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Update on the whole Monte Carlo or Bust thing. Organised as a true "rally" stage where we all departed at 6 minute intervalls, the idea was not have a "race" but to stagger arrival times at chargers. There were some challenges along the way, i.e. finding particular spots to photograph. Turned it into a bit of a treasure hunt whilst enjoying the driving. Absolutely amazing time amongst 20+ other Tesla cars. There were about 60 of us in total. Great camaraderie, stories to tell, as you can see from my previous post (sorry, this post is an edited copy/paste!) One of the chaps on the group works for a tracking company and developed a website so we could track each other's progress in realtime. Complete with scoring leaderboard on the left. As you can imagine, it played a part in strategy as you could see where the ones in front of you were going and make last minute route changes to jump them or plan to use an alternative charger. Great fun! We've made the trip public now so you can see the routes each person took. https://esplor.io/rally/tesla-2018 Also made a very quick one-minute YouTube video to give you an idea. We're already planning the next one. Talks of Gibraltar or even Casablanca are being mentioned!

Rear is still non-RS, only diffuser is painted in gloss black

There was apparently a batch of duff rear wipers which were failing. not sure if that age though. If it is not working correctly, and will do so when checked, it is definatley a warranty issue to sort before 3 years old. Maybe video it when you know it is playing up, in case it works fine at the dealers?

My fake vRS

The button for the front heated screen is right next to the A/C button, just above the + fan speed button.

A good indication that a dimming mirror is fitted, is the lack of a manual dip lever on the underside. Doesn't look like one is present there, from the photo you e uploaded?

Oh and some of you might have been to Fully Charged Live at Silverstone a month or two ago where a whole load of us volunteered to chauffeur people from the car park to the venue. Whilst I never would have considered being a cabbie for a weekend, this was the most rewarding and fun time with complete strangers. The public showed a massive interest and preferred to queue for 20 minutes to get a ride in a Tesla than a 5 minute wait to jump on the bus. Following the success of FCL, we were contacted by Silverstone to cover the Silverstone Classic event where again, we'd be driving VIP and media around where they wanted to go. All done voluntarily and 65 odd of us gave up our weekend to do this. On the plus side, it did give us free entry so we were able to enjoy UB40 playing Saturday night I probably enjoyed FCL more than Silverstone Classic as some of the people in the latter took us more for a convenience service than truly wanting to talk about electric cars, but we now have a waiting list of people wanting to do it for next year - and our group is in discussion with other venues to offer a similar service, raising awareness of EVs, etc. From the Tesla-perspective, it's great free publicity for them, and we even made Elon comment on our efforts on Twitter so for Tesla fanboys, it was almost a bit of an emotional overload the day you get Elon to reply to your tweet. Still, public awareness is growing and I am noticing more and more EVs on the road, whether they be Leafs, Zoës, Tesla... With the new Kona EV being released as well as the IPace, it's a great time to see the next transition.

Saw the current Slater and Gordon advert championing how they seek compensation for those injured through no fault of their own. All in support of that, when legitimate. My own experience however paints a slightly different story and the classic "whiplash claim" that pushes all our insurance premiums up. About 2 years ago my wife had a minor accident in a supermarket carpark. Reversing out mother and daughter space with 1 yo in child seat, she nudged a car that drove behind her after she moved. Unfortunately she got out and accepted all blame. 2009 Citreon had a dent in rear door. We were advised of repairs and cost (£950 did seem bit steep for door on car of that age but hey thats what insurance is for)..... Should have been end of it but no. Months later, letter from Slater and Gordon advising that "their client" and driver of the car was seeking compensation for whiplash following the accident. I took exception to this and called them to ask how the driver can get whiplash, from a side impact at 3mph max on rear of car. "Cannot discuss details as it is ongoing claim" BS was answer. Then weeks later, identical letter but this time for front seat passenger. End result was two con artists got claims of around £1k each, not sure what Slater and Gordon took as a cut and our premium went up. Whilst they may do good job with people genuinely imjired through no fault of their own, this was fraud as far as I am concerned. Anyone similar experiences?

