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AirCons do not need to be 'serviced' unless there is a problem, If the Aircon still blows nice and cold then it does not need servicing - work on the principle that if it not broke don't fix it. I the cabin smell bad when the heater/Aircon is running - change the \pollen filter, if that does not fix the smell then buy a cleaning bomb for Halfords or similar for £10, an easy DIY job. Sell a service is a simple up-sell and pure profit at the prices they charge. I ram my Octy for 7 years without the need for a service and my R at 6 years is still blowing as cold as ever.

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Guys I cannot believe it. My car is in Slovenia and I can get it next week. So 15 months waiting time all in all. I honestly thought this day would never come.......

LoL 😅 Rules at Škoda factory must be something like this: Let the people that are waiting for 12 months + wait some more time, in the meantime we should focus on 6 month old orders and finish them instead. Also when assembling the old ones from parking lots, take the newest orders first. Those who have their cars parked for months can wait a few months more 👍 🤦

I know you wont understand to this, but this is part of the official Škoda´s document, which was sent to all dealers in czech rep in 23th May. It says: - from now on there will be a lack of door-panels in maximum of single pieces per week - finishing incompleted cars (without door-panels - these are cars that have a VIN and have not yet reached the customer, because they are parked for several months on different parking areas - gonna send you a few pics) is planned from KW 22/2022 and all incompleted cars will be delivered to the customers by end of the September. - Door-panels marked as V1, V2 and V3 version are now avaiable, V4 (i found out, that V4 are door-panels for vRS) will be avaiable from KW 25/2022 - reality is, that small amount of door-pannels for vRS was made before this date.

Swapping the window motor over may be the only easy bit of the job...😆

Actually as far as i remember the car is assembled very fast on the pruduction line (they have all the parts there just in time)...I think more than 1000 Octavias can be produced in a single day when the factory is working at full capacity If they plan to finish all the incompleted ones, they will need to work a bit more on them Honestly i believe you, cause that absolutley makes sense to me. If it was any diferent, i and many others would already have our cars delivered. For God sake people that ordered in september 2021 are already driving their highly speced cars and i am here waiting for 14 months for a simple 2.0 TDI Octavia with Style package and few extras that were never mentioned to be "problematic" 🤦‍♂️😅

I don’t keep full detailed records, but I do mentally note my mpg. So on this basis, the last 3 cars, in order of least frugal to best mpg, are Lexus LS300h self-regen hybrid petrol - usually mid 30s mpg per tank. Volvo D3 2ltr manual diesel, low 40s Current Octavia, 1.4 Tsi DSG, late 40s. The Lexus did more longer trips, as i had it up until I retired. The other two are post-retirement. The Lexus VED of course was much lower than either of the others, to balance it a little, but I wouldn’t buy a self-regen hybrid for the mpg.

Our Octavia iV estate is now almost perfect, except for the insulation required for the 400 volt battery to prevent a fire risk. It's the best car I've ever driven: the looks and performance are exceptional, the economy is superb (85mpg overall) and both my wife and I love it. It's been a long haul to get to this position (seven trips to the dealer for warranty work) so I assume that the latest Octavia hybrids will be fault-free. As for the touchscreen HVAC controls, the bottom right side of the screen just needs a quick tap to change the temperature for the driver, but not mentioned is the voice control. Just ask for the required temperature setting for which seat and it works perfectly. You can also use voice control for the satnav, such as the nearest fuel station or a named supermarket and again it's faultless. Also if you have a dog, the boot level is much lower than the other hybrids we looked at (Citroen and Peugeot) plus the boot is enormous. The build quality is excellent and the ride is superb, despite the low-profile tyres. I have just one criticism: I miss the reversing camera, which was fitted to our Karoq, but otherwise it is a brilliant car. It's a shame that Skoda/VW used early buyers to snag the software problems, but I'd certainly buy another one, because there is nothing to compare with the Octavia.

I don't think it's really an era, as much as just the experience and associations you make with something. A big burbling V8 on the dirty mustard-yellow GT California Special I sometimes work on is one hell of a lovely sound on one hell of an ugly car. I detest almost everything about that car, apart from the massive working space inside the engine bay and the gorgeous noise of the engine/exhaust itself. That sound is up there with the signature Harley Davidson sound, which many people from all eras seem to like, even if they're not into motorcycles. It's like the big, growly animal noise of something that sounds like it can really do some damage... even if it's really just a soppy Labrador! By contrast, I've been around race cars and bikes a few times, yet always hated those sounds. They're like outraged little flies ranting at a barista for using almond milk instead of oat milk in their Venti grande double skinny latte cappu-frappucino. The ultimate would be to have my bike or car sound like a jet engine going full chat right before it takes off. That's nothing to do with era, but simply the fact that I've been stood behind a Tornado when it did that. It's not the roaring sound you'd expect from the movies, but more like an overwhelming physical sensation of the air itself being rrrrrrrrrrrrrripped apart by the noise!!!!!

