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Hooray! Fault found. It’s a corroded connection in a plug 🤦‍♂️ So now it’s getting fixed!

To retrofit 3 phase will require digging up the road/garden/driveway, will be quite disruptive. But at the same time, there's a significant amount of housing stock on looped supply. This will also require digging up the road/garden/driveway to retrofit dedicated wiring for each house. Could be good opportunity to go straight to 3 phase. All new builds now should be 3 phase and no gas. With heat pump, solar + batteries and EV charging. No gas infrastructure would save more than putting in slightly thicker cable with 2 more cores. As I'm on the have side of the social divide. Recent mild heat wave had not been felt. Never exceeded 25c throughout my house, whole day. Gained conservatory as one more usable room that used to get to 35c from the sun. Air-con electricity comes from solar and powerwall at 0 to 7 p/kWh. 😎

Sounds like Admiral were ripping you off at £700 if they were prepared to match the £400 Aviva price. Out of principle I would not have renewed with Admiral. Good price for your age & location. My policy is that any supplier gets just one chance to quote me & give me their best price. Anyone who comes back with a subsequent lower price when told I'm cancelling, I'm not renewing or not accepting their quote, doesn't get my business. It's the only way to keep them on their toes - at least in my mind.

A few of mine from Conningsby/Woodhall Spa some years ago. Shutter speeds a little too high for the props though

But sadly most UK homes only have a single phase supply, and in my experience most US home have a dual 110V at 180 degree phase supply (giving 220V for tumble dryers and washing machines).

The speedometer (in km) is showing on the right dial, it couldn't be any clearer.

Hi About 3/4 years ago it went into Skoda for engine misfire. They did an update ?, plus fitted new plugs to it and charged me £300+ for the privilege. Since then pretty much had it serviced regular , other than the plugs which i have just changed they had seen better days, i have bought new coil packs now to be fitted( Genuine vw/audi/skoda) Thank you for your help and advice, i shall monitor things

Check the rubber couplings on the prop shaft on a Scout or 4x4... They tend to fail and cause a bad vibration at around 2300rpm under acceleration

Yes, found a couple of threads on here which detail the fuses involved. Thanks again for your time, Pete. The details you provided re the thermostatic sensor for the rad fan have given me a great pointer.

In the 2013 model the MFD does not provide an option to display oil temperature, only coolant temperature. Have downloaded the owners manual to confirm this.

I was with Chris Knott brokers for a few years and last year they couldn't find anyone to insure me (I'm 78) I went with Admiral for £700 (I live in central London and park on the street). After a year of only having to bill me, they sent this year's premium, which was an increase of £100. I did a GoCompare and ended up with Aviva for £400. Admiral called and said they would match the offer.

On newer cars Trip is shown where the 3 seat symbol is. (bottom row left of centre) The three seat symbol disappears after a while to be replaced by trip. Trip is in fact not Trip but simply accumulates distance covered until you reset it. "Since Start" accumulates data from each time you start the engine unless you've stopped for less than 2 hours. In this case it resumes data collection where it left off. As to position of this data you can have Trip in it's default position or in the middle of the display if you select it. If you have it in the middle of the display it will still show up (smaller) in the default position. As I said before, the display options are limited. You can't always get the info you want where you want it. The info in the centre of each dial offers the same choice left or right. The best thing to do, via the infotainment, select view 1 and play about with what shows up inside the left dial and the right dial. Then using the steering wheel control play about with what shows up between the dials. You may or may not find a combo you are happy with. Unless the option you select via infotainment is "Auto" the data you choose in "view one" will be persistent irrespective of the way you choose to see your dashboard. Same is true for how you set up "view 2" If you select "Auto" via the infotainment then dashboard display changes depending on driving mode. You are best to make these settings with the engine running , car in park, handbrake on. The reason for this is that during the engine start period other stuff is happening (e.g. the 3 seat symbol) that disappears after a period. Note also that engaging cruise control hides the odometer display even if you have not set a cruising speed. The point is the dashboard is dynamic rather than a static display.

Fair enough. If you have any further trouble, it's probably not too hard to get to the source of these wires beyond the holes in body and tailgate, and replace the sections which go through the bellows, with splices in areas that don't flex when the tailgate is moved.

