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I think you raise some very good points here @SteveTheElder. One thing I haven't seen mentioned in this thread is that the UK population is growing rapidly. In 2022, we had a net increase of about 600,000 people into the UK. Most of these were adults, many of whom will want personal transport. That's over half a million additional people in one year, a new high but it's been increasing in the 100,000s per year for some years now. With increased population density, the need for providing infrastructure for personal transport increases, and with multiple occupancy in houses becoming the norm, it will be difficult to meet the need for EV charging. I've seen the idea of "15 minute cities" being proposed, presumably as a way of reducing personal transport used. LTNs (low traffic neighbourhoods) have been trialled in the UK, and while there are some supporters, there are also people who object to them, sometimes violently. It's not just about logistics. Already there are reports of arguments over charge points. At the moment, EV ownership is largely comprised of middle-class early adopters. When EV ownership filters down to other demographics, I suspect we will see less genteel resolutions to who gets to charge their car first. I also suspect we will get charging ghettos, where leaving an EV to charge will be a risk akin to leaving a Golf R in an unlit road on a council estate in Birmingham. I also suspect we will encounter a lot more EV-related crime, of one sort or another. It's all well and good for affluent middle-class people in nice areas with off-road parking and charging, to have lofty ideas about how things would work if we simply had enough money and the will to make them work, but they seem to always forget the human factor. That, despite their belief that doing things their way would be "progress", some people don't like being told what to do by the great and the good, however well-intentioned.

Am on 1900 and there was an OTA update the other day for me

IIRC it's the external temperature sensor and it plugs into the back of the bumper bar. I'll try to remember later to look up a diagram for you.

I'm still interested in the mib2 standard solution. My experiment didn't get anywhere. Wait till @bigade1publishes their fix but that if it uses the mib2 toolbox / kit whatever will be fussy to the firmware installed and as you say we are told old maps. I can see as I have said before you could run a two card system if you could use your old card if you needed TMC and the latest maps if not. Depends where you are driving. Mib2 high is a more flexible system to configure into another TMC provider set. It's the way it was setup to do that. On the thread we have mib1 solutions the same as mib2 high (the non SD card system), Just leaves mib2 standard and any pre mib ?. Pass on models prior to mib1. Most youngsters don't see a need for built in satnav using Android Auto / Cap Play so it's not really a concern if your car supports that, it won't affect second-hand value. Others want to be able to get in and drive without fumbling with the mobile phone or are driving in locations where 4G is patchy / abroad. Depends on whether you are in the first group or the second group. I would not trust my mobile device to operate in real time. We await @bigade1

To be honest I never fitted it as the smell went away on its own. I think diddling with the rubber seal around the petrol filler hole made the biggest difference

Comfort is a subjective thing and also more related to the damping characteristics. But you do need to complement the damping with the springs. If you are after a specific feel (in this order): 1. Dampers (for the feel) 2. Springs (to match the dampers and required ride height) 3. Roll bars (to control the roll to the desired amount) (be aware that this can add to the spring rate so going slightly softer on the main springs won't hurt.

Just over 12 months on - and another MOT pass in the bag - after having to replace the catalytic converter for the correct Post 2001 compliant unit. A previous owner had replaced the original one with a non type approved (pre 2001) cat for a 1.6, so the emissions were way off. Not much been going on really, i have managed to source a complete new sill, rear arch and inner sill/arch panel for the LH side, so will be getting on with that before too long now that a few other jobs are sorted and out of the way. I have managed to paint the rocker cover though 😁other than that, just enjoying driving it (averaging between 40-45 mpg as well on v power)

Should you change it? That’s only a question you can answer. Skoda UK will tell you it’s a year overdue, others might say that Skoda UK’s blanket 5 year interval is a simple money making tactic. On mileage alone you’re 100,000 miles early. You pays your money and makes your choice. P.S, my 5 year old 40,000 mile Kodiaq is in for its £740 cambelt on Monday, despite the Skoda workshop manual suggesting its a lifetime part and never needs changing (in non dusty environments). £740 can buy a lot of nice things.

