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Well it is goodbye. Now owner of Mk 7 Golf R DSG Good spec with full heated leather, sat nav, reverse camera.... Plus APR Stage 2 ECU/TCU 390bhp Scorpion downpipe and 200 cell cat Scorpion res delete Airtec intercooler MTC inlet R600 turbo elbow Maxton rear roof spoiler lip Mk 7.5 Spielberg alloys and new Falken Azenis 235/35/19's Detailed and ceramic paint protection Puts a smile on the face for sure. Best to all on Briskoda and hope we can enjoy driving again soon. Grant

Some pics of the car looking clean (for the briefest of moments!) over winter:

swmbo has her final consultancy with the dept of education assigned medical people to hopefully be signed back as fit for work on monday!

How it was planned but it is still an impressive feat.

It's in and working nicely. Didn't arrive til 11.15 yesterday, but things went pretty well thereafter. Might chuck some pics up tomorrow.

Short update - so made my return journey home this afternoon and the regen completed within 15 minutes of the start of my journey

Instead of a repair costing up to £3000 why not seal the roof permanently closed from the outside and disconnect the electrics from the roof motor. You would still have a nice glass sunroof and sun blind to close if less light is needed at a fraction the cost of a repair and the knowledge that it would not happen again.

I've taken the plunge and ordered one of these. First Edition in blue, expected mid-March. Early delivery as the dealer had 3 coming for stock / demo.

Hello Finaly i have done it with the help of Vagguide. https://m.facebook.com/vagguide/ My car is 2016 version , i had to change BCM and GATEWAY so that everything was functional. I had to replace the trim under the dashboard was well . This retrofit depends on the MY of the car , after MY17 i think you only need virtual cockpit.

I had the pleasure of driving this at the weekend! (ps. No comments from police haters please - it's a job and someone has to do it. Remember this forum is just about the cars so keep it friendly please )

So, have noticed the Superb doors open a lot wider than the Legacy's did. And have been close to hitting the wall capping on my drive, despise stuff like that. Solution now in place... Copper pipe insulation, pvc tape, long screws and washers so no chance of hitting the screw heads, sorted...

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Eurofighter (I'm out again)

More good news. Covid: All over-50s in UK to be offered vaccine by May https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55953848

That was quick work Look forward to the pics.

She's only a year out of date. Bought my 1st skoda in December 2012 tdi Octy. Saw new shape Octy in showroom and thought they really had upped the pace. With all these issues I might be wrong.

Well, that’s what was in my footwell,lol. I’ve stopped the ingress!!! Don’t laugh ,I’m serious. I’ve stopped it on the driver side but now for the first time it’s leaking in the near side , how I stopped the leak on my particular pan roof is to fill the void between the roof and the first layer of the framework just behind the main seal. The seal is supposed to kick out the water Into the channel and down the Shute. Mine wasn’t doing this but the water which was supposed to be kicked out was finding it’s way behind the seal which leads to the cabin. Filling it full of black silicone has totally stopped the leak, I’m not saying that the captain tolleys trick hasn’t worked as I’m sure it has - it’s just that in my car it was a combination of leaks and I’m eventually managing to seal them all. To be honest I have looked at other vehs to px against, mainly the vw Tiguan as I’m not going to have another sun roof no matter what form it arrives in. One dealer was actually quite put out when I told him I wasn’t Interested in his Tiguan with a “fabulous “ pan roof,lol. There seems to be a variety of leaks in these models with the pan roof and I hope I’ve managed to cure mine. I will post some pics when I get chance to show the exact spot or spots.

Mick Martin thanks I am on there as well, your right this does seem a slightly unnecessary hostile forum compared to others I've used previously.

Lol, cheers!! I'll walk away quietly...

It is good that there are choices. I have been 19 stone without a leg and am now back eventually to 16 stone and have has everything from Original Mini's before there was Motability it was Invalidity and went from Blue Trikes to Minis and then they started doing Metros. I started dealing in Mini Auto's back then bought at auction at 3 years old. The Autos available were pretty limited back in the 1970's that you could have from Motability with big advance payments. I nearly always have a small or smaller car and always a bigger one for towing car trailers as a minimum. Auto Volvo 343's, Daf's, Strada's, Clio's, Citigo, Iq, Picanto and Jimny autos suiting me well as i use my left foot to drive and do not change pedals from standard as that makes going from car to car very easy. PS The ASG in the Citigo is the worst Automated Manual i have ever used next to ones in a Smart.

Hi all! Ok so the other day my aunt grabbed the door handle and I guess she applied to many force trying to open the door? And the door handle fell off! I picked up the pieces and by looking to body work PDF all the parts wer ther so I fixed the door my self insted of driving the car to the authorised service. Any way I made how to video. Hope it will help someone and save some time and money. Cheers!

