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join the club we will need anger management treatment by the time we get our cars.

Flattened Gandalf's steering wheel today. Got the Sportline steering wheel for a price I couldn't resist. Original wheel - 3VO 419 091 S CWE Sportline wheel - 565 419 091 E BGW Swapping out the wheel was quick and easy. I did not disconnect the car battery. With the car running, popped out one side of the airbag clip, turned the wheel over, popped out the other side. Left the airbag module in the wheel, straightened the steering wheel, turned off the car and left it for 20 mins to "sleep". Then unclip the connectors, remove bolt with M12, to remove the wheel. Put Sportline wheel in place and tighten bolt, taking care to put it in the exact same spot/alignment. Plug in the connectors. Push airbag module into place. Done. I do miss the DSG paddle shifter extensions though on the Sportline wheel, so I've got a new set on the way, similar to the one I had.

Guys, let’s not argue, it’s bad enough we get all sorts of bad news from Skoda, let’s keep a friendly atmosphere and support (this has really turned out to be a sort of support group).

Monday nights run destinati same location last night, same time, around 9pm looking east looking west.. looking north east with Slievenamon in the distance not bad for a mid range camera phone..

Indeed it does ……

Bluebells in the local woods (taken on a phone so not the best quality)

A couple from this evening

Which I guess is small anyway… I think the number of ppl waiting here in SI is much bigger than the few of us who are already active on this forum. Next week is week 20, supposedly my delivery date, we’ll see what happens. With all of you having no info I am quite surprised that I actually have some (true or not, time will tell).

You see, we already have an angry mob forming, and the gladiator to lead the way 😉😁

I guess we’re really the 3rd rock from the sun, nobody cares about SI, as long as our police got their new cars…

Ello mate. Been an up and down few days, but mostly up. I’ll give a better update tomorrow as I’m absolutely zonked, but didn’t want to ignore you

Carbs don't get any more complicated than the number of saccharide molecules they're made up from. Glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose are all single molecule sugars and therefore very easy and quick for the gut to absorb; that's the whole issue about Glycaemic index - the speed at which something can be absorbed means it hits your blood stream quicker but then leaves your blood stream quicker and is converted to fat. Lower GI carb sources are either disaccharides (2 saccharides), oligosoccharides (3-6 ) or polysaccharides (greater than 7 saccharides) which are progressively more complex in structure and need to take time to break down. This diet doesn't make much sense where honey is used - you could do the same with Haribo, Wine gums, Fruit - anything that's made up of simple sugars. in fact, nutritionists would likely all advise not going to bed hungry as they are correct that sleep can be quite energy-intensive. Honey is seen as healthy but its no more natural than sugar cane - it doesn't get refined to within an inch of its life though and with all foods, the real evil is in the refining processes. As for Chris hoy endorsing it - it means he's heard it and doesn't disagree. I doubt anyone can remember the last time he needed to lose bodyfat (and I mean properly lose bodyfat, not the marginal pre-season toning that goes on in pro sports) so I can't see him having leant on the diet enough to swear by it without a payment being made somewhere along the line. He will have been coached and advised on nutrition in far too much depth to start being able to nail 'those 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar before bed' being the clincher to save the world's fattening population. Manuka Honey has an extract called Propolis I think which has supposedly been isolated as being the thing able to bolster your immune system but I think it's just another claim with insufficient science to back-up. Doesn't make it BS, there just isn't a reliable quantity of data to draw meaningful reliable scientific conclusions. Certainly not enough to justify the price tag. BUT - people will go with what they believe and live and let live on that one. Key take-aways from this: 1. Carbs are not inherently evil; we all need carbs for bodily functions to work properly and starving ourselves of that is not the way to live healthily (but that justifies brown rice/wholemeal pasta, not chip shops chips). 2. Sports recovery fuel is stated as a ratio of 4:1 carbs to protein i.e. for every gram of protein, you should be taking 4g of carbs. They both give approximately 4 calories per gram, so a classic after a workout would be 25 grams of protein, 100g of carbs, giving you 500 calories. Baked beans on brown toast is meant to be pretty good (don't give me that 'full of sugar' nonsense, that's part of the point) 3. Go for food with the least additives and processing if possible - 4. The saccharide complexity is key as is timing - doing a workout, get simple sugars in. I've done plenty of rides with a bag of jelly babies in the jersey pocket - couple of those every 5/10 mins is fine. 5. Celebrity endorsements are worth the bung, not the paper they're printed on.