Partslink24, but it costs money. Various pirated free catalogues are online e.g. ,https://skoda.7zap.com/en/cz/ but usually not completely up to date and lacking the facility to input VIN and have results filtered to only show relevant parts.

Hi all... My Fabia 2016 1.2TSI 110 DSG also had a loose bolt to left side of fuel rail. I have inspected it during cambelt and water pump change. I have just replaced the bolts and locktite them also, just to be sure. It was around 160kkm on the milage of the car. Good thing I have checked. By the way, just take the cambelt and water pump to be changed at the dealer, because it is a right pain in the ass to do. It took me 8h to do both on jacks (I have no lift) and the amount of disassembly of the engine is quite high compared to official guides (in the guides the engine is usually out of the car and can be accessed easier). No need to use official tools, a white marker does the job quite good, just remember to mark the sprockets to block of engine and not only the belt, because the belt does not align after couple of turns when checking. After this milage, the belt and pulleys were quite in good condition, but the water pump was a bit loose (free turning compared to new). I have also noticed some carbon buildup on the valves and will be likely take it to the dealer for cleaning later this year, since this is something, I cannot do on my own unfortunately.

There was/is an option on Superbs to have Nivomat self-levelling suspension. Have a read here (you'll need to use a translation service): https://www.skodaforum.nl/forum/i/ervaringen-met-nivomat.34050/

@J.R. are you confusing @wyx087 with @lol-lol? Wyx doesn't drive a Zoe. His listed cars are a Tesla and a Nissan Leaf.

Having reread it, it doesn't apply to those of us with random restarts during journeys. It applies to people with MIBS that continiously reboot or wont boot. I suspect in @Edela's case the firmware failed to fix their problem, so they replaced the MIB. But here it is anyway - sorry last night I had to work late and between that and a kido it wasn't until now I got to it. TPI2069590-2.pdf

They say a picture paints a thousand words so ............. Still jobs to do but it's the first drive in nearly 7 years so was quite nervous/emotional! Matt

Flight mode usually does not disable Bluetooth nor WiFi, that's why... It's basically just a toggle for the cellular radio.

This. On Monday I had the system reboot three times during a 10 minute drive. Since then, I've kept Bluetooth disabled on my phone when going close to and being in the car. No reboots since. EDIT: I had wireless Android Auto disabled while the reboots happened, so the problem is likely separate from AA.

Just a thought, I don't know these VAG engines at all, but I have had experience of other makes in the past (Ford Leyland etc). Is it possible that you have the wrong dipstick - perhaps one intended for another car model, and thus giving an incorrect reading? I remember on some Ford's their engines had different shaped sumps which meant having a slightly different length dipstick.

Those behind the proposed Dundee Battery factory have their begging bowl out. The way the SNP give to hopeless cases & failed ventures is ridiculous and i hope this gets no public money. Simply because in the wrong place not near the port and a rail line. Dundee is OK, just not where they want it, put it at the Docks where they want the Dundee Eden Project built. Their planned location of the Ex Michelin Factory where SWARCO / Charge Place Scotland are based & now right in the middle of houses and shops & other business and the wrong place for more HGV movements. http://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-65915038 http://news.stv.tv/north/dundee-battery-gigafactory-plans-uncertain-as-company-behind-plant-seeks-urgent-cash http://scottishconstructionnow.com/articles/in-pictures-ps475m-dundee-innovation-hub-tops-out From 3 years ago.

Been busy last couple of days The car had two little spots of rust which annoyed me so found a couple of mint replacements in same colour off a vrs too. Bootlid had some bubbling starting above and around number plate lights and one hole was drilled into bootlid at some point in its life meaning my 6 digit length plate wouldn’t fit without showing it, im also going to get the rear screen swapped over as there’s some white worm in edge of window, whereas my original rear screen was immaculate. just needs a good polish when I get it detailed shortly Rear passenger door had started to go on the bottom, so another mint door other then being dirty fitted to that, luckily tinted too aswell Then fitted some gloss black polo 9n door handles Also in process of tidying the meth install, all the various old holes have been rust treated, hammerited then siliconed over, then the ones I’m using were opened up a little and rivnuted, abit easier to fill the bottle here and also meant the Forge rear Brace I found for a bargain could fit. interiors and carpet is going back in, and going to get some countersunk Allen bolts to secure the bottle.