If you like (minimalistic) camping and you are not afraid to do DIY-projects than my completed project can be of interest to you. It shows what you can do with the space the Kodiaq is offering. Maybe this will inspire you, and in case you want to start your project, I am willing to share information.

But do not pay if it is a faulty motor or wiring and a Warranty replacement / repair is required. That is why you get a 3 year Manufacturers Warranty, the Warranty Provider can pay the Official Repairer. If not a Warranty issue then yes you will need to pay.

Had a visit from a chap called Joe with vcds. I now have working central locking and no error lights on the dash happy days

Taxi (people of a certain age will know)

It occurred to me the other day that diesel wins over petrol in two ways. The natural/thermodynamic advantage of higher compression ratio making it lower CO2 than petrol. Then - more controversially - the higher output of NOx gases kills more people; fewer people is also a good way of reducing man-made CO2 emissions.

I've no idea why this software puts the international one first. I've tried the ordering and it still does it that one first. I think it's mostly costly first... which is a pita. I can fix by making it 'one' charge, but then the old international orders are a few pence more to buy the magic blue stamp and an actual trip to the post office, which nearly always costs me a meat pie too. So I walk, which makes one international letter an 40min, pie eating exercise. the voucher should work, and actually I forgot to alter it, so yeah it's covering postage too... ack well I guess that means I can say... checkout BRISKODA Insurance once more time Nascar boys seem to mention sponsors every other word...

Kenny R, not everyone does drive in brightly lit towns or cities, but if Dipped Beam and Side Lights are not enough there is Full beam to use if nobody else to dazzle. pedestrians, cyclists or drivers. But a random extra light on because a steering wheel is turned is random. As are 1 Fog Light when it is a Fog Light, only muppets put on 2 front Fog Lights when no Fog, does 1 Fog Light make them half a muppet? As for Fog Lights automatically on as people select reverse, that is another odd one, not a safety item, if you need extra front lights to reverse and nobody there to dazzle put on full beam or manually switch on the Fog Lights.

they have made changes to KESSY from MY19 onwards, however MY19s are yet to roll off the production line........ SKODA SUPERB - change of the product MY2019 KESSY-key motion sensor Key without movement does not transmit signal for a certain period of time - protection against thefts. The wireless remote control will be equipped with a position sensor. Presently - Possibility of theft New - Key without movement secure - The key is in motion without protections details here from a Russian website - https://www.drive2.ru/l/502985613973127732/ i also have this spreadsheet .......MY19 Changes .pdf

Tortoise doing his best to help hamper getting the old TV to the tip (that's my 1977 skateboard - ACS580 trucks, 3" bowlrider wheels ): Gaz

Hello, I thought I would post a pic and a few comments of this stainless steel bumper protector on my FL superb. I was a bit surprised at the level of 'bling' this brings to the rear end . The quality/fit/finish and even packaging couldn't be better. Over the moon! Mine is the stainless steel version for the FL combi; SRBP709 - SUPERB COMBI/ESTATE 6.2013>8.2015 looks like it's currently out of stock at time of writing though...

Its the air temp sensor, it sits jump behind the honeycomb grill, you will see the hole that it pushes through from behind, if your hands (or the kids) are small enough you may be able to do it without removing the grill. If your struggling to find the correct location I'll upload a photo

So I've collected the car from Jon at JH PROPAINT and wow the rear looks mega now and the rest of work they've done is excellent. All ready for fitteduk at the weekend

