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A35 (with stupid big roof spoiler). A lot cheaper than the equivalent BMW, VW, Cupra, Audi. It's just a shame Skoda doesn't do a Vrs 4x4.

I just thought "it's Lady E so it's got to be prestige of some sort" and it was the only 4x4 type thing I could think of that has a 'halfords' roof spoiler... 🤣)

A45 or A35 ? A45 A35 Gonna be the divil of a job getting spares for either :(

Way past time for a 'calm' discussion then! What's your standard waiting time rate?

Mercedes AMG GLA 45 S 4matic+ ???

Thanks Lee, I soon discovered that they are in fact pins to help locate the upper (plastic) timing cover whilst refitting with sealant gasket on two surfaces: I guess they guide the cover into just the right spot at the first attempt, preventing squidging of sealant into places it shouldn't be. Insert all the other screws, then remove these pins to fit last two screws. I've used similar, but homemade things when refitting sumps with liquid gaskets. Will be helpful now that I know what they are. 🙂

As per title, the PCP on my Peugeot 3008 PHEV, is coming to an end in the next couple of weeks (technically I am Voluntary Terminating the PCP a month early) and I'm sad that the car didn't work out as well as I hoped. The car itself is great. It was pretty faultless whilst I had it, although it suffered well over a month unable to be used, after I blew a tyre out in a pothole one rainy Manchester evening. Turned out there were no comparable tyres in the country. I tried every avenue, including Peugeot themselves, but it was a big "no" from everyone. But that aside the car was very reliable - oh and the tyres are freely available now Good points The interior, which is a really nice place to spend time. Anyone remembering Peugeot from the 80/90/00s would be surprised by the quality and general style of the thing. They have gone down a contentious route of placing the speedo display above the eye-line of the steering wheel. I didn't even notice on the test drive and found it natural and worked brilliantly, others disagree The switchgear, especially the metal piano key buttons are a tactile delight and massage seats were a fun option that I rarely used. The only thing missing in the spec was a sunroof (I don't like them anyway) and wireless Android Auto/Apple carplay. This is easily fixed with a cheap Amazon dongle that plugs into the car in place of your phone connection and works seamlessly as a conduit for wireless operation. Great fix The ride quality is great, as the car is quite softly sprung (remember those days when cars were just so, I'm looking at you, you naughty stiff German cars). It does roll a fair bit in corners, but I quite enjoyed the challenged of keeping speed up on a cross-country blast, it was much more of a challenge than regular modern cars, especially VAG, BMW and their ilk. The gearbox was an 8 speed slushmatic and worked really well, even if the flappy paddles were connected to the gearbox via a dialup modem. Also, suprisingly, the performance could be described as quite brisk in a straight line and quite scary in a combination of challenging corners. This is because, quite incongruously, my 3008 had a 1.6 petrol engine and two electric motors. This gave a limited power of 300bhp! So the car could certainly pick up its heels and head off like a scaled cat (well, comparatively speaking). Not so good points and the main reason the car was a disappointment. The PHEV bit! I admit the car was an experiment for me but as it turned out, the real world running costs, mainly the economy, were a big disappointment. Ok, I could charge at home, but my job entails that I needed to charge the car many, many times away from home. At this point it becomes very expensive and I would have been better off buying a standard 2.0 petrol car in this regard. Another issue is range. Peugeot claim "up to" 39 miles of electric range, but in reality low 20s is your lot in summer and less than this in winter, at least with all the usual toys turned on. This has the effect of you driving around dragging a dead-ish heavy lump of a battery, which doesn't help your overall fuel economy. Ideally you fully charge the car and use the satnav as the car will determine how to use the EV side in conjunction with the ICE and meter it out so you finish your journey with zero charge and maximum MPG. Then of course you have a flat battery and if you are away from home, you need to find a charger again (at great cost) and this brings me to the other miserable 'feature', charging speed! Boy, or girl, is it slow! Because the car uses a 300V architecture, it charges quite slowly not helped by an inbuilt inverter that limits you to 16amps, so the assumed 10KwH of available charging required (a couple of KwH is reserved for the cars general running, (things like heating etc) in reality turns out to be nearer 11Kwhs or more, due to inefficacies of charging and takes around 3.5 hours or so. It's basically a pain. In reality, the car has been driven around with a flat traction battery for much of it's life :( The massive discount I got when purchasing the car on PCP (£17K) has meant crippling poor residual. My car is in negative equity to the tune of around £2-3K. Luckily the benefit of PCP/HP protects you from this burden. So my thoughts overall are these. It's a great car to own, except for the above and the fear that the extraordinary complexity of operation in its drivetrain, will lead to a very expensive vehicle for future owners somewhere down the road. To see graphics of the car running in real time, switching a combination of engine, front electric motor, rear electric motor or any combination of the above, coupled with recharging off the front motor, rear motor or ICE (which it does regularly) beggars belief. It works seamlessly, but it is terrifyingly clever to watch operate and hence when it goes wrong, it will rival brain surgery in its difficulty to repair. The car would have been a better fit for me if it had been simply a 1.6 litre engine with a simple 4x4 facility. Certainly would have been lighter. I think I can recommend this model as a great value one, just avoid the PHEVs if you travel around a bit. My replacement car is a petrol one, has teeny bit of mild hybriddy, 4x4 and at least on the motorway, is much more economical. It's ride quality however, is a polar opposite. I'm going to check the transport chocks haven't been left in :D

