Wile7

It’s been a while since I posted photos of Wile7 - he has had some new paint after a garage pillar mishap, and I’ve had to move to 17” rims and new summer tyres (Goodyear) for now as I buckled both 18” and 19” rims on ****ty French roads at Christmas. Car now has fresh MFK (Swiss mot) which was a bit painful (new front shocks, rear bump stops, two fog/driving lights, two tie bars and four tyres…at £180/hr labour 😳😱😫🤷‍♂️). Still, I changed the front and rear emblem badges as I’m a tart 😂 and gave him a decent wash. The chap scrubs up well and still looks great for a 2010 (had him since 2014) 3.6 awd estate with 194,000kms under the belt….

Hi TheDempsey. I had a similar thing at around 100,000 kms. Do a search on here for my threads (wile7 - 3.6 Superb) and you’ll find quite a bit of info. Although I changed my timing chains, it was one of the tensioner pullies that failed and made that rattle noise. Not expensive. I also had the mechatronic gearbox bit that simply needed a service as it was noisy too. Of course, yours might not be related, but worth a check. Also, check air con pump and hoses for that whoosh sound…could also be a vacuum pump hose. Good luck with it 👍🏻 The 3.6 is a great, pretty bullet proof, engine on the whole. Ancillaries can be annoying on occasion…

I have Halford bars and a norauto (French Halfords kind of place) top box and its a good combo. St Moritz Swiss to Taunton UK and back without issue. Quite quiet too (and these are not the aero bars, just standard ones). Pic below.

Thanks buddy. Ride is firm but not harsh. It was converted from new onto sachs shocks and kw springs. About 15mm too low to be honest as it scrapes on occasion (speed bumps, car park incline etc.). I have a set of 18” rims for summer currently as I damaged one of the 19’s unfortunately….to be fixed.

Hi Mullerbrar. Not done it yet but I reckon its coming soon…be interested to see the replies here. Good luck with it. Dave

I found this was a perfect tool…stretched the casing enough to release module without affecting the interference fit. Perfect. Don’t tell the wife please 😁 #spatula

I run 19” summer rims and 17” winter rims. Small and narrow deals with the heavy snow and cold temperatures really well. The 19’s just look great 😂

Don’t worry. On very cold weather mine does the same…seven years in. Just check nothing is leaking from gearbox or somewhere else as fluids tramline along wires and channels to peculiar places and can drip on a hot exhaust…I’m thinking the smell, that’s all. Otherwise, normal fare sir 👍🏻

Just had my back end up in the air (ooh er missus) to do dome paint and repsir work to inner arch. Took photo of rear shocks - sachs units. My car is lowered (from new) and had uprated shocks fitted. Codes etc in the photo….

1932 Restored Convertible Skoda

Apologies if posted elsewhere but saw this and thought - wow…that is stunning. https://classiccarcuration.co.uk/this-amazing-skoda-1100-ohc-is-one-of-only-two-surviving-examples/

I bought mine (all colours) from here: HENGTIE Store https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOTeeXF

CHF 37.68 | HengFei ar accessories for Skoda SUPERB Car Door inside handrail box Door handle Armrest https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0UL7HL

As above. Sounds, dare I say, normal. Mine is on 169k kms - mind you your post was a year ago. Oops 😬 Did you buy the car?

The unit is an easy replacement from under bonnet access - cost of bulb unit the only downside but around £20-25 a unit (buy a pair a - cheaper - the other will go...). Full details here on Briskoda guide 👍🏻

Hi chaps and chapesses, It’s been a while since my last post but I have been trawling the forum to keep up to date. I have a 3.6 superb estate, bought used in 2014 (2010 car) when we moved to Switzerland with work. The car has been brilliant. It’s now on 169,000 kms and running a dream. Just had all oils and filters (gearbox, diffs, engine, fuel) changed, new plugs, cabin filters and summer rims put back on. Oils and annual check I do every 10,000kms but a full service not been looked at since 98000 kms. I had some work done on the timing chain/gearbox at around that time. A plastic chain tensioner ‘failed’ so I replaced everything plus a motronic gearbix issue came to the fore. The saga is on here somewhere. Long story short, after a protracted three year fight I got all my money back from the garage who basically f*cked up diagnosis but had new chains, pulleys, water pump and motronic unit (plus rebuilt gearbox which actually was fine...) for free. Car lives in St Moritiz in Swiss Alps currently. Three years of up to minus 28C to plus 30c temps and metres of snow, it has not missed a beat. The awd system brilliant, passing many teslas and heavy suv’s stuck in snow drifts on my daily 15km commute to work. Only issue is the lowered stance which does mean I carve out channels in the snow at times One failed light unit (60chf - £45?), paint degradation on front roof line (above windscreen - might wrap the car next and change colour...) and a fight with a dear that got trapped between my car and a snow drift (antler scars on paint) are only issues. Twice gearbox has gone into ‘safe mode’ at cold temperatures (minus 25C or colder) but a quick reset (depressed throttle/key black art) resolves the issue. Even auto hatch struts and TV/DAB radio still function perfectly. Speakers in doors a bit tinny though...upgrade at some point. Oh, and driver door pull gone all soft and gooey - new ones from Aliexpress for £12 a pair 👍🏻 The car does regular bi-monthly flights to Toulouse in France and back (covid paperwork done online) which is a 2500km round trip and a delight. Car is hammered as an estate but on the twisties with uprated bilstein struts/springs and brembo discs with greenstuff pads, handles delightfully. Embrack power upgrade (280-300 bhp? Not dynoed) gives more than enough oomph for what I need. 6sp dsg a delight on the paddles. So, leasing long gone (its mine!). Car sublime for the money. Quick, comfortable, spacious and 25/27 mpg still - only gripes is that exhaust still good despite all salt and chemicals around here. I want to ‘upgrade’ to a supersprint or something but only when original exhaust expires... So there you are. The Skoda Superb 3.6 estate. A fantastic car. A good companion to my wife's 2004 Subaru legacy outback (402,000 kms and still going strong). Stay safe people. Dave (Wile7)