As some of you know, I went out and spent my retirement fund on a pre-registered BMW M4. Yes I'm sure at this point lots of people want to make comments like 'thats coz BMW can't sell em', 'they are pants anyway' and 'the Civic Type R is faster'. This thread isn't for that, I'm aware that BMW is generally not liked on Brisky, but several of us ex owners have gone over to the dark side and we still like Skodas Anyhoo, the car had 11 miles on the clock and £20K off list! 2 days of arguing and haggling on finance later, my M135 had been chopped in and I had put down a deposit at Williams Stockport. Great fun dealing with them and they were up for the challenge, I spent 2 days walking between the new car and the used car parts of the showroom to see if I could get a new one as cheaply on a PCP as the used one. Anyhoo the used car won and I ended up with a 'police car white' M4 - not my first choice colour (or my second) Anyhoo it's now run-in and I can be silly with it. The first thing I should say it is not without it's rattles! More than my previous 10 cars I would say, part of this is the rather firm suspension but it's a very common whinge about the M3 and M4. Mind you it's hard to hear the rattles (most door cards - I've had one replaced under warranty to try and stop the rattle!!) for the tyre noise. I have the smaller 19" wheels with 255s upfront and 275s at the back and you certainly know they are there aurally. Also the engine noise isn't up there with the latest Alfa or Jaguar F type 3.0 V6S but it does sound very purposeful and quite angry when pressing on The good stuff It's quick, proper grown up quick. I've seen 0-100 times of around 8.5-8.7 seconds, times that would have been supercar quick 15 years ago. The engine pulls really hard from pretty low down, with over 400lb/ft at 1800- to over 5000 rpm, meaning the car has 'traction issues'. Wheel spin can be activated at any speed seemingly wet or dry. actually in the wet I could beat the car from a set of lights to the other side of the crossing wearing a full diving suit and flippers. It has a button marked MDM which allows some slip so you can fool around with a bit of a safety net. BMW says that you can still spin the car with this mode activated If you hold the button down you can pretend you are Chris Harris....as you crash your car backwards. It's actually great fun, driving, not crashing. The front end digs in like a mole with a jack hammer and the grip is really quite stupendous. The DCT gear change is a mixed bag though and in it's most aggressive setting can break traction as the next gear thumps in which helps explain why it can spin up at motorway speeds in the dry, it really is a car you have have your wits about you if you want to use the performance. In it's easiest mode the gear change is like a good automatic though and very livable with. Acceleration is like a scalded cat sat on a rocket hurtling into a black hole. a friend of mine drove it last week and reckoned his RS4 wouldn't have seen which way the M4 had gone in a rolling start race, mind you neither would the M4 driver if you turn everything off (it does have very nifty rear facing cameras and surround cameras int he door mirrors, so this might help). Also the economy is pretty good. I'm getting a little over 30 mpg on the motorways and up to 34mpg on longer trips with speed restrictions. Seats are the usual excellent M ones with adjustable side sinch and the car also has a head up display. Brilliant...except you can' wear polarised sunglasses if you want to see it. it's fully connected apparently and has nice things like wireless charging for you phone built in, but it's really dominated by the driving experience. It really does feel quite serious, in the way fast cars do. Everything feels mechanically tightly bolted together (apart from the door cars) and even the rear subframe is bolted straight to the body in white without rubber bushes. Probably goes to the extraordinary torsional stiffness of the body. Oh and it has a carbon fibre roof Oh it also has voodoo lights. BMW call these Icon Adaptive and they are very clever indeed. I'm waiting for them to break as they are so smart and complicated in their operation. I initially thought the car would be like a grown up M135i, but it's a very different car in design and nature. BMW give the M3 and M4 a different number designation to the standard 3 and 4 series and i think I can feel why. So yes, so far I love it, but it's not quite as easy to live with as the M135 was and parking can be a pain as the car is several inches wider. So without further rambling, hear's some pictures (and yes I concede that it still wouldn't beat a Furby 2.0 petrol in any form of race) 7DAR7786 by Amanda, on Flickr 7DAR7790 by Amanda, on Flickr 7DAR7810-HDR by Amanda, on Flickr 7DAR7828 by Amanda, on Flickr 7DAR7764 by Amanda, on Flickr 7DAR7776 by Amanda, on Flickr 7DAR7780 by Amanda, on Flickr 7DAR7781 by Amanda, on Flickr

