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Not much here but after some more fine tuning it's running much better, well enough to have it on (definitely private) roads. Filled it up and as you can see the fuel gauge is reading right. It's driving fine but a bit slow and it's not giving me the big bump in power when the second barrel kicks in. Gonna Check timing again and maybe advance it a hair and see how it goes. It is absolutely filthy now so I'll give it a good scrub soon. Nct on the 13th all going well. I'd like to drive it there to make sure its "hot" and give it a better chance for passing emissions. I'll see closer to the date. Nice to see it running well again. Set idle a bit higher just to let it idle smoother. Starts in half a turn 9 times out if 10 too. 20230417_212233.mp4 Still don't think it'd pass nct first try. Just have this feeling it will fail on something extremely stupid. But all the light work, brakes are good, trackings good etc etc.

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ECE 1 Andorra, Belgium, Faroe Islands, France, Gibraltar, Iceland, Ireland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom # ECE 2 Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine # ECE 3 Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Malta, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City State # ECE 4 Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City State # ECE 5 Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Faroe Islands (land-use only), France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom (incl. Isle of Man), Vatican City State # ECE 6 Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, Faroe Islands (land-use only), Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom (incl. Isle of Man) # ECE 7 Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, F.Y.R.O., Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican City State # ROW 1 Israel, Argentina, Brazil, Fr. Guyana *, Guadeloupe *, Martinique *, Mexico, Turkey * # ROW 2 India *, Chile * # ROW 3 Australia, New Zealand, Botswana *, Lesotho *, Mozambique *, Namibia *, South Africa, Swaziland *; Reunion *, Brunei, Indonesia *, Malaysia *, Philippines *, Singapore, Thailand, Egypt *, Algeria *, Bahrain *, Jordan *, Qatar *, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman *, Saudi Arbien *, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates * # MRM DL1 Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique # MRM DL2 Israel, Turkey ======= instruction ======= Don't ask me details, i have Columbus Mib2H. all what i know, files must be extracted to original(Škoda's) SD Card some questions have been already answered in previous treads: -> 2023/24 -> 2023 -> 2022/23 -> 2022 -> 2021 -> 2020 -> 2018/2019

I already have been in contact with Autocar and they got back to me today, they have raised it with Skoda PR and have asked if Skoda Customer Services can get in touch with me - no problem. I did explain it was far bigger than just a problem with my car.

Here is mine

First find the trusted Auto Specialist in your area that has experience of DQ200 DSG's and find out if it does need the clutch packs replaced. Then you might find out how often they have to do DMF,s. Your car is very low miles and might need nothing like these jobs carried out or that expense. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/507754-gearbox-mounttop-strut-mount

One of the very last Mk1's 😎, at my local Indy: Gaz

I can't remember for the life of me if I'd already shared these, it's been a while regardless. @pinkpanther talking about swans spurred the last one on, the rest I quite liked. Shot with my Canon EOS 1000F and Kodak ProImage 100 film a year or so ago!

Nice to hear of one being well used, mine does its off roading in the shell craters of what will eventually be my garden, pulling down old buildings and pulling out big trailers loaded with the debris. I am very very impressed with the traction of the 4wd system, it has pulled out concrete fence posts on wet ground with worn summer tyres where my 4WD Kobota mini tractor has spun the wheels even when stamping on the rear diff lock, the extra weight makes a lot of difference.

