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Absolutely. When we went through the lockdown car shortages when the factories and chip-fabs we're shut down car prices went through the roof. As predicted when the shortages eased the prices stayed exactly where they were. Now we are paying luxury car prices (according our VED bands) for some very ordinary cars. But you'll note that depreciation largely affected the buyers and less so the seller. Trade-in prices are as a poor as they ever were but second hand car prices are higher than ever so the profit margin is higher. Some of that is justified, dealers costs are higher than ever too but I would love to know if dealers margins are up. Cars have aways been a mugs game, you just need to accept the losses on them.

First save the entire contents of the SD card onto your PC, then you have a backup. Then as the guide says format the SD card (this is much quicker than deleting all files when you use quick format). Then having unzipped the downloaded maps on your PC copy all the unzipped files to the SD card. I've done this twice a year for the last 8 years with no problems. The Amundsen will only read maps off a genuine VAG (Skoda) SD card and formatting does not destroy the embedded information that identifies it as a genuine SD card.

My speedo is pretty accurate, reading 20mph at gps speed 19mph - this is the important one for Wales. Its a digital display, so easy to keep in the limits. The numpty in the video should have made use of the speedo in his cars, then he wouldn't be banned. I don't understand people being so stupid as to get banned under the totting up procedure, you've had at least 2 and most likely three 'warning' speeding fines before being banned.

At least he acknowledges its not 'just an EV' thing. As he points out, list prices and actual sale prices of new cars has gone up massively over the last few years. EVs have turned up in volume during that time, so historically appear expensive to buy new. Unfortunately for all car buyers, the second hand car buyers -especially second owners - are not prepared or able to buy at the kind of price a 50-60% residual represents. Manufacturers could help by setting list prices as the same as what they are actually willing to sell for. The Astra EV is a prime example, where they can be bought for £8K off list. His program is focussed on the same effects to the supercar market and how huge the depreciation can be, but I see this as an any new car problem. An entry level Ford Focus is £27k now, far cry from when a factory worker could save up over a few years and buy a Ford Escort on 'ordinary wages'.

@logiclee I did not find Cross Climate 2 SUV,s hopeless in snow, i found Cross Climate SUV,s hopeless on my Shogun. Different tyres, being used in AWD or RWD on Snow, and winter conditions, I had even gone down a size from 285 wide to 265. They were just an error, i should have put on BF Goodrich as i usually had on my 4x4.s but i was thinking on lots of road miles and towing and less track and fields. They were even hopeless crossing a grass field / car parking. There is difference a few miles for a few days night a year of snowy roads ploughed or weeks of white top roads. Hopefully this is a winter like 2009/2010 in Scotland and loads of snow. All about the kind of snow.

Have used Cross Climates on my Octavia, Yeti and Karoq. Best tyres I have ever had, hence I keep using them.

Some manufacturers, including Skoda, are moving to a business model where you don't buy the car from a dealer but actually from the manufacturer so a private individual cannot negotiate the price. I believe this will lead to an increase in the use of brokers, who can negotiate directly with the manufacturer.

To pass Type Approval they are allowed to over read by as much as 10%, but most manufacturers calibrate them to read between 5% and 7% over to allow some margin for different tyre options and worn tyres. That is also what I've seen comparing the speedo and GPS on all the cars I've owned in the last 20 years.

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Yes and? A digital speed is more precise but not more accurate than an analogue using the same base sensor.

The voice from the outer world, well Cornwall, has got a 6 months ban for speeding, wonder if it was in an EV ? Is it you have to either have several speeding tickets for the 10% plus 2,3, 4 mph or be clocked at over 30 mph over this nominal plus 10% + 2 mph etc Think it might be the former as he said this last court session for speeding gave him another 4 points taking him to 13 point in total hence the 6 month ban. Sorry to hear it has curtailed his livelihood and especially sorry to hear he has cataracts which need to be treated but sounds like he was not adhering to systems that most professional drivers have. One can see truck drivers playing the percentages ie driving at what we see on our speedometers as 53 or 54 in a 50 mpg zone. The know there actual speed is probably 51 or 52 and within tolerance. It would be nice to hear him praise the systems that EVs particularly have ie digital instrumentation, Google maps, traffic signal reading, and over speed warning. Even sped limiting, my Scenic will not do over an indicate 71 mph in ECO mode and it has a top speed of only 90 mph. A story of education for many of us who need to driver for our jobs which I will take away. The days of my motorcycle buddies doing the near 120 miles from Bristol to Ivybridge or Plymouth in not much over an hour, it is about 120 miles, or the M25 orbital, 117 miles, in an hour are long gone. Just sit back stay within the limits, calibrate your speedometer with GPS and do not get in to the situation of this wally. Keep speeding on the race track please.

I had OE Pirelli P7’s on the 280 (they seem to’ve been the standard fit on early 280’s) and they were the noisiest tyres I can recall having on a car. I changed these 23 months ago for Conti All Season. Apart from being as good in terms of performance to the P7 in the dry, they’re much better in the wet and, the most noticeable difference is the silence; I estimate they’re at least 70% quieter. Oh, and after 9k there is barely any noticeable wear which makes them even better.

