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@nta16 it’s a 2015 Fabia, so it’s approx 2000 miles a year. My partner doesn’t like changing her cars. In 40 years of driving this is only her 3rd car. We still own the first car (a 1983 Metro with 36,500 on the clock, still on the road taxed and mot’d but not in regular use). I run my cars to at least 100,000 miles, usually to around 150,000 miles, regular maintenance by a good trusted garage/mechanic is, as you say, the key to reliable low cost car ownership.

@nta16 picking up on your quoting my post in August 2024. our 2021 Fabia, now approaching 21,500 miles does seem to be benefitting from only using V-Power fuel and the 70 mph MK dual carriage way grid road system giving the engine a bit of a work out. My partner also religiously follows the advice of our local independent garageman, that has serviced her cars for over 20 years, to let the engine idle for 20 seconds before switching off so that the turbo is lubricated while it spools down. I'm sure other brand premium fuel would be just as good but I get 3p litre off through the combination of the Shell App and RAC membership!

@Rbz5416 Auto corrupt is great - especially when I can't edit it! When I was looking for a demo or pre reg Sportline in April 24 I added £3000 to the advertised price for any vehicle that was over the £40K threshold, to arrive at the true cost to me over the expected 10 year ownership. In the end I bought a 6 month old 73 plate without a towbar instead of a 3 month old 24 plate with a towbar because even after paying for the Skoda towbar to be fitted it was lower cost overall. The first year VED rate at that time was £1040, but as second owner I only paid £190.

@Rbz5416 with those sort of discounts having a tested screen fitted by one of the retro fit specialists may actually work out cheaper, especially as the cost of the retro fit wouldn’t add to the list price for VED. Also buying pre reg avoids the higher first reg VED rate, as second owners in the first year only pay the Standard rate.

Thanks for the detailed info. I have a Sportline with Amundsen and now you have shown me where to look exactly the same Reset options under Instrument Cluster, and the scroll roller behaves the same as you describe. The Scroll roller action is logical as I reset the Trip every time I refuel by pressing and holding the roller. I have to now question why I bother to do that as Since Refueling provides the same data.

I occasionally get random wipes of the windscreen, which I think is usually caused by random moisture drops in the air, generally the rain sensing wipers work well. On the wiper stalk i have a toggle switch that alters the sensitivity - I've never altered it. As Rory says there have been issues reported on numerous Skoda models of 'unexpected' wiper activity. We've had it twice on our Fabia, first time they just started working and wouldn't switch off unless the ignition was turned off, second time in the off position they were working intermittently but at a totally different frequency to the actual intermittent setting, so that intermittent, slow and fast settings all worked perfectly but the Off was doing an intermittent sweep. Boith these faults I'm told requires a new wiper stalk, but both faults stopped of their own accord before thay could be analysed.

Voytek, no problem. Photo shows my 2023 Sportline dash this morning (in the pouring rain). Something I discovered, which may resolve your issue. When I started the engine and selected Since Start on the Infotainment screen it showed my last journey and it was the same info on the centre of the dash, The Since Start data was reset when I moved the car forwards a few feet, I'd never noticed this before I'd assumed it was the start of the engine rather than the turning of the wheels that caused the reset. I went through all the menu options and can't find any option to reset anu of the driving data stats. As you have a UK car I didn't bother to check the Bolero unit in the Fabia.

Hi Voytek, So I am in the UK with a UK Spec Karoq with Amundsen Infortainment Unit, your screen print from the manual says the same as my reply, however your dash display show km for distance and mph for speed - so I'm guessing you are in Europe. Do you have a Bolero Infortainemt unit. I ask because I also have a Fabia that has the Bolero Infotainment unit, the Fabia also has the same Driving Data stats. Now the Fabia Since Start automatically resets after 2hrs stopped as it should do, but I am going to check tomorrow what reset options there are for driving data on the Karoqs Amundsen unit and the Fabia's Bolero unit. I think they may be different as I have a faint memory of resetting Long Term on the Fabia when I bought it in 2016 as a 1 year old car.

Have you considered covering the mirror surface with tinted transparent sheet, similar to window tint film. I drive vans and minibuses without an interior mirror and rely on the door mirrors, as long as you have door mirrors each side there is no need for an interior mirror, you could actually cover it over and use the door mirrors.

As far as I know there is no way to reset 'Since Start' There are three driving data stats, they all include the following: Mileage, Total Time, Average Fuel Consumption. Since Start which records continuously until the car is stopped for more than 2 hours, any stop less than 2 hours is ignored. Since refueling - which as you have said resets automatically when the car is refuelled. Long term which resets when one of the registers overflows either 9999 miles or 99hours and 59 minutes, as the register is only 4 digits. There is also the trip odometer which is only reset manually and is not the Since Start mileage. Could you be looking at the Trip Odometer as this can be reset manually an cannot be reset automatically. Are you looking at the driving data on the Infotainment screen or the virtual dash - all three sets of stats can be viewed on the Infotainment screen via the CAR button.