-> next 2024 cross compatible on: Skoda Columbus (Mib2H), Seat Navi Plus (Mib2H), VW Discover Pro (Mib2H), Audi MMI Navigation Plus (Mib2H) # ECE 2023-2024 26.2 GB Version: V03.959.820.JK 330 ECE 2023/2024 DevVersion: P330_N60S5MIBH3_EU_NT_Q3.22 VW portal: https://vw-maps-cdn.lighthouselabs.eu/vw-maps/P330_N60S5MIBH3_EU.7z VW portal: https://navigation-maps.volkswagen.com/vw-maps/P330_N60S5MIBH3_EU.7z Files inside: 2022.10.04 Downloadable: 2023.04.25 Published: 2023.--.-- Škoda portal: https://infotainment-cdn.skoda-auto.com/base/maps/HIGH12_P330_EU_202322.zip Files inside: 2022.10.04 Downloadable: 2023.06.02 Published: 2023.06.0? Seat portal: - - Downloadable: 2023.--.-- # Rest of World 2023-2024 24.3 Gb Version: V03.959.820.JM 0333 ROW 2023/2024 DevVersion: P333_N60S5MIBH3_ROW_NT_Q3.22 VW portal: https://vw-maps-cdn.lighthouselabs.eu/vw-maps/P333_N60S5MIBH3_ROW.7z VW portal: https://navigation-maps.volkswagen.com/vw-maps/P333_N60S5MIBH3_ROW.7z Files inside: 2022.11.17 Downloadable: 2023.04.25 Published: 2023.--.-- Škoda portal: - - Downloadable: 2023.--.-- Seat portal: - - Downloadable: 2023.--.-- ======= coverage ======= # EU Albania*, Andorra, Austria, Belarus*, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Bulgaria*, Croatia, Cyprus*, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia*, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo*, Latvia*, Liechtenstein, Lithuania*, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova*, Monaco, Montenegro*, Netherlands, Northern Macedonia*, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania*, Russia*, San Marino, Serbia*, Slovakia, Slovenia*, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey*, Ukraine*, Vatican City * partially # ROW Argentina*, Australia, Bahrain, Botswana*, Brazil*, Brunei*, Chile*, Indonesia*, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lesotho*, Malaysia, Mexico*, Mozambique*, Namibia*, New Zealand, Oman, Philippines*, Qatar, Reunion*, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Swaziland*, Thailand*, Turkey*, United Arab Emirates * partially ======= instruction ======= 1. download 7z/zip archive from direct link 2. extract content to SD Card or USB 3. insert memory device into slot of Columbus 4. start of update usually is offered automatically, manually can be found under Navi-> Settings !!! note for MAC users -> https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/452002-direct-download-links-for-ece-20182019-maps/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-5095042 couple of potential questions are answered in previous posts: Columbus Maps 2023 Columbus Maps 2022/2023 Columbus Maps 2022 Columbus Maps 2021/2022 Columbus Maps 2021 Columbus Maps 2020/2021 Columbus Maps 2020 monthly POI's collection files downloading from X-o-m-k-a's blog

Picked up this lovely Monte Carlo for my girlfriend. Two previous Brisky owners and absolutely fantastic condition with under 40k miles. Great little cars

Hi every one. Just bought a MY 2020 Superb SE to be used as my new venture. Taxi driving. How to have a few years of trouble free motoring...lol All the best from Folkestone James

Skoda might survive in some countries, if German government bail it out, but which models in which country to achieve a necessary volume level of model and marque to continue selling when competing against TESLA and the BYD, MG/SAIC etc inflation of cars that are considerable cheaper than VW-AUDI-SEAT-SKODA due to their economies of scale rather than relatively small/tiny volumes of sale per model in many markets ???

With a comprehensive service history like that, I'd be inclined to keep it up with a dealer rather than DIY unless you have good reason not to. Over here in Ireland, belt change intervals are 210,000km/130,000 miles or 5 years. To me, it's due around now and not really worth the risk to go past 140,000 miles. Even though the belt change interval seems to be conservative over here, Skoda dealers here do the bare minimum, especially on service packages so if they recommend 130,000 miles it's probably close to what's needed.

I also have all the repair orders from Skoda with parts list. Too many to photo but would be good as I'm not the most academic person to understand them 😞 I am pretty sure there is no timing belt or cam belt mentioned though

Hey guys, thanks for your answers. The log book says the previous owner was VW fleet services. The service record has a man's name and lease vehicle. Brake fluid had been done with a few oil changes. I will try and photo and post on here. It's great a start stop issue dealt with. A sub axle. Also a turbo issue and the subframe removing and replacing. All done by Skoda main dealers.