Maybe this one is better @Ootohere? A bit more recent.

Or any E5 petrol, maybe just fill up on the less expensive but no worse Tesco Momentum 99 (99 ron minimum) , or Sainsbury Super Unleaded which is 97 ton minimum. Oop in the North East of England that already in the filling stations Winter Formulation Tesco Momentum 99 might be much better the 99 ron.

Hi there thanks for welcoming me. New to Skoda ownership, just bought a 14 Superb Elegance Estate. As for me, middle aged, no kids, lots of pets, live in New Zealand. Hi! 🤣

@Si_Brk Welcome. Any reason you have not had Skoda UK onto things and a Courtesy or Hire car dropped off with you as your car is under warranty. ? I take it you can not use the Loaner car for the Taxi Work. Plenty have had the issue you have if you just look through the section.

I’d suggest filling up with a couple of tank fulls of Shell V-Power unleaded. We have run our 110bhp Fabia from day 1 on V-Power and it seems to go amazingly well. It’s the earlier 4cyl motor and DSG so perhaps that also makes a difference. Continuing along memory lane the Mk 3 110bhp Fabia performance stats match, maybe even better those of the Mk 1 Golf GTI. The performance stats for the current 2.0TSI Karoq match those of the original Audi Quattro, although I suspect the Quattro would corner better!

I think it is all the same car - there’s been a couple of posts. Tbh I don’t get it - it’s purported as a swansong but it’s not for sale, just a one-off. So basically someone from Skoda took their car to a tuner and got 500bhp out of it. And so did a few guys on here. And so did a load more with other VAG EA888-engines cars.

The os Is more fluid it starts faster and the update of the resolution for Android Auto is a must have

Ha, it must be something they put in the water!

I doubt that I am more patient, but since moving to Yorkshire I automatically try to keep money in my pocket. Strange, that. 😃

It's the CID (Card IDentification) that determines if the SD card can be used for maps or not. Formatting won't change or delete the CID so it's perfectly safe to do so. There is a guide here:

Some Japanese and especially Italian bikes and cars, I am sure, deliberately were overreacting by 10% or sometimes a bit more. Ie I have just had my Jota, Guzzi etc up to over 140 mph. Guy on Triumph or Norton said, I only had 125 mph on my Smiths speedo ! Helps sell these none English bikes in the speedo lies big time. Not cricket.

No they are Bridgestone Turanza ECO EV. They are designed to get maximum range out of EV's.

@logiclee are the ECO Bridgestones the same as the Duellers, which I have on my Karoq? Just curious as, so far, I’ve not had any wheel spin or traction control cutting in with my Karoq - which I was expecting with the 2.0 TSI as my 2.0 TDI Touran would do that on brisk pull aways. Another thought regards ride quality, my Touran had the multi link rear suspension, similar if not identical to my Karoq- do all Karoqs have multi link rear suspension or do some have the beam axle set up as that might affect ride quality.

Mk2 Fabias are equipped with a lot of different engine types, which does yours have, please?

Last night i was listening about the Election in the USA, and Arizona. 3 areas for very different employments, Las Vagas & hospitality, another area Tech & Communications, and then another mining, so is gold, minerals / lithium, the largest mineral producing state in the USA. Neither of those standing to be the President is going to stop the mining are they?

I think my Jimny appreciated at least on the forecourt

The map supplier has changed and the maps are in a different format, so the files on a recent SD card will not be suitable for your 2010 Columbus. VAG have a policy of discontinuing map updates 5 years after the unit was last used in production, which is very frustrating.

Hi al thanks for all your replies yep the Stoplock fitted perfectly 👍

I have the words "Additional Inspection Scope" against the section Additional Work Carried Out. I kicked up a fuss a year ago in August - I think I put a bit on the forum about dealers just not doing the work. In 2022 I have the words "additional Inspection Scope" again in the Additional work carried out section. So I am guessing it should maybe there for you?

Like my motorcycles with digital display they also over read by about 5%. I think it is deliberately made so. Therefore with tyres with absolute minimum tread, maybe a bit underinflated too it will still not under display tge speed so vehicle makers, even when they can be within 1 or 2 percent, overread by 5 % or so. Find it odd that at least with Renault the distance measuring seems to under read by about 3 or 4%, odd.

Think it was Beford Police Commisioner who wanted to, raise some money. He has the M1 running through his patch. Think he was put down eventually.

I'm surprised you found the 2's hopeless in snow. Most reviews put them on par with Premium Winters for snow traction and well above the average winter tyre. Although I agree the first generation were no where near a winter.

