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Indeed and that's what loses me with EVs. I'm getting one but purely as cheap transport. I love cars, I've always loved cars but what I love isn't just performance it's the noise. The noise of my dream car isn't an electric whoosh, it's the grumble of a big block 70s American V8, or a Ferrari flat 12 at full chat. It's also the smell, the smell of oily bits and fuel is special thing. And the enginering, I appreciate that there is a super engineeing in these electric motors to make them powerful but I don't find it intersting. I find big bits of metal flying around interesting, turbos, superchargers, Victorian beam engines, ship engines etc etc. I still like mechnical watches even though digial is cheaper and more accurate. I'm not agains EVs but they'll never tickle my interest like an Aston Martin V12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MndoKnIMMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvwNXNJqg3U

You have to watch out for those killer skips. They hide in trees and only leap out behind you when they see you reversing ...

I agree with all. I wouldn't say no to an Ioniq 5N or a EV6 GT - I just wouldn't be in a rush to say yes either. I've been in a 5N several times, along with a hot BYD Seal. They're both very fast cars, and I could even maybe live without the engine sound (again, having been in some fast electric cars, the acceleration is good enough for me). The issue lies in the handling, the braking and the design. EVs are just too heavy, and I don't like the design language, on so many levels. The Ioniq 5N, by the way, starts from £65,000. Now, that's not a bad price for 640bhp and a sub 3 second 0-60, but I can think of so many other things, starting with M and ending in 340i, 440i, 550i, 2, 3 and 4 that I'd rather have. That's of course not to mention that, given my age, I'm years from spending that on a car - and I don't really fancy a Nissan Leaf. I'm not making the case for EVs - as above, I am a piston head until I die (cars, aircraft and other things alike). It's kind of like a hob. Lot's of people rave about induction hobs, and the new ones that are completely hidden under a counter top are very cool, but I'd rather have a gas five burner. @lol-lol I'm more impressed it can put down 2650nm, even with AWD and 315 section tyres. Speaking of tyres, that is the other issue with EVs. Due to their weight, they all need beefy suspension, beefy tyres, brakes, etc, that wear out at a faster rate than lighter ICE cars. It's only a small thing, but as the new (and again, deeply impressive) M5 demonstrates, less weight and less power is better than more weight and more power. It doesn't matter how large the carbon ceramic brakes are on the new super saloons/estates (M5, RS6, etc) - they'll still get left by a 2008 Lotus.

Funnily enough, CAR mag has just released its 'hot hatch day' results and the EVs don't fair well. Even the Oyonkikiki 5NNNS turbogts Hyundai is described as having that typical one dimensional acceleration that EVs have. Although it also concedes that the car's 'pretend' gear shifts improve things quite a bit. I get the one-trick pony thing that most EVs do, but nothing excites me about that. I've been lucky enough to have a couple of petrol cars that can get to 100mph in the low 8 second area and that is fast enough for me. In truth, I don't really need that kind of acceleration, but would rather have the looks, handling and excitement of a driver's car. Maybe a Yaris GR? I watched a fast car review recently on YouTube and Chris Harris was saying we have got to the point where cars have enough power, it's really all about the rest of the package now, that is what makes the difference. He has a point imho.

Its probably cheaper to sell the car and buy one with the battery you want.

Problem was SWMBO was relying on the parking sensors and display. The sensors didn't pick up the higher part of the skip No substitute for using the mirrors IMO

The thing is driving enjoyment is not just about straight line acceleration or speed... It's a combination of sensory experiences that EVs, however fast, don't seem to deliver. Sure they are great at delivering one... Acceleration... But miss on a lot of the others.

That'll be the binding brakes. If you're feeling really brave/foolish touch the disks after a run to confirm they are binding. I did it on mine and have the blister to prove it. 😉 Either way it's definitely a job that needs doing sooner rather than later.

Exactly that. Used to smoke but if it was dry the window was always fully down (mk1/2/3 fiesta, Citroen zx/saxo) and the butt went out the window (horrendous I know but that’s all I knew back then). The only lingering smell was when the ash was blown around started to collect on the rear parcel shelf and after a hoover that had largely gone. Cigarette smoke is oily and sticky - I found the best thing for it was steam to reactivate it and break it but you can use that on fabric seats and carpets but ceilings and leather are a no-no. You’d need something with a bit of a solvent action to soften and absorb the oily residue but solvents will ultimately do the same damage to leather clearcoat

If your replacement battery chemistry is different to what was originally fitted, the new details should be entered (adapted/coded) into the vehicles BCM.

