the windows down, they got fed up of the blinds being there and at night, it did make rear visibility a little harder. But the worst thing was that they faded in the sun and after a year or so, they were light grey, not black!

@MiniNinjaRob Fraid that some Octavia 4 owners are a twitchy lot. I would be if I had been sold a half baked pup with design and software faults galore, some or many of which seem unfixable. Try a different forum like the Superb 3, no sense of humour there either, but some very expensive modding in between the intense polishing.

The weather / inclement weather / road conditions where drivers can not use CC or ACC are the conditions that are very probably when they should not be using them. Take control of the vehicles steering and speeds and braking distances and you are left with some stuff the engineers designed in like ABS / ESP /TC (ASR) etc.

Picked up my new Scala SE 110 DSG today - I previously had an MK3 Fabia SE L 110 6-speed Manual. The SE seems like a perfect "middle of the road" trim - especially when compared to the Fabia SE L. Things I've lost: ❌ Climate Control ❌ Keyless Start Things I've gained: ✅ Automatic Gearbox ✅ More interior space (both cabin and boot) ✅ Electric windows on all doors ✅ Automatic wipers ✅ LED headlights ✅ Spare wheel Initial experiences: DSG gearbox seems hesitant when moving off - it seems that you have to pre-empt your departure by a couple of seconds to get things moving along. I'll try in S-mode tomorrow... Seats seem very similar to those in the Fabia - perhaps slightly wider? Either way, very comfortable and supportive. Impressive storage space - the driver's cubby is excellent for facemask and pen storage. Android Auto implementation and touchscreen seems far more responsive than the old system in the Fabia. USB-C ports and phone "shelf" are perfectly positioned. I wish that the "jumbo box" arm-rest would stay in position once lifted up (similar to how it works in the Golf) - I may have to make a shim or something to raise it up permanently. The windscreen filler cap that turns into a funnel is an extremely clever bit of design. Perfect! Car seems very well-planted on city roads and motorways. Will try some rural driving tomorrow!

ETA: sorry I forgot the signal emojis for others, sepulchrave knows I'm joking. Doesn't the trim level tell those that know these sort of things (not me) what might or might not be on the model so is useful, same as some need to know if it's a hatch or estate "Combi" and some of the trim levels refer to extra electrical items. And now it's a mechanical fault previously you said - you're getting very indecisive and/or confusing, next it'll be an electro-mechanical issue 😄 . . . or starting issue. 🤣 I've made the Fabia 3 mistake previously but no one need know that, doh!

Did you or a passenger take the photo?

The polycarbonate is covered with a thin film to slow the clouding/yellowing that raw polycarbonate gets. You have to be gentle when wiping them, especially if dust is on the cloth or polycarb. Presumably this is something to do with blocking UV but I'm not sure and haven't looked into it. Basically treat them the same as plastic eyeglass lenses that also usually have films (e.g. anti reflection films). If you damage the film, you'll just have more scratches, unevenness and potential for clouding or yellowing all of which are treatable; just that if you're careful then you won't have to treat it. As a poster above said, you can't avoid rocks, bug guts, birbs, birb poo etc but you can avoid damaging it yourself.

Correct. But only in case you have the rear wiper.

Hi, I've just bought a 2013 Citigo to teach my son to drive in and I'm amazed at how nice it is to drive. The original plan was to keep a car until he passed his test then get something a bit bigger, but I think I'll keep this - feels a different class to the C2 his brother learnt in.

...don't forget the Corsa VXR, some really mindless muppets out there in those. The thing I find fascinating is that all they do is chase huge numbers which makes the car effectively undriveable, so they're not really driving enthusiasts at all, just silly show offs.

Pardon me for been an old cynic but i thought the chavs of today weapon of choice was the fiesta st

I'm phoning the Police.

Yeah, agreed. We've found a nearly new Audi that's available immediately. It's more expensive but I have a feeling we'll end up waiting over a year for this vRS and I'm not convinced our current car will hold out that long. Do you know if the people cancelling are able to get their deposits refunded?

People cancel all the time. But it makes no sense to cancel now, unless you can get a different car and you need it now.

