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I doubt it, after spending so much time here it’s a cherry on top of the cake after getting the car 😉 I know I won’t forget when my time finally comes 😊

A little tip for you - I used to work at a well known retail chain of automotive stuff (and pedal bikes)... mentioning no names. From day 1 i was taught - you need to sell people going to EU a long list of things including bulbs, breathalyzers, high viz jackets, fire extinguisher. I subsequently got called in to the office as I was telling people that carrying bulbs is all well and good, but did they have any idea how to change them, most said no, so i said no point. I done my own research and breath tests arent even a requirement, it was more a scare tactic. And the only one i recommend is a high viz jacket and thats useful no matter what country you are in. Just keep it in the back of your seat or glovebox, its no use if youre hunting for it in the boot and get chopped in half by a rear ender....

At 66,600 reset and still get 66.6 for the win. It's at times like these you are authorised to break the tank average rules.

Its a lot less reliable because its a complex piece of kit When they fail they fail. If clutch has been replaced I would take it off your worry list No mechanic is going to replace a clutch on a soon to fail DMF its just not worth the hassle So either its been done or yours is a single mass Also if it does go its only money😁

Do not increase more than the recommended pressures for the fully loaded car, or to the point the car / trailer does not feel safe / stable. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/505842-tyre-pressure-when-towing

Right hand one of the two marked 53 on bottom row. Left hand one of those 53s on bottom row is your ECU relay.

All spot on, 17 years in France a couple of hundred thousand miles and never been pulled over aside from when I have done something equally deserved as GAX. You simply do not see patrol cars except for dodgy places like my old town with lots of social problems where they do cruise around, they certainly are not out looking for GB plates or the lack of any of the things that the professional worriers carry in their vehicle. 99% of speeding tickets are sent by post including to the UK, it's dangerous to pull a car over, when they do spot checks with the binoculars they set up a whole area further on to pull the cars over into a safe area (they used my hôtel car park with my blessing), on the autoroutes there are dedicated exits to Centre d'entretien Gendarmerie et Police where you may be escorted off to have your car siezed or to withdraw loadsamoney from their own cashpoint if you are lucky. I have never driven at night and seen more than 6 or 8 cars without one having at least one non functioning light, often there are no rear lights at all. Indicators are considered optional as is dipping the headlights when there is oncoming traffic!

Hi fella So I spoke to Pf Jones on Thursday and am now booked in for either a different module or software update, tomorrow afternoon. They'd contacted the software provider and said there is an issue. I'll update you once it's been in.

Hydraulic clutch so it can't really be adjusted. Sounds like a new clutch to be honest, give it time to bed in and give yourself time to get used to it.

I think all the fast fit chains have dynamic balancers. The wheel is put on, spun and a computer tells the operator the required weight to use. Of course it does require the operator to actually choose the correct weight from their trays and put it in correct place, and some do not respin it to check now showing zero required. So always best to choose a quiet time when the crew are standing around and don’t have to rush it.

Hello guys, found the solving for that wireless charger. Under that rubber tray, who moves away very easy, see the induction box & usbc's coverages. You will see some holes near the speed's changer joystick. I've manageg to stick something like a hook inside and pop all the plastic sistem out quite easy. Under that you find four cables, two for usb's and two for induction. Enjoy.

My octy arrived two days ago at the dealer. On Tuesday I go to dealer pick up my car. Not so long waiting dealer said to me. I purchased on January 31. Counting last hours to sit and drive this babe 😁

With time running out and you having not done anything about this, it might just be easiest to buy a new filler cap, Skoda will, I'd think without checking up on a parts listing, sell a new cap seal for very little money. Edit:-1K0201557A is one number for a seal.

Have a glass of wine anyway 🍷 The tailgate lock does seem reluctant to release completely occasionally (are ours just at 'that age'?). It usually releases eventually, following a bit of general button pressing (and a good synchronised fist thump sometimes - a crude method, maybe, but it's the product of several decades of motoring and it can't hurt).

I don't tend to, I left the house with 3/4 of a tank but didn't have my wallet and didn't fancy going home, getting wallet and going back out

Think I've seen an adaptation channel in module 17, Instruments, so yes, something is tweakable. Can't remember details, have a play.