A couple from last night.

Hi guys, first of all, sorry for my english, Im from Czech republic. Im waiting for my RS (vRS in ENG ), hatch, 2.0 tsi 6 gear manual, race blue. Ordered in june 2021. Last week i got info from my dealer, that production date has changed from KW (kalendar week, do you use this term? ) 25-27/2022 to KW 34-36/2022. Thats fourth production date since the order. Im also a member on our czech forum and other member post there a Instapost from one of czech dealer, that Skoda has reduced a production of Octavia model by 25% in this year. This information confirmed my dealer as well. A lot of customers in Czech waits more than 15 months now. Wish you all to get your cars asap Daniel

So the iV is saving about £600 per year vs petrol Looking at the price list (SEL spec) the iV hybrid costs £5335 more than 1.5 tsi DSG. (£34,800 vs £29,465 for hatchback) So it takes 9 years of fuel saving at £600 per year to cover the extra cost. Sort of implies unless you intend to not change the car for at least a decade don’t bother with the hybrid

I also took a punt and, while I'm not as blown away as Richmix, there is a definite improvement in the overall sound quality. The sound is richer and warmer, with more detail across the sound spectrum. Thanks to @spacelord for the discovery and advice.

Yes very common. You could try. https://www.satnavsystems.com/diagnostics-repairs/

Thanks for the advice! I’ll try it!

Yep 😄

That is how hybrids are, perfect for those that they suit, horses for courses, or those with BIK and are getting the financial benefit but not using less fuel. There are EV drivers going to hybrids because charging is a PITA on longer trips but for short journeys they charge at home or work or free someplace, but for longer trips they are not spending an hour extra charging for every 150-200 miles. Yesterday in an EV i did 350 miles then 150 today. Set off fully charged, 4 charging seasons and sitting with 120 range now. That was 3 hours spent charging & that was lucky as straight onto chargers. (Cost me nothing as all free Rapid / 50 kW charging in Scotland, and free 7 kW before i set off.)

This promises to be an interesting thread, and while I can't easily give fuel costs per mile (without digging the spends from a different application, and sifting one car from another) I can give fuel consumption figures for my last three cars - each based on brim - brim calculations... 59.33 mpg - Octavia Mk2 Estate 1.6TDi Manual over 67500 miles 48.94 mpg - Superb Mk2 Hatch 1.4 TSi Manual over 56200 miles 54.82 mpg - Octavia Mk4 Estate 1.5 TSi ACT Manual over 12500 miles The Octavia Mk4 had 2500 miles on the [virtual] clock when I got it so currently a tad over 15,000 - and the fuel economy is getting better. At [a stab at] current fuel price of £1.87/Ltr (£8.50/gallon), the Mk4 works out at 15.51 p/mile. I'm doing about 15k miles a year, a lot of which is made up of long journeys. Would be interesting to see the petrol costs for a hybrid over a 400 mile trip from Hampshire to Lanarkshire, for example.

More than a little late to the party but thank you for the info contained within this thread. My Skoda dealer (Startin Skoda in Worcester) wanted £665 for new front pads, rear pads and rear disks on my 280. Happy with 75,000 miles out of those, not happy with that price. I picked up Pagid pads and Brembo 310mm vented rear disks (would have got Pagid but they were OOS) for about £170 from carparts4less. Incidentally, they were £40 cheaper than ECP, despite being the exact same company and even delivered in a ECP van! Naturally an easy job just became a ballache when I realised I needed to disengage the electronic handbrake. Fortunately this thread pointed me in the direction of Carista which have a 7 day free trial when you sign up for the 12 month sub, which you can immediately cancel and so get the app to do what you need for nowt, and I already had a blutooth ODB dongle. Next I just needed to put the car on charge as advised...only my charger despite having been used extensively with no issues decides that today, the time I need it, it is fully dead. F. M. L. Oh and of course I'm doing this in the glorious sunshine and on a gravel driveway for more funs. Just wanted to reply and say that I was able to replace the rear 310mm vented disks without dismantling the entire car. Only 1x T45 caliper pin (hidden under a dust cap) needed to be undone to flip the caliper up and out of the way to do the pads, and the disk has juuuuust enough room to slide on and off without having to remove the carrier. I will note that the disk required substantial persuasion in order to budge in the first place though.

