kristmace

Add me to the list! After a couple of years without a Skoda (my previous was a 2009 Octavia Vrs TDI), I'm back in the gang. Bought this Superb Sportline TDI 190 DSG this week. Absolutely love it so far!

Cheers. Appreciate the advice. Service history is essential :)

I'm looking at getting back into Skoda after having an A4 for a few years. My Octavia Mkii VRS was my favourite car ever! I'm currently looking at Superb Estate Mkiii's. A few of the examples for sale are quite high mileage (70-90k on a TDI engine). Is there anything I should be looking out for or be wary of in potentially buying one of these? Thanks in advance :)

Hi, Would you consider selling 2 neptunes rather than 4? (assuming they're still available). Chris.

Thank you so much to all the contributors in this thread. I've spent the last few nights trying to revive my unit from the boot loop that some have mentioned. Installing new firmware following the steps here seems to have fixed the problem. After burning 7 DVDs that ended up in the bin, used ImgBurn and it worked first time.

Yeah, he has VCDS and he always uses genuine parts.

Got a bit of a dilemma over servicing. My 2009 VRS has done 68000 miles and is due a major service. It'll be £249 from the main dealer. It has had main dealer services it's whole life. I've had the car for just over a year and plan on keeping it at least another 3, possibly 5 years. There is an alternative: My best mates uncle owns a garage and always sends any VAG work to a friend of his who worked for VW for 20 years and is now semi-retired and just doing bits and bobs for people. My best mate has been sending his 2 old Audi's direct to this bloke for a while now as he does a really good quality job for about half the price of a normal garage. Should I get this bloke to do the service (for probably around £90)? It might end up not looking very good on the service history, but I'll know a good job has been done. Will it drop the resale value when I come to sell it (which will probably at around 7-9 years old with around 100k on the clock)? Opinions?

My mate with vcds enabled the coming home lights on my 59 vrs. It does have auto headlights, not sure if its possible without that.

I only do 8-9k miles a year so would never have fitted one myself, but my second hand Octy came with a CK3100. Really impressed with it. Very easy to use and integrates well with the standard radio.

Congrats. Tdi or tfsi?

That's what I though. Thanks Rover.

I'm thinking of buying a Golf MkIV 4Motion to sit alongside my Octy VRS. Borrowed a VCDS cable from an Audi obsessed mate, and did a full scan on a car I saw this afternoon. Only a couple of fault codes, which isn't too bad to say its an 11 year old car. One looks like an ABS sensor which seems an easy and cheapish fix. The ABS light is on on the dash, so that would explain that one. I'm slightly cocerned about the fault code on the Haldex AWD system. Seems like this could be a potential disaster. Any insight would be great. Full readout below. Thanks. Sunday,15,December,2013,16:22:37:27904 VCDS Version: Release 11.11.6 (x64) Data version: 20121223 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chassis Type: 1J - VW Golf/Bora IV Scan: 01 02 03 08 15 16 17 19 22 29 35 36 37 39 46 47 55 56 57 75 76 VIN: WVWZZZ1JZ3D015476 Mileage: 131940km/81983miles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 01: Engine Labels: Redir Fail! Part No: 022 906 032 BG Component: MOTRONIC ME7.1.1 0004 Coding: 0000132 Shop #: WSC 01190 210 75197 VCID: 51A39D04CB843A90FF5 No fault code found. Readiness: 0110 1101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 03: ABS Brakes Labels: 1C0-907-37x-ESP-A.lbl Part No: 1C0 907 379 F Component: ESP ALLRAD MK60 0104 Coding: 0023046 Shop #: WSC 31414 000 00000 VCID: 2D5BE1F4B77C3E70BBD 1 Fault Found: 00287 - ABS Wheel Speed Sensor; Rear Right (G44) 012 - Electrical Fault in Circuit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 08: Auto HVAC Labels: 3Bx-907-044.lbl Part No: 3B1 907 044 C Component: CLIMATRONIC C 2.0.0 Coding: 11000 Shop #: WSC 31414 VCID: 21430DC4ABA4EA100F5 3 Faults Found: 00532 - Supply Voltage B+ 07-10 - Signal too Low - Intermittent 01271 - Positioning Motor for Temperature Flap (V68) 37-10 - Faulty - Intermittent 01274 - Air Flow Flap Positioning Motor (V71) 37-10 - Faulty - Intermittent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 15: Airbags Labels: 6Q0-909-605-VW5.lbl Part No: 1C0 909 605 A Component: 27 AIRBAG VW51 01 0006 Coding: 12855 Shop #: WSC 31414 VCID: 224102C8AEA2F10816F No fault code found. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 17: Instruments Labels: 1J0-920-xx5-17.lbl Part No: 1J0 920 926 A Component: KOMBI+WEGFAHRS. RB8 V24 Coding: 05414 Shop #: WSC 00000 VCID: 285510E0C89E1B5848B WVWZZZ1JZ3D015476 VWZ6Z0B0246199 No fault code found. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 19: CAN Gateway Labels: 6N0-909-901-19.lbl Part No: 6N0 909 901 Component: Gateway K<->CAN 0001 Coding: 00006 Shop #: WSC 31414 VCID: F0E5B880B0CE939850B No fault code found. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 22: AWD Labels: 02D-900-554.lbl Part No: 02D 900 554 C Component: HALDEX LSC ECC 0010 VCID: 204508C0A0AEE31800B 1 Fault Found: 01316 - ABS Control Module 79-10 - Please Check Fault Codes - Intermittent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 46: Central Conv. Labels: 1C0-959-799.lbl Part No: 1C0 959 799 B Component: 1X Komfortgerát HLO 0003 Coding: 00258 Shop #: WSC 31414 VCID: 3669CE98122A7DA8CA7 Subsystem 1 - Part No: 1C2959802A Component: 1X Tõrsteuer.FS KLO 0004 Subsystem 2 - Part No: 1C2959801A Component: 1X Tõrsteuer.BF KLO 0004 Subsystem 3 - Part No: 1C0959811A Component: 1X Tõrsteuer.HL KLO 0009 Subsystem 4 - Part No: 1C0959812A Component: 1X Tõrsteuer.HR KLO 0009 No fault code found. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 56: Radio Labels: 1J0-035-18x-56.lbl Part No: 1J0 035 186 D Component: RADIO SON 0004 Coding: 00001 Shop #: WSC 01059 VCID: 26491ED8C28A0D287A7 1 Fault Found: 00856 - Radio Antenna 36-00 - Open Circuit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address 76: Park Assist Labels: 1J0-919-283.lbl Part No: 1J0 919 283 A Component: Einparkhilfe 0001 Coding: 00103 Shop #: WSC 31414 VCID: 2C5DECF0DC663778AC3 No fault code found. End ---------------------------------------------------------------------