I think he's after the older maps.

Ok then: MAJOR WARNING!! DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!! Procedure for enabling RDS-TMC on the MIB2STD aka Amundsen/Discover Media/Technisat. Requirements: VCDS/OBD11, MIB STD2 Toolbox and a V12 or older map version. Using VCDS/OBD11 enable Development Mode in Unit5F of your vehicle to enable the Green Engineering Menu (GEM for short) display on your unit. Using the adaptions menu of your diagnostic tool change/check the setting FEE BASED TRAFFIC INFO (TMC) is set to 1023. After installing the V12 or older map onto your SD card navigate to the "mapcfg" folder ( \maps\00\cfg\mapcfg). Inside you will find 3 folders named VW, SEAT and SKODA. Inside each folder navigate to Traffic then TMC and you will see 2 folders named TmcProviders and TmcProviderSets. Replace the respective .xml file in each folder with the ones attached below. Do this for all the 3 folders i.e. VW, SEAT and SKODA. That's the map configured. Now to configure the unit. Install the MIB STD Toolbox and after installation is complete enter the GEM by long pressing the MENU button and entering the Testmode Menu option. Using the toolbox settings make a dump of your mapcfg folder. Copy the dump of your mapcfg folder to the matching counterpart of the Customization folder inside the toolbox. Enter the Customization folder and navigate to Traffic then TMC and replace the 2 .xml files in their respective folders with the same ones attached. Re-enter the GEM and using the toolbox upload your customized folder to your unit. Press the Traffic Button on your unit and after a few minutes traffic reports should start appearing. That's it job done. This procedure will store 2 errors on your unit which won't affect the unit and can only be seen by using a diagnostic tool. Should you wish to remove them permanently Step 1 is to use the toolbox settings and remove your SWDL ( software download ) history leaving only the last SWDL visible. Step 2 is to do the XOR adaptation in the Confirmation Of Installation setting using your diagnostic tool. Some useful info : I have not linked to any websites so Google is your friend. There are a couple of different version toolboxes so make sure you use the correct one. The toolbox is a very powerful tool which can be used to enable Mirrorlink/Carplay for free ( untested by me ) and it can also enable the use of any SD card for your map ( tested by me and works faultlessly ) so use it with caution. There's plenty of videos around on the usual site. I used the ones by Mr Fix to guide me. With regards to the maps I don't know of any links sorry. Furthermore, I don't think you can use 2 maps at the same time. Also if you do change your map to a different version and you then decide to go back to the map you just customized you will need to do this procedure all over again. It's even a possibility ( untested ) that you may have to do the customization of your unit if you even remove and re-insert your map SD card. It's unfortunate that this fix will only work on older maps at the present time but hopefully this procedure is of help to anyone who tries it. It's not for the faint hearted but can be done. You have to decide yourself if the effort is worth it. The MIB2HIGH units are quite easy to do compared to the MIB2STD. TmcProviders.xmlTmcProviderSets.xml

Thanks, works well

That only applies for the navigation updates. You still get bug fixes and system updates without a subscription.

Aesthetics is a big aspect, yes. Does the screen not also control battery management, performance settings, suspension management and all the other electric-fantastic things that EVs have? It's feckin' hideous. Looks like a cardboard cut-out control panel from some cheap 70s sci-fi TV programme, or an early 80s concept car design, rather than a sleekly-designed, refined and finished product. Could they not have made it a bit smaller and maybe integrated it into the dash more instead of just bolting it right on to the front like that? I've seen laptops integrated into vehicles better than this.

I'd be very interested in a solution for MIB2 units but my understanding from the discussion on this thread is that I'd be stuck on 2020 maps for ever more. Already looking at trading in my Skoda now for something non-VAG. Shouldn't really cost me much if anything, might even get some money back. Best do it now rather than a few years down the line when this issue is more widely known and it's used to knock down a bit of money off the asking price ("oh those are the ones with broken sat navs").