I managed to do it from 1896 straight to 1985 (with engine on) and had no issues. Took a good 25 minutes and was worried at the CPU update because it took ages but all okay! Let’s see how this version is compared to 1896.

I had issues with my near side rear door lock pulsing and not unlocking. When it went in to Skoda they ended up changing 3 out of 4 door locking modules. The car had stored the fault codes. Fortunately it was under warranty. VAG group cars have been plagued for years with door module issues. I changed several on MK4 golfs!

About 10 years time. The belts are now reinforced with a Kevlar like material, should last comfortably 12-15 years, and 200,000km. Possibly even longer

@MidfieldGeneral Misfires might not be logged unless there is enough happening in a cycle. So the lack of logged codes for mis-fires does not mean mis-fires were not felt when driving. The continental 95 ron might have been E5 and not had up to 5% bio-ethanol. UK 95 ron Unleaded is E10 and might have up to 10% bio-ethnol. OR Might not, well no more than 5%. Where do you get 95 ron with no bio-ethanol in the UK? Nobody sells 98 Ron petrol in the UK and have not for a decade and more, you get 97 or 99 ron minimum.

Renewed my insurance a few months ago & to my surprise existing insurer also dropped my premium. Quick check around & quotes were generally lower than previous years. Not sure what is causing this but I ain't going argue!! However, I hit 70 next year which is normally a trigger for higher premiums.

It's car insurance renewal time next month and quotes from the comparison sites were coming out at around £285 this year. Imagine my surprise when my current insurer sent my renewal notice through and they'd dropped it from £330 last year to only £216 this year and that included both my daughters as named drivers this time too! When accepting the renewal I changed my marital status from married to widowed and that added on another few quid to bring it to £230. Not sure why being wife-less would make a difference but at £100 less than last year I bit their hand off.

Hi, i had the self same issue. Missing is a small cap that diverts the water onto the screen. You can get replacement caps but they did not fit my model . The ultimate solution for me was to get a complete wiper arm. The difficulty is removing the current wiper. I ended up using a puller to get the broken wiper off. Then it was a simple swap. The replacement wiper arm was about £15..

OEM rear camera

Must be annoying to get so far and then see it fail. Just a thought - these are big files, and if you make several attempts, even if they fail half way, they could be leaving partial files on the computer. If the PC only has a modestly sized memory and there's not much room available, then that may cause a problem. Also remember that any 'failure' files you put into recycling are still there. So may be worth emptying the recycling bin (either fully or at least all big items) plus deleting any previous year update files still hanging about on the PC. I cheat as my mate has some ridiculously fast fibre broadband package, so does the download, unzip and load of the flash drive for me - all done before we've finished the first beer!

Thanks for the reply Mac. I thought the same, immediately suspected a head gasket or something similar. Coolant has held perfectly for thousands of miles so am thinking its not coolant related! It seems to be something to do with allowing the exhaust gas back into the intake is causing the smoke? For the life of me cant think what.

I think replacing spark plugs might well be all that is required. When were they replaced, 4 years / 40,000 miles ago or sooner? Failing plugs can cause premature failure of ignition coils, but do not replace if not required. See what the plugs look like.

Reasonably confident that the coolant is reasonably recent and to spec. Car was purchased new for my wife and then "gifted/nicked" by Sprog 1. That written, it may well be worth a renewal - but I don't think it is a cause of the current issues: expansion sphere looked suitably pink when I last looked a couple of days ago.

Glad you enjoying the car. Agree on the ECO tyres......but we'll live with it for the mo and change for better down the line. My wife was the opposite.....only wanted the Phoenix Orange and unless we went for the Monte Carlo trim, they didn't have many available in UK without making a factory order, whereas this was already on a ship on its way from the factory.........and it also had a spare wheel included so there's a bonus lol. Loads of compliments on the colour though and it does stand-out from the row of greys, blue and blacks on the street as a bit of "sunshine". Having a garage to do your car in a real bonus though.......people laugh when I complain about it being sunny outside when I'm itching to get the wax out. Enjoy bud😁

I think At the moment , i will monitor things and see if it gets worse. Didn't want to do an engine re build as there aren't many people in Leeds or surrounding who like to touch these engines .