Yeah, that's been through my mind too, but I think that an external barrier needs to go from glass to paintwork since those are the only 100% waterproof surfaces to which you can reliably stick something, in the process covering up the strip of rubber which is ultimately to blame for all this mess. But, as you and I suspect, pulling that tape off paintwork after a couple of months / years is going to be a tense moment ... What about the chaps who wrap vehicles in all kinds of bright and wonderful acres of advertising vinyl? Couldn't they just do the entire roof, from the outside, with an optional cut-out for the glass, a safe distance inboard of the seal? I'm sure I heard somewhere that the vinyl can be removed safely, maybe because it doesn't need such an aggressive adhesive on account of the large area of coverage. Hmmm ...

Also, most of the PD130 engines make closer to 150 BHP standard so in reality they're much closer than they appear. If only the Ibiza weren't so damned ugly.

At a guess, check "Road sign detection fusion mode" in A5 is set to "Road sign fusion"... Otherwise, you'll need to find out how to add an autoscan and adaption maps from OBDeleven

That's my old 18" Gemini that Andy (Auric G) was putting in his spare wheel well. It fitted in mine with a 225/40/18 Bridgestone S001a tyre on it, and wasn't visibly pronounced. Passed on to Andy after I traded the vRS in, putting the space saver kit back in it. Gaz

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They were a decent motor, won European COTY 1989. Mind you, not all COTY are great! The Tipo was new when I passed my test in '89. They looked so modern with smoked brake lights and the kinked rear window, compared to the Morris Marina I was driving! Do you remember the Tipo dashboard? So '80s!

Veg

£30 per month is over £400 per year Adding £400 per year is rather more than nominal

Oooops 100 mile, sorry

Indeed they are. Very few available on ebay or autotrader these days. I suspect many are scrapped as a result of the recent MOT emissions changes, and many because of the cost of a new clutch and dual mass flywheel. Doesn't really seem to be environmentally friendly.

I was quoted £10,803 settlement and I suspect the trade-in value is somewhere between £11-12k. But who knows, as these figures are always a black art against what you’re buying. My instinct says flip sooner rather than later, but it must be a weird market right now.

Liftback - no. 10 in the first picture Combi

Belt driven waterpump. I had my cambelt and waterpump changed by a local independent garage for £350. Make sure they use Gates which is the same as the original belt.

Hi, I am thinking of getting a PCH from them, do they still have good customer service? Any other Skoda dealerships you recommend for PCH deals?

As far as the heated seats go there was a Service Campaign for them and the switch which some owners were never made aware of by dealership staff. http://skoda-auto.com/services/recall-actions If outstanding it may show here. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/417427-heated-seats-a-burning-issue

Turn off mirrors synchronous adjustment in the car- mirrors and wipers menu.

I did this recently using my VIN and this official site: http://updateportal.skoda-auto.com/en-GB I did find that trying to update logos using the same SD card that contained the maps didn't work, so suggest you keep map updating and logo updating entirely separate

No you don't need to disconnect the battery - it's better if you don't as changing the battery state of charge will disrupt the cars battery management system view of the battery state and possibly upset start/stop and load shedding. Just connect the charger to the battery positive terminal and the tag on the chassis where the battery connects to (NOT the battery negative terminal).

Don't know if this goes here or in the Brexit thread..... Not claiming credit for it, nicked from elsewhere! Ok, this is my understanding of the whole EU, Ireland, vaccine thing. Please correct me, add something if I’ve missed it but you have to use the analogy I’m using to help my simple mind- New pizza restaurant opens- 🍕- Who wants 🍕? 🇬🇧- Yep, please, pepperoni shed loads of it!! 🍕- Ok, 🇪🇺, while I’m doing theirs, want anything? 🇪🇺- Yes let us just..... hold! What we having? 🇫🇷-Pepperoni 🇩🇪- Plain cheese 🇬🇷- Anchovies 🇮🇹- mushroom 🇮🇩- pineapple 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇷🇮🇹- Who the f invited Poland? We are not having pineapple you heathens!! 🍕- Well while you decide we’ll crack on with the UK order 👍. (Some hours later) 🇪🇺- We too shall have pepperoni! 🍕- Great just dealing with the UK start yours ASAP! All ovens fired and were cracking on. 🇪🇺- We have ordered!! You shall deliver to us NOW! 🍕- Well, you can have a few but we really do have an obligation to get the 🇬🇧 theirs. 🇪🇺- Fine, then we shall block the garden path to the 🇬🇧. No more pizza for them until we get ours!!!! 🇫🇷- Who left the side gate open?! 🇮🇪 ffs why haven’t you shut your gate? 🇮🇪- You said we could keep it open so we can still go and see next door and take them stuff. You said it was a good thing. 🇪🇺- We said that to try and strong arm the UK into not leaving!! 🇮🇪- But........ 🇪🇺- (Mutes 🇮🇪) Its ok we have the key just lock it anyway. Sinn Fein- I focken dare yous to touch our gate!!!! 🇪🇺- We’ve talked to the 🇬🇧 and decided NOT to lock the gate. We shall wait for our 🍕 and see if there is a calm rational way to speed up production.