Called them this morning. Standard procedure. They don`t have informations, so they called the importer to check what is going on. Importer claims to have 0 informations about what is my car waiting for(which part is missing)! In 2 days it will be 13 months of this nonsense 🙃 Since there was no info about my car, i asked them what is going on with others. They replied that in the last few weeks cars are coming more frequently (all models). Today they recived and update on 3 Octavias (Combi version with ambition package and all 3 ordered in begining/middle of the March 2021). They claim that they recived an update on these 3 cars only when they were already in Slovenia. Not even an update that they were in transit. Also told me that my car is the only one that has VIN number amongst all their orders until June 2021. Really stupid situation that is costing me money and nerves...

I mostly reply to other comments and share information I acquire elsewhere and think could be interesting to people here. If the goal of the forum is to remain patiently quiet, then take your own medicine, sign out and remain pateintly quiet. Bye now.

hi it is vrs estate 4x4 dsg 200 .bhp diesel,it is a lease car from 21st century lease cars through skoda finance.ordered 21 may 2021.orignal delivery date was 21 september thats when the fun starts push back after push back.then in febuary[i think]told car was built but a slight delay in delivery.so i thought a month or so but should of known better.last update last friday was delivery 03/06/22 not confirmed.so again awaiting for the update e mail this afternoon and not holding my breath.i see sombody is at it again about slagging people off who in his opinion are mithering and like a stuck record.is this all he does slagging people off.can i suggest if you dont want to read just go to the next subject sick .sorry about the rant about this guy,it does not reflect on all of the other people who are on here helping people out with there woes.cheers

Got the car back yesterday (workshop had received a wrong ABS sensor first). All errors are cleared and have not reappeared on the way home. So far I am quite happy. Quite interesting and surprising (for me anyway) how many error a faulty ABS sensor can cause. Again, thanks a lot to all who have contributed with their knowledge and guided me in right direction 😀

Battery going to sleep was introduced about 2 years ago, might not be on a 2020 model. kessy does eat batteries, buy the best premium quality batteries you can, cheap batteries only seem to last few weeks or months. Top quality batteries seem to last nearer 18 months (I now using Panasonic coin 2032 battery, not cheap, but seems to last).

Complete and utter BS.

Yeah that's come up ta. I've got JB Cold Weld, but it looks like Loctite All Plastics might be the one to try for this particular application. Unit looks simple enough to change if all else fails. Gaz

The black wheels have Toyo T1-Rs fitted, so it made sense to put some more Summer oriented rubber on this set. I do not have previous experience of using them, but I found a couple of pairs of Hankook Ventus Evo S1s in 195/50R15 with 5-6mm of tread which I bought to try. Recently my son introduced me to the services of Get-A-Grip Mobile Tyres who came to my home and did eleven tyre swaps including balancing for what it would have cost me to have had half that number done at the local tyre fitters. Now that the red wheels are on the Caddy, the black wheels are waiting patiently in the corner of the workshop for me to paint them gunmetal.