I wouldn't say it has to be prestige. I've had a Hyundai Kona and a couple of Vitaras in recent history But I agree the Plymouth Speedbird spoiler is comical and if I was keeping the car, I'd have it replaced with the standard spec one. But seriously, the current deals on the A35 are strong (and non-negotiable). I did get an alleged ceramic detail and a full tank on delivery. The car isn't as well built inside as the M135, but it doesn't suffer from the weird FSD bouncy thing that the BMW has going on over lumpy roads. It feels like their boffins got their sums wrong. Having said that, the A35 ride is always busy and firm and feels like a sheepdog wanting to go chase some woolly friends around the place. It does have an amazing "ooooh" factor inside however and the economy on the motorway is better than my PHEV was when it had run out of charge (which was most of the time). The A35s downside (and also one of its strengths) is the way the suspension is bolted to the car (imho). It is very similar to the way BMW does its M cars; a lack of bushes, a shear panel (that's what the blurb says anyway) and a rear subframe bolted directly to the car (get me and my fancy car BS). It creates a lot of road noise and the spec I have is dropped 10mm further which not only gives the car a ground clearance similar to my F Type, but feels like it has compromised the travel of the springs, so much so, that a pothole is quite an adventure. Also, rubber band tyres probably don't help. But it is a long time since I had a proper hot hatch and at least for now, I'm enjoying the chuckability and terrier like approach to handling. And apart from the usual DCT crudeness as the car is coming to a stop and moving off again just as the car is about to come to rest, it is very quick and very smooth. The exhaust note is even quite nice and fruity, a rarity these days and funnily enough the car sounds better than the A45. One huge annoyance and It's not really directed at the A35 in particular, are the nanny systems. The beeps and bongs are ludicrous. Every time you set off you need to go to different menus to disable the speed limit warning, you can stop the bongs very easily as there is a permanent shortcut on the screen, but the speed sign on the dash and head-up display flashes constantly until it too is disabled. Also, the ruddy lane keeping assist resets every time you start the car! You can make shortcuts for things, but they aren't all in the same place....arghhhhh. But another plus is the inbuilt camera that looks for cars in front of you so it can adapt the headlight beam, can be used as a video recorder. You have to pay MB (its a retroactive thing surprisingly, done after I received the car) a bit of extra cash in order to access this function of course but it means no wires or obvious camera to be nicked, sitting on your windscreen. You do have to enable it every time you start (thank you EU nannies), but this can be done with a direct voice command if you like, as you don't even have to use the wake up phrase "hey mercedes". There are several of these 'Direct' phrases like "next track" "increase temperature" and so on. Makes things a little easier and so far works well and understands my accent. Funnily enough, when you increase the temp, the turbine air vents glow red and when you drop the temp, they glow blue Very silly but a nice touch. I had also looked at the Cupra Formentor and the Golf R, but they were out of my price league. So even though the A35 isn't quite the quickest kid on the block, it is great fun and I'm enjoying getting to grips with it.

One of you is very close, probably the 8 speed is the giveaway? (and I suspect you are fully nerded up on these sorts of things). But it isn't a hyper hatch like the RS3/A45. Although given the choice between A45 and Vitara V12, I know which one I'd like to have a blast in. It isn't the i30 nice car though, that it is.

