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After 27 years, a Skoda is finally going to be driveable in a Gran Turismo game. Now while it may be a futuristic, far fetched concept car, this will hopefully lead to more models being added as time goes on. With the official reveal of the car set to be tomorrow (24th of April) it's unclear yet if this is the same car revealed here by Skoda back in 2022. The speed at which the developers at Gran Turismo's studio work on some things could well mean that it is the same car. Either way I am looking forward to seeing Skoda as a usable brand in the game in whatever form that takes. GTPlanet Article

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Can you feel any vibration similar to the droning sound through the floor by the pedals as you drive along? Really, you'd need to get the car in the air and spin the wheels. Whether that's one at a time or all four makes no difference. As you spin the wheels, you should hear the courseness of the worn bearing along with any noise from the brakes. I find it's best to compare a couple of wheels to make sure what you're hearing is definitely different. The other possibility is the brakes. A lip or uneven lump of rust on a disc could make the sound.

The protector film should cover the holes alright, there's not much difference in the lip on normal and vRS bumpers so should also fit alright. You can always trim it if needed.

If you can, pump the pistons out quite far, use a block of wood or the two old brake pads to stop it coming out too far, then peel back the boot and have a look to see if there's any corrosion. Using some emery cloth of about 120 grit and some light oil, clean the corrosion off. Clean up the piston with a bit more of the oil and a clean rag then get some silicone or red rubber grease and smear it thinly over the piston before winding it back in. This should get you mobile again if you need the car before you get the calipers. Although you've probably got them already by now.

Those are the original side lights/marker/parking lights. The vRS has that feature moved to the DRL/fog lights so the bulbs in the actual head light unit are redundant. There are threads here about getting them activated again though so try a search and see how you get on.

Wasn't always the case that IRS was fitted to the higher power cars though, I work on a MK2 1.9TDi Ambient or Elegance (can't remember which spec now) hatch that has it.

Only "cheap" solutions are to get a seat cover or another seat from a breaker. You should still be able to get replacement seat covers and foam squabs from Skoda though so don't rule that out if you want to do a repair that should last another seven years.

I've sometimes found that a small pump of the brake pedal again can free the piston to retract. Obviously this isn't the best idea if you're piston is nearly out already.

I believe the driving mode button wasn't added until model year 14 or 15 so early ones don't have it. As for adding it, I couldn't say for definite but I'd imagine it's a lot of hassle for not much gain.

If you're a budding mechanic yourself go and get a small OBD code reader. Even a not very fancy one will be able to point you in more of a direction than a garage that can't or won't tell you what they've found. With the 1.6 TDi CR a restriction in performance will most likely be one of three things. EGR valve sticking, exhaust temperature sensor fault or an injector fault. The first two faults in their early stages will sometimes reset with a switch off and on again of the ignition. The injector will normally be accompanied by poor running as I'm sure you well know. Obviously it could be something else but without the fault code readout we're just poking in the dark.

Aftermarket parts are often not the same as OEM parts. The part in your first pic will sit on the underside of the one in your second photo. As long as the bolt holes are in the same place and the top rubber piece sits in the correct place on the car, all is well.

Cue a hush of threads on how to get the screen wash cap open as it seems locked. 😂

Mine has what I believe to be the original top up bottle of oil there.

Part three of the build is up now too. https://youtu.be/ZpvCgpQlkYA?si=-zWEDCIDa4nZQcS7