I recently replaced the original 10 year old battery in my car. I didn’t seem to be having any issues with stop/start, but I was getting the odd random fault message - I can’t remember what - but I also had an issue with warm starting. It was fine starting from cold, but when starting it from warm, occasionally it would fire up OK, but when I released the key it would cut out. Replaced the battery and it’s all good now.

A regular early sign is the stop/start feature stops working.

So folks, I’ve done it! I’ve retrofitted the progressive MQB steering rack into the SuperB and it’s awesome! Original rack: 5Q0 909 144 R Progressive rack: 3Q0 909 144 L My 2017 206 came with dynamic steering 2.8 turns to lock and I’ve never loved it. Feels vague on centre and then is not particularly quick to lock. Never felt sporty, even after my coder helped me make the weight heavier using Audi coding/setting. The new rack was from a 2017 RS3 with the progressive ratio and 2.1 turns to lock. In reality it’s more like 2.0 once installed in the SuperB. Install: The mechanic installed it for me today because $@&# that for a joke and also I have no annual leave left. After the physical install by dropping the sub frame, the most painful part was having to drop the glovebox to access the fuse box because the wires lead through the firewall. Rod ends and boots were all re used from my previous rack. Coding: Mechanic ran out of day so I did the VCDS coding tonight in module 44. Old rack coding was 9307. New rack was 91170000. 9307 didn’t work but 93070000 did so I ran with it. After that I did the G85 steering angle calibration. Took a few goes as I wasn’t holding it still long enough. That cleared the 7 million error lights on the dash except for ACC. A restart cleared ACC error. The result: On center it feels much the same as I expected it to but once you get to turns of about 20-30 degrees it’s way sharper/quicker. Feels much sportier now carving corners. The weighting has reverted to the previous stock light weight, even in sport so I will have to go back to my coding wizard for a fresh update to firm it up a little. Overall very happy and I would recommend it. Cost for the rack was AUD $330 used from a wrecker. Mechanic labour will be maybe 3-4hr.

The thing with the latest M3 is you can cane it all day long and it doesn't give up. There's no overheat of brakes or battery (engine), for instance. There are a couple of fast laps in a Tesla (Nürburgring of course :D ) that were less than successful because of these problems. Only cured after you pay another £10k to get the performance pack to prevent this. I reckon that my colleagues that drive EVs and seemed to think their cars were as fast as my M3, were missing the point by a country mile. Driven at pace on deserted roads, or punished on a track, their EV shortcomings would come to light pretty quickly. It's the difference between a quick car and a car that is quick in a straight line (and even then, only a few times in a row before it overheats something). Don't get me wrong. The Oinky 5NNNN is a seriously good car, but no thanks for me. Funnily enough though, I sold my M3 (G80) partly because the car was so 'complete', it was hard to get the same excitement that I got from its predecessor, in my case the M4 (F82). A much more lairy and compromised car, but brilliant fun. My current car is no paragon of virtue either, but it stands up to any punishment I dish out and will remind you that it won't do all the work for you. It can easily overcome it's rear tyres (305s) even though it is 4x4ish Also no EV will ever sound as epic, not even 1% of its epic-ness 🏎️ Maybe I need a turbocharged Reliant Robin next?

Neither of them is comfortable for the 90kg adult in the middle. Middle seat is half seat. I reccomend to look car what has 3 separate seats in the back.

Well, it turns out that things weren't as broken as they first appeared to be, some helpful rear seat passenger had managed to force both dials beyond the natural stop (effectively reversing the thumb wheels) so with a bit of cajoling I managed to rotate them back as they should be. So no need to replace the entire unit. Thanks for the others who made helpful suggestions

Hi, I'm new here, but I had a 2009 fabia estate for 12 years. I have just bought a Fabia 2016 estate 1.2 TSI SE L DSG, and after a couple of days I can see I have much to learn and I'm sure this forum is the right place to look for answers.

Common sense is turning into a rare commodity these days ...... 🙄

Just wanted to update. New body control module sorted this issue. Now just need to recode my keys! Cheers all.

