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Well I finally hit an impasse with Skoda, here is their latest reply: I see no point in flogging this horse anymore. On a more positive note, I am working on a solution that is completely different to the techy one described above. It won't suit everyone, but for those with MIB2 and stuck between out-of-date maps with traffic data, or up-to-date maps with no traffic data, this could potentially be of interest. Once I've tested it all end-to-end I will report back.

On Saturday's 'Off the Ball' on Radio Scotland there was talk about Taxi Drivers. Stuart Cosgrove does not drive and uses taxi,s lots and Tam Cowan who does drive uses lots of taxis and has the patter. He was mentioning that is best to not annoy taxi drivers but when he hears them wax lyrical on the EV car / Taxi and how much less it costs to run he would like to ask why they are not cheaper for the fare payer than if they were getting transported in a dirty diesel.

Thanks for the compliment, close and definately Celtish origins but a mixture of Cornish and Irish and when you have had family being allowed to starve to death as my family did in Ireland in the mid to late 1800s as the English allowed to happen to the Irish then. No wonder Joe Biden has little time for the English but all the time for the Irish, hence no UK-USA Trade deal, unless the UK perhaps rejoins the EU and maybe there is a chance.

@Edela check the video I linked above - the guy with the Golf mk8 has H56, see minute 17m57s That's great news @Rainesh - it looks like there's some hope for all of us... Let's just hope that Skoda is not capable of releasing another OTA to crash an already functional/stable SW... (as it was the case for me at least)

£7,000 for 20k of business miles which I get no recompense for ie 10k at 45p a mile and 10k at 25p a mile, £7,000 and the £310 of working from home allowance so actually £7,310 which on top of the standard £12,570 code gives me £19,880 tax free. In previous years I try and get my total year's earning to hit just under the 40% bracket so that would be £57,380 so that means fine tuning to dump about £30k via salary sacrifice in to my pension pot but this year, due to the Cons crashing the UK economy I have bitten the bullet and accepted being a higher rate tax payer, especially as putting money in to pensions which buy a lot of UK Gilts is bad currently as UK Gilts have tanked so badly although the annuity one can get per £100k pension is the highest I have seen for decades, virtual 5% today for the first time... https://www.marke****ch.com/investing/bond/tmbmkgb-02y?countrycode=bx HMRC are bit of a shower at the moment and due to me getting a six monthly bonus in my pay they interpreted that I was in the 45% tax bracket and then, last month, coded me down to around 600/6k tax free allowance, muppets, just because of a one off bonus. Thankfully a quick call down the "Tax Agents" dedicated hotline it was sorted and I got my sorted 1988L tax code back. Therefore looking for a redress this month where my tax might even be negative. The public service is dreadful and I have waited an hour or more to get thru sometimes. So not quite £8k, more like £7.31k due to those two factors. Nice to get the mileage allowance tax code adjustment especially when using a private EV which still get the 45p/25p a mile but one is using fuel/energy at less than 2p a mile, happy days.

It’s totally the same.

http://news.sky.com/story/publicly-owned-clean-energy-company-will-create-thousands-of-jobs-in-scotland-sir-kier-starmer-to-say-12905137 Sir Kier Starmer MP is saying they will block 'New licences' for Oil & Gas Exploration. Says they will be all for Green, and Head Quarter some office / business even a quango in Scotland. 'A PUBLICLY OWNED CLEAN ENERGY COMPANY.' There are pictures of big windfarms. So the leader of the Labour Party that is not helping the Scottish Labour party win seats in the next GE was on GMTV. Richard Madeley questioned the Leader of the opposition on proposals and got him to say that Licences approved / granted under the Government will not be withdrawn. The Madeley goes on about Wind Farm on shore and them being blocked for years now. So that total muppet must mean in ENGLAND because he clearly can not be aware of how many wind turbines on land are erected every week and have been getting done for many a year now. #Get them up onland in England and if there are those worried or objecting because their view will be spoiled disconnect them from the National Grid.

Had the rear heated screen swapped over today from the old one as the glass was immaculate and I had some white worming on the border of the new one, much better

Aha! Probably above my pay-grade. I'll investigate. Thanks!

As I recently found out, you cannot get a Tracker tariff now without a smart meter. Octopus might have class leading tariffs but smart meters are de rigeur to get on any of them. My MP has been working for two years (and me 18 months before that) to try to get smart meter coverage to our rural area. You might want to persue that.

It will be the fuse removal, the same thing happens if you turn on the ignition with an airbag or sensor disconnected or the instrument console disconnected.

Sorry don't know about the drainage but posting about air-con servicing earlier makes me think to suggest to check your cabin filter also in case that's wet or damp too (can't remember the Billy Connelly story either).

Revs are limited on petrol and diesel models to avoid damage when revving in park or neutral.

I've just swapped my newer tyre over to the back and the noise had seemed to have gone🙂I think it was a combination of tyre noise and a recent stretch of duel carriageway close to me that had been resurfaced, too.