Aye, I find that the trip range on my 1.2 Ambiente is fairly accurate according to the MPGs I get (worked out using Fuelly on the 'net, with the brim to brim method). Another solution is not letting the car get as low on fuel... but I'm not in charge of your life. So do what you like.

MHI2_ER_SKG13_P4526_1440 is available for you, I will PM a link in a few moments. Takes you from 0933 to 1400

Most likely the fault is a broken wire in the drivers door loom and not a software bug. Yes I know the side airbag is in the seat and nothing to do with the drivers door but try telling VCDS that! There is a sensor in the door, if the circuit is broken it brings up a fault code which like many in VCDS (probably the VAG code as well) bears little relation to the actual fault, possibly translation errors. No!

If I understand you correctly, than it is gearbox oil temp.

I can send you a link in a few minutes.

Finally got a nice day today, washed and used Turtle wax graphene stuff for the first time, very easy to apply with no residue after buffing off. Also dressed the tyres for the first time in 12 months. pleased with the Turtle wax products.

The butterfly opening in the intake of the Citigo is limited on the (nominally) 59bhp models and allowed to open fully on the (nominally) 74bhp versions. Because there's no turbo boost to adjust etc, whilst there's likely a little tweaking with the injection and ignition, what the tuners are doing is fundamentally allowing the inlet butterfly to open fully on the lower power engine to match the higher power one. Celtic are showing a slight improvement all the way through the range which is good, but not entirely surprising as the engine will be able to flow a little more air with a wide open throttle. The thing to be aware of is, unlike a diesel remap where the extra torque is usually very apparent all the way through the rev range, you'll likely only notice a difference on the Citigo when you're revving beyond 5k as it'll continue to make power rather than running out of puff and requiring another gear. If your car has a rev counter (I think they all do but not 100% sure), it's worth keeping an eye on the revs you are going to gauge how often you're exploiting that top end of the rev range. i.e. is it worth it for the few times you're up by the red line? The dyno chart on the Superchips site shows similarly that the power continues as the revs increase rather than plateauing at 5,000rpm https://www.superchips.co.uk/ECU-Remap/Skoda/Citigo-MK1-2012-2016/Petrol/SE-1-0-MPI-59-bhp/stage-1 Also worth considering the insurance implications as the insurers, if they will insure a remapped car, typically load the premium based on % power increase. From 68 to 84 is 24%, though if the insurers take is as a 59bhp increase to 84 that's a whopping 42%. Anyway, as in the simplest terms, the Citigo is just being set up to run the same as the 74bhp model then there should be no problems. As the 59bhp car has slightly shorter gearing than the 74bhp, it should feel *slightly* peppier through the gears. Celtic has, as far as I know, a very good reputation. If you get it donw, do report back and let us know how it goes.

Update on my seats. Dealer applied software fix update under warranty and now working fine.

Yes; spring perch and spring plate are synonymous terms in this context. Also, use the compressors over as many turns of the spring as possible. From your photo upthread, that looks to be about 9 turns of this particular spring.

You are still not making any sense, you say "usually" which would infer that your car is not like that, please confirm is the biting point (in your opinion) either too low or too high? And also what you mean by the travel being really high?

make it so!

Exactly, aftermarket radios such as the Alpine do not respond to the diagnostic messages from the CAN gateway hence the fault code.

Oh OK, good. Thanks for the help. Most appreciated. I will look online for some lowered springs 👍😊

As per others, I've never bothered with any of the supposed requirements, just the stuff I want to use (i.e. high viz and triangle). The breathalyser (when I did used to think they were required) and the light kit, I never have bothered, because I figure if asked then the police could never prove me wrong if I said "As it happens I used both this morning officer, just on my way to Carrefour now to buy new ones". I actually got pulled for a violation four years ago in France, having got sick of waiting at a busy in-town junction I blasted out into the path of traffic. A Gendamerie instantly appeared out of nowhere on a motorbike. Gulp! My first thought was here's a fine coming up, instead he appeared to clock we were English, his English was very poor, so I just got a 10 second 'educational' message that in France this is not legal (yeah, it isn't in England mate) and then waved on our way. No checking of anything in the car. I have also been done for speeding in Poland (I'm not proud of these things by the way) and had to pay a cash fine to the officer. He did check my passport (he had a Russian in his car who he had arrested for not carrying his paasport) but again he had zero interest in checking the contents of my vehicle. I'm not saying they never would check, but you'd have to p!ss them off with some attitude to have them start probing about. They're too busy in reality. I'm currently 500 miles into France and got no spare bulbs etc, and one week into being in France and covering a good 1000 miles since Calais I have seen one Gendamerie and one traffic cop (virtually asleep at a service station). In that time I must have seen 50 British cars who don't have either GB on their licence plate, not a UK or GB badge slapped on the boot (which funnily enough, as a visible item I do have one f these). Not seen one person pulled over. In that time I've also sat on a minibus on a daytrip that consistently drove at 70kph through 50kph village limits, and easily 60kph through 30kph limits. Just to put things in perspective, what British people do or don't have in their cars pales into significance in comparising to everything else happening throughout the country all day! I honestly wouldn't waste your money on anything, nor spend and furthet timr worrying about any of this, as the cops aren't! Show this to the missus if she isn't convinced. As with most of Europe, times are tight, outside of the major cities you simply don't see police driving around anywhere, there aren't enough to do so.