This time on the (freshly water-proofed) hood of my new car:

on 25th August last year I said farewell to my 2014 Rapid SE Greenline 1.2 105ps. It's actually the first time I've been sorry to get rid of a car. It's replacement was a Scirocco R. 280bhp of noise. Initially I loved it. Loads of power, handled amazingly and sounded great. After a while the shine wore off it when I realised that it was an unpractical, noisy and uneconomical. Not to mention that the hard ride and hard, unforgiving seats meant a sore backside after a relatively short drive. To top it all off, after 25 years of having a clean licence I got my first points and a fine. I was starting to drive like a complete idiot. My wife was terrified to get into the car with me. It wasn't that I was driving dangerously, it was the fact that I just couldn't find the limit, not even close. It did everything I wanted it to and could have done a lot more. The time had come to get rid of it. I spent a lot of time searching for a replacement. Something that I would be happy with again long term. I came to the conclusion that it had to be something VW so that meant deciding between Seat, Skoda, VW & Audi. I first considered a Skoda but decided to look at the other alternatives. First was the Audi A3 saloon but the more I looked at them, the more I didn't like them. I didn't want a big car so that ruled out the A4 and above. After a good look I realised that there was nothing that Seat did that I liked. I went back to the VW garage that I bought the Scirocco and looked for a new VW Polo SEL with the 1 litre engine & either the 6 speed box or DSG. I liked it so went about seeing if I could get one, in reef blue. I discovered later that there's a shortage of these being made in South Africa due to various reasons, including the new gpf and so on but they had one in Germany in white silver metallic. I had a look at a similar one they had at the back and decided to go for it. There were only 2 things that I told the salesman that I wanted and they were sat nav and cruise control. The SEL they had in the showroom had cruise control and since I had told the salesman I wanted cruise control I assumed that the one I was going to be ordering had it. I thought that I had better call the garage to confirm only to be told that it didn't but the salesman was still trying to get me to pay the deposit. That was game over and back to the drawing board. Back to the Skoda garage I went. I narrowed it down to the Fabia Estate Monte Carlo or the Rapid Spaceback SE Sport. The Rapid had more of the goodies that I wanted as standard so it won, plus it was a car that was already familiar to me. Again, I wanted the 1 litre with the 6 speed gearbox and in Race Blue. Turns out that there was 1 in Germany but the salesman at my local garage couldn't get me a deal anywhere close to what I was looking for so I had to go to the dreaded Arnold Clark to see what they could do. Turns out the Scirocco almost broke even on what I owed on it due to it being relatively rare - there are less than 1000 manual Scirocco Rs on the road, plus they don't make them anymore. I know I got a good deal as they offered me nearly £2000 more than the other Skoda garage for the Scirocco then went to work moving stuff around to get me the deal that I wanted on the Rapid. Eventually managed to do it, plus as a bonus, the Rapid in Germany was still there and it also had a spare wheel. So almost 11 months to the day I picked up my new Rapid on 26th July. Now onto comparisons with my old one for anyone who hasn't fallen asleep by this point The 1 litre is very different to the 1.2 I had in many ways. The biggest being that I am used to changing into 4th at 30mph, 5th at 40mph etc but this engine sounds like it prefers 3rd at 30 and 4th at 40. In fact it is so quiet that I sometimes forget to change gear as I can't hear the revs properly. I also agree with others that I have to work the gears more than I did on the 1.2 The other huge thing I have noticed is that I am sure that there was no turbo in 1st in the 1.2 which I am guessing had something to do with the emissions and made pulling out at busy roundabouts interesting and a race to get it into 2nd but now we're all paying the same road tax there would appear to be turbo in 1st. Much better. Despite the profile of the tyre being about the same measurement as on the Scirocco, it's a very smooth ride which will no doubt be helped by the much softer suspension. I'm not getting any of the uncomfortable ride quality or tyre noise that I have heard others complain about on the 17" wheels and Bridgestone Potenza tyres. They seem decent enough so far. But - I have come from a pretty extreme car. Maybe if my last car had been the Civic or the Astra then I may have noticed it more. One annoying thing is that there seems to be what I can only describe as a twittering noise coming from the AC. It stops when I switch it off. I can't remember what it is or how to describe it in Google to find the answer to stopping it. I've only filled the tank once so haven't had the chance to do a pump to pump mpg but the Admunson says I'm averaging over 50mpg. I've been running the engine in as per what I have read on this forum and others - changing up and down through the gears, not staying at the same speed and in the same gear for too long, giving the engine different loads etc. I'll need to see how it actually looks when I fill the tank next but this may be some time. My Scirocco would get 300 miles to a tank but the Rapid is telling me that I will be nearer 600. I know that this figure is likely to drop as the fuel level goes down but we'll see. The amount of goodies in this car compared to my last Rapid is far greater. I'm loving the glass roof. It has the auto dimming rear view mirror, automatic climate control and cruise control that my Scirocco had. I can now change a lot of the settings via the Admunson that I could only previously have changed using Carista. I've got the rubber mats and have fitted the bits to turn the part between the rear wheel arch and the back of the luggage compartment into cubby holes (thanks to getting the part numbers from the forum). I've also bought but still to fit the luggage area hooks. I've ordered mud flaps, rubber boot mat and the black Rapid sill protectors. That will be it for now. Once fitted I'm just going to enjoy the car and have even started driving normally again. My wife and I went out for a drive tonight. I don't remember the last time we did that just for the sake of going for a drive. I did want to take some pics tonight but it was raining so that's for another day

