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My CNG powered Octavia. Black is a pain to keep clean, but oh does it look good after the regular wash 😀

More of ‘Big dog’ as the kids have named it!!

So after a 14 month wait she’s finally here! Absolutely lovely to drive, comfortable, quiet and roomy. Lots and lots to learn even for me who’s worked in IT for over 30 years, but getting there. Charged between 11pm and 5am this morning and a little over £2 got me 35 miles range. Much much nicer than I was expecting!!

The offending fuel blocker flap and gauze filter. Gave the bottom of the tank a quick spruce up with wire brush,rust converter and paint just to slow down any surface rust growth in future.

As @AGFalco said the minimum recommendations are comfort biased. During the safe driving course introduction a couple of guys checked the participant's cars tyre pressures. More than fifty percent were below minimum recommendations, including mine on my first time at the course. Tyres are naturally porous and leak air, slowly but steadily so unless checked regularly are likely to be under. Pressure varies with temperature so if set when tyres are cold on a hot day then they will be lower as the ambient temperature falls, overnight or even on as daily temps fall from current highs in the UK. Running at comfort settings leave little margin for error so I always follow the course recommendations. It is a bit like wearing a seat belt, a bit of discomfort and inconvenience for a whole lot more safety when things go wrong.

Spotted this earlier - Google image search reckons it's a Eurasian basket tail dragonfly (? the husk left behind after it hatched)

A story from the safe driving course, I have related before, was about a complaint they received from previous participant who said she followed their instructions and went to her local garage and put the recommended extra psi into her Datsun 120 (that gives an indication of the age of the story although cars just do not rust here) but it was bouncing all over the road and rattling to bits, she lived locally so they asked to pop in to the track. They tried a standard 'pencil' tyre pressure gauge on and the end popped out of the housing, they eventually found a gauge that could measure it. My memory is a bit vague about the fine detail but I believe they said it was around a 100 psi. Unbelievable the tyres did not explode, or pop off the steel rims and equally that the forecourt pump with malfunctioning gauge could get it to that pressure. She did say it seemed to take a long time!!! I've picked up brand new cars on two occasions that had pressures in the mid 40's which just felt wrong and I had to let down. I assumed they weren't checked during the PDI. Apologies to the OP for going so far off topic

Key can only be removed in P position.

There are greater ambient temperature variations over even a day is some parts of the country let alone continents so you'd have to make allowances for this. Usually we're only told to check the tyres when they're 'cold' - "i.e. before you’ve made any journeys that day. This is because warm or hot tyres that have recently been driven on may give inaccurate pressure readings." - https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/how-to/checking-tyre-pressure/#when-should-i-check-my-tyre-pressure You could have different pressure readings on the four tyres when 'cold' just because one or more are in direct sun or out of the sun and shaded. Part of the problem with ride comfort is the decades old fashion to have oversized wheels and tyres with low profile tyres, a smaller wheel with higher profile tyre would aid ride comfort and it wouldn't make any odds to handling and road holding for the majority of the owners and use of most models. My neighbour's 'motorized shopping trolley', though it's very rarely used as that or anything else, has the optional extra larger (alloy instead of steel) wheels with lower profile tyres, form over function.

Won't make a huge difference either way, at least none that a driver will feel. Yes a diesel will react differently but its never going to make it worse. Anything to help an engine breathe easier will have a positive effect to a point, even if its a small amount.

Hi, I've had the SOS alarm up for a couple of days now. I tried holding the SOS button until it made the call, and then cancelling. This didn't work. What has worked to clear the alarm was press and hold the infotainment power button for around a minute. This seems to have triggered a couple of soft reboot cycles, which has cleared the alarm. For now anyway...

Some people find the ride a little hard/bumpy. You might have also noticed that the higher pressure setting were listed for high load / fast speed. They are now listing them as an ECO setting as well. A lot of people think 30 PSI all round is OK. 😲 Some people even get the pressures checked once a year when the MOT is Done. 😲 ( PS. they don't get checked on an MOT. ) Thanks, AG Falco

I would not want that on my car... I could never trust it if the issues with ACC and the rest of the software are anything to go by, I do like the 'forced' use of the indicator though, I wish more cars indicated when they changed lanes, and even better if it would force the return to the inside lane when clear!!

If there was one post on Briskoda that makes me feel old, it’s this one. 🙈

The dealer can insist what he want. If you can prove the error occurred within the warranty period it should be repaired. You are not responsible for the lack of stored error codes.

The way a diesel runs is with excess air. Then controlled via the amount of fuel added. It's a contributing factor into why they are more efficient as they actually burn all the fuel that is put through them. A modern petrol is controlled by both air and fuel. Adding more air will make the system see more via the MAF sensor and then add more fuel. Hence more power. For these reasons the intake mods that make more power on a petrol will not have anywhere near the same affect on a diesel.

