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@wyx087, you don't get to keep lifting hoops up for me to jump through. 😄 Here is what I want to say: DO NOT OBJECT TO ME NOT WANTING AN EV. If I can try and paraphrase (and expand upon it) what you've said in reply, your response to that is "I haven't, and I promise to never object to you or anyone else not wanting an EV.". If that is the case, then we're good. 👍

I haven't seen it posted, so I'll stickin here. The official report into the Luton Airport Car Park fire. https://www.bedsfire.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Significant Incident Report LLA Car Park 2 fire.pdf The significant sentence is "The fire originated in a privately owned car powered by a diesel fuelled internal combustion engine with the cause of fire determined to be accidental." I've stopped following this thread, just thought this was a significant outcome.

So... as I said... I'm not sure WE're there yet... As always, worth reading things properly before posting slightly derogatory responses...

Disagreement with me is welcome. It provokes me into testing my opinions. If I can't back up an opinion I hold to my own satisfaction (never mind the rest of the people on here), I have to revisit it and may have to adjust it accordingly. However, people trying to gang up and bully me off a forum will be responded to in the spirit they attack me.

Hmmm... I'm not sure we're there just yet...

@Daz48 Welcome to the forum. It helps people find threads / posts on different subjects if you post a title that has something to do with the thread.

Thanks all for your contribution to this queste. I just went off the path of the dual remapped 1.8TSI DSG and am going to see a manual vRS (2018, 230hp) tomorrow. 😉 Sometimes you just have to be good to yourself 😜

How many cars are scrapped now just because they will be too expensive to repair to get the emissions down for an mot? "In 2021 alone, a record 1.3 million cars failed the MOT due to high exhaust emissions" Sometimes the repairs necessary exceed the value of the car just the same as your fear over battery life.

Do not know where you get your info but EVs will typically last between twice to three times longer/miles than an ICE vehicle.

The majority of people who buy a car do NOT buy a new car. Used electric cars seem even harder to sell than new ones, which is not really surprising as electric cars have a much more limited life than an ICE car. I have never bought a new car and usually buy a one or two year old car that has had some of the depreciation taken out of it. For this I get a car which feels virtually new and has many years of life left in it. Doing the same with an electric car would give me a much shorter life and the car would be virtually worthless at the end of the batteries life. We will be in a situation where there are thousands of perfectly good cars that are scrap just due to the batteries being too expensive to replace. It doesn't sound very ECO to me.

This is the one I bought after the last time you posted it. Best £20 I could have spent. It works flawlessly other than it occasionally forgets to connect but manually connecting bluetooth normally jumps it back into life again.

Indeed it is, but the inference is that as China reduces it's use of petrol and diesel this will lead to a collapse of the global supply system. One statement he made was that as less and less petrol and diesel is required there will be less and less fuel stations as they will not be viable and you might have to drive long distances to find a fuel station. I think he said that the the drop in demand for fossil fuels in China would be 5% per year up to 2030. While it probably is a tipping point of fuel sales in China I'm not convinced by that decline for demand for fossil fuels will be that rapid.

On the positive side it is almost certain that you will be immune from speed cameras, traffic light cameras congestion charge fines etc. Whilst your car registration does not exist to the insurers it will exist on the above ANPR camera systems with what is effectively a get out of jail free marker against the registration saying "no action to be taken" diplomatic vehicles, undercover police etc, MI5 MI6 etc vehicles are all given this marker. In a previous life I was drinking after work with my clients from the Traffic Control Systems Unit of Transport for London, the congestion charge was just coming in and we were discussing these exempt vehicles, I jokingly asked the guy if he could enter my registration plate on the system and to my surprise he was considering it, it could be done, then my closest friend amongst them wisely pulled him into line saying that the fallout were it to be discovered would be immense. Your car sounds like a keeper!!!!!

Shame he didn't actually show what Bloomberg were claiming. As EV sales increase and petrol and diesel sales decrease the use of fossil fuels will also decrease, but in the UK it is estimated that 96% of cars on the roads are ICE, so the demand for petrol and diesel is not going to dissappear that fast and OPEC swings production levels to suit demand and control the price. I wonder if he predicted Harris to win the US election 🤔 It looks like fossil fuels are still currently in demand.

