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The car will idle at about 1000rpms and the radiator fan will activate.

Screen and seats are a must. Also a heated steering wheel is good. Specially after a night shift when its been cold. Push button and instantly warm hands. Unfortunately I dont have a heated steering wheel on my current car.

Id just buy a rear facing dash camera. I have one on my Nextbase and can see the rear view very clearly.

It does have the auto dip rear view mirror.

Pass and I dont know if there is anyway of finding out? Mine is 65 plate MY16 build.

I dont have memory seats but it works perfectly everytime. I do have the memory heated seat option activated so I don't know if that makes a difference?

The function activates on mine. It dips down and goes backup to its last position.

Mine are still quiet after 2000-ish miles 👍

You will find after a few hundred miles once they are bed in. The grip goes to another level.

If you look on the main Octavia mk3 page you will see a sticky post with all the adaptions listed. That should hopefully help you.

I would phone skoda as they may fix it as a goodwill gesture. Worth a phone call and try.

3 weekes into ownership, Id take the car back to where you purchased it from and let them fix it under warranty.

To throw another thought in to the mix. The amouny of money you spend on a used Octavia either hp or on pcp. You could wait and probably get a new VRS cheaper per month given the deals Skoda have on now. Plus you would have 3 years hassle free warranty. I know where my money would be going.

It can be coded by vcds or obdeleven.

The mk2 can be changed to linear 👍

You need to scan it with vcds or obdeleven to see what each control unit is doing and if it raises any fault codes. Also get a multimeter on the battery to check the voltage.

If you look in the history of the central electrics it says the old and new values. Just look at the old values and change it back.

I purchased these off Ebay. Look and feel just like the genuine Skoda ones that I replaced them with. You can select your own colour and design etc. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173896166812

I wonder why the service is 80k and not 40k? Surely the oil will be passed its best way before 80k.

Some assist and some are snake oil. If you have concerns about your dpf levels I would get an app and dongle to check the ash level. Rather than buying dpf cleaner you would be better just buying vpower diesel as that contains cleaners already in the fuel.

When you get your map fitted ask for the linear throttle mod. Makes driving the car more like a wired throttle so you have 1:1 input, as opposed to incremental. The car is so much more driveable and the engine feels more responsive. I did mine via obdeleven.

I can never work that out. I have tuned many cars and never had an issue with tyres no matter what power. My only conclusion is that people with fwd cars and more power arent feeding the power in and just dumping the power to the tyres. Of course they will spin. Plus driving too fast for the conditions. Mid corner lifting/braking causing the car to unbalance etc. Who knows 🤷‍♂️ I used to be a big Michelin fan with the PS3s on my old cars. Then I found the Goodyear Asy 2 on my Focus ST and was impressed by their handling. Fitted the Asy3s to my Old Octy estate with no issues and now the Asy5s to my current car. Awesome tyre and I am always amazed how planted they are. Not managed to get them to squeel or ever feel like they would lose grip and I am an advanced driver too. Yes you get slight wheel spin if you set off a but quick but you get that with any road tyre.

I planned on getting mine remapped but since I changed the throttle pedal to liner and not incremental, reduced the vibration reduction from strong to normal. The car is loads quicker and more how it should have been from the factory. My last Octy was mapped by Ben Wardle from Shark back in his early days and the car ran faultlessly.

Enjoy your new car 👍 Make sure the indicator stalk is fitted and fully operational before leaving the dealer.

When I got my car it had 235 19s on the front and 225 19s fitted to the rear. No issues driving and grip levels will be very marginal in difference. Or fit all 235 and sell the 225 might be an idea.