100andthirty

I travel to the Alps each year with 4 people in the car, the boot absolutely full and a roofbox. No obvious problems on mountain roads. Inflate the tyres to the maximum recommended, but I guess you will know this.

The 2.0, as others have said, has much more torque than the 1.6. Skoda use this advantage to change the gearing so to driver the car at lower rpm. Therefore even this engine might need a gear change to deliver best performance. It will cruise at around 1400rpm but won't really give that 'shove up the backside'u till 1800-2000rpm. If you want the best of all worlds the 2.0 linked to the 6 speed or new 7 speed wet clutch DSG auto box is ideal.

Unless Skegness is particularly humid and you run with the interior really hot, I would suspect a leak. Feel all the carpets; are they damp? If not, take a longish journey with the air conditioning on, and see if matters improve.

Snowsocks have been wonderful today!

"Real world" MPG figures reported on the web are 49.9mpg for the 1.4 ACT TSI and 53.9mpg for the 2.0 TDI 150 diesel. There is no real world figure for the 1.6 TDI on the Honest John site. The two diesel "official" consumption figures are pretty similar, but with significantly more torque, the 2.0 TDI will be the easier one to drive. If the real world figures are about right, this means that over 30000 miles a year, the annual difference between petrol and diesel is about 45 litre of fuel. Compare that with the difference in price, if any, of the cars/BIK etc.

DaveIV.....TerryMcK is saying that a 63 plate Superb is a MkII, not a MkIII. You will probably find a mine of information on towing with the MkII in the MkII section which has been running for a long time. The MkII won all sorts of towing awards, but beyond that "I know nothing" as I've never towed anything in nearly 50 years of driving.

It's like the electric seats; once you have found what works for you, than you'll make no further adjustment. Where the facilities come into their own is if there are two regular drivers where the settings can be saved to the individual drivers' keys. This was the situation with my mkII. However my good lady dislikes my mkIII for the same reasons that I like it.....auto gearbox and parking brake.

Mine is Corrida Red - looks really good - but that colour is no longer available. I had petrol blue on my mk2 and, for me, that's next best to red.

My last four cars have had wheel/tyre combinations where the manual indicates that snow chains are not to be used. This is because of limited clearance between the tyre and the suspension strut. If you use snow chains that fit entirely from the outside of the wheels, you should be OK. Spikes-Spiders, Thule/Konig K Summit, and Weissenfels all make this sort of chain. Not cheap - £240 - £350 a pair. A benefit is that they are generally much easier to fit than conventional chains once set up. I have Weissenfels Clack and Go Quattro F40 for my SE-L with 235/45/18 tyres. I have trial fitted them, but didn't need to use them on my last expedition. I did use chains and socks at different times on my mk2 during the last severe winter in UK.

Knfruitbat. Knocking into sport is an easier movement for me, and I don't necessarily want to hold first gear.

Multi-storey car park to guarantee starting in 1st gear. Much more responsive if one has to halt on a ramp between floors. Counter intuitive that one of the slowest places to drive benefits from sport! Any other unlikely uses?

I second LC6598's view. My mk2 suffered the same problem. They fitted a new (heated) screen on the basis, I think, that it is cheper to fit a new one than to properly prepare a used screen for refitting. My dealer did strip the interior to get it properly dry, and replaced the heated seat controllers which had stopped working. I had no mould/smells in the subsequent 4 years of ownership.

Petrol Blue looks lovely in the flesh with sun shining on it. I wanted a changed for my Mk3 and got red, which for some reason is no longer available. It looks great in red with silver Pegasus wheels

I had one person ask me about my new Vauxhall. I felt quite insulted

Can't speak for 150TDi cars, but in the Alps earlier this year I only noticed how steep the roads were when going down them a couple of days later on a bus. The car didn't seem to notice the steep hills; it must have just changed down a gear or two and carried on in near silence (from the engine anyway!).

Unless you are getting a variable boot floor, and keep it at the highest level, then a full size wheel (same size as your regular wheels) won't fit. if you want a genuine steel spare, as you're getting a 280, you need a special space saver that will clear the 280's larger brakes. Other models get away with a 16" wheel that is a reasonably meaty size. The special one for the 280 is a larger diameter, comparatively skinny space saver.

Since I got my car in January I had been wondering why it had the retractable cover which I specifically hadn't ordered!! Now I know! Thanks

I had a 2012 Estate. It had a leak into the LHS footwell which was eventually diagnosed as a poorly sealed windscreen. Once the new screen was fitted, the problem disappeared, never to return until I traded in the car earlier this year.

Steviedakota. I have 4 children but was able to migrate as they grew up and left home. I have not regretted it for a minute, as I got a much more comfortable ride in all respects. That said, it wasn't hard as one of SEAT's more bonkers decisions was to fit sports suspension and 17" wheels on the 2004 generation Alhambra SE models!

Whilst i don't have this particular model, my experience might be relevant. I moved from a 7-seat diesel (SEAT Alhambra) to a mk II 1.8TSI manual nearly 5 years ago. It was a joy and revelation in every way. Quieter, more comfortable, but still very spacious for 4 people; 5 is a squeeze. Since moving to the mk III I've been even more impressed, especially with DSG. You will still find that the 5th passenger gets a raw deal - transmission tunnel, less seat padding and non-adjustable head restraint. You might be surprised about fuel consumption. There'll be no need to work the throttle hard to make decent progress.

That said, I've had good experience of Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric and from all I've read, Michelin Cross Climate seem to be very good although I'd not want to fit the latter except to all 4 wheels

225/40x18 is a Mk II size and not a Mk3 tyre size (mark III is 235/45x18) or equivalent diameter for other rim sizes

Indeed. Pedantically...... not just petrol but hybrid. I discounted it due to cost!

And no petrol Passats!

On a recent trip to an event where the car was parked rather prominently, I received lots of positive comments about the car's looks, especially the colour. Corrida red looked really good in a sea of greys and silvers. Why oh why did Skoda UK drop Corrida Red on the Superb?