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Excellent, thank you. I will look into giving it a go.

Good afternoon. The new part has arrived but it looks a little more involved than I was expecting. I thought it would literally be just the plastic surround that clips on and off. I didn't realise it was actually a whole part which the glass sits in. Has anyone successfully replaced one of these? Do you reckon a body shop garage would be able to swap it over or am I likely to have to fork out for a whole new wing mirror? I am quite reluctant to take it to Skoda directly as I imagine they will outright say that a full replacement wing mirror is required. Cheers in advance

Fantastic. Thank you for that mate. Much appreciated.

Good evening all, I am coming up to the end of my 2 year lease and I am due to hand my Octavia vRS (MY15) back in a couple of months. Last year some time I scraped the wing mirror in a car park. The car will be inspected prior to handing it back and I doubt this is going to class as fair wear and tear haha. It is one of the folding mirrors and the mechanism has not been affected by the scrape. It still folds and opens as expected. The scratches are literally on the plastic glass surround (not on the main shell at the back). I guess by the way that the sections have separated that the black glass surround clips off completely from the rest of the housing. If that is the case, does anyone know if I could get a replacement plastic surround (and where from please?) that I can just clip back in or am I looking at a whole new wing mirror replacement? Many thanks in advance Jimmy

Thanks for the replies all. The car does has misfuel prevention :- Misfuelling prevention If you’ve ever absent-mindedly used the petrol rather than diesel pump, or the other way round, you’re in good company. Because every year motorists right across Europe make the same error. Now ŠKODA drivers will never need worry about making the same mistake. We’ve designed the car’s fuel tank access port so it only fits the appropriate pump nozzle. Try pumping petrol into a diesel ŠKODA and you won’t be able to. Simply Clever, isn’t it? It’s just one more sensible, everyday reason you know you’ve made the right choice when you select ŠKODA. As I say though, a lot of the petrol did seem to just splash back off the misfuel prevention mechanism thing, but the thing that concerned me was that it seems to have holes (lines) round the sides which look like any type of fluid can seep through. I may be wrong though. If those holes do not lead to the fuel tank then I may have got away with it completely. Does anyone know if the holes do allow fluid straight through to the fuel tank ? It seems silly to have them holes there in the first place if not, but I am sure there is a plausible reason that they are there.

Not having much luck with the picture of my fuel reciept but it basically showed :- 0.13 litres of unleaded 19.48 litres of Diesel Cheers

I don't know if the picture I attached to the original post worked so here it is again. Cheers.

I clearly need to get an early night tonight. Petrol station, not thinking started trying to get the PETROL nozzle into my DIESEL Octavia VRS. I knew full well that there was a mechanism on the car to stop you putting petrol in as I have had that conversation before with my better half. Anyway, for whatever reason that did not come to the forefront of my mind whilst I was trying to get the petrol nozzle into the car to little avail. A car pulled up being me waiting to fill up to so I got a bit flustered, I assumed the nozzle was not going in properly as I was parked a bit away from the pump itself. I pressed the trigger and soon realised the error or my ways after the petrol came spitting back at me. The figures I put in are shown on the screenshot. The fuel tank was just above the red line on the gauge before I put that bit of petrol in. I then put enough diesel in to get me home (40 mile journey ish from that point). When I got back and read a few other stories about people who had done similar to me, I went to my local garage and filled the tank up with more diesel. Have I got away with it or should I take some further action ? Although the petrol nozzle won't actually fit, I notice that there are holes (lines) around the enterance of the fuel hole so is it likely some petrol got into the tank through these holes (lines) Cheers

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Yeah I love the metal grey mate. Really please I chose it over the race blue which I was originally set on !

Thanks both. Appreciated. I have snow foamed each time I washed the car but it still hasn't got rid of some of the bugs. Maybe I need to alter the concentration. I have ordered some AutoFinesse citrus power in the interim. Cheers folks.

First wash went well Although the only real issue I have is getting the bugs off the front grill / front of the car. Maybe I am being a little light handed and not putting enough elbow grease in with the microfibre wash pad but some of it is not keen on being washed off at all. Any tips folks ? I understand there are a plethora of products specific to getting rid of bugs but is it really required ? If so, any suggestions as to products that work well ? Cheers !

First snow foam mate and its first wash since getting the car 2 weeks ago.

Cheers mate. Very helpful. Will give it a go. Went for Tutti Frutti for its first wash

Hi folks. Took delivery of some KKD Blizzard snow foam today and my snow lance pressure washer attachment. How much off the KKD stuff should I be putting in the tube of the snow lance as a general rule ? It's going to be cleaning a MY15 Octavia VRS Cheers guys.