First check is the Anti Freeze (Summer coolant / anti corrosion.) Is it at the correct strength and has it been changed in the past 12 years. It is not just near water being run from having been topped up with just H20 is it?

I nearly bought that colour absolutely loved it but the wife didn't lol Yeah its a lovely car so far only had it two weeks or so. Mines the automatic so I just sit back and enjoy the effortless driving experience. I find it hard to get a comfy driving position thats my only gripe constantly playing with the sseat settings but that'll be more me than the car. Ive got the dreaded dashboard rattle when the engine is cold thats been previously mentioned but have got used to it now. Also as mentioned the tyres are very noisy at speeds up to 30mph so they will get replaced by quieter tyres when needed. Like yourself I love to detail cars I am a Funeral Operative so im cleaning hearses and limos to a very high standard everyday so my car gets detailed at least two times a week at the work garage 😁 Still not sure what to do about the wheel covers, they do look kinda cool but I do worry about the **** collecting behind them All in all im impressed with the Fabia and hope it gives me many years of trouble free motoring

Thanks! Let me rephrase,I got no problem with the "cold" viscosity ... the only experiment in this regard I've made it was in the Ct200h wifemobile, which once I failed to secure the recommended 0W-20 and found 5W-30 and on startup/initial cold running the engine was noticeably rougher. So I am with you on the cold concept ..... My concern is, as explained, at high temp/high load. Don't know you guys, but except a brief spell, it has been every day around 30 Celsius since mid-June. This puts you in the "tropical operating environment", and running on the highway at 2.4/2.7k RPM (that'd be 130/150 km/h) with a loaded car and AC on, I still believe puts a -30 to the edge of its limiting capabilities, true I seldom see past 110 in the instrument cluster indicator, but... Bear in mind all my other vehicles, albeit older, have always run on the various combinations 5W40 5W50 10W60 .... I am just not used to water for oil 😁😚 Lacking grounds to safely change - I do not know if I have the variable oil pump, for example, which to me also sounds folly - I might reduce replacement interval .... Thanks for bearing with me, feel free to simply write "stop thinking about it and DRIVE!" 😄

Unfortunately this year's update has had to be abandoned. Six or seven attempts at downloading the 29GB zip file from the update portal all failed at between 6 and 10GB. It's a pity successive downloads cannot continue from where the previous one stopped. I may have another attempt when I have nothing else to do but for now life is too short to worry about this.

10 minutes in Rob explains just how quick the Zoe mk3 can charge ie at 22 kws using 3 phase. Apart from adding 100 miles of range in an hour the battery gets warmed quicker so can be in better temp range when starting. I like the Bluetti stuff, which is portable, and can move with me. Just need to daisy work out how to get 11, 16,22 kws out when modularised with additional batteries. My dream system below in the middle .... BLUETTI UKBLUETTI Apex 300 Versatile Power Station | 2,764.8Wh 3,840WBLUETTI Apex 300: 2,764Wh LiFePO₄ power station with 3,840W AC (7,680W peak). Expandable to 58kWh and app-ready—ideal for home backup, RVs & off-grid.

Within tolerances was given as 0.5 litres in 1,000 km (621 miles) actually with a proper oil consumption test within a warranty 0.3 litres in 1,000 used could get an engine replacement. If it does not use oil on long runs there is not much wrong on a 14 year old Twincharger. You fit good spark plugs, do not use long life oil and do fixed servicing of oil & filter and use E5 super unleaded. Plenty have done just that and no need to rebuild the engine.

If you have an SE Tech then they only have LED headlights and not the Matrix LED of the SEL and above. Only Matrix LED headlights can do the simulated foglights.

Well aware i'm talking to myself but it may help people in the future... there's nothing worse when people complain about an issue but never update the final result on a forum. More wires have failed in the left hand side tailgate wiring which is what is presumably causing my issue!

Be advised that, for whatever reason the lighter oil was specified, some engines are optimised to run on it. I have a DKTB EA888.3 that runs on 0W-20 - bearing tolerances and a variable speed oil pump mean running a heavier oil might not actually be the best thing for it. Traditionally yes, a lighter oil offers less protection at operating temp. However, with tighter bearing tolerances and a pump designed to keep a thinner oil at higher pressure, all around the engine, from what I've seen the effect is the same. Advice from various places is to stick with manufacturer recommendations, unless heavily tuned. If the car is designed/recommended to run on 5W-30, why change it? Most people have issue with the viscosity when cold (0W). VW 504/507 was 5W-30, seems now it has changed to 0W-30.