The car d!ck in the Blue VW Sirocco on the M77 today should let someone drive it and follow his own car and hear how crap it sounds, and understand that making it loud in a tunnel and at every opportunity is just looking like a pleb when you actually floor it and it makes the noise and does not actually move off that quick.

I'm blaming you for putting the rot on the sun...🤪

It's no' shinin' here in the Howe the noo, neebs. However - welcome to the confines of this particular virtual establishment.

So there is stiil an option that my car will in production this year and finish i have ordered Sportline and not VRS. But i have 2.0 Tsi 4x4

Well this gives hope of maybe getting my unfinished car this year! Thanks for posting!

Yup, it's on the back of the engine. Image from SSP 534:

The HEX-CAN cannot have its firmware updated to fully decode the longer CAN bus messages on newer cars. Both the HEX-V2 and HEX-NET fully support newer vehicles so this problem is solved with them.

This might shed some light on the limitations of personalisation, which AFAIUI was overhauled for MY21/MIB3, to the extent that the option is now just called 'Third Key'. Personalisation of each key, from my experience is based upon the key that last locks, but I'm not even sure of that anymore. We now just choose the corresponding profile when we open the car. If you're talking about assigning Primary and Secondary Keys, I found this a little troublesome, but mainly because the steps took forever, I am guessing because we have a very weak GSM signal, but I did get there in the end following the process in the manual and on-screen.

They held your car to ransom to make you pay, that's shameful, don't use that garage again.

Very easy. Just need a flat screw driver to take it out of the slot..i did check the youtube video..

And if you want to do it the other way (to me the far less preferable) by removing the key barrel, lock module assembly, etc....

^ That video is way too simplistic & misses stuff out... - No mention that cars after about 2003 have pop rivets instead of bolts holding the carrier to the door, those rivets have to be drilled out and new rivets obtained and fitted with a suitable rivet tool capable of taking the size. Rivet size 6.4x10mm. Part number N91078801 - The door in the video is missing its wiring harness. The harness has to be fed through holes in the metal panel and connected to the lock module inside the door & to the rest of the door components. - The interior door release bowden cable is missing from that door. It comes from the lock module inside the door and has to be fed through a hole in the panel. - The door lock pin rod is missing from that door and has to be fed through a hole in the top of the panel. - The door speaker is missing in the video. They are pop riveted from the factory & have to be swapped from your old panel. Rivet size 4.8x15mm. Part number N90765701 3 plastic rivets have to be drilled out of the panel in order for the panel to be removed without having to remove the door lock module including the key barrel along with it. The rivets are no longer needed afterwards, they are simply to facilitate factory assembly of lock and panel both together. Once the panel is off, remove the factory plastic bracket and chuck it in the bin. Tape over the 3 holes in the new panel. Plastic rivet locations....

In my experience you can get better consumption in a manual than auto (DSG) and most times better than cruise control although it depends on the driver and road conditions. The DSG is an efficient box so differences are very small on the open road, less so in town. The problem with ACC is that your consumption will only be as good as the car in front allows. On a clear highway on the flat then it is as good as you are, probably better. I would not accelerate as 'fast as you can' for best economy but yes you want to be fairly positive to get into a high gear as soon as practical for the conditions.

That's some seriously low profile rubber you've got there.

This is crazy you getting VINs and production dates, i ordered in august of 21, and still have zero information 🙈🙈🙈 i think this will be my first and last Skoda.

My in september 21 ordered PHEV is build on April 20th, but since then still waiting for door panels. It's no RS. Dealer told me chip shortage is almost over.