Gorra be surely - or a variant thereof? Unless it’s a … it’s a V12 Vitara 😁 But if I’m a guessin’, I’m still sticking to my guns - Hyundai i30 🤷‍♂️ Gaz

I'd love a V12 but can't afford to run one. I've still got my Jag, which interestingly enough is being worked on at the minute. A bit of external trim was starting to come away last year and after a botched attempt to fix it by the local dealership (Williams) owing to a claimed damaged part being sent, they are having a second go today... Unfortunately, I was told it would take 2-21/2 half hours to replace. It's a Jag, so large bits of internal stuff has to be removed to fix the teeny external trim. Anyhoo I opted to wait and so at the appointed hour of 11:00 I dropped the car off - actually I was a little early. I've now been sat here for over 3 hours and the best I can get out of them is "I dunno when it will be ready". The very nice chap who picks the cars up and takes them around to the workshop is trying his best and reckons it will be another 30 minutes, but I'm not holding my breath. Getting ready to have a calm, but rather direct conversation with someone. Great service for a car that was allegedly over £100k when it was new (I didn't pay that of course and it's on a PCP). All I want is to be kept informed of the delay and a time when it should be done, It is only a piece of external trim (goes around the rear window). Funnily enough, I received a potential theft alert around 12:30 which was the time they disconnected the battery. I reckon this means they started work on the car 90 minutes late, which as a customer that is waiting is a bit crap imho. As for new car, it is a 2.0 petrol, is 4x4-ish and is not a BMW (Oh and it's an 8 speed DCT). I got £6.5k off, it's on 3.8% PCP and has 2 free services. It's also grey as they don't do colours in this car any more it seems. It comes with a 14 year olds wet dream of a rear roof spoiler as it is a standard fit and they all have them !!!! I'm too old for this car. It's also not a super hatch/coupe

It’s Škoda new car warranty with 7 months left. Eventually after some back and forth with dealerships and Škoda customer support, Škoda have given a push from their side to force the dealer to take my car from recovery. Now to wait and see what the issue turns out to be and see if warranty will cover or not!

V12 BMW 🤷‍♂️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbIGZrpXJlk

Could have tagged this on to an existing thread but as the tyre specific ones aren't about the CC 3s specifically and others that mention tyres aren't really about this make and model's performance. Anyway, with that out of the way...... Had a set of CrossClimate 3s fitted today. Ordered online from Blackcircles and fitted locally by a tyre fitting place. What a difference over the crap Bridgestones that they replaced. I felt the ride, handling and noise were improved. I appreciate that part of that improvement will be down the the greater tread depth and relatively softer rubber but no question I'm happy with my experience of them so far. One thing that is not subjective like the aspects above is the grip. I commented in the recent "Judder" thread that the problem might have been the tyres. I talked about my experience with the Bridgestones fitted to my wife's MY23 and my own MY 22 Karoq. After I left the fitter I tried to reproduce the spinning/juddering when pulling out of junctions and just couldn't. If you're in the market for new 'oops I think you could do a lot worse than these.

Hi all, just got a new company car the 3rd Skoda. This one is a Kodiaq SE-L iv. It is a very nice car to drive. I have a question regarding the remormte start and alarm but I will detail in another post. Thanks Andy

Hi, just joined having purchased a 2020 Octavia IV. I am in Yorkshire.

this one looks like a fake topics to read: https://www.drive2.ru/l/673718879045834225/ https://www.drive2.ru/l/717594065918495629/ https://www.drive2.ru/l/648258312915128932/

Only 8"

Coming not very soon, or perhaps not: https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/skoda/karoq/368846/exclusive-new-generation-skoda-karoq-cards-hybrid-power

I second that. I fitted the Cross Seasons to my Touran and the difference was such that even my wife remarked on it (as a passenger). I'm waiting on delivery of my new Karoq and will probably fit to that as well.

So far I've spent a total of 5 1/2 hours waiting in total for this bit of trim to be fixed!!!!!

The DQ400-e is a 6 Speed Wet Clutch DSG with a filter. Fitted to 1.4 or 1.5 TSI PHEV.s. Not fitted to 1.4 or 1.5 TSI,s or TSI ACTs. non PHEV. DQ400-e DSG,s might have Skoda Dealerships say change at 2nd service as they do with DQ381,s. Total nonsense. ........................ As to DQ200 7 speed twin dry clutch DSG,s with no Service Schedule but 2 oils which can be changed. The Filter is in the MCU so not getting changed unless the MCU removed.

