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A bt different. Not my photo, but my Daughter's, from when she was in Iceland last week: Gaz

As above plus negotiations regarding options or price has no relevance to how you pay. BTW it won't be long before sites such as drivethedeal have the new Fabia available and then you can see what price you should be paying!

Masquerading as a UK local site, but actually Berlin based.

I knew I'd have a use for this image, someday. All meant in good humour, of course.

There cannot possibly be that many herrings in the sea of any colour!

Pretty certain disconnecting and charging the battery will make diddly squat difference and is a red herring... Just check the scuttle panel flap isn't stuck and if it is free it'll be the motor.

as stated above. it was the right wire. had to redo my connections. created one that did light up the cam nothing on the head unit yet. but wil work on that issue in the next days depending when my new electrical measurement comes in #skoda great excuse for new tools

In your defence, all the letters are the same, just in a different order 😁

I've read people say in Europe, the sites that Tesla opens to other cars are ones at less busy locations. So it's more of using spare capacity. It's entirely in their interest to keep the already busy locations Tesla exclusive. And there's a reason they are busy locations, as they say, location location location. So in the near future, say next ~3 years, I still think a Tesla to replace the long distance car is the only choice in the EV market. Other makes without their own charging network are still in early adopter have-planB phase.

reserve 😉

Crackin photo that gaz ,i would love to see the northern lights 👍

I just leaned mine back too.

Yep and they are actually 4 more firms which claim to be UK based as well.

Storm Dudley

. My car went in for its first routine service last December (it's a 2021 2.0TSI) and it wasn't checked for available updates although there was at least one available at the time. My MIB is on 0270, and it transpires that 0270 can cause issues with the system failing to update its mapping database automatically, among other things. I didn't know that at the time, so had no reason to ask them to check. I've got a concurrent case running with Customer Services regarding a separate problem in that the car won't receive remote destinations sent from either the app or the Connect portal, so after a bit of head scratching, the application of some rudimentary logic and the invaluable help of someone else on here whose name I forget, I made a point of asking the Customer Services geezer this question in an email: 'Am I right in thinking that software updates aren't automatically checked for (and applied, if appropriate) when the car is having a routine service unless the customer specifically mentions a problem?' This is what he said. I don't think I'm betraying any confidences in quoting this: 'In regards to your question, yes if the vehicle has been booked in only for a service then they would not check to see if there are any software updates available unless you ask them to check if there are any outstanding software updates or TPI’s available on your vehicle.' Make of that what you will. Seems that the dealership wasn't remiss in not doing an automatic check for TPIs and updates at a routine service; they just don't do it. I don't subscribe to the kind of conspiracy theories that hang in the air around these parts from time to time regarding what does or doesn't (or should or shouldn't) get done at a service, but having said that, I don't really understand why a vehicle in for service (or anything else, for that matter) couldn't be checked for TPIs and updates while the mechanics are looking up its skirt on the ramps. Or having a smoke round the back. Or playing footy with the valeting bay's car-washing sponge. I wouldn't necessarily expect any updates to be automatically applied if the customer doesn't mention a problem (it isn't a five minute job, after all) but I have a bit of difficulty understanding the logic of not pressing a few keys on a computer keyboard to at least establish whether or not there are any TPIs and updates available. Surely that is a five minute job, even for a sausage-fingered mechanic. I'm sure I'm oversimplifying horribly. I'm not a technician, and neither do I pretend to be. I'll make a point of asking at the garage next week when it's in for its MIB update. If they just say 'That's the way it is, I'm afraid', then I'll ask the Customer Services the same question. Sure as eggs there's a reason for not doing something which would seem to be so obvious. Isn't there? .

i arrive to my home)i have two houses, one where i live due my job and the other, the main house )my child house, there is where i have all my tools and it is in the Capital of the country so i have access to more stores... I drove 150km again on battery )the Teskoda they call it xD and all good, i was able to pull out the Alternator... and there it is, just a plain pulley, it was difficult to remove due the AC hoooses so i will try to get the best quality OAD pulley. any recomendation or anything to take into account?

Recent Headlight thread

Yes, but you run the risk that your next new car will turn up first 🤦‍♂️.

My understanding has always been that there are no specific requirements relating to height for addition front 'driving lights' - that is lights that are only switched on with the existing standard main beam headlights (and are legally classified as "Optional Main Beam Headlights")? Indeed reading the regs seems to confirm this; There is no limit to the number, they must be white or yellow, they must extinguish when the Main beam headlights are extinguished, and the beam must be adjustable (while the vehicle is stationary). the only additional requirement for more recent cars (post 1991) is that they must have British Approval markings. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/schedule/5 In fact I can't see any height requirement at all for even the obligatory main beam headlights?

^ Haha I had to take my front seats out in order to clean all the glass up that time I had to smash the front window. I think I adjusted the backrests right forward which makes them easier to get out.