They look like MDI cables. Used to connect USB/iPhone etc etc to the car's infotainment system.

Today we checked fault codes,it has misfire on all cilinders.

Yes please Porsche. Thanks Autoexpress!! https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/porsche/911/358480/porsche-makes-heritage-design-package-classic-option-all-911s?amp

DTUK Pedal Box.

As they both have a wire diameter of 13.5mm, I doubt you would notice any difference when fitted.

@matrix2020 Did the police caution your car, read it's rights etc? Jokes aside, hopefully you didn't have an accident with the car behind. I think you hit the nail on the head with regards to journalist's not wanting to bite the hand that ultimately feeds them, and often their road tests are on tracks or cherry picked roads where they are unlikely to turn on those features. I could write volumes about VAG and software bugs, I deal with them quite often.

If you rapid charge, I'd agree using a CPO company is getting expensive. I note the CPS chargers are still cheap though, mostly below 40p so that is still economical. We have a few (and I mean few) Transport for Wales chargers here at around 40-45p so not too bad. Home charging is still cheap compared to fossil fuels for most, so in my experience EV is cheaper than ICE equivalent. As an example, my previous Karoq averaged 45mpg in our ownership (37k miles) which means 10 miles / litre. This makes working out cost per mile pretty straight forward. Around here diesel is £1.93, giving 19.3 p/mile if we were still running our previous car. The ID.4 has an average of 5.47 p/mile over 16k miles and so far this month is 4.83 p/mile. Last month we did 2K miles at 4.49/mile mostly on CPS rapids, but that is skewed by some free charges. But I think it demonstrates how cheap EV is compared with comparable ICE. I don't do much rapid charging though, mainly home charging and Tesco / Aldi free top ups.

Bingo!! Hope it’s in there. 👍🏻

I'm not an ENT, or a pharmacist, but that sounds plausible.

Totally agree, I reported my car to the Police and AA that came to 'fix' it the first time it emergency braked, due to ACC, on the M3 with a car behind as i was overtaking a slow lorry in the middle lane. The car behind thought I had brake tested him as there was nothing ahead. The police were aware of the issue, as were the AA and recommended not using ACC until its fixed. Honest John has been contacted by many on here, but motoring journalists don't seem to want to raise tricky issues that may have them fall out of favour with the major car manufacturers. The other problem is unless you regularly drive the vehicle its not apparent, how many use ACC regularly? Testing a vehicle on a journalist run test track day doesn't find the day to day issues. Luckily for me its easy, I wont have another Skoda, sadly, as this was my 4th Octavia and I really like most of the car.

Contact from the dealer! "Sorry, still no build date." I'm curious if it's made a difference if you ordered with VWFS or from leasing companies. Good news from VW though, parent's Golf R is at the UK port.

I only recently picked up a 2015 Octavia Estate with 1.6TDI and 6-speed manual. Goes alright if you are in the correct gear like most cars. On the flat at 62mph cruise control (60 in real) it will show around 75mpg. I would make sure to get one with less than 150k on the clock, as like most diesel cars with a DPF, you are looking at a new exhaust probable around 200-220k miles in my own estimations. Shame this was not a year from now, as not planning to keep the car, as it was brought to teach my son how to drive and not much other driving.

Can you confirm if your Software Train is MST2_EU_SK_ZR_P0468T? If it is, then MST2_EU_SK_ZR_P0480T is available.

At a guess, these maps (World bundle 3): Which can be downloaded here: https://navigation-maps.volkswagen.com/vw-maps/DiscoverMedia2_MRM3_1910_V16.7z Are you saying those maps don't work?

Our aircon is always on. If it is turned off for a while, the seal can deteriorate, refrigerant will leak and the aircon will fail. Our 02 reg Octavia was 9 years old when we sold it, the aircon had been on all that time and never failed or needed regassing. Modern aircon units are very efficient and don't affect mpg significantly. Our voice control works perfectly for navigation, setting aircon and radio.

You can still get 45+ year old cars now and drive them about. There are cars being sold just now with the newest of tech some which becomes compulsory now in the EU with new Type Approved models that i would not want to own in 5 years when out of warranty.

If life was so simple with improving Turbo Diesels performance. But no problem in doing just that.

Here's a few photos of the wagon out on track! Really makes me smile looking at these, this car has come on along away in only a year of ownership! What started as a practical yet different daily driver has turned into a full on project thats brought the joy of modifying a car back to me! 😊

By default Ebach and H&R ofers only lowering sets 😞 that which i found were guesed by compare different wights Audi Q2 1.5 has same Eibach springs as Superb 2.0 and i chose from Audi Q2 2.0, what gave stiffnes whitout lowernig. for front axle this will be good, but for rear axle you have to make your own calculation and guess. with AWDs rear springs on my FWD Supereb i'm not satisfied for 100% ride condition is perfect, but it is lower for 12mm than OEM DCC springs, whic were lower 10mm than standart suspension

I use Travel Assist and find it useful. Having to take over the steering just to make a lane change when the car does the rest of the driving feels awkward, so having this feature is definitely not a gimmick for those driving with Travel Assist a lot.