Thanks, I thought that might be the answer. Skoda over here do not offer that as an option. My car came with it from the factory and it was actually a Skoda Australia company car until I got it. I know several other people with a Superb Wagon, all fellow members of my model boat club as they are really useful for carrying long loads. Mine is the only one with the variable floor fitted to it. Strangely, the Passat comes with that floor as standard equipment. A nice idea but currently only one Passat wagon in Oz available to purchase and that is way north of where I live. Per VWA, no more coming in until the MY23 cars start to get delivered. Ditto for Skodas. Looking at the UK website, you seem to get 5 variants of Superb wagon, we get 2, the Style FWD with the 162 engine or the Sportline AWD with the 206 engine. Both have 2 options, a premium pack and, if you get a premium pack, you can get a sunroof. Most of the Style wagons that came in from the June 2022 build came in with both options. DIY floor now on my to do list.

That would be interesting, maybe you could steal it for us 😅

Just because a diagnostic tool says a sensor is ‘faulty’ does not mean it’s faulty. there is a huge amount more to diagnosis than just plugging a code reader in. Before considering replacing a sensor you need to find out if it’s telling the truth and giving a erroneous value because there is a fault somewhere else or if the sensor is actually faulty.

Only 666 miles to go until I summon the big man doonstairs.

Congrats. Yes, the wait was very short, which is not a surprise. People that pay more, get the car faster.

I did not say that. I said what I would mean by a dynamic balancer.

Protyre are a national chain so you’ll probably have a local branch.

I would say you need to code out 5F from the gateway's installed list, as you no longer have your radio fitted.

What do you mean by "dynamically balance"? @Carlston describes what I'd mean perfectly.

All fast fit tyre places use a wheel balancer that dynamically balances the wheel. Using a dynamic wheel balancing machine is very simple, as the machine tells the operator where to put the wheel weights. If the wheel balancer is spinning the wheel around using an electric motor to work out where the two wheel weights need to go, then that is dynamic balancing.

It’s supposed be the eco display. It’s replaced the old bar chart you used to get on MMI screen. From my point of view it is pointless. Apart from the green bars bobbing up and down I don’t see what it’s supposed to show. If you want to know how economic you driving is display the MPG.

Should be able to select it from the steering wheel controls in the same way as other diving data (eg average mpg since start). Some sort of G meter implying how ECO the driving is. Never used it! I use the average consumption figure as a measure of my ‘ECO-ness’

I am guessing some cannot see the exposed cord. What sort of mileage on your car? And what sort of mileage did the poor tyres do to get in that state?

Most probably only a nickname for me... 😆

Yes it fit,i have 8.5x19,et45 and 225/40 tires,no problem

That's what I use Gaz

My Octavia arrived on 17 August.

Thanks Urrell. Of course by the time I went back outside to try and fix it .... it had sorted itself out! That's Skodas - Simply Clever or simply infuriating. You pays yer money..... But I've made a note for the next time as it's sure to happen again.

Just a thought, When you're in reverse, does an image of the car show up on the radio? Where are the sensors on your rear bumper located? The "S" trim of car didn't come with rear parking sensors from the factory, only "SE" and above trim did. I wonder if someone has fitted an aftermarket set of parking sensors, which are not integrated into the car settings in any way.

Disconnecting the speaker will totally disable the entire system unfortunately. Can you post a picture of your instruments and radio setup?