Ended up with Michelin PS3s on. Really happy with them so far. Grip on hill starts in the wet is phenomenal.

This happened to my 2009 vrs last month for the first time after owning it for a year. A good clean and its not done it again.

Thanks woosh. No idea where the box is as I bought the car with it already installed. Pulled the radio fuse out for a few seconds. Sorted.

I do have maxidot. So it'll just reset the long term trip info? No great loss.

This might be a silly question but... I've got a Parrot 3100 Bluetooth thingy on my 2009 vrs. It seems to have crashed and is stuck on the 'Goodbye' screen. I've tried the reset procedure and it doesn't work. I'm thinking about disconnecting the battery to reset it. Anything I should be aware of that could stop working (eg the Columbus). Thanks in advance.

My last car was a 2009 Audi A3 with a 1.9Tdi PD engine and it had a DPF.

I'm 30, bought my Vrs last year. The final straw that made me buy it was a snide comment by a Mazda salesman. I was test driving a Mazda 6 Sport and I mentioned that it was either this or an Octavia Vrs and he said "Don't get the Skoda, you don't want to get a car that's made for someone twice your age."

I had this. The cause was the jack not pushed in far enough. It was quite tight as it had hardly been used when I bought it.

This. I tried to PX a 3 year old A3 with 24k on the clock for a new car and almost everywhere offered me £2-3k less than the PX value that parkers quoted. The only place that gave me a decent price was Volvo who were desperate to sell me a V60 (I almost bit!). Whenever I quoted Volvos PX value elsewhere they just laughed. Sold private in the end. Got £2k more than Skoda offered me.

Used them for the first time this month. Bought my 2009 VRS TDI from Liverpool so they've not seen it before. Collected the car from my work place, MOTed it and had it back a few hours later. Fitted a new handbrake mechanism but called to ask in advance. £120 for the part, £40 for the MOT. They must be a licensed test centre now looking at the paperwork. Staff were friendly. Will be using them again in 2 months when the service is due.

I got 51mpg with a fully loaded boot, 2 adults, 2 kids on a 500 mile drive to France. That's about as good as it gets apart from through roadworks at 50mph.

That's a ridiculous difference. Unless ChrisRs only drives on the Nurburgring.

Shark are well thought of on here. Mansfield, so no too far. http://www.sharkperformance.co.uk/ Discount for Freedom members I believe.