CapstanPlug

Gnome

Fences

Yep - that’s what it seems to be, ok.

He's had it since new.

Cream

@dadumtishCould that be a re-work job done before delivery ? Or what @Estate Man says. It looks like it's all over the car ?? Is your dealer Spirit in Sandyford? If so, I'd suggest getting Simon Barrett on board as well - he's head of sales in the Skoda showroom. He helped a family member big-time with a problem VAG car, not a Skoda, some years ago. The service people in Spirit Foster (service) will try to fob you off, like @AwaoffSki says. Also, if you need a third-party opinion to back you up - try Alan Mears in Bray (http://www.alanmearsservices.ie/) - he does excellent work. Difficult to get a really good bodywork and paint-matching people around here - and this guy knows his beans - I've seen his work matching metallics ! Wish you well with it all. Keep us posted how you get on.

Deprived

Pie

It does !

Did they say what the problem was ? Might be of interest to some of the crew on here. Glad you got it sorted anyway.

Hi - congrats on your new motor - I think it's the "Range" figure you're looking for. While I don't find that figure to be terribly accurate, the mpg-achieved readouts seem to be very accurate. There's a variety of data that displays in the centre of the MaxiDot. It's not possible however to put it in one of the corners. Click the right-most button on the steering wheel and scroll with the right-wheel to select driving date (press the wheel to select) That will bring you to the various options there - Speed, Current MPG, Average MPG (again click wheel to cycle thru figures for "since start", "since refuel", "long-term"), Oil temp, Travel time (again click wheel for those three options), Average speed ( click wheel ditto), and Range.

Not so on my Fabia - just checked. Can lock and unlock in any order - Kessy - Fob - Kessy - Fob - Fob - Kessy - Kessy !

Players (!)

Guitar

Go on ... tell us ! How much ? They don’t offer us that colour here... serious dosh?? [Edit] : Ok - had a look at UK config ... sheesh .. 900 squid ... about 1300 Euro. Whew. not usually drawn to red cars - do like that one though ! (Interested to see it in the metal.)

Knife

On my car ( which only has Kessy on the front doors ), sometimes, it doesn't respond - but if I take my hand away for a second or two, and then put hand back into handle, it works fine. I haven't studied it closely - but I think it's when I'm absent-mindedly grabbing the door handle, my thumb hits the "Lock" part on the outside of the handle - so it's getting a simultaneous Unlock-Lock command - so it just doesn't do anything! I do believe it's become more frequent - and that may be because I've become more complacent with how I place my hand on the handle! A bit annoying alright - but it's usually when I'm in a hurry, and I'm not thinking about what the door-handle needs !! Could there be wax or polish, or oil or something, on your door-handles that's causing tracking of whatever tiny electric currents the system responds to ?

Bird

My old Passat B5 (1999) never had the Aircon serviced (had car from new) - and it was on all of the time. Had the car out a few weeks ago (because I still have it!) - and it still works OK !!

Good to hear that - should be useful for some of the others on here. Didn't have your issue with the One-touch Open/Close on drivers door window. Curious the way these things go !

Yup - looks like similar to Slovenia in Ireland .. even at "Style" (a kind of SEL) level - the Bolero is an optional extra, and Smartlink-etc.. is optional, on top of that. The week my car was built (June 2015) was the week they sorted the SmartLink ( up to the week before, they only offered Mirrorlink - which only worked with a limited number of Android phones). Of course - my dealer didn't know this - so I didn't order it - especially when reading all the guys'n'gals on here having icky experiences with Mirrorlink. So - I'd have liked that. And I wouldn't have bothered adding the optional Cornering Fogs (useless, unless you live in Italian mountains with multiple hairpin bends) , and would probably have ordered DAB, instead. Also, an extra in IRL. Incidentally - Front Assist is also an option across the range here - I think I must have the only Fabia in Ireland with Front Assist. The dealer nearly gave me Front Parking Sensors, as he didn't know what I was talking about !!! Luckily, I had the Skoda order code for them, and knew that was he was typing the wrong code into the computer. Grrr ! Adaptive Cruise wasn't available (Regular Cruise is also an option here too !) - but I would absolutely have that the next time around.

As per the other posters there ... had an incident about three weeks ago , where a car in front, rear-ended the car in front of it - my Front Assist fired straight away- it was a very impressive demo ! They were about 20-30 yards ahead - the radar just picked up that a moving object had suddenly stopped. As Rick and JoeP say - it’s an Assist. And quite an impressive one so far.

Handles

Probably because they’re manoeuvring car in tight space in garage and want to see how close they are to other cars, or obstacles. Maybe! I use adjusters all the time when I’m parking- to see that I don’t clip rear wheels against some of the wonky kerbs around here! And then re-adjust them much like you do, once on the road. That or they’re just messing. Or...

My car has the Swing radio ( a cut-down version of the Bolero )... and it has synced fine with both an iPhone 5 and an SE (looks like a 5S externally but has the internals of a 6S) . On various iOS from 8 or 9 up to current 11.2. No problem with any OS. There is a 2000 contact limit on the Swing - it can take a little while to sync up at switch-on. But no more than about a minute. How it displays contacts depends on how you’ve saved them in the phone ( e.g. how you’ve stored people’s names in the First Name, Middle name, Last name fields on the phone and then the radio only gives options sorting by either 1st Name or Surname . If you’ve a lot of gaps or spaces in one of those fields (on your phone) it might look “empty” for those entries. Go into Phone - Settings (the little cogs at the bottom right ) - User Profile and scroll down “Imp. Contacts”. Should see a number there like, 0/2000 if no contacts imported. Or, for instance, 476/2000 - if 476 contacts imported. The 2000 being the max possible contacts that the radio can import. Also - while you’re there - look at entries for “Prefix “ and “Sort by”. On mine, “Prefix” is unchecked, and “Sort by “ is set to “1st name” Hope that’s even a little bit clear!! See what numbers you get on the “Import contacts” entry.