cnc
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The garage definitely set it to fixed service and not the long life you asked for. You are right that the oil and inspection are both set to the same after a long life service, in other words about 18.5k miles (30,000km).
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From the manufacturers point of view they have the option of selling a replacement sensor for £ with little profit, or a complete assembly costing ££££ with lots of profit. Manufacturers are a business and they need to make a profit to survive/invest so it's the ££££ we have to put up with.
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I have the Superb 150 TDI, so not quite the same, and the oil temp usually hovers around the 95-105 degree range, sometimes up to 108 degrees, can't remember it ever going higher than that whatever the weather/load conditions.
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Part two. Having rejected the Haval we waited for 1/4 hour and were presented with a Toyota Corolla Cross, these are probably, along with the Toyota's mentioned earlier by Gaz, one of the most common everyday cars you see on the roads of South Africa. Over the two weeks we were there we covered a little under 2000 miles, the car itself was ok but I'm not a fan of the CVT gearbox, it's like driving a car with the clutch constantly slipping every time you accelerate, ear defenders should be standard! Here's the Toyota with the Haval in the background.
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That's exactly what it was. Never seen one before but quite a few in South Africa. You don't leave anything on view in South Africa due to smash & grab so a careful 10 minutes was spent fitting everything in the boot, we jumped in, started the car and waited for the usual warning lights to go out, which they never did!. Had a word with the guy on the desk who said it will be fine and don't worry about it but I wasn't having any of that so rejected the car, you don't want to breakdown especially in South Africa.
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There's actually two parts to the hire car story on this particular holiday, I would never have guessed the first hire car, I'll cover the second part later on, but for now here's a side picture of the first one we were given. Any suggestions from this picture as to what it could be?
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The Landcruiser can be seen everywhere in South Africa, quite often in 'sand' colour, and we did get a ride in one while being transported around a wine estate. As the saying goes: "If you want to go into the bush take a Land Rover. If you want to get out of the bush, take a Land Cruiser".
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The hire company we use is called Holiday Autos and from there we chose one from Europcar, car booked was 5 seat SUV medium size type. Almost there............
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Just returned yesterday from a 2 week holiday in South Africa, and the hire car was........................?
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Mostly longer journeys on motorways using cruise control at a steady speed, so pretty much ideal circumstances for a diesel, covered a little over 33,000 miles so far this year @ 60.1mpg average.
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At 7.10 miles/litre in the Touran that works out at about 32mpg! That's petrol territory, and at 6.53 miles/litre in the Karoq is just under 30mpg, so hardly any difference - or have I worked something out incorrectly? Just wondering why the Touran was so thirsty for a diesel, my Superb 2.0 TDI DSG averages 60mpg, quite impressive given the size of the car.
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If you inadvertently press the right arrow on the right hand side of the steering wheel without meaning to the dash display will change, I've done this a few times without meaning to myself, a few more presses on the same button brings it back to the dash display of your preference, perhaps this happened to you without realising it, hence you though it changed by itself. Once you have the large MPH in the centre of the dash a long push on the same button then brings up options on the right of the speedo display so you can then use the right scroll to select which dash display you prefer without taking your hands off the wheel. If you press the left arrow button on the right hand side of the steering wheel you can scroll between further options depending on the dash display currently selected.
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The iV is nothing to do with being the 'mk4' version of the Superb, an explanation of what it stands for is on the Skoda website https://www.skoda-storyboard.com/en/press-kits/press-kit-skoda-at-the-iaa-2019/skoda-iv-innovative-intelligent-inspiring/
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The Superb had an oil & inspection service plus pollen filter this morning at the local Skoda dealer, just on 109,000 miles now and running as good as new.
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Personally I like the softer suspension set up, the Superb is a great car to be covering the miles so comfort is important to me. Mine was three years old last month, just coming up to 109,000 miles, no sagging suspension, it feels as good as new. A few cars ago I had a Passat CC with DCC, I preferred 'comfort' mode so that's what I used.
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You are not alone https://www.reddit.com/r/skoda/comments/1nmpfh9/phone_needs_charging_message/
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I believe the official tank capacity is 66 litres but I've put 71 litres in on one refill, that was pretty much right to the brim, but as I cover quite a few miles it doesn't stay brimmed for long. Mine can do up to 225 miles before the fuel gauge moves when driven carefully, I average 60mpg, mainly motorway cruising. The range after brimming is often lower than when it's been driven for a few hundred miles, the 'since refuel' plus the remaining mileage shows a greater range than when brimmed.
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Fiat Tipo?
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As you now have the Fabia is it an option to sell the Citigo to your son, then he can do what he wants with it and at his expense.
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All I can say is that mine sits nice and even, car just come up three years old with almost 170km on the clock. Personally I prefer the softer ride as I do mostly longer journeys so comfort is important for me.
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To be fair as your car is a 2016 they are nearly 10 years old, nothing lasts forever so they've done OK, so perhaps consider originals from Skoda?. At least you know they will fit and keep the ride height correct and the ride will be restored to original.
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On my previous car the front discs and pads lasted to just over 130k miles - lots of long drives at a steady speed on the motorways and dual carriageways the brakes don't get used much for mile after mile, the discs also stay in really good rust free condition.
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Auto hold came in on the Octavia with the mk4 - basically if you have a traditional handbrake lever you haven't got 'auto hold', but you may have 'hill hold'.
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What you describe is 'hill hold' which holds for a few seconds after removing your foot from the brake pedal, auto hold is different and keeps the foot pedal pressure active for several minutes, if you haven't moved after several minutes the car then changes auto hold to the electronic hand brake.
