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Just been informed my Octavia estate VRS with winter pack has been built and in transit apparently 4-6 weeks from factory anyone reckon

Took it home and advertised it on Auto Express for the same price I bought it for 4 years ago. It was sold in less than 24 hrs and the couple liked it so much they didn’t even want to haggle. I got the full 10k compared to the 7700 that Arnold Clark offered.

Maps isn't the only difference between the two platforms. Why don't you help the original poster with some useful information to help them choose/decide?

At the risk of staying OT, I went to see the Kia Soul EV launch event today and was told that map updates are free (for 7 years?) My other VAG car (Cupra) also costs to update but I've never felt the need to use anything other than Google Maps for RTT navigation. If you want to start a thread about how bad (you perceive) that Kia cars are then please feel free to do so in a more appropriate section. 👍

New to me 2015 L&K

The basic concept is flawed IMHO. The radar just looks straight forward even when you are approaching a bend, so when a car comes round that bend it thinks you're driving straight at that car - which you know you're not as you can see the approaching bend! If they integrated the radar with the GPS and the maps they could make it better...

Front Assist has always been a bit over sensitive for me, with two different mark 3 Octavia’s and now a mark 4 too. Current car often comes up with warnings telling me that Front Assist isn’t fully working. First Octavia managed a few automatic emergency stops when cars in front suddenly braked instead of using their indicators. Not that there was any real danger but the car jumped in first! In both the mark 3 Octavia’s I would get random warnings flashing up on windy roads as Front Assist detected oncoming cars on the other side of the road. Not a reliable system all in all…

I bought this cheap mod (£73) & just had it fitted yesterday whilst in for a DSG service. Biggest improvement I thought was to steering feel. It really has seemed to tighten everything up to feeling more old BMW than old Volvo. Gear shifts are a lot better / faster feeling too eliminating all the slop. Negligible amounts of extra vibration at idle too only really being noticeable with AC running. Serious value for money mod in my opinion

Why do you plan to sell it in UK, and not in France? 🤨

Went for a Karoq!

got my weekly update a few minutes ago pushed back yet again till 03/06/22 just short of 54 weeks.the wait goes on.

Use Google images or just a search Briskoda Fabia Mk2 vRS wheels loads of pictures or threads. Audi wheels are nice on a Fabia hatch or estate. You could have had 18" rims if you wanted style over practicality.. Pity you bought the 205/40 R 17 tyres you could have gone 215/40 R 17's on 17" rims. Lots of nice 17" rims about that will suit your estate. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/487466-will-these-alloys-fit-ok

This is what I have.

I'm actually using Plusnet which is on the EE network and all of the online stuff seems to work flawlessly. Weather, news, parking, traffic, etc. Just not Smartlink+ which I think is USB only anyway

After you switch on the ignition, the system carries out tests on a number of items to check they are working. The warning lights for these items will go off automatically a few seconds after turning on the ignition if all is well. This applies to the emissions controls.

Well, rapid is means rapid charging. After 30min most EV's would be near 80%, enough to drive on to next charger. Taxi are problematic, they sit on chargers during their break to get as high SoC as possible, charging very slowly a lot of the time. I, for one, like the 30min max stay. It makes splash and dash a lot easier.

The Skoda configurator shows unbraked trailer towing weight for 200 hp diesel, so as my comment could be a mistake in brochure. Brochure has recently been updated and previous version showed correct towing weight also.

So, just fitted yesterday. Biggest positive outcome is the chassis & steering feeling tighter & more responsive. Reduction in drivetrain slop too is also very welcome. Also very little extra vibration (more with AC unit running). I was expecting it to be worse & so if it only improves after bedding in for a few hundred miles, I'm happy!

