Delberthot

All of the badges will come off leaving a smooth surface. Just be careful that you don't scratch the glass when removing them. Here's a picture of mine after I debadged it.

I've sometimes seen me lock the doors from the inside when going through a rough neighbourhood. There's a setting either in the menu on the head unit or in Carista that locks the doors when you go over a certain speed. neither of these activate the alarm

The best combination that I can think of is if you press the button on the B pillar to deactivate the motion detectors then press the door lock button on the fob twice which I believe deactivates the dead locks to allow someone to exit the vehicle. The alarm will still go off when the door is open though I would think.

This is my old Rapid on 185/60R15 tyres. I'm sure at the time Skoda recommended both 185/60 & 195/55. I had Goodyear Efficientgrip tyres and they stuck to the road like glue but slightly worse fuel economy compared to the factory fitted Continental Eco somethings that were on it originally. I still think that it looks pretty good with 15"s Remember to tell your insurance company if you are changing wheel sizes from original.

I completely agree about standard cars often being the most fun. The problem with my Scirocco was that whatever you asked of the car it obliged and it got kind of boring after a while. The sound of the engine and the sheer acceleration were incredible but I'd rather have something more fun like the Rapid

If you enjoy driving then like any other car you get used to what it can do, what it cannot and adapt your driving accordingly. They do handle very well considering that they are not in the slightest bit sporty and I came from having a VW Scirocco R to this as I was in serious danger of losing my licence with that car. Handling is also dependent on the tyres - in my last Rapid notchback I had factory fitted Conti Ecocontacts then changed them to Goodyear Efficientgrip, both on 15" alloys and they were really good, especially the Goodyears. My current Rapid has 17" Bridgestones that are terrible in the wet - so bad that I can get the back end out on roundabouts

Ah right I must have imagined it then, either that or you were obviously there to witness it for yourself

I had to use a back road on Friday night and had to negotiate a couple of deep puddles. The last of which was deeper than I thought and came up to the the level of the door handles so just a bit higher than recommended. 🤔 The car went through it no problem at all, although I wouldn't like to repeat this as it was, quite frankly, terrifying when I realised how deep the water was and couldn't go back at that point. No water ingress into the cabin. The only thing I noticed was that the oil temperature dropped when I went through the puddle but slowly rose again once I was moving at normal speed.

You may have got a turkey - even my 2014 Rapid notchback handled well. It if had handled like a bed then would never have bought it. The handling is fantastic despite the slippy Bridgestone tyres. The lack of turbo in 1st was what put me off the 1.2 I had previously - it was always brown trousers time at busy roundabouts. Although it's not something I do very often, my 1.0 is quick off the mark at the lights. In between my 2 Rapids I had a Scirocco R which was ridiculous but no fun to drive as it would do anything you asked of it. I plan on keeping mine until it's 10 years old at least

I try to dry the windows inside as much as possible during the winter, including the glass roof if you have one, with a microfiber cloth then take the cloth back out of the car so that it doesn't then evaporate again and repeat the same issue. I find that a few days of this helps for the next few weeks. I tried the long absorbent pillow thing but that did nothing for me. When I am about to park up somewhere for the day, knowing that it is going to be colder when I return, for the last half a mile or so of my journey I turn the a/c down to it's lowest setting and direct the air flow at the window to try to cool the car right down so that the difference between the temperature inside and outside is as little as I can get it. It's a lot of work just to be able to start the car and drive away without spending 10 minutes demisting the windscreen but it's one of these things. My spaceback has this problem, my VW Scirocco R had it and so did my 2014 rapid notchback. Another thing I try to do is to keep the temperature low for the first mile or so as there's nothing more terrifying than setting off and thinking that everything is ok only for the windscreen to mist up to the point of not being able to see out due to the slightly warmer air coming out of the vents as you are driving along

I was in a similar situation to you. I had a 2014 Rapid 1.2 then had a midlife crisis and bought a VW Scirocco R and turned into a complete maniac behind the wheel so decided to go back to the familiar Rapid, albeit an SE Sport 1.0 Spaceback. Coming from a quick car and enjoying driving I found it easy to get the most from this little engine without thrashing it.

I modified the badge on my Rapid 136 with a junior hacksaw and some glue to read Rabid as well. I'd thought about doing this as well but didn't know for definite if the fonts used were the same - now I know

I'm still loving mine. It's like any other car, you need to get used to what it can and can't do. In the last 5 years I've owned a 1.8 naturally aspirated Honda Civic, a 1.2 Rapid, a VW Scirocco R and now the 1.0 Rapid. They all have their strengths and weaknesses, they all drive completely differently to one another and they all require a slightly different approach when It comes to driving and overtaking etc I've heard members on the forum talking about it being a whiney engine that needs to be throttled to get the best out of it but to be absolutely frank that's simply not true. The throttle response is one of the quickest on any car I've owned - when changing down, a quick blip brings the revs up to match the revs when you lift the clutch. I think that it's a pretty quick car considering it's a 3 cylinder 1 litre turbo. Obviously not as quick as my last car which was the Scirocco R but then that was a 2 litre 280hp turbo monster and I didn't expect it to be. Going back to the OPs question - I sometimes found more on the 1.2 that I had than the 1.0 that I have now that when you pull away first thing in the morning with a cold engine, it gives the same reaction that a car with a manual choke would have if it was too far out in that it tries to run away from you One thing I have to agree on though is that the factory fit Bridgestone tyres are dreadful, especially in the wet. I'm rotating mine every 6000 or so miles to get even wear then I'm getting 4 new tyres once they're worn low enough. I can easily get the car into a controlled slide on a roundabout in slightly greasy road conditions

I checked my pressures yesterday and on the inside of the filler cap, for 17" alloys which my car has, it is 2.2 bar all round. My last Rapid hatch was 2.1 on the front and 2.3 on the back on 15" alloys. Even the 17"s are coming in at 2.2 front & 2.3 rear I'm guessing that it's because there is a bit more weight behind the rear axle in the hatch over the spaceback

I always thought that petrol engined cars had lower pressures on the front as the front tyres will heat up more than the rears meaning that the air pressure will increase inside the tyre. Diesel engines are heavier so I always assumed that they had higher pressures on the front. This of course could be complete nonsense 😁