Halifaxbob

A sort of related question - can anyone suggest a good way to wire in a sat nav sitting on the dash? If only to tell me a good route to try to feed a wire down to the USB (cigarette lighter socket). Or is it easy to use a spare switch on the console? Warning I a no electrician though. Thx, Bob

Most of the quotes I have had are running between £400-500 and that in the impoverished North of England.

A 2.0L BKD DSG

I need somebody to put me right. I am looking to buy a 2008 automatic Octavia Mk II and I asked an amateur car guy friend about changing the gearbox oil. He said 'never, sealed unit, not polluted by engine wear'. Well that doesn't sound right to me so any views most welcome. Mileage 67000.

Thank you for the response but sadly it serves to highlight the problem i.e. time against mileage. Maybe what I should have asked is what are the worst cases of failure you have experienced ? Miles and time (age) of failure against services or replacement? I always get the feeling with questions about cambelts the answer is related to ' are you feeling lucky punk?' I should add that when suggesting I go look at the belt I come from an age of BMC A series engines and have never moved on 🙂

Well I understand but I feel dealers will always err on the side of generating income. My hope was to get a view of experience over marketing.

Like many others I apologise if this subject has gone before but my case is unique and hence I felt it OK to ask again. I am looking to buy the following vehicle. Octavia MKII 2L TDI PD L&K Automatic 2008 plate, 67000 miles. Dealer service at 21K shows cambelt changed. I assume that was because they said it was 4 years old. So it is now 8 years older but with only a extra 55K miles added over that time. What is the opinion on time over milage when considering a replacement cambelt please? Dealer services up to 49K in 2016, no evidence since. Thx Bob