Well I popped in just to see what's going on with your Fabia vRS only to come across the last two pages! It's 9:45am on the 6th as I'm reading this, so I guess there might be a short delay in any updates 🙄 All the best Jars - see you on the other side. Even though I don't know you, my thoughts are with you Gaz

Well if you love the Korean crap then, buy one and go to the Kia Owners Club, I found it is a sterile place which is a bit like North Korea... Any sort of humour or dissenting voices and you get banned. Very much a woke brigade place, where it's easy to get cancelled. You won't change my opinion on Kia and its cars. Awful engines, Awful gearboxes, awful economy. And a customer service team who make the North Koreans seem nice.

added the badge , bodyshop such a good job , thanks guys

Looks good , mechanically drives good , not bad MPG but is an evil B#stard coded to kill you. LAURA CYBERDYNE INDUSTRIES T 300 I think Skynet were involved in the software coding. It freezes your screen , so u cant defrost the windows ( it laughs at you). It will pretend to not remember last settings and put your CLIMA on AC auto at 22 degs ( I get pleasure from your reactions HA HA ) It call the emergency services at whim ( Laughing at you POP POP) Overtake a car on the outside lane under ACC , HA HA i wont let you!!! Oh who are you , you must be a new user HA HA let me wind you up. Want to go somewhere you dont know how to get to : Ha ha i'll place you somewhere miles from where you really are!!! "Is that a dangerous obstacle ahead" , no its not but ill apply the brakes anyway HA HA . "Your indicators have a fault contact the dealer, your emergency services SOS have a fault contact your dealer. Front assist is not available , contact your dealer. YOU ARE DEAD , CONTACT YOUR DEALER.

We are getting there! Various fixes to wiring and one new sensor have got the car starting and running. Everything is back together. Lots of leaks fixed, lots or repairs done. The final hurdle to pass a Warrant of Fitness is a cracked gearbox mount which they are testing to see if it can be welded.

For a road car, peak horsepower really isn't the issue. What will impress you most and feel best is a big area under a torque curve that comes complete with a nice smooth line with no peaks and troughs.

a lot of us have been told car is built and it must of been shiney then,i think by now our cars might be a bit dull and rusty .

Basically exactly the same for mine. Cancelled my order a few days ago and got a Kodiaq arriving tomorrow morning, practically new.

I guess they are still receiving enough orders if they dare to act this way… I know there are problems in supply chains everywhere, but this should have been handled way better.

Got an order update today!!! Great...

speedo does not look like that at all in my sportline - graphics and central console interface have definitively been updated/changed new model: old model:

Mine went into the dealer again yesterday and I've now been told that there are no software updates for my car as the head unit (B I think) has the most up to date software for it and it won't accept any of the new software fixes. Therefore I need the unit replaced, just waiting for a date they can do that. Hopefully that won't take long and will finally sort all the issues.

completed ESP function test all warning lights are cancelled and no fault codes. Holy Moly what a mission. Thanks for all the input and help guys😃

May the 4th be with you.

You can set it to only open to any height you like, doesn’t have to be halfway It is a convenience feature, so if you have underground car park etc your boot doesn’t smack into the roof

Its relatively easy, put on and buff off one panel a time (or 1/4 on the roof/bonnet). I actually got distracted talking to the neighbour so I didn't buff one panel off straight away, and it wasn't an issue. TBH the glass cleaner took more elbow grease to buff off ☺️

Looks better than the alternative at least. I'm not really convinced it is worth the money. I haven't even got a preliminary date yet, other than that it should surely be delivered by December 2023...

All cleaned up and back together

I've had my 2011 Octavia vRS a few weeks now and am super happy with it After nosing about on here since buying I thought I'd better join the fun.

Channel 4 has coverage of Live Formula E Monaco ePrix. At least you get time to watch the scenery as there is not much to follow watching the cars and the annoying noise can be turned down on the telly and that means the excited commentators are also silent. What a load of guff IMO.

Well that's something I was never aware of but the dental check makes total sense now!

Can’t believe my “new” car is now 6 years old and 80k miles! But anyway, yesterday I changed the DSG oil and filter again. A pretty straightforward job really, and I realised the filter can be accessed without having to remove anything from the engine bay. Also did the Haldex fluid and cleaned the pump filter gauze, which wasn’t so dirty this time. Ran the pump calibration.

i gave the initial post a love it for a couple of reasons- admitting youre terrified and have had tears is healthy and yet not done by men in general even less so spoken about, the "brave face" being the norm. as such i commend that open honesty even among relative strangers. weirdly the surgical decision is great - they are pre planning your future care by avoiding a more strenuous procedure in the future when you might not be as physically able to take that strain, instead setting up a much less demanding future. also, the fact they are doing this preplaning means they clearly have great confidence in the surgery going well, you being physically able for it, and that the long term prognosis is "this lads gonna be around long enough to need a turbo upgrade in a few years so lets do the pipework now". yes it will mean more work down time, but the benefits of being then able to work more effectively and potentially for a longer time.... thats worth the few days of fear.