The wheels on the Caddy are Renault 15" steelies, which I painted black to go on my Felicia pick-up, which was itself black. I have never really liked the look of them on the grey Caddy, but re-painting them has not made it to the top of my to do list before now. Part of the reason for the delay is that I had not been able to make up my mind what colour I wanted to paint them. The three options I was considering were the same grey as the bodywork, gunmetal grey, or dark red. I got as far as to rule-out the bodywork grey, but I was unable to decide between the remaining two options. The pragmatic solution, especially since I bought a second set of these wheels very cheap, was to paint a set in each colour. The red I settled-on was Ruby Red Hammerite Ultima Smooth. This is a water-based paint, which I had not used before, but the colour looked perfect so I was keen to give it a go. Before I painted the fronts of the wheels, however, I painted the rear faces with normal Hammerite Smooth, also in red but in a brighter shade. After one coat it was obvious that the coverage of the water-based paint is not as good as the normal Hammerite. If I had been aiming for a marble effect I would have been pretty satisfied, but a solid colour looked a long way off. After the second coat, it was looking a bit better, but still nowhere near good enough. Finally, after the third coat, I had the colour coverage I wanted.

Gorilla glue maybe?

Police is probably the biggest reason for our suffering. They used up our quota.

Coincidence? I think NOT!

Hello guys, another customer from SI here, who is patiently waiting for a new Octavia. I ordered it in July 2021, the 1.5 Ambition version at Porsche Verovskova. I haven't received any news about my order yet. I stopped bothering them in December last year, and I'm patiently waiting for their call, as you do 🤔😒

If it works for you go for it; and completely respect what you do and don't choose to eat on rides or have around the house; I'm the same with snacking on junk. And honey is a naturally occuring by-product which should avoid a fair amount of processing, China aside. It's not a magic elixir. As a formulated recognised "diet" - doing a quick internet search reveals nothing that makes me think its got any particular substance over anything else. A dozen articles bordering on clickbaity straplines e.g. "can help you lose weight" (compared to what, doing nothing? eating pies?). Everything seems to be getting on for 10 years ago, which says to me there's been no buzz (pardon the pun) since then. Not sure what you meant about Chris Hoy - article up top says "it is said to be endorsed by Olympic gold-medal winning cyclist". That's vague as it is (said by whom?) but either way it's there to lend credibility and therefore improve sales. Example to back-up my point: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/mike-mcinnes/eat-sleep-and-slim-with-honey/9781444775921/ "Scientifically-backed" - according to who? (aside from the Daily Mail) "Honey has always been regarded as a food with almost magical, health-giving and healing properties" - No it hasn't "Just a spoonful of honey is all it takes to lose weight according to the sweetest, easiest diet - fall asleep and the weight will fall off" - a s reviewing statement on a website selling the book, this is borderline criminal. To make bold claims, you need a mountain of evidence. This lot above is tripe designed to bolster sales. Seriously, if it's working for you and you feel better for it, I'm genuinely supportive for you; but without proper data proving this as an isolated variable, it shouldn't be marketed as it is being.

Did Chris Hoy endorse it? The article says it is endorsed by Chris Hoy. I have no idea if Chris Hoy approved of his name being used in an article about a book or if he gave any endorsement or received any reward from a book an article or the sale of honey. I am not a celebrity so i will just give the endorsement that i will keep doing as i do and feel great on it. It works for me as a type 2 diabetic and not to lose bodyfat, just take something easy and have a good sleep and recovery from cycling. No sweeties needing bought or having about because i would pig out on them, i have nothing in my home that i particularly like as i am a greedy person and i like just ignoring sweeties and treats. On bike rides and trips i have rough oatcakes with me and water. The beans, toast etc are eaten at meal times and not before going to bed. Mike McInnes. https://sethroberts.net/2014/01/02/interview-with-mike-mcinnes-author-of-the-honey-diet Stuart McInnes. https://raceid.com/en/articles/111 http://linkedin.com/in/stuartmcinnes1/?originalSubdomain=se Maggie Stanfield. https://irishnews.com/lifestyle/2017/04/24/news/maggie-a-pioneer-in-battle-against-diabetes-1003306/ I have not read the book.