Hi, Yes, the shocks arrived within a week (ordered Friday and items arrived next Thursday). They have a verification step if it is the first order and I called them to go through this to make the order quicker. The items I ordered were below (as recommended by the website for 2015 2.0 TDI ) but the top strut mounting were not the right ones. I am still not able to find the right part number for this part but I think it could be 803 024. The garage (not the dealer) also got it wrong but now they have ordered from TPS at a much higher price. I hope it fits when they try tomorrow.

Well, having the later plate has got to be good regardless of emissions regime. Value in 2 years is an open question - nobody really knows the effect of all this. I know that nobody in Ireland really cares that my 2014 S2 is EU5 - they care about the reg, road tax (CO2 based) and mileage/spec. The open question for diesels and petrols is if some cities around the EU and UK try to ban or place extra charges on cars that are not EU6-WLTP cars (i.e. higher Nox diesels or TSi/GDI petrols without particulate filters). I think this is more likely to be a worry for EU5 diesels like mine. We might get hit by an asteroid too. I think you should just enjoy your new Kodiak - in 2 years it will still be a 68 plate, EU6 and desirable car.

One from the fitted UK show on the racingline stand

I wanted to be different with the diffuser.

I ordered my (non-Motability) SEL Estate (1.4 Tsi 150 bhp) in the first week of June. Dealer has now confirmed it will be a 1.5 engine and has confirmed the Build Week (week 38). However ... I still have not received a final formal order confirmation, because although the factory system seems to be (?) working, it appears that they haven't managed to load all their Model Year 19 prices onto the ordering system yet!

Similar age to my 2015 reg. There was a batch of faulty wiper motors, mine was replaced, no argument, about 18 months ago. You’ve done well to last this long !!

God no. Being Irish, I'd never fit in the tailpipe. Not that I checked or anything.

Petrol vrs.

Ignore them... They are full of hot air!

@Sfmk1If you clean off the surface of the spring(s) you'll find a number of coloured paint splodges on them in a row if they are genuine ones; the sequence of splodges would allow you to work out if they are the correct ones for the car. Shocks usually have a part number sticker on, whether original or aftermarket, clean off and see what you find.

That's the exact spec car I test drove the 1.0 in when doing a deal on the new Toledo. I really liked the roof and I think the only thing I would have added to it would be the under bonnet soundproofing which the SEAT still has from the factory. Having run mine in I can tell you my mpg picked up notably from 2000 miles, and I now get about 550 miles from a tank.

