jact

Thanks for the reply. I'm now thinking I might replace my Octavia with a Fabia (rather than the Citigo) and I'll just use the phone for maps (Google), as I did before.

I might be looking to do this (fit a phone holder and USB adapter) in the future to a pre-face lift Citigo. Does anyone know whether the standard 'Funky' radio will then simply work (either with the cable shown above, posted P3P51 - 21/11/21 (part number?), or with the adapter (5Q0 035 726 N, https://www.skoda-parts.com/spare-part/5q0035726n-usb-connector-39614.html) and blanking plate shown in the previous (20/11) post) with an Android phone with the Skoda App, or is some other interfacing required?

Update regarding the tyre going flat. It's possibly early days but the suspect tyre has been used on the rear nearside for a couple of weeks without going flat. It seems that I do have to keep the tyre pressures topped up, and it may have been the case that if the tyre pressure was sitting a little low and took a serious hit on a pothole, this may have been enough to cause the deflation. But the tyre going down always happened slowly overnight not an instant deflation (except possibly the very first time it was seen to be flat, and as the other half was driving the car that day, I don't know the circumstances).

Thanks for the responses and advice. I forgot to mention that we had previously tried putting the tyre that was going flat onto a different wheel (the one that had the spare tyre), with the same result i.e. at some point the tyre would go flat. So, suggests the wheel isn't the culprit, but the tyre could be. Consequently, I will try moving the wheel (with winter tyre) that is currently used as near-side rear to near-side front, the position that has been the problem, and see if this goes flat. The summer tyre and wheel currently being used at near-side front will go the rear. If both of these are OK after a few weeks, will try the 'problem tyre', currently used as the spare, at near-side rear. If that goes down, shows the tyre was the problem. If it stays up, suggests the battering of near-side front by potholes was the main factor. I will try and remember to update with whatever the outcome is. With regard to All Season tyres, I was only really considering them because the claim is that they can now offer approaching 95% the performance of a winter tyre, without the same performance degradation in the summer. For me the car is more or less simply a means of transportation, which I'd like to do in reasonable comfort, as cheaply, reliably and safely as possible, within my limited budget. I don't push the car too hard, so hopefully small reductions in performance are unlikely to be a problem, provided the tyre stays inflated

My first post, so please excuse the long winded story, and hopefully this issue hasn't been posted already, but there are so many posts it seems impossible to search them all to see if this is a repeat. Apologies if it is. Back in March I bought a 56 plate Octavia Ambience Estate, 1.9 TDI 110 bhp (PD, I think). The tyres, summer 205/60/R15/91V, were on their last legs (two were bordering legal on tread, another two were reported as cracking, in the previous MoT advisory). Faced with the thought of four new tyres on top of the purchase price, my local mechanic suggested just using the winter tyres I had taken off my Audi A4 that I had just sold, using them all year round, and then possibly switching to All-season tyres after that (I live in rural Fife, in a farm cottage, so winters aren't that harsh, some snow, but there is a steepish hill that I need to get up, possibly with the aid of the chains I have as a backup). These tyres are Goodyear Ultragrip 8 195/65/R15/91T, and so were a fit for diameter, and had only had two winters use, so plenty of tread. So, these were put on the Skoda allow wheels (my only reservation being that these are 6.5J compared to the 6J that were on the Audi, but from I read online this shouldn't be a problem). All fine until a couple of months ago. On four occaisions now, roughly every 2 or 3 weeks, usually in the morning, I will see that the front-nearside tyre is completely flat. I have taken it back to my local garage, who changed the tyres initially, and each time they have re-fitted the tyre, along with the standard sealing gunk, stating there isn't a puncture, just a question of seal to the rim, but this doesn't seem to solve the problem. My guess is that a combination of a winter tyre, on a slightly wider wheel, in the summer heat (relative to winter), on the front-nearside corner which takes the biggest hits from the utterly crap UK roads, is just too much for it. It was fine for about 3 or 4 months. So, looking for advice for a way forward. Current thinking is to go for All-season tyres, possibly Goodyear Vector 4-Seasons (slightly over £100 each), of the 205/60/15 variety, but I'm not sure these are made in this size. Alternatively, get some 6J steel wheels, put the winter tyres on them, and get 4 basic summer 205/60/15 tyres on the Skoda Alloys. First option will cost around £400, though I might then be able to sell the winter tyres, steel wheels and new summer tyres for the alloys look likely to cost nearer to £500. Any thought/suggestions? Thanks.