Yes, we are good, we have always been. This is about discussions on the market, not who said what. But I must say, I did not promise anything. Looks like you wish to "paraphrase and expand" by adding your imaginary words. Still it is a mystery why you would elect to say such thing ("Don't object to me not wanting one.") completely unprompted when we are talking about completely different topics. Now let's get back to your statement "market is always right", it's not. As per my example with GM EV1, car companies resisting any and all change, and unions not wanting change of competency. The topic then evolved into climate science, where I highlighted personal opinions doesn't matter in discussions about scentific topics, suggested learning about the scentific method.

If CC is operating correctly, almost certainly rules out ABS sensor faults - therefore probably faults caused by failing battery, or bad terminal connections.

Yes....its a flaw in right hand drive Octavia's.... 1) Unlock the car manually using the driver side door key lock. 2) Car alarm goes off. 3) Plug in a 12v battery pack into the battery lighter. 4) Switch on ignition, but don't start. 5) Unlock the car using the unlock button in the centre console. 6) Open passenger door and bonnet and replace battery as appropriate.

Its really recommended to use screen wash and not just water in your screen wash bottle. It stops bacterial growth as well as keeps the nozzle jets clean of dirt. Make sure you also have your mesh screen in the top of the filler cap/keep it clean.

I had to use pliers to remove the jet, but had no problem refitting it. For clearing the nozzles, I got the idea to use aerosol ‘power’ to clear them from a YouTube clip. I used a can of carb/brake cleaner and it worked fine, cleared them a treat. Just remove the spray jet from the can and push the input side of the washer jet onto the can. Unfortunately, the jets weren’t the problem on mine, nor has pushing wire down the pipe cured it, so I will have to investigate further.

I'm 21 and decided from the very start I had to have a DSG box, whether I went vRS, Cupra or GTI. Specifically the 7-speed DQ381. It's absolutely incredible, and is sharp and engaging when I want it to be, but yet smooth and effortless when I don't. A manual is more fun 1 out of 100 times - but the other 99 times I'm stuck in traffic looking at CarPlay and it's a no brainer. If I could get a second 'drivers' car it would be manual, of course, but for a daily in the real world, a DCT is brilliant. I'd never driven an auto full stop until I got in the Octavia, and it changed everything. I've got a few gripes with it (holding second at 3k rpm doing 18mph on a freezing cold start, being a bit jerky when trying to crawl in traffic, etc) but it's just fantastic. Shortly afterwards, my parents switched both their cars over to DSG models.

Another vote for battery here - not on experience, just on what's come up recently. Cold snap starting to kill off the weaker ones?

I experienced regens every 200km or less and was frequently forced to extend my journey or go straight back out again after returning home and switching off hearing the fans running to allow the regen to complete, if not it would be trying on every subsequent journey even from cold which was crackers. Concerned about the wasted fuel, the bore wash and oil dilution I paid to have the "emissions fix" rolled back to the previous "cheating" software. My car now regens every 1000km on the dot, the only way I know it has happened or when it will happen is through VCDS measuring blocks, I have heard the fans running after shutdown just once in the last 3 years, a coincidence that it was doing the 1000km regen when I stopped. It doesn't even change the engine note when regenning like it did before.

I thinks carlinkit has some sort of software running compared to the other dongles that just link the car to the phone. They use the car Bluetooth.

My wife's SE Tech Estate had the software update applied yesterday. She picked it up a couple of hours ago and drove 25 miles home with no issues. Fingers crossed it stays that way!

There are regions of the UK where now selling a used BEV might be easier than a Euro 4 / 5 Diesel.

Even when nobody in the world is burning petroleum based fuels we will still need lubricants and the base materials for plastics (even when we have got rid of all single use plastics). Since even so called synthetic oils are still based on crude oil distillates there will still be a market, albeit a much smaller one, for countries to extract crude oil and gas from the ground.

Hmm, more a sleeper than a keeper, but indeed a keeper. Once the V5c hits DVLA, all that marker stuff will vanish sadly. I couldn't even register it in my name online. No service history to be found, even a Skoda specialist couldn't find anything. But, as I too had a previous life, I know how these things get driven (no short trips to the shops or school runs or towing), but also how well they are maintained. Volvo V70s in my previous life had a three year, 100,000 mile warranty, but they rarely went anywhere near a dealer. Always maintained in the 'company' workshop, using all Volvo parts. Someone has decided to 'retain' the umbrella from the back door though, probably took it out to put a sub-machine gun in there...😜