Can't remember, I was told on here, later than I expected, possibly beyond 2015 but I'm not sure when. What was on the the top of the paper sheets, what system was used to extract this information, I believe erWin gives fully info of what was put on the system but it's not receipts and such. ODIS(?) I don't know. Just go into a Skoda Dealership and use your charm and good looks, well charm at least, well just ask for a full print off. Complete record (sample of). - Individual (service) record (sample of). - Hope these help a bit. There's no reason why an owner can't keep the actual paper receipts and worksheets too (I've a ring file full already) but many people lose them or can't find them (like the "spare" key) when it's time for the car to leave them - or they have never bothered anyway. Or the selling garage(s) lose them (or spread them around several cars if the vehicle details are loose, less likely now but still possible).

Don't just take my opinion of course, I dislike modern cars, I had the "joys" of ****Nav and mobile phones many decades back so they hold no appeal to me and I used to like to drive a car doing the thinking rather than be a passenger behind the steering wheel of a car that's already doing a lot of the thinking for me. Now I'm back to wanting the easiest ride from A to B (always that's in someone else's car where I don't have to worry about the running or driving of the car at all). I'd not like too modern Toyotas and Hondas either. Sorry I'm not sure what additional (if any) safety elements would be on a 2018 facelift, @toot would probably know (pedestrian safety). Again I'm not sure what you mean by front front assist braking, my wife's 2015 has the thing that gives a warning and then applies the brakes if it think you're too close to the car in front (deactivates if a large leaf gets in front of the sensor) and possibly loads of other electronic systems for assisted braking in various circumstances, some assisted braking systems have been on cars for a couple of decades now (others much longer). I can't decry any safety devices but if you've been driving really old bangers then you're probably more aware than modern drivers only used to newer cars and the best thing is for the driver to be fully alert of driving conditions and situations rather than perhaps fiddling with all the distracting toys on very modern, or even older, cars. The quality and wear of the tyres fitted to any vehicle will make a difference to it's braking performance (and the way the car is being driven). Get as much information as you can from as many sources as you can and cross reference they're correct. You may find, as almost all Fabia owners here, that you like the model, it was the roomiest interior in it's class when my wife bought hers, but that depends on how big you are and how many in it, we're short and fat and rarely carry more than just the two of us ( I do notice the difference when driving with two or more passengers than just wife my wife as passenger but the car is still very capable where we are at least. Don't get too worried about horsepower (PS / KW) figures, I've run cars with much, much less, easily at motorway speeds and up steep inclines without any problems. Going along normally you use very little of the power available, it's only getting going from standstill and keeping speed up steep inclines or very heavily loaded where you use more of the available power.

Do you have a specific reason for suggesting a forced regen. I would suggest trying to find someone local from the VCDS listing on here to do a forced regen for you - this is quite easy with VCDS, and being VAG specific would give some confidence on the code seen - but would also suggest trying to find out what temp the car is running at as the "blue light" is an unreliable method of identifying coolant temp as it extinguishes at 45 deg.C and I found out through Torque and a bluetooth dongle that my Greenline had a defective thermostat and was running cool. Regen requires a high coolant temp to initiate. Have you identified it doing a regen, the exhaust note on mine changes when initiated which I liken to a moose bellow.

I agree with @zorglub, it's not worth it. I have the factory fit wireless charger and it isn't powerful enough. I use Google Maps and Android Auto in the car and the drain on battery is more than the charge from the wireless charging pad. I have resorted to a cable. For info, I'm using a Samsung S20+

You could paint the calipers with another ''fancy look'' colour (heat resistance). They look good with the (aluminium colour) rims.

Hi TM, I live in SW London! Also the car is not drivable at present. It only moves in First gear . No reverse. It is with the dealers now. I have asked them for a proper quote. They send automatic gearboxes to a specialist company for repairs. I am waiting for their reply. Also looking for an independent Skoda repairer near me. Looks like a tall order. If the quote is too high I might consider selling it to a Skoda lover who can repair it or afford to get it repaired - rather than scrapping it . I have enjoyed it for over 20 years!Thank you for the info re: Reading. I will you posted.