Do I need to place an order now for my next new car before my new car comes???????

PM

Tesla are already opening up their network to non-Teslas in more mature EV markets. almost all SC open to all in Netherlands and trials going on in France and Norway. https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/support/non-tesla-supercharging#:~:text=Launched in November 2021%2C our,world's transition to sustainable energy. The rate is about 5 eurocents more than the Tesla rate. Good speeds seem to be got by other brands too, so definitely worth considering using when they open them up in the UK.

Only if it looked like a Kodiaq and had 7 seats 🤣

My dream car is the Aptera. Sort of combines a couple of my life experiences: so imagine my first car which was an Isetta 3 wheel bubblecar modified to encompass the extreme aerodynamics and seating position of one of my early passions which was gliding. Not a production car as yet, only being offered as a kit car and no rhd version mentioned, but I just love the principles behind it.

I can't help but to feel despair that peeps are facing waits like this and at the same time Skoda are announcing the opening of order books on new models with first deliveries indicated as July (or was that June; even worse). It's clearly indefensible.

Indeed, the thing I was talking about was a lower cost, due to the lack of oil change and less waste from filters etc. One car I looked at needed a bi-annual service/check a bit like the extended service of VW, a change of SOS battery every 4 years and a replacement of the battery coolant fluid at 5 years. When I priced up of paying for all the service vs a tyre free maintainance plan it was nowhere near close and on speaking to the dealer a new maintainance plan for EV is being created as the manufacturer realised it was a bit of a joke. The 2 yearly check is brake fluid, a visual check and a battery check and maintainance discharge/charge cycle if needed. Consumables such as pads/discs are chargeable on ICE or on EV and whilst the extra weight eats them quicker, the regenerative braking reduces the load on them. All a bit of a round about. As the video above shows, EV batteries come from a mix of fossil fuels and minerals that are extracted in less the equitable conditions. I still like the idea of hydrogen fuel cells, but in the short term it's going to be a major investment in solar panels/batteries and then have one ICE car and one EV car. They will have different purposes so rather than a replacement, it's a different tool for a different job. EV = daily short trips, fuel security (Ironically), reduced daily costs and entering towns/cities with charges or bans ICE = long range trips, which don't happen frequently and a second vehicle for when we both need a car at the same time. The EV becomes the day to day vehicle and the ICE a specialist one until either fuel cells and hydrogen come along, or a battery can do 10 year + life, with 450 miles and 10 minutes from 10%-80%.

I would stick to the service schedule like glue and I wouldn't be overthinking anything until I'd run the car through the summer.

It takes us around 2.5-3 hours It's a genuine camera, it integrates with the vehicle electronics as if it was factory fit

So at current rates, it's around £2-£3 per day, subject to weather/temperature just to be sat on the drive and a couple of trips to the shops. I'm just looking at this as a whole picture: - Relatively high price of ownership - Cost of keeping the car eats into fuel/tax savings - Tax savings are going to be short lived (They're talking per mile/per weight taxes) - Large investment to keep costs down (Solar panels/battery) - Range anxiety until public charging is sorted out. Up sides: - Fuel Security (With Solar Panels) - Lower running costs (Particularly with Solar Panels/Battery) - Cleaner - In theory less to go wrong - In theory cheaper servicing

Also @Kharl I went back and looked at the diagram again; there are actually 4 bolts (or set screws) numbered "3" in it. The only thing they may have in common is the recommended torque.

@lol-lol There are lots of Tesla going about that do not charge at Tesla Superchargers. Private cars and Tesla that do not have free charging which there are lots of. 50 kWh @ 36 pence a kWh is £18.00. 3.5 miles per kWh x 50 kWh = 175 miles. Many Tesla drivers will opt for a lower charging cost than @ SuperChargers. Maybe using 50kWh chargers at under 30 pence a kWh or free ones, or free 7kWh chargers even. If you go on an InstaVolt 50 kWh Charger at 44 pence a kWh and you get 4 miles per kWh then that is 11 pence a mile to costs you. This was odd in the Corsa. In ECO (80 ps) the Heating / AC was restricted and not worth driving in with dead feeling of the steering and acceleration. He had ECO but could still have used the stick in B or just shifted to B for decelerating / slowing. He would have got the same economy with the car in D (110 ps) and then at the roundabout actually getting the regen with the stick moved back to B. In Sport (136ps) he would have got the same kWh use showing and better feeling of the steering and would have got better regen shifting to B. That would have had it slowing the same as lifting off the accelerator with the Tesla. If did say the percentage of charge on the Corsa while charging and when you open the drivers door as long as the car is turned off. So as you get back in the car, or each time you open the door when in the car and charging.