I have lived in several flats and maisonettes etc none of which had driveways but all had "off street parking" either close by or a couple of minutes walk, off street parking being parking areas often with allocated spaces the highway ends at the concrete strip across the entrance. Nearly all of the thousands of new build homes being thrown up around the village near Gatwick where I sold my house last year after 35 years have these communal parking areas only and they start at over £500K, probably more now, a couple of hundred grand more gets you a postage stamp concrete front garden with true off road parking where even a small vehicle overhangs the pedestrian footpath. It is inconcievable that the majority of UK households have off street parking in the sense of a driveway to their property.

Follow that link. It's Agile Octopus, a different tariff. The price in that tariff isn't fixed, it varies every 30min depending on wholesale price. Some times it goes negative. There's no fixed pricing, so one may need to pay £1/kWh if worst comes to worst. But typically, with a small home battery, it's about same price as fixed ToU tariff such as Go. Without home storage, it'll depend on how much you use during peak hours. All the houses you say cannot have driveway are not counted towards the stats. The stats clearly state "properties have off-street parking". Obviously those houses that doesn't currently have off-street parking will not be counted. The point about flats and communal off-street parking is indeed correct. It is a worrying trend in new builds, where allocated parking spaces are placed away from property, just some painted lines. But I believe this is changing, new builds now require EV charge point provisions put in for allocated space: https://pod-point.com/guides/business/ev-charging-legislation-new-build-uk Doesn't solve the problem for existing flats and communal off-street parking. That need a case-by-case look, working with management company and other leaseholders. How much of the stat is house-attached driveway suitable for EV charge point is difficult to say. I can't find any sources. What's certainly true is that the area matters a lot. I remember dropping off a relative at Bradford Uni, most houses only have street parking. But looking at Welwyn Garden City, most houses do have driveway.

Actually I did get an OTA update to the infotainment system the day after I picked up the car - the system got upgraded to version 1900 just I was playing with the car and configuration in general in the parking lot. This was happening on May 6th

the buffers will make a massive difference if you're using the softer springs with stiffer dampers. I would advise using the correct length ones for the dampers - i had the wrong ones on the A2 for a while and it was *terrible*. I quite like my ride height, which is why I'll probably keep it but improve the damping. Thanks for the colour codes, they will help lots. I would also expect that the spring seats are simply bigger with the increased ride height. I believe you'll find that the 0YA is a weight class for the rear axle. See also https://www.pkwteile.de/autoteile/skoda-ersatzteile/superb-3v3/112397/10221/stossdampfer for some explanations re sport / lowered / raised suspension - they all seem to use the same dampers. Also: from the Lotus school of suspension thought - if you want the car to "breathe" over bumps, leave the springs softer, but fit "sportier" dampers. If you want to feel like you're steamrollering the road into submission, go for the stiffer springs. I drove the same road with a 307 and the A2 a few years ago and it really opened my eyes to what i actually wanted from the car .... and the A2 now flows better but it's still too stiff for lower-speed "give-and-take" roads that are bumpy and curvy and only 80km/h. The body control is awesome with the upgraded ARBs... but it's not a flowing car. The 307 with standard dampers did that far better, even if it was rolling a lot. For the Superb, I don't need the low speed feel, it's a long-distance car and that won't change. So the softer springs with the better dampers should give the feel I want. (sorry, that's lots of very specific english vocabulary - i can try to explain better if you want. this is about subtle differences in how the car feels when driving).

Hi JXS, went out to try it and bang on. Thanks very much (will teach me to read the manual 😀).