I'll go for 0480 as soon i can have all installation info Regards🍻

Does the specialist actually knoww that you have a DSG gearbox? Has he inspected the vehicle? A specialist speaking about changing the clutch (singular) and DMF is quite concerning.

My message related to the posting immediately previous to it (Personality Ken, AKA Ken Block) and not at all to you. I have no loyalty to the company, even ordering from within the EU they have nothing of interest to me and most of their stuff is overpriced compared to what I used to pay from TPS, I think for many its the ease of ordering (until they get shafted like you) and that they cannot easily find the VAG or TPS price.

Just to say that I've checked and rechecked the TMC setting programmed into my vehicle and the same with the TMC Providers file and the TMC Provider Sets file contained in my map cfg files and Trafficmaster was definitely the TMC provider for my TMC data in my MIB2 unit which is without online services. Although there is a Provider ID for INRIX available it has never been implemented on my unit. I have tried using the INRIX ID set by reprogramming my TMC setting on my unit but it still won't work.

Second day: I had already found new (but old stock. dated 2011) caliper carriers several days ago and already painted them for the upcoming work. Before the work: I replaced caliper carriers on both sides. Like with the many aftermarket parts before, one of the caliper carriers refused to fit. I had to modify it a little bit. I also filed the edge of the caliper carrier mounting part. I applied paint to these places before mounting them for the final time. I replaced flexible hoses on both sides and of course fitted new brake pads. After the work on the front section: After this, the hard part came. Rear flex hoses are, as you know, placed in a very hard to reach place. Especially if you have to work on the ground. I applied WD40 to the brake hose unions. I know, from this point of view, just looking at the picture, it looks easy. But it's not... I don't know why but unfastening these joints was a real pain in the a.s. Quite literally. Both the unions and the spring retaining clips were stuck. After the work here: After completing the work at this section and before lowering the back side of the car; I removed and cleaned the brake fluid reservoir. After attaching it to it's place, I filled it with new brake fluid and started the bleeding process from rear right wheel. After that, I passed to the rear left. I installed the road wheels, adjusted the hand brake and lowered the rear. Thus, completing the work on the rear. I continued the bleeding process. Front right first. Lastly front left. I lowered the car and checked for leaks. After that, I went for a road test. Because of the run-in period of the new pads, the brakes were a little bit weak at first but I know that's normal. After the short trial, I checked again and there was no leak. Conclusion of the work at the end of day two.

I would guess the brake cylinders may have been either a rare failure or their manufacture was very poor and/or they might have included ****-poor rubber seals. On the Midget I had a about 2 years or less old rear wheel slave cylinder go overnight whilst the car was parked at a national show, great to see as I arrived first thing in the morning and meaning no more passenger rides for donations to charity. I have got rid of my records now and I cannot remember if this wheel cylinder failure only happened the once, other ****-poor rubbish rubber products certainly gave repeated failures when trying different general suppliers. With "classic" British car parts buying any modern made part with rubber in it at the time was a gamble at the time even if it was from an old manufacturer name with a good reputation as companies or their names are sold and the new products manufactured completely elsewhere using lower quality materials and manufacturing. With the Midget you could buy 'repair kits' for the wheel cylinders but as these are just rubber seals and very mostly 'aftermarket' so you were on the same gamble. I do not know but quality of these parts may have improved purely by the large turnover of parts stock and perhaps complains or the ****-poor rubber products were used up as they would be replaced at a rapid rate. If you have bought exactly the same wheel cylinders again from the same batch of manufacturing then you might, or might not, get the same results. Have you researched the brand the of wheel cylinders you have bought, sometimes it is best to pay more and get good brands from (brake) specialist suppliers rather than general parts suppliers. Hopefully you have better luck this time.

If it's the 2014 1.2TSi surely it's the chain driven 4 cylinder? There could be a problem with one plug lead, some can break down, can't remember which. Have you took the cover off and checked all leads?

Seems I can’t give you the email. Sorry.

e mail came from *****@*****.tld Postal address is on the letter. Good luck but I think to resolution is down to you/dealer/skoda using this evidence. Intervention by Dept for Transport is unlikely imho.

You know, I was going to make this maintenance work. Maybe you won't believe me but, when driving downhill in the morning the car greeted me with a blinking brake warning light. That particular light wasn't working when I bought the car. I'm glad I fixed that. I already knew, the front brake pads were thin so I thought it's normal to have lower fluid level after some point, but it's worth checking right? There was no sign of leak visible anywhere. As a part of the maintenance, rear drums were going to be opened. So it seemed logical to check them first. When I opened the rear drums, there was a nasty surprise for me. First picture is from two years ago when I renewed rear brakes. If you look closer, you will notice damage on the paint. That means the cylinder was leaking. Also check this out: This was rear right. Rear left had a worse leak than this. Now why did they leak only after two years? Both wheels? So the work started with these. As you can see on the left side, the leaking fluid came into contact with the bearing seal. As a result, bearing seal was compromised. Inner side of the bearing got stuck on the stub axle. Some of the grease was escaped into the drum too. I had to remove the stub axle. As a result of the removing process, the bearing became unusable. I bought a new bearing set. Removed the old ones, and installed the new set for the left wheel. I cleaned the brake carrier plate. My previous paintwork was ruined. Due to the time constraints, I couldn't paint it this time. But I left a thin oil coating on the surface. I also lubricated the friction points on the brake carrier plate with special brake grease. I cleaned the brake pads with brake cleaner. Their thicknesses are well within specs. I also bought two new brake cylinders and replaced them on both wheels. I replaced the 8.8 stub axle bolts with 10.9 s. Brake cylinder bolts (M6x10 inbus) were rusty. I replaced them with A2-70 grade inbus bolts. Drums on both sides were OK. I replaced bearings and the gasket on the left side. I replaced the gasket on the right side. I wiped old grease as much as I can and renewed the grease. I cleaned the friction surface on the drums with brake cleaner. I reinstalled the drums and adjusted the retaining nut accordingly. Conclusion of day one.

Duplicate of your other thread:

I didn't think the ID.4 was much bigger than the Karoq at 130mm longer but its really noticeable. Another 100mm on top is just too big. The amount of space internally that an a purpose built EV gives is much bigger than the equivalent ICE so going smaller is what I want to do and all manufacturers should go the same way.

I just heard from the dealer I have a production date planned for W22 - so with any luck I have a new EV by end of June. Yay!

More Work done. Rear brakes were getting very low, so ordered new pads. Ordered front and rear pads from Mtec, I think it was £50 for both. I ordered them at 11am and they were delivered the next morning. Extremely impressed. Front discs were ordered and were meant to be here last Monday, tracking last updated on the 16th so almost certainly lost. Left is the new Mtec ones, right is the ones that were on it. Swapped discs too which was a bit of an ordeal, but they needed changing. Lucky I never returned the discs that were meant to go on it when the axle was done. All fitted. So far so good. Noticeably more bite in the rear now. Have noticed a bit of squealing about town, whether that's down to them needing to bed in, or them being a bit more aggressive of a pad I'm not sure. If it doesn't get any worse I can live with it. Also noticed the drivers rear wheel bearing is a bit rough, so starting to go. No play in it, yet. Worth noting I used the wheel bearings that were on the vrs axle so all things considered I did well to get 20k+ miles out of it. Other side is fine. Its a fairly straightforward job to do and the bearing itself is pretty cheap so I'll do it myself at some point. Had a bit of an oh **** moment when I saw this sticking out of one of my pilot sports. Very luckily it came out and is not losing air. Ordered and received the timing belt kit too. Gates kit. Checked the belt and from what I can see it's "alright". I could, probably will stretch it to next service. Which at the rate of driving I'm doing will only be another few months. Lastly I've ordered all gaskets needed to swap that turbo. Genuine of course. Will be in sometime next week hopefully.

And there's more..... I've raised this issue with Ofcom. They are the government's regulatory body for information services such as FM transmission in the UK and should be able to advise and investigate on who has responsibility for RDS TMC provision including Live Traffic. Fingers crossed !!!

That water must be going somewhere, just a question of finding out where. Keep topping it up and keep watching.

We ordered the Rough Road Package from new along with some other stuff, and it is of a composite - doesn't look like fibreglass and certainly not carbon fibre, but very stiff and bash resistant. Like Graham, I drive a lot of gravel tracks very frequently (and the odd rocky diversion when in a hurry to find an errant vehicle) , so bears many scars but is still very effective in protecting the low hanging oil collecting point in the sump casting. Obviously different materials for different models and usage. The only part that suffers is the stupid bit of lower bumper which acts as a plough and warns/ signals of depression entry angles. Bit scarred now but not really visible ☺️

Carbon build up on the valves causes cold start and running issues. I assume you've scanned it and have no codes? If not, look at getting a carbon clean. Injectors, plugs and coils 'should' throw an engine light

I really like the SEAT styling and favour the SEAT look of the various EVs platform. What I predict is probably going to happen is that, much like when the e-up was launched and the Mii and Citygo EV not all 4 flavours will survive, maybe only one or two, and that is if, or how the VW Audi Group will survive with its 400B Euro debt. TESLA has just passed the entire sales of the Audi brand, knocked the Golf off the best selling car in Europe and looks set to decimate all Europe volume producers over the next 3 years or so whether the 4 mainstream VW-Audi brands do bring these models to market, or have to be very selective as their volume are just not there is more the likely case. Like the Born and like the looks of the above. Had a Leon Cupra, bit hardcore for me on reflection and prefered to drive the Octavia VRS we had at the same time. Good luck to SEAT, and Skoda etc, they are going to need it to complete with TESLA and the wave of Chinese car the have started to arrive in the UK which will be much less money with at least equal performance, range etc.

Errr…VAG customers satisfaction policy? I don’t really understand why such a philosophy…

I’ve contacted them as well via email but also via Facebook. But, if one more person tells me to take the car in for a diagnostic I’m not going to be responsible for my response to them.

Remember that the version being talked about as 1896 or 1900 cannot be taken as being definitive for all the processor modules throughout the vehicle - do a VCDS or OBDeleven scan and you'll see how many different modules running different software there are in an Octavia 4!

My car is mostly ok since the 1896 update. However, normally at least once a week the infotainment system will crash and restart shortly after starting the car. When that happens I get a load of errors on the display similar to what you have. As soon as the infotainment has restarted all the errors are gone. As @AllanDJ says it seems they've never properly sorted the issues out. That being said I had a 2023 Octavia as a loan vehicle a few weeks ago, and didn't have a single issue with it in the week I had it. Maybe I got lucky, or maybe they've resolved the issues on newer cars and are not so interested in rectifying older cars. I have found it can help if you can take photos of the errors that get displayed, and pass them onto the dealer. I've had at least one issue the dealer couldn't replicate so didn't think existed as they couldn't replicate. When I sent them photos and a video of it occurring they couldn't ignore it.

And contamination by wear products - eg. syncro-rings etc.

Hi, welcome to the community. that’s a good age of car and if structurally sound, just run in. if uneconomical to repair was heeded more often, we’d have far fewer classic cars of tomorrow. vested interest of a dealer to say this imho. The choice is yours, many of us have thrown good money at bad, sounds like you have an otherwise good l&k Octavia. Second hand prices are really high atm. Would not surprise me if they did the repair and flipped it. Loads of scrapped / reconditioned parts out there. What’s the estimate to repair? Is it with new or like for like? Can you get a new(er) car, one you know every creak and rattle for the same, that won’t have a big repair bill? try a local independent garage. The main dealer prices will be excessive for such an age of vehicle. Continuity at this age adds nothing to the car value. Some peace of mind maybe for you. At least get a second opinion/quote. Let us know how it goes. I’m hopeful a future classic can be saved, and enjoyed.

Not sure why your message is posted as an image. It's better to post it as text for many reasons. Anyway, if you're using G12/G13 coolant (or whatever the latest compatible one is called) and it's still overheating then there's probably either something else wrong (water pump, thermostat stuck closed, blocked radiator) or the overheating is being caused by driving conditions (long uphill, idling for a long time, driving in slow traffic...).

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