I mentioned the battery as a possibility because it wasn't clear when this fault happens. If the engine is running, and given the fact you can run the car without a battery, then it won't be battery related if the fault occurs while driving, except if stop-start is working. Although I notice my car's stop start only works when the battery has enough charge, for obvious reasons When my car judders, i get errors, a combination of tyre pressure error, ESC not available error,, stop-start not available. No OBD error is recorded ,turning off the engine to reset returns everything to normal But on one occasion I got a hard fault, plugged in the OBD reader to find P0322 Crank position sensor is faulty

That's life'. If you do not like it just do not play the game. Just get what you need for transport, look after it and run it for a long time! (If you invest in Fine wine you might make money keeping and selling. If you just drink it enjoy it.) My heart bleeds for him & these other poor poor rich people. NOT. Bargains must be around for us plebs that just want to buy these excellent vehicles....

I have used various Cross Climate from early on through the +, 1,s, 2,s and SUV,s on my Shogun, they were a mistake, hopeless in snow. I have had Alpin 5 and 6,s. The Maxxis AP3 Premitar i am using on my MINI electric are excellent. Better than the AP2,s I had on a Fabia.

Some police forces only allow 1mph over the limit. My car has the capablity of having a digital speedo as well on display. I also have 2 different GPS speedos which are 4mph lower than the cars ones, so I drive by the GPS ones and have done so for years. Agreed, stay within the limits and protect your license, makes perfect sense.

It can be changed. Change SRA Verzoegerungszeit to 500 ms in STG09.

I think we sometimes forget that we on this forum are a very very small percentage of car owners in the UK. Not only that but those amongst us discussing in this specific thread/theme are a small percentage of that small percentage.

Yes, we all get that the idea is a means of comparison to help buyers decide which model to opt for, but when it seems that most people are actually getting nowhere near those figures then you have to ask, what is the point of them. It also begs the question about how can we trust anything else that they claim about a vehicle, like its CO2 figures, the amount NOx etc. Surely it would more beneficial if they were more realistic and gave figures that most drivers could actually achieve and maybe slightly better, then we could all make far better informed decisions when selecting our next cars and that could all be then for the right reasons.

Yes, the current CrossClimate 2 is still a good tyre. However.... ... Michelin nearly always cost more than the other top brands. Many times in the past I have been happy to pay that premium for their superior ability or comfort or longevity or whatever. However, with the CrossClimate 2, here and now in late 2024, Michelin is still charging more than other manufacturers for an old design that has been beaten on ability by three newer designs. That is not such a compelling proposition: pay more, get less. Interestingly, Jonathan Benson (tyrereviews.com) found that the Pirelli and the Continental offered better comfort than the Michelin. Yes, some of Bridgestone's summer and Eco tyres are truly terrible.

Holy smoke. Well that is how it is. Lots of earth moved in Australia to get minerals and much else shifted around the world. Nobody is stopping producing batteries or the recycling of them. The Donald says when he is President that they are going to drill baby drill, and frack like they have never fracked before. I do not see him saying to Elon Musk that the production of batteries must stop in the USA and no more EV,s are to be built.

Here’s my 2.0 Diesel Sportline, just after its first wash after I picked it up at the end of 2021.

Zoe ZE50 implies 50 kWs, actually 52 usable and actual 55 kWs if you want to run in to the Turtle Zone and get another dozen or so miles.

Re debris, my Subaru was like that when I took off the sill covers to check for rust last year. Fortunately only a miniscule bit of rust where the rear edge bolted up, and not the notorious spread into the rear arches. Back to the Yeti, I think it's just 'cosmetic' rust that you need to keep on top of preventing. Three of our Yetis have had the lower door corner rust bubbles which were repaired before they got really bad. Keep an eye on the door edge vertical rubber seals that get dirt and damp stuck behind tgem. I take them off every summer and clean out / dry.

I fitted bridgestone all seasons to replace the 001 that were on the car .100% improvement in noise and handling

Exactly the same with me, count 5 seconds after turning ignition on then start the car. Not had any errors since I began doing this 2 weeks ago, before that was getting lots of amber warnings on start up, front assist, parking brake, lane departure, parking sensors etc... this seems to be a valid work around .

gromr123 A picture or two might also help us.... If nothing else we like pictures.

With Indirect TPMS, also known as Tire Pressure Loss Indicator, it uses the ABS sensors to determine each wheel's rotational speed. If one of them is off in comparison to the others, it will set of the TPMS alarm. Usually this equates to 4 psi or more. It can only do this comparison when the car is moving. If the pressures r the same, but the tires r worn out differently, it will rotate at a different speed, and may trigger the TPMS. If the brakes r binding, it will rotate at a different speed, and may trigger the TPMS. If one of the wheel bearings is worn, it will rotate at a different speed, and may trigger the TPMS. Hence there r multiple reasons for the TPMS to b upset. With direct TPMS, which is not available on the Superb, it doesn't rely on the ABS wheel sensors. Instead it has 4x sensors, one in each wheel, and a TPMS module (receiver). It measures the actual tire pressure, which gets displayed on screen. As @MartiniB indicated, there is the option to fit an aftermarket TPMS system, to monitor ur tire pressure live. in my case - I retrofitted the VW/Skoda TPMS system.