Although the speedometer now shows a more accurate speed, you may find that the odometer is now inaccurate. Odometers are normally pretty accurate as standard, but speedos normally err on the optimistic side for legal reasons.

According to previously attached VW update manual the drive must be formatted to NTFS. Makes no sense why not FAT, but that`s what they have put down.

Hi Everyone, We (EBC Brakes UK) have paid to join this forum as an alternative way to interact with our customers and potential users and to alleviate any issues you may encounter. We are not here to sell products or to advertise, purely to gather product feedback and assist users with any problems or application questions. Thanks

Child of the 80s me so I was corrupted by films like - Canonball Run (I've never quite got over Adreienne Barbeau and Tara Buckman in that lambo and I was probably 6 when I saw that film). The lambo sound (which I understand was another car) at the start stuck in my head too. Dukes of Hazard (watched innocently as we did in those days), and the sound of a big block V8 Le Mans with Steve McQueen Gumball Rally (although tbh I was always disappointed it wasn't Cannonball run) Smokey and the Bandit (Trans Am, iconic if crap) Knight Rider Chips

Is this a joke thread? Man goes into a doctors and says doctor can you take a look at my pen15, proceeds to flop said organ out whereupon doctor inspects it thoroughly and says she can't find anything wrong with, man replies: " I know, lovely isn't it ". It is now. Come back if it all goes horribly wrong.

Seen on a french Skoda forum. Not mine :

I just had to replace one of the sidelight bulbs on my 2009 Superb. There's a number of posts regarding sidelight replacement but I couldn't find one that specifically covered the sSperb in detail. So I thought i'd share my experience. 1. The sidelight accessible by removing the black rubber cover on the radiator side of the light housing. 2. Howver the space availble once the cover is removed is extremely limited - so if you have big hands this may be more of a challenge. 3. The bulb is a push fit type - yes it really is! No amount of twisting will assit the removal. In fact doing this too much may damage the connecting wires and you really dont want that to happen. 4. If ypou have a good feel around the light fitting you will detect two flat lugs or sides on it. Get familair with these because this is what you need to grip onto. 5. Now you can try to use brute force and ignorance to pull the bulb out of the unit. I found this extremely difficult - actually impossible, because; a) you may not be strong enough, b ) theres not much room to actually get leverage on the bulb unit c) the whole thing is counter to your strong-side hand, d) your scared that you will break something, e) you dont want to smash the back of your hand into the engine! 6. Take a breather, and psych yourself for the next bit. You need to keep the faith - but you will be rewarded. 7. Get familiar with the bulb fitting again and turn it slightly so that the lugs/flats are lying horizontally 8. Get a pair of long nose pliars and carefully get the tips under the lugs/flats. WARNING do not grip the wires. 9. Gently lever the bulb fitting. I found that the amount of movemnet required was suprisingly small. It just needs to "give" a little. 10. Voila! The bulb will now either be out of the unit or simply require a gentle tug or wiggle. 11. Do the dance in front of the car, as you the man/woman!! 12. Fit new bulb and test it. If ok push back the entire fitting. Job done.

Just to update this, I ordered the part from Skoda, received a couple of days later and fitted it tonight. Luckily I could still open the fuel flap by thumping the body just behind the flap and pressing 'open' on the fob (even though the car was already unlocked, I pressed 'open' again and it popped open). Then I removed the small screw beneath the actuator (the only screw you can see). I then removed the fuel filler cap and, to make more room, detached the retaining cord from the car end (it's a malleable rubber that simply pops off of the retainer lug). Next to remove the flap and housing assembly. It took a bit of tugging and pulling but I worked out that you pull it out from the left hand side first, then work the 'shroud' around the filler neck, then the whole thing will simply pull out. There is a drain tube on the bottom that prevents total removal from the car, but you can pull it away enough to hang down out of the way. WARNING: whilst doing all this, if the filler door is fully open the leading edge of it will catch on the bodywork, possibly marking the paint, as you try and pull the housing out. I closed the flap a bit, enough to give some clearance but not so much as to prevent access to the innards. Once this is off the actuator is revealed - it simply slides off of the body by pulling it towards the front of the car. Detach the power cable and you have your old actuator off the car. Refitting is the reverse of removal. It is worth testing it with the fuel filler flap open! The part number of the new part is slightly different from the old one - 7P0 810 773 D whereas the old one was the same number but with a B rather than D. Of course I also disassembled the old one to take a look - there's not a lot to see really but this is the second failure I have had on the car which is related to a screw-linear actuator (the first was the book lock mechanism). It seems to be an unnecessarily complicated and fragile design where a simple solenoid would work. If I were a cautious fellow, I would think about pre-emptively changing this part if my car was getting on a bit. It's a 10 minute job for less than £30; luckily I caught mine before the nightmare of having to break into the flap if it fails completely.