If you can replace it with a Dual mass The solid conversions I have done on taxis were not very good they just dont feel right £325 from ebay for full kit

OMG, why even mention trim levels in relation to a mechanical fault! Who cares if it's wearing lacy knickers or plain Janes! I think my advice may still be relevant then.

Thanks ApertureS, I'll love you forever

Herewith an update now also with the new STEG mss1 tweeters setup and the cover panel in the booth 😎 Have also different bigger tweeter mounting caps (a pillars made for those) but now actually liking this look more.

Unfortunately and disappointingly it will just give up due to that usage. And it will foul plugs and kill coil packs. But replacing those is just a temporary fix which is unlikely to last a lot longer now you're on 85k. It is very surprising you've survived this long but I doubt it was using the same amount at 4k miles or even 14k miles, as it is now. The problem gets worse over time. No pleasure for any of us in saying this.

Likewise. Even though most of my friends use @r$ebook.

Drifting off topic but why would any choose an SUV if they want performance? Firstly you won't get anywhere near the traction of a lower car and secondly even if you are going at a certain speed, it will seem much slower as you are high up. Maybe it's just me. I drove quite a few "fast" cars (the best one, not the fastest, by far being a Honda Civic Type R but I digress). You could drop a 6 litre V12 in the Kodiaq and it would be worse (well obviously you couldn't, but you get my drift).

Thank you all. I could see the release path after having a closer look to my photos. It is like J as Xman mentioned. I can now try....

@JR RS- Thank you for your guidance throughout this journey. I repeated the steps in OBDELEVEN from start to end again and it is allowing me make all the coding changes listed by you, inclusive of the part that I originally got stuck. Everything is displaying correctly now. It is nice to see how TPMS info is being integrated into the display panel as well as the dashboard, particularly more so on a digital cockpit. Now onto the next project that I am contemplating - OEM 360 Camera on Superb.

I did as you suggested, It still never came up with a "how to" that I could see, to which you could point someone straight to, just loads of different topics regarding those that needed or had swapped the resistor, but nothing any good. Thats why I suggested that if there was a topic at the front page of the forum, ie a "How to" topic specific to Fabia II, it would be even easier for anyone to find as there would not be "that" many topics. anyway this was on page 3 or 4 of searching, which is probably the most useful thing I found.

It might not be a skoda, but a worthy reflection shot non the less?

https://www.carshades.co.uk/shades-skoda-octavia-2013-c-2729_3662_3676_6157.html

My VRS is at status 38 now and waiting for a boat. I’m hoping to collect in March all being well. 245ps is plenty for me in a daily driver whilst I’m carting 3 kids around. I’m not sure why you’d need more in that context. I have a VX220 at around 300hp per tonne if I wanted to go quicker (which in England means for 5 seconds before you end up behind the next egg timer).

Clean up the sensor if it's working ok, clean the CTS housing too, and buy a new oring and clip from Skoda. Worse case is that it may be cracked so a new housing is needed. Easily purchased and can be had from Just German Parts on eBay.

I don’t have anything which would fit right now I could transfer to the Skoda directly.

Few more of past things i dug out ,my shogun was a cracking motor ,alfa mito 155 and my rs clio 172 when i took it up the buttertubs pass .

Make sure its not a used one though.

This is over achieving for sim rigs at home.

Spark plugs has been covered before, the plugs suggested were as factory standard car as your car is programmed the programmer I would have thought would mention or suggest if he thought different plugs might be need but I doubt he was tuning the car for the type of use you had. You could try different heat plugs as they may help with that type of use but would they be as good generally over a whole range of driving conditions, I do not know, they might be better if they suit your programming. I was surprised at the recommendation of platinum for factory cars, as it was the range of plugs was wider than I expected anyway. You probably have seen it already but attached is a NGK publication. ngk_zuendkerzen_code_en.pdf

Speedos are legally required to not under read and to over read by less than 10%, so manufacturers usually calibrate them to over read by 5-7%. Reading 70 at 66 is 6% so right in the middle of the expected range of over reading.

Christ it's been a few years since we had that cluster of muppets on here...

It happens on my non crystal human face as well, a well known problem called cataracts!

I'm back !! Been away from Skoda for a while, but collected this 2.0 Superb Sportline Plus today. Looking forward to using this cracking forum again :-)