There is no recall for the water pump. It will be changed when in fails. I knew about the issue a couple of years before mine went & asked for it to be changed at every service beforehand & was told they would do it if I paid but Skoda would only contribute if it hadnt failed already. Its difficult to gauge how many people will be affected by this issue as many cars sold might not have reached this mileage yet or had the part changed at a non-OEM garage after warrenty. From the forum I would say the majority will have a problem but only Skoda know the real number (50%, 75%, 100% etc)

Cheers Colin, great work. I'm off to the shop!

Yeah, I found those wires between the switch and the control unit, thx. One of them was totally broken (the black/yellow one). As you can see in the attached photo it`s only the plastic insulation who mantains the wire together. The copper is completely oxidated, which means that the reverse lights weren`t working for years. Finally I repaired the broken wire and everything was working just fine. PROBLEM SOLVED! Many thanks for the support.

The selection for automatic locking on the 'car set-up' thing unfortunately also makes all the locks fly open when you take the ignition key out. Why do I not want this to happen? Well, I suppose for the same reason I don't want all the lock to open when I press 'open' on the fob as I approach the car to get in: because I want to limit access to the vehicle by unauthorised and probably malevolent person/s unknown. When I go to get in the car and press 'open' on the fob, I want the driver's door unlocked so that I can get in secure in the knowlege than no-one else can run up and hop in another door, or pinch anyhting from the boot - and this is what it does. When I park, I like to get ready to leave by taking the keys from the ignition, and then I like to unlock and open the driver's door only by pulling the inside handle once I've had a look around, I don't at that point want the the boot and the other doors accessible by anyone else. This, unfortunatley, the 'automatic locking' option prevents. This might smack of persecutory delusions - but there are bad folk about, and I live and work among such folk (amongst others, I hasten to add - the good with the bad).

Hi andy-fisher, Bit of an old thread I know but I have been following your admirably tenacious thread re: poor EGR flow as I have had exactly the same problem with my Octavia. Including limp mode, which I seem to have sorted with the help of fuel tank additives and driving in low gears like a lunatic to burn off all the coke in the air intake and EGR system. Anyway today I fitted a £20 vacuum solenoid sourced from "our best friend" Ebay and BINGO! So far and touch wood the dreaded light has not reappeared! One thing I noticed on the old Vac unit I took out is that two of the ports on it seem to be full of "soot", each port has a little filter doesn't it, could these choked up little filters be that problem? If I CBA and assuming the fix is indeed permanent I may just clean the filters and re-fit the unit to see? So I took a piccy of the old vacuum vac unit, the photo vaguely shows the blackness of the gunk in the filters of the two right hand ports on the shot. So Andy in anticipation of the dreaded light not re-appearing, sincere thanks, John.

Yeah, it would look a bit silly with one on each side

Best let it lay other than telling the Seller the story in writing.

Meguiars gold class shampoo is my all time favourite

I remember Sammy sending an email to R-Tech years back and he got a great informed email. Most of this info is now on their site but a great read none the less. Hope it helps. Have fun!

I use the Farecla clay mitt and it’s fast and effective. A proper lump clay will a better job but the clay mitt will do around 90%. Just use the leftover shampoo in your bucket (assuming you do the two bucket method) after washing your car as a lubricant for the mitt.

Mines 10years old, and the exhaust was still going strong. There was just a bit of rust round the seams.

I love a good panorama, here's one I made earlier of my cinema room styled on an old flea pit...

Eastbourne and the Channel from atop Butts Brow, Willingdon, on a near perfect day: Gaz

A few pictures I took earlier on. Did well this time, organised a track day and managed 3 laps driving the GT-R and 3 driving the TCR car... Typical mix of track day cars waiting to go out for sighting laps. Fantasy Green Fabia, Rage Buggy, Van, Skyline GT-R and an RX7... Fast Fords and Skodas My GT-R and TCR cars 2016 spec BTCC car along to do some passenger laps. It was FUN! Jade Edwards trying out the TCR car. The end of a brilliant day, time to pack up and go home.

Yep I agree that is the biggest fear. Thinking aloud here. Is there any jump leads of sorts that could give a little charge from a regular car?