I kind of disagree with both of the above statements. Considering the amount of garbage, pointless single-use ( sometimes, think electric seats FFS ) tech that is incorporated into the cars, including something that's actually useful to the end user would be extremely cost effective. They wouldn't have to buy their own test kit or pay for a test at every service. Additionally, think of the hundreds of posts on here regarding Christmas Tree warning displays on the dashboard that end up being caused by......? a bad battery!! Makes sense to me

My mother watched a fellow lady golf take the front wing off another car while at the golf course one day. She was watching the reverse camera while backing into the space and not looking in the wing mirrors. Didn’t see the car on the other side…

Come to us for the exact same towbar that the dealers would fit, fitted in exactly the same way with exactly the same functionality, with the same warranty - and less headaches

Just coming on here for a bit of a boast really. 😀 Just completed my July stats for the ID.4 and my average is 4.02 miles/kWh this month, measured as what went in, not what the car says it achieved. That bloody good for a big bus. So 4.02 miles/kWh over 987 miles with average cost of 2.17p/mile, total cost of £21.40. That cost includes one Tesla super-charge as we were not able to charge overnight on one trip away. (more on this later). Yesterday, due to an impromptu trip to the seaside, I ran the car down to 1% SoC and 2 miles of range. I left it for a couple of hours before charging to allow the car to sleep and allow the BMS to balance up the cells - SoC recovered to 3% and 9 miles of range. I then charged to 80%. By extrapolating the charge into the car I see my battery still has around 74kWh net capacity from the original 77kWh after 4.5 years and 56K miles. Not too shabby. Its not all been good news on the EV front this month. I needed a new N/S/F tyre after spotting the cords were showing on the inside edge. Turns out the cords were exposed by a deformation of the tyre, most likely from pot-hole damage. My tyre guy said those deformations can lead to rapid wear which is what had happened here. I'm glad I spotted it as we were about to get on the motorway with both my grandchildren aboard and the thought of a blowout chills me. The other potentially expensive item this month is that the car succumbed to the well known VAG fuel flap stuck issue. The fuel flap locking mechanism seizes up due to water ingress to the solenoid. This is worse on EVs than fossil cars due to the flap being open for charging much longer, so more water gets onto the locking pin. As soon as it happened, I knew the cause and was lucky in that I'd recently seen a how-to video on fixing it. As we were 130 miles from home I called the RAC as I needed a charge to get home. The RAC managed to open the flap without too much damage to the flap and body coloured cover with some handy tips from me. This is what led to the 'expensive' Tesla Charge this month. The complete charge flap has now been replaced by VW under Extended Warranty, so hopefully this problem will not appear again in my ownership. If it does, I know exactly how to fix it.

Realising this is an older comment, and something of a tangent, but we're towing our (MTPLM 1400kg, actual 1200kg) Eriba 530 with our RS hybrid - it tows really well - set the car to auto hybrid mode and it uses a little extra battery going up hills when needed and uses the extra weight of the caravan to improve regen going down. We did 400km one-way trips this summer and the battery happily lasted the whole trip with some charge left to spare. In addition, a hybrid or EV is amazing when maneuvering the caravan into place - you have much, much more control. TLDR: I'm very happy towing with a PHEV. The previous Superb IV was a bit nicer because the car was 300kg heavier (the Octavia feels a bit 'light' now and again) but the Octavia IV is pretty capable.

But the VW 508 00 / 509 00 so 0w 20 FS IV is correct.

But I'd certainly query the rest of the advisories.

Welcome to Briskoda @Coldfeet1969 We had a 2016 Fabia estate but it was only a little 3 pot diesel. Still a decent car mind. Until SWMBO reversed it into a skip crumpling the boot lid Hope you find the info you need and welcome to the community

-> https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/532458-columbus-map-update-2025-2026-mib2-high/

I don't think it's a painted part. On mine (SE-L) only part of it is painted. It'll need special paint and special primer. TBH nowadays I use a mobile professional when I need all the little dings done. They have the right primers etc and can get exact paint matches. For other reasons I've tried most of the touch up paint suppliers and none of them ever seem to know the colours from trim and bumpers.

Answer yes. Mib3 has zonal updates in it. So it is more zoned than mib2. Hence why they have just issued specific zones to RoW. It's based on connected services where the files are zoned so if you did have connected services it updates the map required for the destination. Thus in Europe with connected services you can strike a route between East and West Europe and it will trigger an over the air update. The modular construction of the files. Off line for RoW they just give you your piece.... clear as mud. Offline in Europe you get the whole European file. They didn't bother issuing Europe in fragments.