How rude of me ... 😂...Please n thankyou

Carlinkit is overhyped. I have been using this cheapo AA wireless dongle for over a year with no issues at all : https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005006128419504.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.208.37605e5bNESMdb&gatewayAdapt=glo2fra You can find the same type that does AA+CP https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005007498201058.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.9.6dc01ba90J4Pul&algo_pvid=84fe252b-b4fe-42a6-928a-d8a312684c60&algo_exp_id=84fe252b-b4fe-42a6-928a-d8a312684c60-4&pdp_npi=4%40dis!EUR!20.72!16.49!!!154.99!123.34!%40211b441e17332294613595475e385b!12000041031590141!sea!FR!914286551!X&curPageLogUid=PndmE8bzKUb8&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A and many more on ALI. I have an MIB2 up to date and no issues what so ever

Some other fuel, eh? Look at hydrogen vehicles: A potentially viable alternative to petrol/diesel ICE vehicles, but no government policy to support them. The market decided it didn't want hydrogen powered cars, and that was pretty much that. I wonder what things would look like in the UK (and US) for alternative fuel vehicles, if the government policy had been to promote hydrogen vehicles, and EVs had been obliged to succeed without assistance?

Might be interesting to have a looksee, thanks, will PM you this afternoon.

@AMD87 - No other comment, but I do like your driver id sticker.

All working again now found a replacement on eBay £45! Swapped it over and working again! If you want the old one to try and repair and keep for yourself or find out about I can send to you pm me your address. cheers for the help!

For final touch, black caps for rim bolts would be cool...

Hi , thanks for the reply, yes I will get it checked out , 👍🏽

@EnterName Maybe just people that are WOKE, as in aware and just not in agreement with your ideas and beliefs and versions of truths or facts so not a clique, just different thinking people about stuff than your thoughts.

As Rob said, very common issue (one i am also a victim of now). For some, a software update fixes the problem, for others it required a new Antenna or SOS module. Software updated didnt fix mine, so am now looking to get booked in for further diagnostics and potentially a new antenna.

A Concept that will not reach Dealerships or a Website to buy / lease looking that much like it.

From my information but don't know if it's true it is a dealer visit.

Any corrosion on the ARB affecting the measurement? There's nothing for a 20.6mm RARB. That being said, 20.7mm comes up with lots of hits. Notably the A3, Mk7 GTD, Mk3 TT/TTS and the Mk3 Octavia! Part numbers lifted from Powerflex - https://www.skoda-parts.com/spare-part/5q0511305as-stabiliser-rear-axle-skoda-22118.html https://www.skoda-parts.com/spare-part/5q0511305bd-stabiliser-rear-axle-skoda-24261.html No idea about the stamped date - looks like your car got a nicely matured example from the shelf.

Oh wow, you have completely run out of reasonable thing to say. You really have nothing interesting to say, no evidence to back up any of your claims. Now it's on to sentiments. But to be clear, no it was not a stealth edit, look again, all words are exactly what you posted. I removed your repeated waffle about why evidence wasn't provided because "not about science". I have left a blank line to clearly signal words were removed in the quote. No reasonable reader is going to be confused about the quote. Ok, if you want to focus on this bit. Happy to oblige Where, in my last few posts from your "market is always right" post, have I objected to you not wanting an EV? A very simple question based on your statement of accusation. I'm sure you can find and screenshot the exact sentence if your statements are not downright lies.

@J.R.To add, don't forget that as your VCDS is genuine it's fully supported and is continuously developed behind the scenes by Ross-Tech.

Hello, welcome to the forum. What engine do you have? Multiple fault codes such as you show is often an indication that the battery is failing.

Multi colour LEDs need more than 2 wires, I suspect they either stick with white or fit a blue LED instead.

Never changed my badges but I know other members have used Kopacek https://www.kopacek.com/skoda/octavia-iii/emblems/ I've used them for sill covers and they were perfect fit. Maybe someone will come along with first hand experience to give you

Yes ! Go to "Basic Settings" instead and then select "Disengage heater". Not anything else. Not obvious....🙄 That will unlock the heater (work with all cars with MQB platform ?) and the DTC's will be possible to erase - if not already gone.

I got correct model number for Bosch rear wiperblade, which suits all Karoq FL (2022 +), not only Sportline. It's: A335H Full part number: 3 397 016 317 Or short: 317-FUP I got it from local seller who knew correct model for Karoq FL, and now as we know the numbers on the box, you can find it anywhere. here it is depicted in the video. Previous model for Karoq before 2021 was A331H. And Bosch still states on that Box compatibility with Karoq 2017 +, which should be 2017-2021 really. Front wiper blades didn't change, they are common for all Karoqs, no problems.

Hi, I have used 15cm cable from the mirror. That's why its there

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