I’m not yet convinced we’re at a tipping point, there is a huge way to go before an EV is practical for many. Infrastructure is the primary limiting factor, followed by charge time. A significant proportion of car owners have only street parking, and from my experience little chance of parking anywhere near their own front door. This makes them totally dependent on public charging stations with no option for a low rate domestic tariff of [their own] solar charging. And not everyone has an option to charge at work, again forcing charging at public stations. And if those are in the Park and Ride, then it’ll need to be there all day so others can’t access the charger. There is much noise made about fast charging from high power outlets, but my understanding is that fast charging is detrimental to battery life and in-car systems restrict the number of sequential fast charges. As yet, I haven’t found a non biased (without vested interest) assessment of how green or environment friendly an EV is compared to ICE vehicles are. Yes, at the exhaust/emissions level on the road an EV will be cleaner, but what about whole life, from raw materials to scrap/recycling? At some point in the future (not too distant I hope) the offshore grid will be commissioned enabling the wind generated power from the north, west, and offshore to be distributed across the whole of the UK. This is essential for the increase in demand for electricity from EVs and the switch from gas heating. I also wonder if the political drive would be better directed at massive investment in affordable and accessible public transport, reducing the demand for private vehicles. Surely we shouldn’t need as many cars (ICE or EV) in the UK.

-5 mm front, -15 mm rear, but DCC by default had -10mm link above and numbers were comparison to my previous MY16 220ps. now i have MY23 280ps, which have +12 mm in front and +22 mm rear and annoying waterbed effect in Comfort/Normal modes. OEM DCC will be definitely replaced, just not within this year

Superb MK3 front shock absorber buffer 3 1K0412303B rubber stop for shock absorber 70mm 2 PR-G01 3 1K0412303F rubber stop for shock absorber 55mm 2 PR-G02 3 1K0412303AA rubber stop for shock absorber 90mm 2 PR-G03 https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/skoda/CZ/SUP/851/4/411/411000 Superb MK3 rear shock absorber buffer 11 5Q0511357H Stop buffer 127mm 2 PR-1JA,UC7 11 5Q0511357J Stop buffer 112mm 2 PR-1JC https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/skoda/CZ/SUP/851/5/511/511000 VW Codes Decoder 1JA = Standard ride height UC7 = Increased ride height 1JC = Lowered ride height

Got any good sources on those 2 underlined parts? It's a very slippery slop to go from scepticism to conspiracy. The data has always been widely available. There are outliers but never been withheld. Policing is done within scientific community via peer review. This practice of paper publishing is well established. To say aim of this is to not allow deviation would be gross misunderstanding of the process. As mentioned, it is not impossible for radical ideas to be shut down initially. Consensus takes time to change. But it is clear we don't have the time to wait. Besides, why can't changes happen multiple times? Don't let perfection get in the way of progress. I guess if the area is newly developed, it would be low power lighting. Then no, it wouldn't support EV charging. But one could argue newly developed area should have EV charging provisions from day one. Older converted lamp posts may run on low voltage, but the power is still delivered to the posts using the original method. It is not cost effective to replace underground wiring or deliver power long distance using DC. 1 & 2. it is pretty hard to push limits in an accurately reporting EV. You cannot compare the guess-o-meter with modern EV's that can accurately predict arrival State of Charge. 3. Again, you are thinking with petrol station mentality. The idea is not to remember to recharge, the idea is to hook up the car whenever the car is parked. Make plugging in EV's a part of parking process. Especially anything parked overnight. 4. I really think you need to drive an EV. Things like lights, radio, dashboard, wipers and cameras use negligible amount of power. Only heating uses noticeable amount, again, a good car takes it into account when accurately predict arrival SoC. 4a. Even if in very slow traffic in winter, only running heating will still use less % of stored energy (eg. vs petrol in the tank) than a petrol engine ticking over. A good EV is extremely efficient. 1 & 2. Not all lamp posts are suitable. Agree. But again, it was an example to explain how we can get ahead of EV adoption curve. Doesn't need 100% coverage of all parking spaces. 3. Cables don't belong to charge point, not there when no one is using it, it's just a single port hidden in the lamp post. When connected, the cable is locked to the car and the post locks the cable. It cannot be removed unless it is cut using heavy duty tools, and cutting risks being electrocuted. Just the cables, it's worth probably £20. The plugs are £60+ a piece when brand new. But it is impossible to get the plugs out undamaged. Again, do consider try out a good EV, live with it for a few days, keeping in mind home charging is much simpler with a home charger. It would help you gain a better understanding. How is £800-1000 calculated? Why does bill (recurring payment) need to increase by this much? It's a one-off cost that the property owner/charge point operator pay. Local council only need to get involved if they wish to fund charge point operator. Charging at home using domestic rates is as cheap as 7.5p/kWh, 2.5p/mi. So running cost will be lower than refuelling petrol, thus even if property owner increased rent by £36 a month for 3 year ROI (no sane landlord will increase by £800), overall cost of living for tenant shouldn't increase. A small some battery and solar can be installed for less than £9000 if house is suitable, hence £10k inc. interest I mentioned earlier. I had my solar installed on not suitable house (W-E surfaces, complex roof, difficult scaffolding) for £7000. I'm about to spend £1600 for vehicle-2-home, turning my Nissan Leaf into a large home battery. Total less than £9000 for a large home battery and solar on a not suitable house. Average UK household uses 8 kWh per day. Just need a 3 kWh battery to tide over evening. Said household can switch to off-peak tariff and use the battery to tide over morning use as well, essentially never pay higher peak electric price ever again. Let me re-iterate, safest investment ever.