Customer service blows here. They know they will get a better price and don’t care if we cancel. I hope it backfires on them somehow. What also worries me is the quality of materials being built in - because of shortages everywhere they use parts that would otherwise go to scrap (heard this from a vag grp supplier).

I think by some margin the Allegro wins in the looks department. Even in turd bown

Normal Allaggro or a van den Plas 1500?

Exactly this. Do it. Look at our care face --> 😒 This subject is about delivery times, so continue your mithering on software related topic.

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@Danvy Do you have a requirement for a particular part? Parts can be modeled and files produced but whether the part is fit for purpose will depend on its intended usage, the material that it is printed in and the way that it is printed. Like others with 3D printers I have modeled replacement parts for various items, not Octavia Mk1 parts, but I have not shared many of my files.

I've just updated my car. 🎖️

Are you sure it's not suppose to be 08300008 That's the magic FeC I have for Skoda and the ones that the M.I.B. people use.... yours is a Audi one, whilst Seat work with Skoda not sure the other way round with a Skoda one and that was via the developers back end thingey Skoda works in a Seat. You need to get it at 08300008. In June 2021 VAG left the Seat FeC out of the release so it couldn't be read in. May be something similar with Audi in this release ?. Their lookup http://mib-helper.com/fec-decoder/?fec=08300008

I'll take it.

I really hope if you ever get your Kodiaq you don’t hate is as much as you seem to. At least if one of the many cars you say you’ve ordered turns up first, someone else can jump onto your Kodiaq order and have less of a wait 🤞🏻

@SanqharThrought the Kangerooing it was said that the DSG's were less affected yet members here had ones that were affected and there were even members that got rid of 1.5TSI / DSG's that the fault was not resolved on. So even if there were only 10% of the ones with the bad map were with a DSG then that could be one someone gets landed with because they are out there, unless the issue eventually was fixed. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/481094-has-1.5-tsi-engine-now-been-fixed Then there is the DQ200 possible issue to take into account. Rare. So find a 1.5 TSI manual free of fault, or a 1.5TSI DSG free of fault. There is the lottery. maybe 1 in 1,000 cars, but tough luck if you get the lemon buying used. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/501404-automatic-gearbox-issues A 1.0TSI DSG is a better gamble if buying used, but a warranty is 'Simply clever'.

A leisure battery is useless, as you've found out it has no cold cranking capacity whatsoever. It is perfectly safe to jump start a car from another vehicle with the engine running, I've been doing it for forty years and never had a problem, in fact it's better if you connect them up and use your mates alternator to boost charge your battery for a good few minutes before actually trying to start it.

Skoda Superb.

Maybe all of us from Slovenia could actually get together and try to get answers from importer as a group....

Haha. Are you suggesting we burn down the door panel factory? 🤭

We should all assemble in a large group and go directly to factory and start protests 🙊 or go in a larger group to dealers and demand answers. Because this is really going nowhere, or even from bad to worse.

Sorry to hear you’ve got to let it go. Had an 03 NB and loved it. Might be interested in another, tho can sympathise with the bad back. Let me know when you put it up for sale please.

hi buddy, love the old skoda, welcome and hope you find your answers on the forum :_

I do this most days. I enjoy a more relaxed drive now and find it far more enjoyable than being the d***head driving in lane 2 or 3 at xxmph. Plus there are now a lot of unmarked Police vehicles on the road. We have an unmarked Mini John Cooper Works All 4 at work and that catches a lot of people unaware. Not worth driving fast unless you are on a track in my opinion.

Buying an EV depends very much on anyone's circumstances buying & owning and for how long or leasing and a business user or not and getting the tax breaks with BIK. Also if an EV suits your use, if you have home charging, cheap charging tariff for electric or charging at work or if it will be using public chargers. Public charger proper Rapid charging costs are getting to be about the same as running an ICE vehicle that can do 40 mpg plus. Availability of new cars is not only with the Enyaq but also Kodiaq's.