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Great project Damo! Love the details on the car and the stance! Have you considered putting a Monte Carlo grill insert? Would suit the car nicely http://www.superskoda.com/Skoda/SUPERB-II/Superb-II-front-grille-bottom-frame-BLACK-Monte-Carlo-edition

I would also consider an anti lift kit, since it really helps if you feel the car is pushing too hard in corners. Had a Seat Leon Cupra and I can say it really transformed the car, no more overstreer and you could hit the curve much harder

There, finally a cold night and presto changing the cable helped :clap: The driver side would open and the passenger side would not budge. Now the other door needs to get fixed and hope that was the last of this bother.

@Gizmo68 no I haven't. Rolling in the summer on 18' with different tyres, but have heard good things about them.

Cheers Richf

Can one of you point me to the correct one? Finding numerous ones and not sure, which are correct.

Oh a small FYI once temparatures drop below 8 degrees winter tyres have better grip than summer tyres

I run 16' moons with Nokian Hakkapellitä 8, which has spikes on them. We have the option to have winter tyres without spikes or with, but I prefer to go with since I mostly drive in an urban setting where there is often ice. Sure the down side is the increased noise, but with the added safety I would choose them each time.

I have noticed that the Superb brake feeling is not the best and when braking hard I cannot shake the feeling that I would like the brakes to have more bite. Can I get better brakes by upgrating the brake disks and pads or do I need to go out and get myself a big brake upgrade? I do not intend to go to a track with my 2010 estate, but would like better brakes on the car. Has anyone done this?

So in the end there was water in the door that kept freezing up at low temparatures, or so it seems. Temparatures have not been really cold, so a real test has been tricky. The garage just ordered one cable and did one door, need to assess things and if it did the trick will need to bring it back and get the other door done.

Send some pictures of your road trip

Good news, was able to presuade Skoda to take the car in and get it sorted. Obviously the sales person said that in his 7 year history with Skoda he has never come accross something like this Hopefully exchanging the cable and properly oiling the parts will do the trick. Will keep you posted.

That did not do the trick either... The handle is not budging. Its currently about -7 degrees. This has never happend to me at such temparatures, after -20 and more I could understand it. Looks like I will need to argue with the garage and Skoda again tomorrow... Grml After doing some local research it seems that its quite common that the door handle freezes. All parts need to be taken apart dried and the properly greased, might even be a good idea to exchange the cable inside aswell. Just emailed Skoda with this info, lets see what they will say. Cannot do it myself, as do not have a garage to put the car and with this weather there is no way I am doing it outside. Blizzard coming up.

Thanks samuir1974, the problem is the handle, it won't even move in the morning after a cold night. Will try what psycholist suggested and spray some oil into the key hole. Fingers crossed, will be back tomorrow with an update.

@ psycholist will this require any tools? Or will the cover beside the moving part just pop off? Spray in there then? EDIT: I suppose you meant this: