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OK don't mock. This is my very first ever attempt at astrophotography. Sony DSC H300 bridge camera I've had for quite some time. ISO 800 shutter speed was 30". There's more stars than I can see. Way more.

£6.65 + VAT from a Skoda dealer, bargain!

I think you might be looking for a "spoiler, wheel housing liner in plastic", parts diagram HERE.

From a little amble around Winchelsea Church this afternoon: The well trodden path in the grass to where I'm standing is because I have my back to Spike Milligan's grave. I sat in the Churchyard for a while as there was a street party going on, with a young lady singing songs from Les Miserables rather well. Gaz

Bit of macro ,red damsel fly

Either can have either mate, I believe, that's why it's tricky. Our car is AZQ engine, pentium's and les's are BME

Managed to open the file in MS Paint. Now converted to .PNG

You do know that the boot light pulls off so it can be used as a torch . As @DSL says above, the removable boot light was dropped a while back unfortunately.

Hello I have such a problem that I have a Skoda Octavia 2 Sedan 1.6 petrol Elegance car with engine code BSE. (of 2005). When the weather starts to get nice, sometimes half of my electronics go off at some point on the way, but sometimes I turn it off, go into the store, come out and it works. (window regulator, mustache switches, the radio doesn't show the temperature, I don't have an index, the main beam doesn't work either). When I stop the car and start it, there is a rattling sound as if something is locked... But it only happens when the weather starts to get nice, but especially in the summer when I'm standing in the sun. Never once in the winter.... Has anyone had this problem? Aksi is good and so is the Aksi body cable. Safeguards are also good. @GabZkp welcome to the community. we have members from all over the world. The community language is english. We know this isn't the first language, or second of many people. I've added a google translation for your 1st post. It might not be totally accurate, but may help another member resolve. If you can post in what english you know, or if none, please use the translation tools. @GabZkp üdvözlöm a közösségben. a világ minden tájáról vannak tagjaink. A közösség nyelve az angol. Tudjuk, hogy sok ember közül nem ez az első vagy a második nyelv. Hozzáadtam egy google fordítást az első bejegyzésedhez. Lehet, hogy nem teljesen pontos, de segíthet egy másik tagnak a megoldásban. Ha olyan angol nyelven tud közzétenni, amit ismer, vagy ha nem, használja a fordítóeszközöket.

Update. Ignition leads changed and it's running like a formula one car. Can't believe what difference new plugs and leads make.

A few from Keddleston Hall this afternoon - glorious sunshine 😎..................

Well you’ve managed to capture Ursa Major so pretty good for a first attempt 👍🏻

MEN2_EU_SKGPx_P0080L MU 8755 Since this is the only release I have, you actually have newer installed.

Sorry to be blunt and unsympathetic but you have suffered no losses if the tyres are long since worn out. What might have happened within the last 6 years did not happen so you suffered no loss. You may feel angry and frustrated by what might have happened but it didn't and you have suffered no loss. You are viewing your percieved loss and prejudice from a UK standpoint, even then I doubt you would have any demonstratable losses to claim, you certainly do not have in France. You said earlier something like the car came with new tyres because you needed new winter tyres, did they do this FOC to seal the deal or charge you extra? Did you perhaps specify your preferred tyre size? Whether or not you did or would admit so in their shoes I sure as hell would say that you insisted that 215/60 tyres be fitted before you would buy the vehicle The best you can hope for is a goodwill payment, une geste commerciale, there will be no chance of that after you have threatened them with legal action.

1LB and 1LM are both PR codes for the FS2 caliper, 239mm disc set-up on mk1 Fabia. See here for a page from ETKA catalogue that's publicly accessible floating caliper brake; brake caliper housing; bra... - Fabia(FAB) [EUROPA 2007 year] (7zap.com)

280mm fsiii is seen on mk5 and mk6 golf platform. Never used on fabias.

My 2 KESSY keys for our cars sleep at night in a little tin with a hinged lid. Tucked away in my bedroom. When I go out in the morning I don’t even think about being cloned. The key is tucked in my trouser pocket. In 12 years of KESSY driving several different cars I’ve never met anyone who’s been cloned or stolen.

@mauinek Did you still need firmware? Sorry I missed your post. @Hdu I will send you 0490 version by PM.

The photo of the fs3 caliper was not one that is on a car with 239mm discs. Please stop messing the thread up with irrelevance.

i see two cases: a) when leave car in some unsafe area b) to minimize battery drain when leave car for longer time

Scroll up your whatsapp messages to 22nd April. 🙂

..but never really on the Octavia site because in 7 years of ownership only just had to have a drop link replaced 2 month ago.Princely sum of ,£44.....the first car I have ever owned that I have ever seen over 100000 miles..Its my daily and owes me nothing.

Hello, As posted above, it is advisable to clear the cache/data + do a clen install of the app. Speaking from my experience, i have had the OBD eleven since 2017, used it (mostly 😀) successfullywith a B8 Passat. After switching to the newly delivered Octavia, I couldnt manage to properly connect to the vehicle. Using a S22 ultra, I noticed 2 things: - first of all, whith the phone initially connected to the car, I experienced a strange loop - even after disconecting/forgetting the car from the BT menu, the phone would automatically try to reconnect to the car. Any attempt to connect to the OBD failed, although pairing the phone with the OBD worked After a few frustrating minutes, i decided to "reset" all connection by powering off/on the phone and the car. Then I logged out of the OBD account, cleared the App data/cache on the phome, logged-in and the connection became possible. Mind you, I had asked the car to forget the device, so that there was no automated attempt to connect by the car. Also, engine off, ignition on all the time. Long story short - when encountering software issues like this, be patient and try to do a clean start over again. GL

Welcome. The immobiliser can not detect the key since there is no chip present. Can you not leave the proper key in the car for using to start the car and dry and use your cut key to lock the car & take with you and to open the door to get in? Was that not what you did anyway, leaving the key with the other stuff you do not take surfing?

@J.R. In Winter Tyres you are setting a Max Speed Limit Warning that you want, + or - MPH or KMPH. You have the other Speed Warning that you can set as well. In some countries you need that or the sticker for you or other drivers showing the Winter Tyre Max Limit.

Some do, some don't; online databases are very unreliable in correctly identifying which. If @LesCM19would like certainty (though the caliper already provides that, FSIIIs correlate with 256mm discs), he could message me his VIN.

If you do get a new wheel from Skoda be sure to get it from the accessories brochure as it’s much cheaper than a direct replacement from the normal part system

I already did this, look top right for private message system

Headline from several news/industrial web sites. Too little too late after all the hassles experienced by those who were early adopters and bought various VAG products with the new wave software?

Freud has exposed your true colours Lol-Lol 😄

Skoda approved wheel sets for Karoq:

Can you put it into gear, put the clutch down and then start the car? (Make sure there's nothing in front of the car if you try this - it could lurch). If the clutch is okay, I'm wondering if there's a problem with your selector linkages, the release bearing or main mountings. No liquids on the floor or engine undertray? Gaz

What is Cariad? Ah, found it, quite a way down Google page https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/group/brands-and-models/cariad.html

It disables the Kessy part of the system whilst the car is parked, only pressing the fob will get you in - admittedly, the temporary state is cleared when you press the fob to open but the advantage is you don’t need to use the little bag or a box.

Most Skoda models have them wired directly to battery positive via nothing but fuses. Citigo is a counter-example, there may be others. Karoq has all of them fed from fuse 40 which is in turn fed from an under-bonnet fuse that connects directly to battery positive.

The tyre size of 165/80r13 has a few possible reasonable alternatives but by far the best would be from a real enthusiast (and bit of a character) of Blockley tyres, plenty of good quality rubber, full 80 profile, period tread look and suitable for road or casual sport use and with a (genuine) 1,000-mile money back guarantee. "if these Blockley tyres are not the best that a customer has driven on, then drive 1,000 or so miles on them and we will refund. Every one of these tyres is inspected and checked for dynamic balance - the small painted yellow circle on the side wall can be aligned with the valve stem by the tyre fitter so they know the optimum place to put it. We perform this additional inspection process as part of supplying the best possible no-compromise product." You just drive them steady for the first thirty miles and then however you like the next 970 miles. I've no connection with the company and nothing to gain or lose whatever you buy. Blockley were going to be my next tyre purchase on my "classic" before its sudden departure. Modern tyres in these sort of sizes can be disappointing without out the grip or even reasonable wear of the same make and model of tyre only a few years previously. - https://www.blockleytyre.com/product/165hr13 There's a few ugly rim weights on the front wheel, do you know what the manufacture date is on the tyres (four digits, first two are the number week of the year, second two the year, three digits and a triangle on its side they're last century and IIRC pre-1990s three digits only). For wear of the bottom part of the dissy I was more thinking of plates, bob-weights, and perhaps vacuums units. I've no memory of what dissy is fitted to the Estelle and some might have been change to other dissys, but for old Lucas you can still get separate NOS vacuum units, springs, weights, plates, bodies, etc., rebuild of existing. I have heard other good reports about Lumenition electronic ignition units, there are two types, Magnettronic and Optronic, I've had neither of these but have had an Aldon (Pertronix) Ignitor and a NOS earlier BL version of the Lumenition Optronic and both worked well but are now expensive compared to (if available) a fully electronic dissy like CSI or 123-ignition. If you're going electronic then get rid of the points, otherwise IMO there's little point (pun intended) the more good quality electronics ignition you go to the better as far as I'm concerned, cheap and/or low-quality is a real gamble if you want reliability and not have to carry spares "just in case". The prevention of fit 'n' forget is better. Such a low mileage car needs a good service, of the whole car, then proper regular use, on reasonable length journeys, not just short test runs, and that will iron out any initial wrinkles and get the car running better. For the engine old cars particularly love clean engine air filter, engine oil & filter change, spark plugs and CB points setting. No point doing too much fiddling with the carb until the engine is reasonably well set as carb setting is end of the set up list and may need redoing if you adjust settings in the list before the carb. Mk2 Escort would have given you a very reasonable idea of RWD, if you can remember it. You shouldn't really experience the pendulum / fishtail / tankslapper of the rear engine unless you make a mistake, as I once did when not concentrating on what I was doing leaving a dual-carriageway on the exit slip road and suddenly saw a stationary car and over reacted with a sharp right then left turn of the steering wheel, lesson learnt.

Vacuum advance capsules came as part of the distributor for as long as I can remember but I have a new one somewhere. Message me if you need one and it's yours for the price of postage.

Lovely 120. And the paint looks good too - someone has looked after it! I use Luminition electronic ignition. It is not affected by wear in the distributor shaft as it uses an optical assembly in place of points. I've run it for 15 years now and it's been great. Any help with your 120 I'm happy to give. Following on from the previous post the only decent tyre available in original fitment are Continental. Quite a few of the budget ones are trailer tyres and work very poorly on cars.

0480 is the latest version, sent via Private Message system.

Mk3 KESSY can be disabled - 1. close from keyfob 2. press outside of door handle for few sec <=2016. may need software update, dealer asked 60 euros Mk3.FL haven't tested yet

On my wife's SEAT Ateca, you can disable keyless entry by locking the car with the key fob button then tapping the lock sensor on the door handle as if you were keyless locking. Is it the same on the Superb?

This sounds like just another case of PEBKAC. Where does it fail? Is it only the one-click apps not working? Unfortunately, a lot more information is needed to take your advice seriously. Most people have zero issues with OBDeleven. Have you tried clearing the app cache and doing a full scan of the car afterwards?

So EU so French. They abide by the law while burning livestock on roads and in all circumstances. There are type approved tyres / wheels etc. But no type approval that requires the Tyre sizes and pressures on a chart on the tyre flap. So tyre fitters and testers and examiners need another way of checking the Approved tyre / wheels for the particular vehicle. In the UK luckily you can declare modifications and this is really necessary because Emergency Vehicles, Mountain Rescue, 4x4 recovery etc are often not running factory size tyres / wheels or as Type Approved on any Certificate of Conformity. Even Skoda Yeti used by the Coast Guard, Mine Rescue etc. http://skoda.co.uk/owners/vehicle-import-export http://eurococ.eu/en/certificate-of-conformity-skoda

Update The specialist gearbox company told my dealer that new parts for this model are not available anymore. However they have sourced a used controller for this model on ebay for £75. When that arrives they will look into the gearbox with view to repairing it (will give me a quote first). If it is reasonable then I will have it repaired . If not then sell for spares!

Dundee opened a new 'charging oasis' hub last week. https://chargeplacescotland.org/network-news/ev-charging-oasis-opens-in-dundee/

Some pics of Gandalf after a morning run....

Sure is the Airtec intercooler is essentially a universal intercooler you are just paying for the name see below (universal intercooler same as you can get on AliExpress or eBay) https://rtmgperformance.com/collections/intercoolers/products/front-mount-intercooler-kit-for-vw-polo-ibiza-fabia-1-4-tsi-ea111

As above if it doesn't have an SSD then putting one in can make quite a remarkable difference especially on a laptop. Laptops often came with 5400RPM drives which were a real bottleneck in the system. The SSD is hugely faster. You could see a laptop that took maybe a minute to boot with the spinning disk coming down to sub 10sec (have seen them boot less than 5sec) with an SSD. If the laptop will run W8 it will also run W10 although W10 is on its way out as well. Would still suggest a lightweight linux setup if you've time to do the learning.

Had the cambelt and water pump changed in September 2021 on my 2016 1.6tdi and was charged £600 at Skoda in Canterbury where the car has always been serviced. Have to say the old belt looked brand new.