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Ywp - Dealer suggested that too. Trouble is - my memory and the fact that I haven't had a car that can do this before! Also - they are called "Convenience Features" and the "close the sunroof, then tilt it for cooling, then get out, then lock it, then remember the mirrors, then the long push, then the sunroof closing again, then opening the car up, re-inserting key in ign, then deploying manual mirror close knob and re-tilting sunroof, then locking up again" procedure does not strike me as particularly convenient!

Hello All, Just to finish off the variable service saga (well, as far as I am concerned - hopefully!), I called back into the original leasing dealer on my way home today. After being told that my Oil Service mileage/days numbers were normal for Variable Service, and then that Skoda don't do "Variable" Service anymore (they do "Flexible" instead !?!!?!?), they eventually agreed to let me speak to a tech, who took one look at my numbers and said, yep, the oil service hadn't been set to Variable. He took my car away, hooked it up to his system, and 20-30 minutes later, had the car back with 17,300mi / 713 days to next oil service (similar to the inspection service) - Result! (Thanks Dave, if you are reading this - you should give the bods in the office a masterclass!) Hi Dutyhog - Yup, In one way I'm lucky as I'm only 35 miles from my nearest Skoda place in 'Sneckie. However, its an Arnold Clark dealer - and I had a bad experience with AC Hyundai with my previous car - really bad Customer Service. Next nearest ones are Aberdeen or Perth at ~100 miles. So that's the service intervals sorted. However, even Dave couldn't do anything to help with my other requests. These were to de-couple my folding mirrors from my sunroof. (So I can fold in my mirrors without closing my tilted sunroof when I lock the car) nor can Skoda UK dealerships adjust the system so the mirrors will fold in without having to press and hold the lock button on to the key. (I was hoping there was an option to just fold the mirrors immediately as I lock the doors with just a single press of the key button.) Apparently the Skoda dealers are now very constrained as to what they can do with the parameters and have to have any "unusual" codes sent directly over from Czech online and straight into the car (for anything but standard settings.) Also, now, apparently, the L&K no longer has the "Auto-close windows & sunroof in case of rain" function. (As mentioned elsewhere on these forums.) This seems very peculiar to me - apparently, if the car HAS the rain sensor, it DOESN'T now have this ability - that's just downright perverse in my book. (Or maybe it was more bull from the bods in the office?) I defo cannot find the option in the MFD menus and I've spent quite some time looking. As I said to Dave, I think I am going to have to find some kind soul with a VCDS who lives near Aviemore, to set all these things up for me (plus quite a few more.) Dave reckons it may be possible to do some of these things on the VCDS but offered a note of caution, to check that all the other functions still work on the car after the VCDS fiddle, as Skoda will know its been done and will bounce any warranty claims to get things sorted out again. I think I read on here somewhere, that with VCDS/VagCom, you can back-up your original settings before fiddling, so in the worse case (or before it goes back to the lease company ), things can be restored to the original factory settings. So, any kind VCDS souls in the Aviemore/NE Scotland area? Cheers, Harry.

Probably 10-12k p.a. Mostly free-flowing A-Road where I'll be maintaining a steady 50-60 mph over ~30 miles each way to work. (Not as just now in Devon.)

Hi All, Just picked my Yeti 1.4 Tsi 4x4 up from the dealers at the beginning of this month. I asked them repeatedly to have my service regime set to variable and they assured me they had. When I first got the car, the inspection service was saying 20000mi/730days. However the Oil Service was saying 9500mi/365days. I had heard that the variable service needs some time & miles to "learn" your driving patterns, so did not think the above was unreasonable. However, since then, I have driven ~700 miles which has been a mix of initially steady motorway (60-70mph for ~350 miles) and then lots of start/stop, lanes & hills (Devon trip in the middle of grockle season!) My inspection service now reads 18300mi/673days but the oil service has just clicked down it terms of the mileage done & (more or less) the number of days that have passed - now reading 8800miles/359 days. See a screenshot of my Maxidot attached: Looks to me like my Inspection Service is on variable but my oil service is still on fixed. Can anyone back me up before I call the dealer. (I am travelling back up North tomorrow and would like the selling dealer to sort it out if ncessary. But dealer is in Preston and I am in the Scottish Highlands, so the only chance I'll get is tomorrow (Thursday) on my way back home, so if anybody could fire me a quick reply, it would be much appreciated.) Cheers, Harry.

Hi All, Well - I've taken the plunge - and ordered a Yeti 1.4 TSi 4x4 L&K in "Jungly Green"! First time with a petrol for 2+ decades - I've come from the "dark side" of oil burners. Also - for the first time in my driving career (35 years), I've gone for the leasing option - Gulp! I've done the "Buying Old", "Company Car", "Buying New", "Buying Nearly New" & all have their problems. So we'll see what "new hell" a 24 month lease brings! Whilst, I'm saying "hello", I thought I must also pose my first of what may be a long line of queries Anyway - its on its way from Germany (apparently!) and will be 4-5weeks. (Was 3-4 weeks before I paid the deposit!) Should I expect a definite pick-up date a good period in advance? (I need to "go-get" from deepest, darkest England-shire!) The dealer is reluctant to give me an exact date, or even a date when I can get an "exact date". What else do I need to keep aware of when leasing? And picking up a new car? Is there anything I should look out for or check with the dealer? The first gotcha I've encountered is GAP insurance. I kind of understand its need, but my planned insurer (Aviva) have committed to re-pay full retail price of the car, if its written off in the first 12 months. Therefore, (I think), I only need to find GAP insurance for the last 12 months. What does everyone reckon to getting some kind of coating to protect the paint from scratches & leather from stains. I've read that Skoda's "Lifeshine" is a bit over-hyped, over-priced and usually not very well applied? Are there some good alternatives. How quickly do I need to apply it. (For example, I am planning to drive down from NW England (where I am picking it up) on down to Devon for my hols. If I do the drive first, then wash it off and apply the treatment, or get the Detailers down there to it, will this be "too late"? Thanks for any help or advice proferred. Regards, Harry.