On my 2018 1.0 TSI Fabia, essentially the same control panel, this is how it works. If you turn the temperature knob fully anticlockwise to the max cold position then the recirculation will come on. It says this in the manual. In this position the recirc will always come on when the aircon is turned on even if you have turned it off during a previous drive. If you don't want this to happen then you need to leave the temperature control knob about 5 to 10 degrees away from the max cold stop. It doesn't affect the temperature. Try it and see.

Exactly what more of are needed in Scotland. On the A96 at Blackburn just north of Aberdeen Airport. Next to a Starbucks & a Fish & Chips place. 2 100-350 kW Chargers, 70 pence a kWh. There are CPS chargers in Inverurie & Oldmeldrum but busy or out of order ones They are 47 pence a kWh but that hardly matters if you can not get a charge. & there are train stations, super markets, Farm Shops & Activity centres with 7kW charger.

SOLD.

I don't think we're nearing a "tipping point". Maybe a "balance-point", and by that I mean that "tipping-point" implies an acceleration towards the inevitable dominance of the electric vehicle, whereas "balance point implies the change in direction could accelerate in a different direction. It might be that the EV ends up becoming dominant, but I suspect that will have more to do with political intervention than market choice. Good luck if your vision of the future relies on political intervention, because that's a house built on sand. Talking of battery technology, did you know that a lot of EVs are run on 18650 batteries? I honestly did not know this until this week. https://electricvehiclesfaqs.com/how-many-18650-batteries-are-there-in-a-tesla-electric-vehicle/ Long live the vape-mobile!

You took it outside! Blimey, if I had a car that nice, I'd only want to drive it on freshly vacuumed Wilton or Axminster carpet 😎 Looks jubbly btw 👍👍 Gaz

Here

Heading off to try find some nice cool coastal path riding with water currently frozen in bottles.

Nice! How long have you been using the car without any reboots? (Sorry it sounds like a question at an AA meeting... "how long have you been sober???" 😂 ) Just asking to find out if it's a statistical effect, or if indeed it solves the problem. Mine was reboot free with the phone wifi-OFF, but it's testing over an entire weekend, for about 10 different drives - so statistical error ~30%... It's crazy when you think how many users encountered this problem (far more than those posting here), and how much time they must have spent surfing the web, looking for solutions, then testing those solutions on their cars, then reading some more, testing again... I wonder how many man-hours were ridiculously spent because of a faulty OTA update. I'm betting it's close to a year's work of a full-time employee. And the fault is probably something that Skoda might fix using a few SW-dev guys over a couple of days. So frustrating!!! It seems the fix is already out (not yet for Skoda) with v.1941, but should we expect receiving it OTA in the near future, or will it be an update requiring a service-trip?

It's more the idea of 'refuelling' taking four times longer for every car, and having four times the queue length just to get to a charging point, which then drags your journey time out.