It does indeed :) I know for a fact that when I get to the top of the hill on the A56 (Accrington Bypass) in recent weather I reach the top at a reported 2.5/2.6 since start and the entire downhill stretch can be done at 70mph with no energy input and just a smidge of regen (i use the travel assist/ACC) and by the bottom I'll be at 3, then after that its about 9 miles of mixed 30-50 roads. Although to be fair when I first got the car I was a bit paranoid/obsessed with the efficiency, but 6000 miles later I don't really give it a second thought any more :)

I live in the North West, have an elroq edition 60 and drive into and out of manchester daily from about 35 miles away, I have the AC set to 22C and if I pre condition while charging I get around 3-3.2 mi/kwh, without pre condition I get (in weather <8C) 2.7-3. The long steep pulls up the dual carraigeways/motorways kill the efficiency at 60-70mph but often i'm often sat in traffic. Im summer I am getting 3.5-3.8 mi/kwh

Yes, new sensors will be automatically detected after half kilometer. But if it is genuine VAG antenna. Btw it’s possible to manually put sensors ids via diagnostics tools For fake antenna you can’t upload dataset with tire pressure settings.

One very early demised clutch thread here was a Ex Demonstrator that was driven for the 3 Months / 3,000 miles by a family member of the Scottish Dealerships employees. Mother in law of Dealer Principal as i remember. Skoda Approved Used car and the Dealership said, No Warranty, not us gov. Driver error, not the Mother in law though. There are various cases like that i remember. Scottish Dealership Groups.

Injectors will only last between 120k miles and 140k miles, so the indicated mileage of 162k is good going. Suggest treating the car to some decent OEM spec injectors to restore performance to your vehicle.

Sadly no. From memory, the module can only have a max of 5 (maybe 6??) sensors paired. The TPMS sensors need to b paired to the TPMS module using suppa rare specialist TPMS programming tools. Even adding one tyre, say a spare tyre, will require the additional sensor to b purchased first and then paired, via the specialist tool, to the module. If u have another set of 4 tyres, u either need to get the sensors moved between the rims.....or ....have another TPMS module with its own set of 4x sensors. This way u simply unplug the module associate to ur summer tyres, and plug the module associated to the winter tyres. My TPMS module is accessible from underneath, inside the rear bumper. But I don't require summer/winter tyres. But when the battery dies in my sensors, I can easily replace it with another TPMS kit.

The posisiton of these Parking lights and their socket. Since is round shape and has no notches when i find the chance i will try to make a rotation to see if there is an improvement in the beam pattern.

That will be a rip off clone, don't expect support from Ross-Tech or us here.

why? its same engine like in VW, Seat and Audi. same service intervals. all of them agree its 15 yrs and 180000kms. aldough, mileage is less important, 15 yrs. for tdi was 10 years and 210000 kms last 10 years. on 10 yrs i think is not to early or to late. to late is when belt snaps. there are less components on that side, only camshafts and 2 tensioners. it waterpump is there it will increase force on belt and on pump itself. since pump had its own belt which is not in such tension, pump belt should last forever, longer than tdi oil pump belt, same proportions but alwaxs in contact with oil.

Early EA211 1.4Tsi engines on the Mk3 had piston ring issues causing high oil consumption with age but this should have been sorted by now for the Mk4 as the piston rings were redesigned later to resolve the high oil consumption issues. The DSG box will be DQ400E, and require oil and filter change every 40k. Eco TorqueVW GTE 0DD DSG / DQ400e Servicing | Why Most Garages Won’...Learn why VW 0DD DSG / DQ400e servicing is avoided by many garages. Eco Torque performs full hybrid disassembly to replace filters, oil & settings.

I got mine from AliExpress 6+ yrs ago - no issues n still going strong. Most of the TPMS kits will b fine provided u get the right version, i.e. 5Q0907273B Make sure u get one that includes the 4x sensors as they would come pre-paired with the module. Skoda uses the same ones for VW. Do not get the TPMS designed for Audi as they r different and also do temperature readings.

I volunteer for the coastguard and it’s amazing how hard it is to get the 13 litre inline 6 700hp Scanias to warm up just ticking over. Diesels love load and love to work.

Although at that age is it DQ381? @SkodaKing if it’s 6-speed it’s a DQ250 gearbox which needs servicing as @Evolution13 said at 40k. If it’s 7-speed, Skoda says it’s now 80k but that’s bonkers and get it done at 40k anyway because it’s a tiny preventive maintenance cost. I’m pretty sure there’s possibly/probably a timeframe for those too. Mine’s ‘21 plate on almost 32k and I’ll be getting mine done at this year’s service around September which will be 5 years and about 37k anyway I imagine. You don’t state if yours is 4x4 - if so the Haldex is woefully overdue and needs doing imminently (oil change, clean the gauze) but if not then nothing doing. How come the brake fluid has been changed every other day? It needs doing but that was like 6 months and 5k miles at one point.

Update just installed AA ver 16.1 and it seems to have fixed the connection issues.

Bumped to an earlier crossing because of the weather so 3am start. No cafe open on the boat so no breakie! Weather remains wet and windy so not bothered yet with the camera. Took a few snaps with the camera phone instead and butchered the images in Lightroom.

Friends of ours just had the same on their VW Tiguan when they came to visit on the weekend. If you no longer have access to the car (uncertain from your post) ask them to confirm the actual issue. Our friends had error code 10666 (P173500) which is the position sensor for clutch 1. After doing some research it seems it's possible to replace this without buying a whole new mechatronics unit, but it needs a soldering iron, so main dealers will just replace the whole thing. There's a thread about it here - https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/524893-mechatronics-failure-10666/ Various places like https://eco-torque.co.uk/blogs/news/dq380-dq381-dq500-bosch-versions-0bh-0bt-0dl-0de-0gc-p1735-p1736-clutch-postion claim to be able to fix these. If the whole board has failed then you'll need a whole new unit.

I reckon she's back to a Vitara...

... is a... ??? C'mon, spill, don't keep us waitin' When I bought my vRS, back in 2015, it was a bit crashy. Yep, sure enough, transport blocks were still there 🙄 Gaz

dont be such a pesimistic. i buyed mostly all the parts, just alternator pulley and exhaust camshaft bolt not yet.. i also buyed tool from this video. i dont need 1000-2000€ for this. i get some parts on ebay, some on local stores, all INA, pump and oil separator are original. all this was 600€, tool 200€. i have small garage with mechanic tools. people around the world drive 1.5 tsi engine, less part of them are not much wise not to invent similar timing machine which is 7x cheaper. only need digital inclinometer, it comes with tool, other parts are analog. if it is not good i have professional Mitutoyo inclinometer one at work. watch this video, and it is in Germany.

Derek, in this photo the indented cut out looks a very odd shape is this from factory as it looks like the type of work I'd do with a junior hacksaw blade and my unsteady hand and wonky eyes?

Thanks for that Andrehj, I suppose hindsight is great after finding the issue!! I was also stuck with another issue with my Windows and central locking giving trouble.. the fix was actually a broken wire at the passenger front door wiring, which was making the passenger rear window and lock not working.. I had focused on the wiring at the drivers door loom at the hinge side. I know this is a known issue. I will look through a few photos and submit another step by step fix. Kind regards, Tom.

The HBA on mine (MY17) is flawless and responds great.

Just on space, we have a 7 year old Karoq and a 3 year old Kamiq. We regularly travel to France, and now take the newer Kamiq. While the boot is slightly smaller we still manage to pack the same amount in and the mpg is far better, often 500 on a full tank.

They say there’s more legroom and the seating position is better, interestingly (or not as the case may be) my elderly in-laws also commented on the comfort of being a back seat passenger in comparison to the Karoq.

The Kamiq is a Polo sized car (similar platform). OK, I know it does not look that way. I came out of the Q3 (same basic platform as Golf) into the Kamiq and the slight shrinking in size is noticeable. I was looking at Q2's as well but silly prices. Kamiq boot is big though. The deciding factor for me was the weight the 1.5 engine had to lug about. An easy 44 mpg from the Kamiq is a winner. I'm still of the opinion that the price on the Kamiq is on the high side.

You need to install 308 first (there's a MEGA link further up the thread with this file) then you can install 330. This is the same sequence that I followed. You may want to also update your OCU which is slightly more involved, but not massively. It might help you, but I'm now on 330 and on the latest OCU version and still having primary user problems. Skoda tech support have said I need to go to a dealership to sort it out which is really annoying.

My sisters Land Rover was 'dip-stick less', and the engine seized....... but that could be a number of reasons and probably off this topic..... but yes terrible idea! My Kodiaq has a dip-stick and a warning on the Infotainment system that comes up.... although my good lady would argue some days the car has 2 dip-sticks in it when I'm driving......