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This is a better shot that my wife took.
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44 minutes ago, DSL said:
With the damage to the Karoq & RR as it is, the Karoq being parked, the RR driver must have been driving down the pavement. Was the Karoq on the other side of the road from where it started off?
They think the RR driver blanked out, swerved left. mounted curb then pushed our car to the middle of the road. Amazed she didnt run a pedestrian over
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14 minutes ago, shyVRS245 said:
Two things, typical Range Rover driver (sorry Aspman) and no way would I have the Kodiaq repaired after that severe damage. It needs to be scrapped.
I dont think we have a choice do we?
My argument was that we purchased it new so we know its spot on. We are towing horses. Cant be having any issues at all.
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5 minutes ago, J.R. said:
Did the airbags deploy?
It looks repairable & if the airbags are intact then the chassis rail (I know its a monocoque) will not have deformed nor the boot floor.
The damage is minimal (structural) because of the towbar & the height of the RR's bumper.
No they didnt go off. Do they go off when locked and parked up?
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3 minutes ago, kenfowler3966 said:
If it is new enough they can move all the parts to a new bodyshell, but you wouldn't want to have it back afterwards as it is almost impossible to do 100% correct
No we wouldnt want it back, We tow a horse box with it.
I know it wouldnt be a write off but would it be logged as damage repaired?
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A better shot
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Someone decided to push the wifes car 30ft down the road.
Insurance companies computer says repair. How it can do that before inspection, is beyond me.
as you look at the rear door, the roof looks bent to me.-
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Whats worse is, its my wifes car and its her second one. So had Kodiaq's for about 6 years. She thought the button unlocked, not opened the boot
I put then other side of house but always in and out with them for shed/garage etc. I thought someone posted how to disable button
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Hi.
I am sick of going outside in a morning to find the boot half open and all the contents showing.
Its been talked about before, but cant find it.
Guessing its the remove being pressed while in pocket.
How do you disable it
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32 minutes ago, Kenny R said:
Ah I just glanced at his signature and saw oil burner, now that I’ve looked again I can see his signature hasn’t been updated. Apologies.
The signature was from the VRS.
Its the 150 oil burner. Edition 5 seat with factory tow bar.
She doesn't drive like a women. Shes really good. Trailer is like new.
I would have said the electric handbrake sometimes sticks a bit, but she manually released it once she found it wouldn't set off easy.
I have to say, I have never stalled a diesel car in my life... until we got this. Total gutless until its on a roll. No low down power at all. I can dump the clutch on my transit and it never stalls.I am sure its a week clutch, along side poor low down power that's the issue.
No trouble towing it on normal roads (keep revs up), just steep hill starts.
By the way. Bad driver or not. It takes a hell of a lot of abuse to make a clutch smoke like that
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After 5 years of loving our Octavia VRS estate, we needed an upgrade.
Circumstances changed and we needed a car to tow a horse box. So we got a Kodiaq 150 manual gearbox.
Got it late August. Bout horse trailer 2 weeks ago. No problem towing, other than its gutless at low revs.
2nd time out and wife was towing it up a steep hill. Car in front stopped. When she set off, it wouldn't move without loads of revs. This was followed with a cloud of white smoke and the smell of a burnt out clutch.
When she returned back to the yard, she let the clutch out and it stayed on the floor. She lifted it up with her foot and all ok.
Horse box was 900kg and 450kg pony. Well in the weight.
Skoda may change the clutch as its only done 1000 miles. Problem is, we don't trust it. Could have killed the horse and rote the car off
Anyone else had problems?
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3 hours ago, TDIum said:
You always pay more for Michelin - the extra goes towards Mr Ecclestone's cosmetic surgery budget (or used to anyway).
The original Bridgestone Potenza on mine seem to grip really well but offer no alloy rim protection at all. Going to get Conti SportContact 5 next.
That's a point. Which ones have good protection
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Our Vrs estate is due some new tyres. It came with P zero's. Terrible traction. Doesn't grip at all in the wet. Never again.
We got had to change the rears, after 1 week due to a nail. Got Nexen as they had damage cover with them. They are fine, but as on the rear, its hard to tell.
Looking at Michelin Pilot Sport 4, but at £160 from Camskill, they arnt cheap (225/35/19)
Good Year f1 at £116, so not bad.
What is your experience with tyres. Running 19's so not as popular.
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That's because only the minority let their wife drive their car. Supply and demand
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^This.
Or Superskoda sell them http://www.superskoda.com/Skoda/OCTAVIA-III/Lightning/
Don't know which is cheaper. If Superskoda cheaper maybe bargain with the dealer and get them to match or better the price?
Or you could see if any scrappers have the correct one.
EDIT: It appears Superskoda don't do the non-LED version for the estate, only the hatchback
They are LED and it is an estate
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I am amazed only the main dealers sell them
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My wife has just bumped her car and trying to find a uk seller.
Octavia mk3 vrs estate 15 plate
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Had Octavia vrs estate for about 8 months. On a few occasions we have gone to the car in the morning and all the windows are down and sunroof open. Daughter came in saying the same but said it was making a beeping noise like when you lock it. I went out and there was no noise. Any ideas
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We get a squeak on full lock. Sounds like the front CV joint rubber. Quite loud
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30k car? So it's not for your VRS then?
£28,500 with extras. Near enough sarcastic sod
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If you know anything about tyres, you can spot a repair EASILY. A good repair is 100% safe
Also putting a new tyre on is replacing old with new. What I mean is, the tread with be thicker on the new one. So, does every one on hear change all 4 when they get a puncture. Very OTT if you ask me.
Motorcycle. Thats a different thing. I have a 200 bhp bike and ever nail cost me £160. Obviously I only go up to 70mph anyway
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I ended up opting for...wait for it.... Nexen n' fera su1. Really good reviews. Guarantee if damaged on kerb etc. You get the percentage of tread left in money. Rated C and B. SO good in the wet for winter. Worth a try for £90
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Don't know why I put p600. Its p zero
Showing my age.I would trust a part worn over a budget tyre any day. Used to get new budget tyre for our Galaxy. It would slide in the wet at any speed. Yet these are legal.
I am getting a new one. Didn't want a pzero as they are bad in the wet. Didn't want different brand tyres all over the place though
Rear Ended
in Skoda Kodiaq MKI (2017-2023)
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VW Engineer just got back to us and he has it at £29K before he even starts. Says it needs a new shell to get it to a good standard d as it was before,
Now lets see how good Skoda insurance and Skoda GAP insurance is