There is 2 plugs that do this trim panels lighting, one for left and one for right. If you take the glovebox out completely you will be able to see if they’re both plugged in. Swap the plugs over and see if the fault changes to drivers side. You’ve then eliminated the fault on the car or the strip and we can work from there.

Yesterday I gave the old girl a good wash, applied some paint sealer. This morning I left the house at 5.45am to head to Potters Bar to have a reversing camera fitted and also the traffic sign recognition enabled. Great job by @ApertureS very fast and efficient. Tomorrow I'll be getting all the bugs off the car 🤣🤣

So I used to live near (60miles north of) Helsinki and would drive maybe once a week to the office. When the clocks moved, I would either need lights or not. Back in September, my wife got a new job, so we moved another 300km north. My commute is now 400km. It's difficult to relay how different the roads are here to the UK. Of the 400km down, the first 50km is lit. Then it's darkness all the way until about 25km before Helsinki. There are junctions that are lit, small sections maybe, but most of it is dark. And in October, November, that means *dark*. No snow to reflect light, just damp asphalt that eats it. I'd not realised how bright moonlight can be until a trip a few weeks back. But we're hurtling towards summer again now. It's still not completely dark outside and it's 2130 here. We're a complete 2 months away from the solstice. For the next weeks, when I drive down, it will be light. When I come back up, it might be dark for the last couple of hours - in a month or so, not even then. Then, in July, things will start rapidly getting darker again... Now add in the wildlife: that's the foxes, bunnies, wolves (yes, really), badgers, wolverines, deer and elk that roam the place. You want to see them well ahead of time, and i'm driving during dusk and sunrise, the times they're most active. I would much rather see them than meet them. And to be honest, the traffic levels here.... well, the other week I counted 10 cars coming the other way on the 9 between the motorway south of Kuopio and Suonenjoki. That's about 30kms, so call it 20 minutes of driving. It gets busier closer to Jyväskylä, but it's normally pretty empty. So light becomes *really* important, as you don't want to be caught out with an Elk when it's -26C. This is all road-legal in the EU, the reference is only 45. With 35 from the original lights, we're at 80. 100 is the limit. TL;DR:light is life up here.

Neaten up all the other retrofits and install rear seat heating and 3 zone climate control.

Well this was something else.... Not bad for 14 hours work.

got it back with the light in on Thursday, only got around to some potatochop today. See attached looking forward to the drive home on Thursday next week. Light is a Lazer Linear 18 Elite. Bracket from Lumise.fi. Location under the numberplate, in the front lower grille: Position light close-up: couple of comparison shots from the parking cave: Dipped beam high beam now:

Another car wash. Summer wheels back on, manual polish but got tired so pulled the dual action out to apply wax. Even tyre gelled after the grief I got last time 😉

The main difference between budget (as in real budget) vs premium tyres is normally the wet performance. The difference in dry is there but won't make a difference in day to day driving but might in emergency situations. However the gap in wet widens significantly. In any case a new budget tyre will almost certainly outpeform a worn (just above limit, ~2mm) premium tyre in the wet. Did a tyre event with continental where they let us try it out and the worn contis got spanked on emergency wet braking by a new budget set. My conclusion is, budget tyres are fine, maybe swap them out when it's at 3mm or so. Drive to conditions and all good. My new set of tyres should last the life of my planned ownership as I don't do much mileage. Another 15-20k miles or so I reckon and it'll be 5years old with half-ish the thread left.

If it helps at all: UK_KODIAQ_Pricing_and_Spec_AUG19.pdf UK_Kodiaq_Brochure_Jul19.pdf MY20 Product Changes Kodiaq EN Translation.pdf