Hello @Ctflr, Yes, some of us are aware of those threads. Please see one of my posts, asking for advises 🧐 https://www.golfmk8.com/forums/index.php?threads/infotainment-hardware-and-software-updates.391952/post-7972639 Indeed, the Mk8 guys managed "to fix" the reboot issue by upgrading to 1941 version. The same solution was proposed here, in one or two pages behind in this thread. (from top of my head, @varooom was the one). BUT (always it's a but), this version has been released with the VW and SE(Seat) software train, and unofficially yet. I'm not aware of such release by SK. https://mibsolution.one/#/1/9/MOI3 The process to upgrade is also unclear (for me at least) - please see one of above posts with my concerns. Another issue is related to the warranty!! Is your dealer going to accept the new software version on any of the service inspections? OR they are still waiting to invalidate the MIB warranty with the pretext that you updated by yourself? RO: Numai bine! EN: All the best!

Well after five years of Skoda ownership I am off to pastures new. I had a fantastic Mk3 TDI vRS and I absolutely loved the car, manual box, leather seats, just lovely. I then bit the bullet and went for a Mk4 TDI vRS 4x4 and I had so many problems in the first month that I had to reject the car. I was incredibly disappointed with the car, and I still can’t believe that VAG released the platform and in the three years since have not managed to resolve common issues. Some of the challenges I encountered in my brief ownership include: Complete loss of audio – no phone, music, or sounds at all from the infotainment system. Rear park display camera – PDC failed. Lots, and I mean LOTS of warnings appearing on startup – PDC, Autohold, Start/stop, etc. Parasitic drain on the battery leaving the car unable to start. Adaptive cruise control failed and picked up the vehicles I was passing on the dual carriageway, suddenly braking the vehicle - I was nearly rear-ended by the vehicle behind the first time it happened. SOS system failure. Infotainment restarting during driving. Satnav (inbuilt and android auto) directions disappearing permanently from the head up display. The car came from a main Skoda dealer, that I won’t name and shame, and was two years old, with a one-year Skoda approved package. I’d had the car less than a week when things started to go wrong. It went into the local Skoda dealership (in Scotland, the car came up from England) and had the SOS fixed and all updates applied. It resolved things for a short duration before it all started to go really wrong. Digging into the Erwin history, the car in the first two years before I purchased it had numerous software updates, modules replaced and a new infotainment system fitted – the tech I spoke with could not believe how much work had been done on a car in such a short period of time. There were other issues to do with the condition of the car on delivery that were in conflict with the Skoda Approved Multi-Point Checklist but to be fair to the Sales Manager, he worked professionally to resolve. I have now moved on to a lovely BMW 530d M Sport Touring which is one year older than the Skoda and with 20k more miles and was £2k more expensive. The BMW quality is fantastic, the automatic box is so much better than the Skoda, but I realise that I’m not comparing apples with apples, a £57k (new) car with a £36k (new) car but the BMW just works and I’m not spending all my time waiting for something else to go wrong. I would like to wish everyone on the forum all the best and thank you for all your help over the years (I had a different username for the Mk3 forum). I also want to leave on a positive note, and stress that I absolutely loved my Mk3 TDI vRS and enjoyed many years of fun driving in it 😃

There is a lot of merit in what @SurreyJohn says about going petrol. I have a 1.5tsi manual and on motorway runs at the legal limit where practical/safe I’m getting 60+ mpg. I couldn’t justify the cost of a diesel.

Those affected should be contacting the DVSA. VW Group / Skoda will just continue as they have unless people do something other than post on social media about it. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/513687-fuel-leak-sheared-bolt-on-injector-rail

These engines are designed to run on the oils as laid out in the instruction manuals for your region, with the car as flat and level as possible check the oil level, cold as per the manual. The really clever folk can now diagnose knowing the basics are satisfied. Good Luck.

Got messed about by the last guy for weeks on end so sacked him off. Dropped it off with another mate while I went to Turkey and picked it up yesterday. £700 lighter but cills have been re-made, all the holes in the roof welded up (police aerials and roof rails). He then dropped it off with another mate to do the mot and oil change. It's also had 2 new front wishbone bushes (rear ones) and I've had to put 2 rear shocks on as the 8 month old stance+ are absolutely shot so a warranty claim will be going in for them! Looks like I'll be keeping this one a while.

Here to help in the Scottish Borders if needed.