It looks exactly like mine at the moment; Invisible. 😠

In other news, 9 months 8 days have passed since ordering and................................................ still awaiting a unconfirmed build date. Reading on here so many having build dates and ordering months and months after me is killing me

Mercedes gets it. To get more range out of EV's, it's not about putting in bigger and bigger batteries. It's all about efficiency.

Hello there!!! Just arrived...from Portugal!!! No Skoda yet, but in process...a new Kodiaq (Ambience with Pack InsPire) Lava Blue.

Is it interchangeable, does it fit your shaft? You have no need for an OAD shaft unless you have an alternator like a power station turbine.

Hands full of shopping, carried into the house and can’t be bothered to go outside again 🤣

look here Here are the relays: headlight washer, fuel pump, sound signal, glass heater, etc. It is also possible to arrange individual fuses, for example the memory control unit for the position of the cushion and backrest.

Are you sure? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/05/how-the-queen-came-to-own-the-seabed-around-britain https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/licensing-consents/overview/the-crown-estate-interests/

In that case they would not be allowed under the Vehicle Lighting Regulations, as they are too low down. Simplistically, additional driving lights have to be roughly level with the headlights. Your first action should be to fit better headlight bulbs, and many here recommend either the Osram Nightbreaker Plus bulbs or their Phillips equivalent as they have been proven to improve things no end. No they wouldn't.

Subject to the weather a look-see and clean and lubricate is a very good idea - I'd still try the battery disconnect first and if it worked leave any 'clean and lubricate' until better weather. I'm not sure of access but a small brush and (perhaps adapted) vacuum cleaner nozzle and/or long cleaning buds then GT-85 to lubricate.

The system has two flaps in it operated by motors. One flap is in the foot well and is open for recirc mode but closed for fresh air mose. The other flap is in the plenum chamber scutlle area below and in front of the windcreen (bonnet side where the wiper spindles are). This second flap is closed for recirc and open for fresh air mode. Hence from your description the flap in the plenum / scuttle is either jammed or the motor is kaput. I'd start by getting access to the plenum / scuttle area by removing the trim around the wiper spindles and seeing whether the flap there canbefreed off and whether it moves when recirc is engaged

We will see what fuel security is like for liquid fuels and for electricity pretty soon if there is a war in eastern Europe. If the Electric goes out then the fuel pumps stop as well and even the filling stations do not get fuel delivered. If the Electric goes off then so will Public Chargers. The UK Government know they need to keep allowing those making the huge profits to keep on bringing oil out from around the UK and even more than now and Gas and still keep importing. That is the population of the UK's Oil & Gas an minerals that companies get licences to get out and then make big profits from. It is not like it is actually their oil or gas when in the ground / under the sea. It is not the Crown Estates, the Governments or anyone else's, it the UK's. Also the easy to produce but costly to set up to generate initially electric needs used when available and that means producing hydrogen from what is not being used into the national grid or storage that pumped hydro, battery storage etc. Coming to a field near me soon.

Just be careful when prising the lid off the fuel filter housing after removing the bolts. It is very easy to bend the lid causing it to leak when reassembled.

Victor Meldrew time 🙂 (look him up if you don't know the name) - firstly you want to change that cabin filter, looks very dirty to me in that photo. Recirculate is to stop the air coming in from outside, say when you are following a VAG diesel too closely. 😉 To me it sounds like it's your flaps, if you know someone with a scan tool of the level that can test or reset them that might be it, if you lived nearer Northampton we could borrow my neighbour's machine and see if I'm right with my guess. I don't know if leaving the car battery disconnecting for say an hour would get a reset but as it's quick (apart from the hour), easy and no cost to try I'd give it a go. For the video it also helps to have the camera held horizontally as it gets more of relevance in the frame (unless the subject is vertical).

Yes! I used them to get my gearbox version back to an original Skoda factory version and they succeeded where several other re-mappers could not. I would recommend and use them again for sure.

I did walk it through, hopping from tuft to tuft... Group ride again today, 18 miles, but someone did forget to start Wahoo 🙄

Hello y'all, i have the same problem as of around christmas last year on an Octavia from 2018. I tried everything i could think of, reset the infotainment, downgrade the Amundsen FW from 480 to 478 (i thought it may be related to the update which i performed in november), tried connecting through different phones (from Android 9 to 12, IOS, setting the mobile data AP from ipv6 to 4 on all) and even directly over my home WLAN, all without avail. I had to have the car 2 times at the dealership for other things and i specifically asked to resolve this problem also (i am paying a yearly fee for what i am not getting...) and they had no clue (told me to delete my connect profile and all that stuff, without results)... i started to think maybe some module in the infotainment system is the problem, but now i see i am not the only one having the same problems, and more interestingly, starting in the same period, all around Europe (Hungary, UK, Denmark, Holland, Germany)... i'll write to Skoda Germany and keep you informed.

300 ''break''. It has broken 300 times? Better put it back to standard then 😛