The acceleration figure for the Rima is in a different league above the Lotus for some reason despite the similar power. Another case where Torque is a key factor possible ie its 2650 Nm of torque compared to the Evija 1700 Nm. Weight and how the torque numbers is spread across the revs or points on the acceleration curve. Circuit lap times will start to emerge and we will be able to see some real figures with some twisties and not just drag strip. Having a howling ICE may add to the theatre but outright performance is what matters when you know you are noise and bluster rather than actual performance. F1 cars are one of the slower accelerating track vehicles. Slower acceleration to a 100mph, maybe a 150 mph, than a Formula-e car for example. The internal combustion engine is history and may limp a long for another handful of years, if aided by EV hybrid tech to actually get it off the line as the ICE car's torque/ power does not properly kick into 40/ 50 mph or so when the drag race is long over. Trained as a ICE Engineering Officer, worked for Piper tuning race and road ICE cars, bikes etc but the vehicles "engine" choice is virtual over now.

40 years for those butts to decompose in our rivers and seas…I did the same when I smoked, so not at all have a dig at you buddy, also horrified with how we just threw them away back then 🙂 Thanks for the idea for steam cleaning; if I don’t get it clean over the next few months, I’ll get it detailed properly. A relatively easy fix may be to buy a used steering wheel from eBay and get it re-trimmed - I’ve found a few posts on various forums where people have resorted to this. I was driving down the M5 a few days ago and as the sun was hitting and panning around the dash, wheel and front doors, the smell was coming and going. I’ll beat it, and at least now the car isn’t greeting me with a stale smell every time I get it in. I’ve been keeping a windscreen sun reflector up which is obviously helping.

I believe the VIN plate is the final deciding factor for whether vehicle can tow or not. In this case it definitely can. As OP is in UK, I'd suggest contact with a Forum member with VCDS for assistance with coding.

There's a toggle on mine. Karoq and Superb.

People are grim…zoom that photo in and look at the patch of ingrained something in the trim in front of the seat belt clip…similar on the other side…I think the previous owners may have been a bit on the large side, and may not have had the best personal hygiene habits… I hit that with Auto Finesse Total and a toothbrush yesterday morning before work and finally got rid of it…again, after multiple attempts with cleaning products and microfibres not doing much to remove it. I’ve a feeling this may be a case of just focussing on a small area at a time, and scrubbing it down thoroughly when I get time over the next few weeks and months! The car’s probably in such good condition because it’s been protected by a thick layer of crud 🤣

This is relatively slow compared to the Rimac Nereva R is significantly faster than the Lotus or any other current ICE car.......

I totally agree with the advice to update the infotainment software version. When I bought my PHEV it had software 1806 and problems with logging in and the navigation. These disappeared when I updated the software. Your maps are dated July 2019. You can download newer maps FOC from the Skoda sit. Free maps are issued 6 monthly. You need the navigation subscription to get monthly map updates and live traffic information.

Hi, I have just checked on official Skoda brochures. Superb Estate Mk3 Outer width (w/o mirrors): 1864mm Inner width (rear passengers): 1520mm Kodiaq mk1 Outer width (w/o mirrors): 1882mm Inner width (rear passengers): 1510mm But the inner width seems to be given at door handles according to brochures’ pics. The most interesting value would be the inner width at rear door armrest. I don’t have my Mk3 anymore, but this was a value I had looked at when comparing different Estate models to remplace my Superb Estate Mk2… I don’t know if the Kodiaq is wider for this particular value. Kids have grown and I have only one child seat for the youngest who is 8.5 y.o. now. So, not an issue anymore for me now… 🤷‍♂️ Nevertheless, the legroom for rear passengers is very similar on these both cars.

Thanks anyway. The gearlever gaiter was the one thing I did find on Youtube - but on the Fabia Mk3, that just gives access to the top of the selector and not to the electrical socket on the front of it. With most other VAG cars, the whole trim around the gearlever comes off - but again, the Fabia Mk3 doesn't look/feel as if it does, and I haven't seen anyone selling that area of trim separate from the centre console. That did surprise me as you would expect where a particular bit of trim is available in different colours to match the interior, it would clip on to keep production costs down. Anyway, I'll see how I get on and report back with photos or videos.

Autocar, amongst others have done a review on the new Lotus Evijajajaja. It's quite quick, although, it still doesn't give me the fizz ;) AutocarThis ELECTRIC car just ripped up Autocar's road test reco...British-made, 2013bhp EV cuts established 0-200mph benchmark by a massive 40 per cent

Have you considered that you've purchased a FEC code from somebody who may have already used the FEC and applied it to their vehicle. There are numerous scams like this and I would never buy anything like this unless I could verify it hasn't been used. You may end up paying twice.

After a quite some hours, a fair few quid and a few different attempts at getting rid of the previous owner's smoking habit, I dropped an Airvidox chlorine bomb in the car for the best part of 8 hours on Sunday...the results are good so far. I've already used a mix of Autoglym high foam shampoo, Auto Finesse Total interior cleaner, an Autoglym air con sanitiser, new pollen filter, Dr Leather wipes, and the smell kept on returning, especially on hot days, and especially from the steering wheel and passenger soft trim/pleather between the window and handle when the sun hits it...it's grim...I even unbolted the front seats and vacuumed quite a lot of debris from the hard-to-reach places...The irony is that the interior is pretty much immaculate, apart from the smell, and one small burn/melt on the USB port, which I'll replace at some point. So far, the interior smells fresh and the chlorine smell is gradually going (which I'm happy for it to stay as it doesn't smell of fags!), The steering wheel still has a faint whiff of smoke, but nowhere as bad as it was, so I may leave it a few weeks and do the treatment again. I spent the time pre-cleaning with Airvidox' own interior cleaner (a solution you mix into a bucket of water), and even after I thought I'd cleaned the interior to 'as new' previously, the water had gone from golden to a grim brown once I'd finished, so it obviously picked up even more grime the other cleaners hadn't. So far it's done a lot more than the other cleaners I've used, and cost a lot less...I don't think it's completely eradicated the problem yet, so if required, I'll give it another go a in a few weeks...for around £20, it's certainly been a lot cheaper than the other options I've tried, which in all fairness only clean what you can reach and touch, whereas the gas gets in everywhere, the same as cigarette smoke. Hope that helps any other owners of cars which have been smoked in! Cheers, Nick

clean old turd from pre hose pipe ban days :( not so clean now

I think the OP is referring to the front facing camera which is part of the area view (360) system on the L&K.

Just an update. Finally got round to fitting the rear top strut mounts and the knocking noise has gone. The drivers side one was obviously shot, so much movement compared to the passenger side and the new ones. Cheers for everyone's help. Sadly I'll be on the next problem lol

Made use of revo's summer sale to finally get that stage 1 remap. 190ps tdi 4x4. Who has this engine knows it's lazy and doesn't really do much off boost. The power is there but it manages to be so unexciting at every stage of operation somehow. So, overall consumption is the same. Maybe it's a bit easier to pull into the 50's below 70mph. On boost acceleration hasn't noticeably changed, however, off boost acceleration is where it really shines. There's less need to push the gas until the gearbox downshifts, making slowing down and pushing it seamless, like on roundabouts. Starts in 2'nd a lot easier, pushes in 6'th for an overtake at reasonable pace. It's like the car is a few hundred kg lighter. One thing i've noticed and i'm not sure how to feel about it is that the dpf stays cooler in normal operation. There's more headroom to heat up and passive regen doesn't happen as easy as before. Active regens are also a bit colder and take slightly more. I'd say from 550-670° down to 520-630 now. Of course i have 0-60 times as well (via car scanner). No map, winter 7.5s, exactly to spec Stage 1, summer 25° 6.4s I'll keep an eye out for any quirks as time goes on and report

The problem for MY24 was a change in EU legislation for data protection which meant all VAG cars had OBD access to coding restricted. Not even the dealers can get in.

Air con condensate washing off some protective grease ?

I'd cry BS on that statemeent made by any VW fanboy.. VW drivers (and I have been one a few times) will always think their brand is more "premium" than the Skoda. The interior on my Sportline is far supierior to that of my previous Tiguan R-Line, everything feels great and the seats are highly ajustable and very supportive. Looking at the SEL trim levels these are also top notch, with i could've spec'd the tan/brown leather in mine.