I used this tool to as an aid to decide which All Season Tyres to purchase for our Fabia and Karoq. It allows you to choose up to 4 tyres and compares each tyres ratings in specific areas, I wanted a an All Season that suited the weather in central and southern England where we no longer get snow but we do get a lot of rain. Compare Tyres Direct Tyre Comparisons - Tyre Reviews And Ratings For my Karoq I choose the Turanza 6 over the Cross Climate because the wet ratings were better and it was cheaper than the Continental and it had a better rim protection buffer. On the Fabia Continentals were fitted because it had the better wet weather ratings, the Turanza wasn't available for the Faboia size.

After a screw penetrated the sidewall of the OSF tyre rendering it beyond repair, I fitted a pair of Bridgestone Turanza 6 All Season tyres. Research conducted previously suggested the Turanzas would be a better all rounder than the Cross Climates that I’d had 3 sets of on my previous car. I intend to buy another pair for the rear when they need replacing later in the year. Comparison of Cross Climates, Turanza 6 and Continental All Season tyres. The screw that caused the problem.8 The rim protector buffer on the Turanza 6, not the best angle to show it. Early days yet, don’t seem any noisier than the Duellers (which I still have on the rear), steering feel is fine, haven’t really tested the grip - I’m not expecting them to spin on tarmac as the I never got the Duellers to spin either. They have a good rim protection buffer, as shown in the photo, which is important with 19” rims.

I’ve found the same thing, especially if it’s warranty work or you for a service plan. I asked for more detail about a warranty entry and the dealer service advisor printed off the invoice which listed the parts fitted which was what I really wanted to have a record of. If it’s work you paid for you’d have the full invoice.

With the 110 bhp the DSG changes up very early and gets into 7th by 40 mph (65kph approx). The 5 door saloon is lighter than the station wagon, winter tyres, cold weather don’t help. Our Fabia is low mileage 21,000 miles from new, always use Shell V Power super unleaded 99 octane. Have you had the spark plugs changed recently and the air filter. I’m guessing if you are running winter tyres you are in a cold climate so oil takes longer to warm up and is thicker until warm.

We have a 2015 1.2 TSI 110bhp Fabia DSG, my partners car, she gets around 45 mpg on mainly short 4-6 mile trips, which does include many 1/2 mile 70 mph dual carriageways, but she doesn't usually do more than 55. When I have taken it on longer runs its (70 mph motorways) it can manage 50-55mpg, but not usually any better. Tyre pressures make a difference - the higher ECO pressures, which we use, can get an extra 2 - 3 mpg. I think anything above 55 mpg would require a steady 50 mph for a whole journey.

Thanks there’s some interesting stuff there.

I have a question regarding the Reversing Camera image, which owners of Left hand drive Karoqs may be able to assist with. The parking sensor display on the left of the screen, obliterates my parked car trailer, which I have make a 90 degree left turn to reverse alongside, ideally between 25 to 50 mm. So its next to impossible correlate the door mirror image with the camera image. The rear of the trailer is just visible in the image below. I know I can touch the screen and hide that display. Without the parking sensor display its much easier to see the rear corner of the trailer, which has solid galvanised supports for the rear lights. So the question is on Left hand drive Karoqs is the parking sensor display positioned the right of the screen. If it is - is its configurable via coding?

I’m afraid you will probably find that’s the going rate, especially if it’s Kessy remote.

Bosch Aero - the part numbers will be listed on a post in here somewhere. Just search for wiper blades.

While my Karoq was in the dealers today I took a good look at an Elroq Sportline in the showroom. Very impressed, one thing puzzled me though. What do the flappy paddles on the steering wheel do please? On my Karoq they put the DSG in manual mode.

Very much horses for courses. 1.0 TSI engine is much better than many imagine, 1.5 TSI can be very economical but it’s unusual Miller cycle design requires perfect engineering and set up, 2.0 TSI is pretty quick but naturally thirstier than the other 2 especially around town and on short journeys? The diesels are really better suited to high mileage users 15k plus per annum.

@joek666 find s good independent DSG specialist. The one I used strip and rebuild them, upgrade components for racing etc, they see a lot of DSG gearboxes and I feel have a much better understanding of them than a lot the dealers who aren’t in a position to strip and rebuild DSG boxes.

Firstly is it all doors or just the one used most? Here are a couple of suggestions. 1) does the door need adjusting so it closes tighter to the seal? 2) The seals may have dried out and thus shrunk. This happens with Pan roof seals and Krytox liquid is applied to moisturise them. Just a thought don’t know if it’s valid. 3) new seals required- there are many companies selling seals so may not need to pay Skoda prices. You just need to identify the right cross-section as there are hundred of different seal forms. Seals Direct is a company I’ve used.

Bizarrely it was silicone spray that seemed to cause my filler flap problem. It was very reluctant to open 3-4 taps each time so I spray the hinge and actuator, pressed that in and out a few times to check it was working ok, closed that flap and it jammed partially closed.