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I've fitted the CrossClimate+ and I'm very happy with them, but I can't yet comment as to longevity. Handling is fine, snow performance really good, and road noise down quite a bit.

In 25,000 miles I have had the TP come on twice - one was a screw in the tyre, and the TPS warning came on only after it had significantly deflated (but before I''d have noticed otherwise). Second time was a false alarm. Seems about as accurate as that on my old 2004 Lexus ...

I have a similar problem with this same wheel, similarly intermittent. Will ask the dealer to look at it when I take it in for the front park assist not working.

We like "Destination Street". Odd how every town seems to have one of those and we're always going to it! Near us, the small village of Bettws Cedewain results in an interesting pronunciation from the Columbus lady - "Bettws" is OK, but Cedewain, which in Welsh is pronounced "keh-DEH-wine" comes out, as if it were pure English, as "seed-wayne". You can see how the computer arrived at that ...

Gripes and niggles - well, I'll not go into the odd squeaks and intermittent issues that won't be common to others, and to be fair there aren't many of them. The substantive issues for me, so far after 21000 miles in a 280 L&K estate: the stop/start sometimes stopping the engine before the car comes to a halt. Others have commented on this and I therefore assume it is normal behaviour, but is strikes me as potentially dangerous, e.g. on approach to a fast-flowing roundabout the low temperature warning - coming on with a big "the car has a problem!" BONG at a balmy 4 degrees C. Not only does that give me a totally unnecessary start, it's a too high a threshold to be useful. No doubt VAG are in possession of some information that shows a possibility of road icing as the temperature drops to 4C. That is prioritising CYA over useful functionality. For an even worse example of CYA, however, see below.* the standard issue tyres. Good heavens are they noisy, even if they last well. Just changed them for Michelin Crossclimate+ - good impression so far. the virtual pedal (which I like) and the inability to use it to close the door (which I don't). I have, thank you, loaded up the boot with my stuff at the car park. Now I am taking it out, and I have the bags in my hands, but I must drop them on the muddy drive to close the rear door. (I bought mine too early for the close function.) * For serious CYA: my wife's DS3 will not allow the cruise control to be set at a speed > 70 mph. Fine, I understand why that works for Citroen, though not any of its customers. That means that on the motorway the fastest you can set the CC to is about 67mph in the real world. Not at all useful on Britain's motorways ...

Yes, we'd noticed.

I find this "feature" pretty annoying. I understand why it's there, but to have this warning come up repeatedly on a straight stretch of motorway, when you have had your hands on the wheel the whole time, is rather irritating.

Do you have the card yet? The instructions are pretty specific - you have to register the card, you get a PIN, etc. The instructions you get tell you how to check the balance.

What editor do you use?

I think that's probably a pretty accurate analysis!

UncleWang, honestly I do sympathise, but this is at least the half-dozenth time you've told us all that you'll never buy a Skoda now, and I'm finally driven to ask you why you are directing your fury not at the villains of the piece, viz. NCD and the dodgy supplying dealer, but at the manufacturer, whose actions are (IMHO) not unreasonable, irrational or unethical? As the man from NCD said, as far as Skoda are concerned you are not even their customer. As an early contributor to the NCD thread you knew that the deal revolved around abuse of fleet sales. This wasn't an unpredictable outcome (though it was of course not inevitable). The risk did not pay off. I'm not saying you did anything wrong - I don't think you did - but it does seem to me that your anger is entirely misplaced.

280 estate owner here - not driven the hatch, but have no complaints about the refinement, and my last car was a Lexus LS430. Tyre roar can be significant on some surfaces but overall it's decently quiet, and I rather like the hard rasp under acceleration!

Welshman living in the Highlands of Scotland. Relocating to mid-Wales later in the year, post-retirement.

I should add mine, as reported in the tracker thread: 280 L&K Estate, Corrida Red, beige leather. Rear backrest release, steering wheel with paddles, heated washer nozzles, variable boot floor, smartgate.

Another picked up today! 280 L&K Estate, beige leather, Corrida Red. Ordered 25 Jan. Shifts a bit! Will get a decent drive in tomorrow ...

Data point: I have today paid for my 280 L&K estate, Corrida Red, beige leather. Ordered 25 Jan. Picking it up next week.

Big cars, indeed - I imagine I will be one of the few downsizing (technically) to the Superb. The Senator was a very good car. I remember the cabin being a little soulless after the Lancia, but then, stuff actually worked!

VW Golf N - not many people bought this base model! (early 1980s) Audi 80 1.8 Audi 100 2.1 Lancia Thema 16v Turbo Vauxhall Senator 3.0 24v Vauxhall Omega 3.2 Audi A8 4.2 Vauxhall Vectra 3.2 (after the Audi taught me an expensive lesson) Lexus LS430 on order, 280 PS L&K estate. Suitable car for retirement .... Ordered 25/1/2016, been given unconfirmed build week 10, haven't put that in the tracker thread as fully expecting it to be totally wrong!