The 1.0tsi engine is a good economical unit to start with, the Fabia is relatively light and the only downside is that its aerodynamics are ok but not great so higher speeds have a noticeable adverse effect on consumption. With only three small cylinders for lower friction, and direct fuel injection which reduces pumping losses of a throttle based engine at small openings. You can see this for yourself if you have the 'instant' consumption display showing during stationary idle (stop/start turned off) and it will only be showing 0.5L/hour consumption, maybe even less, which is very good. 'Pulse and glide' is actually repeatedly accelerating up to a given speed and then coasting to a lower speed and then reaccelerating/coasting. Extreme US hypermilers even have a kill switch on the engine during the coasting phase. Really not recommended practice on public roads with other traffic around. You can replicate this to a certain extent with the dsg auto in eco mode if it has the coast mode ( the engine ticks over) although you are far better off just following @KenONeill's recommendations. Some time back I had a loan Fabia 1.0tsi manual for a week and was very impressed by its economical operation despite the fact we were experiencing 40+ C temperatures so the air conditioner was working flat out all the time. Out of curiosity on a dead flat empty road I switched off the aircon and held 60kph in top gear on a minimal throttle and the instant display averaged 3.1L.100. It was too hot to muck about like that though and the aircon was turned on again. Still impressive though.

They assured me it has been serviced but good question, it's a big dealer up here in Scotland so I assumed they know about VAG servicing, but definitely worth asking thanks! It only has 3700miles on the clock and is £19,995 so seems like a ok deal to me 👍 Cheers

Excellent - thanks for that. I've heard PF Jones mentioned a few times so it sounds like they know what they are doing and have the right kit to code etc. - and they aren't too far from me!

we still get the 280 flavored 4x4 here in Oz, even with the new facelifted Superb.

I've just met the new owner of the vRS, an enthusiast who is loving the car and has already added a new backbox with large tailpipes! Glad to see it has gone to a good home, and remains local so I should still see it occasionally. He's not a car forum person but I pointed him to this thread to get the story of my car ownership.

Unfortunately you're being treated as a cash machine and you should go elsewhere.

It's true that people are partly linked to their 'era' in the dreams and aspirations they have. I once spoke to Lee McKenzie (a much younger woman) about the sound of the current crop of F1 cars. I thought they sounded like electric cows and hate the mooing sound they make, nowhere near as exciting or as enthralling as even a good road car - hello Lamborghini, I'm looking at you - but she thought they sounded great. I am of course blinked by have heard the V8s, V12s and V10s of the pure petrol era (as she had too but perhaps not in the nostalgic way i think of them) and the noise is pretty peerless compared to any pinnacle motorsport. So perhaps today's generation are happy with naff sounding V6s and Bleep and Booster wizzing noises from EVs and feel no special attachment or desire towards the dinosaurs that are soon to leave these shores (well new ones will initially). But then I think, everyone likes dinosaurs and if a thing is 'right', then it's 'right'. Maybe I also need to get a V8 before I retire, even though I said I would never buy another silly car before I retire...

My old 335d. Not very special I guess but it was the best car I've ever owned. Brutally fast, felt a bit murderous in the corners and pretty tame to run. For my SWMBO she loved, loved the first car she bought herself. It was a Mini Coupe JCW, her brothers car from new. She was gutted when it had to go because we needed a back seat. She loved it so much that now we have the space we've just bought another near identical coupe to keep as a summer future classic.

Who knew it was this easy…now to keep it lol.

Primacy 4+ (the plus is latest version) is more a long life touring tyre, more comfort based The Pilot sport 5 is a stiffer sporty tyre, lot more limited range of sizes (between 35 and 50 aspect ratio, so not available as a deeper sidewall tyre)

1979 FIAT 132 2000TC. Owned it in 1985 and was the first car where I could give my mates in their Capri's a run for their money. I was 21 at the time, learned a lot about maintenance (like not to re-use stretch head bolts after a HG failure - learned the hard way when re-torquing 🙄) and was the car I had when I met Mrs Gaz. Great car to hoon around in. Gaz Edit: LHD, but the same year and colour as my one:

In case you used ACC at the same time, then it shows car siluettes when it detects cars in front of you. It comes and goes, no extra warning.

Given the way I drive, I'm very pleased with fuel economy of my 220. In ur speak, that's 35 mpg (UK). On the freeways, I avg 6.5L/100 (43.5 mpg) Best I've done is 5.5L/100 (52 mpg) I have a APR Stg 1 tune, 19s (with 245/40 tyres) and run all 4 at 38 psi. I filled up this morning - 70L of 98 RON went in. Boy did it hurt given the fuel prices now!!

Yes and No. No because I've never driven that specific engine. Yes in that I have techniques that work with every engine:- Use "acceleration sense", by which we mean only accelerating hard enough to keep up with traffic, and approaching definite stops or slows on a closed throttle from a distance out. Keep revs between the lowest where the engine runs smoothly given the load on board and peak torque. Cruise in the highest gear consistent with the engine running smoothly at your road speed. Avoid harsh braking.