If you can't get the genuine LED units coded out Kufatec do wiring adaptors to provide resistance to stop error lights popping up.

following from the above thought process... https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMN9v8wRe/?k=1 just watched the above. when i did my First Aid refresher earlier this year we were told about rice being phased out but not told why. this explains it nicely. im just not sure whether it applies to boppin yer head on stuff. . further research needed .

My car has its reg number! I guess that means its only a matter of logistics.

Hi, my Mk4 vRs had the 1896 software version installed on Monday. I had to be quite persistent to get the dealership to request it from Skoda UK. Noticeable changes are: SatNav now remembers previous destinations and my home address in 'Favourites'. Different male voice for directions in the SatNav. SatNav now remembers to show the current speed limit, were previously it lost the connection everytime the car was switched off. Headlight setting can now be set to 'Driving on the left'. 'Android Auto' doesn't seem to disconnect as it did regularly. I hope this is of help.

Not legally. Oh and I wouldn't go near a Skoda stealer with a job like this; look in Yell.com for mobile air conditioning service.

They didn’t know it for mine, went to production, we kept our fingers crossed but still went to the parking lot and it’s been there since April. First info was that it was missing the door panels, later infos were that it could be all sorts of stuff… I don’t have rear view camera nor Canton, but I do have dsg + blind spot detector. No news yet since April.

As has been stated many many times it's got sod all to do with 'calibration' but everything to do with **** poor coding from the VAG drones who wrote the software. The car thinks it's in a left hand drive environment and refuses to overtake on the right as it believes you to be undertaking. The cars appear in their correct positions on the display it's just the car is badly programmed. And they've not yet sorted it.

Hi, Our Yeti is now 6 years old; last year it had the cambelt & water pump replaced together with service and MOT costing over £800. Last week it had a major service & MOT costing £432; with 30K on the clock it sailed through the MOT and no issues were found; DMK at Wakefield always look after it and it's never missed a beat whilst being a joy to own and drive; my wife and I love it; no chance of trading it for a car which these days looks like every other new car. Skoda made a huge mistake in dropping yeti production; we'd be now collecting our third Yeti and absolutely no way do we want a battery car. The government wanted owners in diesel cars a few years ago so we're in a diesel car and will stick with it; who wants to own a car that when the battery needs replacing it will be cheaper to scrap the car; this is progress? The only real expenditure other than servicing was to fit Michelin Cross Climate tyres because of our steep valley location; the tyres cost £600 a few years ago and were fitted by "Tyresonthedrive". DMK Wakefield always do a good job and our Yeti will never be taken to a back street garage to save a few quid; I was told if we did trade in our Yeti wouldn't touch the ground it would sell so quickly; it's in excellent condition and I'd like to have it fully rustproofed which I need to look into rather than bother trying to do it myself; it's the best car we've ever had the pleasure to own and it's a keeper. Kind regards, Colin.

Here's a couple of photos after I finished putting up the tent Friday eve at Blyton, along with a nice sunset shot and as I'm an absolute geek I had to go and take a closer look at the Combine out in the field on Saturday night! 😂 Saturday morning started well out on track, and the wagon managed a couple of sessions, unfortunately the cursed coolant Y piece split sending coolant everywhere! Luckily not whilst out on track, but after I parked up and popped the bonnet to try manage the insane heat we had yesterday! I was 4 hours from home and the nearest place that had the part I needed was Birmingham, so instead I took a chance and bought a roll of silicone amalgamation tape from a local Halfords and wrapped the split pipe. It worked a treat, but I didn't want to tempt fate and risk it out on track again! But It did manage the 4 hour drive home however so I'm happy and lucky all the same. I will be ordering a aluminium version of the section that split and will probably replace the other plastic components at the same time to stop this from happening again. Even though it put a dampener on the day I really enjoyed myself and the Octavia has so much potential for the all round performance car that can do it all! I'd like to pursue some more power, and will definitely be looking at a 6 speed gearbox with a diff to tame things whilst cornering. My mate got some photos of it out on track, so when he sends them to me I'll share those also! 👍🏻

I would get them made up with stainless fittings if you're going to go to all this trouble, it'll be cheaper and better than dealer parts.

You'll know when they need replacing, because one will perforate and start to leak. Until then, you're wasting your time and money, I think. Many other things may get in the way of the car's eternity before that.