What are you currently using for your WiFi routing? Seems like a mesh system could be overkill, if it's just that you've got a dodgy router that isn't any good, or setup badly, giving you bad coverage? Obviously if you have a huge house, or concrete walls (or both), then maybe you need to look at meshing or more infrastructure to make it work. But I had a single router serve our old 4-bed victorian (brick!) townhouse with spare signal for the garden, so might be worth looking into whether a decent router/placement would work better than investing into 2-3 mesh APs? It'd likely be cheaper if so.

A question for those of you brave enough to install the 1941 update: The update process - is it similar (or identical) to the one shown in the video below?

Sir Keir Starmer MP just as useless. He speaks of being in Government for the UK and what he / they will do, then about and energy company in Scotland which clearly is about being an Energy Company for energy the UK requires. On SKY right now and he says there has been a ban on wind farms for 8 or 9 years. So he just not clearly say a BAN IN ENGLAND. 8 months ago.

Yup, if the chiller still seems to be chilling the cabin well enough, then I tend to leave it alone. changed or even hoovering out the cabin filter at every (home) service is a good idea, I tend to buy Mann Frecious versions of these filters from whoever is selling them cheapest. Mahle now market their version maybe quite cheaply from ECP, they have their own name for the one that is same idea as Frecious - just check the full description on the ECP website, it should include “fungicide”, basically there tends to be 3 options for these filters:- basic, carbon coated and then fungicide- which also has the properties of the carbon version. It really depends on your personal allergies etc I’ve tended to buy one of these “bombs” from ECP and run that through the system (see instructions, tends to be, with all windows closed, the the AC on recirculate and place the “bomb” in the rear seat well, and set it off, close doors after exiting the car - leave like this for ?? minutes, open car doors, switch off, remove now empty “bomb” - job done! But, I tend to do this while replacing the cabin filter, so, remove old filter, cover up the empty filter housing, run the cleaning routine using the “bomb”, after that fit the new filter. The other details of the alternative to Mann is a Mahle ie Knecht which is similar their trade name for that is CareMetix.

I’ve moved the post to the octavia section 👍 Would agree it’s probably a sensor or part of the ignition system, but without fault diagnostic codes were are just guessing. get the codes and the fox hopefully won’t be too expensive. I wouldn’t keep driving it as a damaged lambda sensor can cause the cat to be damaged and that would get expensive. fingers crossed it’s something simple.

Welcome. Needs plugged in to see if there are faults codes. Maybe misfiles logged, maybe a sensor / lambda sensor or wiring / connector, maybe a spark plug needing replace (all 4) maybe an Ignition coil. Loads of maybe,s. So has servicing been done, plugs changed, maybe a coil damaged when done, or maybe just the plugs need changed. Is the air filter clean / fresh. Maybe you want to use some super unleaded if you are running 95 run and the exhaust system is a bit sooted up, or the plugs are, maybe the car running rich, maybe lean.. *Get someone to check for fault codes logged.* PS I will flag for a Mod so they can move the thread to the Octavia Mk2 section.

As per the "MS402/502" wanted thread, I've got one... and rear electric windows, kinda. It's going to be a hell of a job, at least for the electric windows, but it'll pay off I'm sure. Going to grab the parts tomorrow amongst other things. Will update this thread accordingly.

The 7 speed DSG (DQ381 Wet) on the 280/272 is a different gearbox to the 7-speed DSG (DQ200 Dry) found on the lower spec less powerful engines. The problem one was the DQ200.

Only if there is a microswitch there J.R., which isn't there on Fabias without alarms, I believe, like ours.

Completed one year of ownership of the Yeti 4x4 Elegance M/T. Loved every mile munched with it very much. In fact, it's a perfect companion in the form of an Octy 1.8 TSI AT.

The first one, suffix C suits standard and sports bumpers, whatever they are. Suffix D one suits 'comfort bumpers', whatever they are! If you're lucky, you may see one of the PR codes 2JB, 2JD, 2JK or 2JX on the build options sticker in the boot. Only the last of those requires the suffix D part.

It's all about making sure everything has gone to sleep before taking the measurements and making sure no circuits are woken up by the process of measuring. So, kidding the car that everything is closed and locked for at least 30 mins, whilst still having access to where you're measuring, and having the equipment already in circuit so nothing wakes stuff up again.

Some really helpful comments there guys, thanks to you all. I did think that if Skoda advertise their hi tech engine monitoring systems then there must be some merit for them. I actually did a live chat with Skoda UK yesterday asking whether I could stick with long life service intervals and they said fine. So that saves me forking out for a service for another 12 months.

Try 30 minutes, and how are you measuring the current?

His car may have a fault! Wait for others to look at theirs and see what they see. Must be a mk2 made before March 2010 to be relevant, I think

Yes some you seem to need to stand on your head to get at them, my neighbour's (non-VW) was easy enough to get at as it was just behind the glovebox drawer which came out easily, getting the glovebox back in was one of those hit and miss things where some would have it done in a couple of seconds but on the wrong day a bit of fiddling around and a couple of attempts and the wonder why it didn't just drop in. Still doesn't answer your question but just for future reference, according to Mann filters yours looks easy access for the able-bodied and younger owner than you or I.

