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Having driven a superb courtesy car on 18 Inch wheels as opposed to my 19's I did notice a vastly different ride on the individual ride settings,comfort on my car is like normal on the one with 18's normal is like sport,and when I set it to sport my 19 Inc wheeled breaks you're teeth,very wheel sensitive.

Would have been great if the dcc had five rather than three settings as I'm always looking for something in the middle of comfort/normal for motorway use and normal/sport for general use,perhaps it will be tweaked in the face lifted 2017 model.kevin.

I was merely replying to Nazmi question as to where I got the badges from,supaskoda at the grand cost of a tenner,hardly think a tsi badge shouts wow,the twin pipes do that,just prefer to have the tsi badge instead of the skoda one,it is after all the engine it has.i agree with the over use of logos,in fact the ones on my seats are poorly embossed,passenger seat one especially,it's all most unreadable and looks naff.love the car though.kevin.

I had a couple of teething problems with mine,sat navigation surround ,weak washers and a rattly exhaust,was touching a heat shield,all quickly repaired and has been faultless and a dream to own since the first month ,being one year and 15000 miles old it's an early build car I'm happy with that,maybe I was lucky,or is it a few were unlucky!had an audi a8 3.0 that was built 5 years after introduction and was plagued with faults and that was 60k new,luck of the draw.kevin.

Bought both badges from supaskoda.look good to me.took off the old badges and replaced with the new,to me that's how skoda should have done it in the first place.kevin

Should have said the si in tsi is red,sorry!

Got the badge from supaskoda and the 4x4 one,tsi badge has the site in red and the 4x4,the x is in red.like them.

My 280 is one year old today,I'm still loving her,love the q car stealth Ness,just want to say if you're thinking about one,just do it,you won't regret it,and that's a promise!!

Still makes me turn around and have another look,marmite colour,but I love it.one year,15000 miles and no itchy feet.one he'll of a motor!

Go 19's if budget allows,very good ride even with that diameter wheel,far more comfy than bm/merc/audis ive had in the past,and they look great,its a big car,needs big wheels.kevin.

The main reason why i painted the bottom of the tailgate was i stupidly opened the electric tailgate and it hit the open garage door causing an area of about 6 x 6 square inches of damaged paint,tried t-cut etc to no avail,began as an experiment as i have allready had the tailgate repaired due to a large supermarket trolly ding,in reality it does look the part and have had nothing but favourable comments.i may keep it like it now,but could easily have it repainted jungle green in the future. P.s you would loved to have seen my face when i was fumbling around trying to stop that blasted electric tailgate from hitting the garage door,was about a second late,damage was done,air was blue!! Just dont tell anyone what i done!!!! Kevin.

Was a wee bit bland at the back,had the bottom part of the tailgate sprayed matt black,a silver pin stripe and some new badges from supaskoda,thinks it looks great,what do you think.kevin.

Picked up my 280 this morning,had oil change service,100 miles overdue when i dropped it off with a mileage of 9150,cost 174.00 and was cleaned inside and out to a high standard.was expecting it to go a little futher than that before the first service was due,but hay ho!! Kevin.

On the subject of eco mode,have tried this,put my all into driving with a light foot,using the coasting system,nearly fell asleep,and got about 2 mpg more.never again.drive in normal mode,sometimes sport/paddles,enjoy and smile.eco mode isnt for the 280,using eco drive mode is like owning a three legged greyhound!! Kevin.