Roomster parts catalogue 1 6Q0411105AG Front coil spring 1 red paint mark 1 yellow paint mark L05 8 6Q0413031BJ Front shock absorber G40 https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/skoda/CZ/RO/481/4/411/411000 Some front aftermarket coil springs matching 6Q0411105AG Bilstein 36-199884 Eibach R10470 KYB RH3350 Sachs 998750 https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/oem/6q0411105ag?supplier%5B%5D=16&supplier%5B%5D=253&supplier%5B%5D=85&supplier%5B%5D=112&supplier%5B%5D=246

Just been emailed by the salesman Car is at the docks waiting for a ship to the UK 👍😁🏎️ Looking at early September delivery 😁😁😁😁😁 Sportline 85 Maxx+winter +driver

I've sold several vehicles that were on PCPs back to the dealers, often the dealer that sold me the vehicle in the first place. You can also haggle with a dealer too, I got an extra grand on my old M4, with a bit of negotiation, when I sold it back to the dealer, I also didn't buy another car from them, it was just a simple sale. It helps if you have a desirable car, it isn't too old and the condition is good. Having said that, I have a PHEV that comes to an end in 9 months and I don't think I stand a chance in Hell that a dealer will pay more than the balloon payment. The car will be sent straight back to Peugeot, as nobody wants them :(

I reckon an alignment is the next option although tyres are wearing perfectly so not too hopefull. If that doesnt work going to see about getting front drive shafts replaced/reconditioned as its the only thing left to do. Going to swap tyres around first in case its wheel related but just had new tyres plus balancing on front and rears are only 1/4 worn. Alasdair

Just heard back from Skoda, my VRS is going into build next week, on track for mid September delivery.

Oddly enough two of the biggest weaknesses of electric cars rarely get highlighted. You need a backup car, EV or ICE, incase you arrived home. say from work, near empty, and wants to go out in the evening and one would have to wait quite a time on uk home charging to get a good charge to our ie 2 or more hours unless one went to a more expensive public charger and then one would still be taking a lot more time than in an ICE car. Secondly whilst the West talks big about transition to EV the EU in particular, levy crippling taxes on Chinese EVs hence China is massively switching to sending hybrids, plug in and self charging EVs which don't have the massive import levies. Neither the EU or UK has expressed how they would replace taxes collected on diesel and petrol, £25B, got to be €100B plus in the case of the EU. EU particularly seem to stiffling EVs, they say to protect their own EV industry but with Germany that ship seems to have sailed and it is Renault and the Stellantis group that is putting up a fight against the Chinese EV imports. There is much undercurrents with the transition from fossil fuels to EV and in my view we are oft talking about the wrong things. Two other things I have noticed with my offering, one has no interest in using Eco mode and just want to drive without a care, not unreasonable, and one of the offspring hates me using regen braking, says it makes be feel funny and not in a good way. Running costs and even buy / lease price moans on EVs, that boat has sailed and EVs are winning hands down. A few other issues as I have mentioned above seem to get little airing ?

Closed minded narrative is precisely what you are exhibiting when you try and rubbish any viewpoint that does not just blindly follow the electric and net zero narrative that you seem to have swallowed hook line and sinker, without even considering the possible negatives, possibly blinded by the much cheapness on offer was the draw I did say did I not, "what if", I expect next you'll be claiming that it was public knowledge that there was a nuclear bomb being developed and that they would be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There are many things that are secret in this world, some are for the right reasons, and some not so. I have made my position on electric vehicles, clear, not anti them, just anti the current forced adoption of them until all the associated problems that they also bring along are resolved.

Do you want me to lend you a duster?

I've uploaded my issue to a Youtube video, showcasing the navigation problem. If nobody has any suggestions on this issue, I plan to open a new thread. Cheers

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.

Like the colour, pity I couldn't specify all leather seats.

What do you guys think?

it looks like Petrol Blue, other places called Lava Blue. This is our iV in the same color:

On the day I picked it up. SEL First Edition with 18” alloys.