Kamiq 5/100 Kodiaq 5/112

I don't think it's necessarily a fault, on our Mk1 and my 9N Polo all that info is displayed 24/7/365. LCD displays take miniscule amounts of current, only really taking any at all when the digits change, most of which aren't doing when the car is parked.

Thanks for the details, you must drive a crazy amount for work. However, you mean getting your TAXABLE income below the 40% threshold, your actual earnings are way in excess if you can 'dump' £30K into a pension. No problem with you doing that, crack on with keeping your money out of the taxman's hands!

In simple terms; dunno But I'll investigate.

This 100% 🤝 Height can help usually (though mine is on the floor practically it seems ok) Checking that you don't have microwave near/blocking things like fridge freezers etc.

Problem solved. After some time with the dealer to troubleshoot, it's been determined all 4 tyres likely have subtle flat spots so at certain speeds they'd create a resonant vibration. Swapped out for fresh new tyres and back to a smooth ride - very happy with the RS now!

If you buy from amazon, and the product simply does not do something it claims it can, copy the the relevant description from the web page, and return it for a refund.

You could probably find the relevant document yourself on erWin Skoda, but it would cost you some money to gain access for an hour. There are a selection of the official workshop information pdfs in the guides section, but not the relevant one, I think which would be called something like 'Kamiq - Chassis' and have a table something like this (example of table for mk1 Fabia NOT the correct info for your car):

I doubt it. Ask your friendly local Skoda dealer if they can look up the specification for your car's caster angle. Don't expect much co-operation, but you just never know..

They should idle smoothly as well with a DQ200 DSG & not misfire. Maybe at 1,100 or so for 30-40 seconds before dropping to around 800 rpm Skoda / VW will make any excuse or give instructions to dealership employees for when cars run rough. Because they messed about to get cars to Euro 6 emissions figures. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/504258-a-tsb-from-skoda-on-cold-start-behaviour-with-12-tsis-something-that-dealership-employees-should-be-able-to-explain-to-customers

I agree that this is in my experience (August 2015 VW Polo 1.2TSI 110PS now at 42,000 miles), is not a known and accepted characteristic of this engine, they should idle smoothly at a constant RPM hot, cold or in between, summer autumn winter or spring time. Edit:- that is at least for 6MT box.

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Much of the UK housing stock is of an age where the motorcar was not a commonly owned item and in these high density areas, unlike the countryside areas or post 1950s housing design it is the car that has not been considered not specifically EVs. Some of us you may regard as wealthy are actually from poor backgrounds and remember being poor.

changed it now. It was slightly different from the mk2, the clamping plate and the bolt at the base of the battery were placed at the short side of the battery by the positive pole, as opposed to on the side like it was on the mk2. It was actually a bit easier to reach now, so thats an improvement. Had a few warning lamps pop up straight away which dissappeared when I took it for a little spin. I'll see if I can drop by the local autoshop and have them code it for me this week. Is that register you speak of international or UK only?

Not usually in my experience of my wife's 2015 1.2 TSI but it does depend on what the car's computer programs are up to, different engine bay noises at different times. Last two fuller tank fill ups have been with Tesco Momentum 99 and the the car seems smooth to my wife and I when driving it but we might be fooling ourselves and on Fantasy Island. Last top was with Esso 99 ethanol free (labelled E5) to get some for my neighbour's petrol lawn mower to save me cleaning the carb again after winter. BUT - my wife's car isn't remapped Stage 1.

Photo showing exact location would allow parts catalogue look-up.

You want to let your car drive itself while you take your eyes off the road to adjust air vents, have I understood that right? Words fail me I can adjust the drivers side and both the central air vents on my Yeti (and all the previous Octavias as well) without taking my eye (singular) off the road, I can operate all the vehicle controls in the same manner thanks to 100 years of safety improvements and ergonomic design, all gone out the window now with the LCD tea trays slapped on the dashboard and peoples desire to look at Twitter, Fessbook or whatever while on the move. I dont even have my phone connected to the vehicle, it came with the Bluetooth set up and the replacement head unit also has it, I stop to make a call and if there is an incoming one I will stop later and ring them back. I always set the satnav at a standstill and only look at it with fleeting glances, the larger 7" perhaps display is better and safer than the Tom Tit unit I had before, the only problem is the standard radio fitment is not shaded well enough from the sun, it has only become a problem since moving further South. OK, I understand now, you have to use the touchscreen to adjust the airvents and cant do so safely while driving so have to use the auto-pilot or stop, that is bad design and a major safety risk.

Main problems Previous owners doing bad modifications Previous owners not doing maintenance Previous owners driving into things Previous owners lowering cars as far as they can, then beating the floors and sills to death on every bump in the road. Inner sill rust Clutch slip Console bushes (front bottom arm rear bush) Plastic collars on the front anti roll bar breaking up. Injector wiring loom breaking up (leads to a misfire as the car warms up). Camshaft wear (misfire on idle) Window linkages Window motors Also, bear in mind that they don't drive anything close to what a Clio 182 does. Less power as standard and a much lower, narrower, power band. Very front end heavy on the weight distribution.

It certainly seems so if people say that, say, ET45 is "more offset" than ET35. If they said the higher number was "more inset" it would be clearer.