Paul80x

Enjoy, it seems as if some cars are coming faster than predicted, hope yours is one of those.

There was one in the boot of my car when I collected it, I’ve charged the car in rain a few times and not felt the need to install it. Also, as said above, it doesn’t allow CCS plugs through.

Try one of these, I’ve used one to get at nuts etc down the back of an engine or in vey confined spaces. https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-tools/all-hand-tools/rolson-led-claw%2Fmagnetic-pick-up-tool-710299.html

Just done this, great improvement, thanks!

I got mine 2 weeks ago, I’m impressed with it. Definitely a bit more sprightly than an 80, springs are firmer than standard in Normal mode, haven’t tried Sport yet. I checked the tyre pressures at the weekend, 2.3bar all round but meant to be 2.7 so added some air and the car feels better around, slightly less firm which is weird!

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, I couldn’t find anything though. I’ve just moved from a Superb to an Enyaq and the App for the Enyaq is - basic. The Superb version had very useful functionality such as linking calendars to satnav, lock doors etc but none of that exists on the Enyaq version. is anyone aware of likely updates to the app?

That’s good to know, thanks.

I got the 80x this evening. I was sad to see my Superb L&K but after 40miles, the Enyaq is seriously growing on me. Initial impressions are it’s great pulling in to traffic gaps, comfort is great, the suspension feels stiff, but not too stiff, the matrix lights are excellent, better than the Superb’s, it likes B roads. Like it.

As it’s been a while since the Aberdeen dealership has had a mention I thought I’d give my experience over 5 years with them. back in 2016 I bought a petrol blue Superb L&K, see post above, and over 3 years I had a faultless experience with Specialist Cars. So in 2019 I ordered a new L&K Superb estate in Velvet Red, again a great ownership experience. In August I ordered an Enyaq 60 Suite, again with Specialist Cars, I changed plan and am picking up an Enyaq iV 80x SportLine from the dealership in the next few days. My experience has been great over the years, hence my continued use of the dealership. I dealt with Mark Nelson for the blue Superb and Grant McLean for the red one and the Enyaq(s). Both stand out people and the deals I got were very good. For services, the team are very good and I can’t fault the quality of work. Before I bought the blue Superb I ran a Jaguar XJR, my dealership experience with Peter Vardy Jaguar in Aberdeen was the complete opposite to Specialist Cars, but if I write about that I’ll go into full rant mode.

I’m on the point of swapping my Superb Estate L&K for an Enyaq SportLine 80x in Arctic Silver. I ordered a 60 in mid August and was advised of a February delivery, the SportLine was set to be a showroom car but we worked round that and delivery could be as early as today. I test drove the fairly loaded demonstrator in July and was impressed by the overall quality of the car, and even on 21” rims the ride was very good. Looking forward to trying out the 80x with 265hp and 4wd!

I had a 2016 L&K Estate and 2 weeks ago took delivery of a 2020 model, also an L&K Estate. I’m not aware of anything that was on my old car that isn’t on the new one. I’ve added a small number of options, Velvet Red, silver alloys and a towbar, none of which were previously standard. Standard items on the new car that we’re options on the 2016 include heated & ventilated seats, heated steering wheel, reversing camera and high beam assist.

After studying the spec sheets I’d spec one up on line, then if any questions visit a dealer. Over a 3year span there will be a fair number of detail changes. I’ve just moved from an MY16 L&K Estate to an MY20 and there are numerous small changes that add up to a significant change overall. If there’s something in your car that you consider a must have then it’s probably available as an option, but beware it doesn’t take long when adding options to be worth looking at the next trim level up where the options might be standard.

My error, for clarity, a smaller rolling radius will mean that each wheel rotation will take the car a shorter distance forward that with a standard radius, therefore the car’s speedo showing 30mph will have the car actually doing 28.5mph assuming no other errors in the system, this is legal.

Simmo, The 225/40 tyres will give you a reduction in rolling radius of about 16mm which in turn will make your speedo under read by about 5% which should be ok. But it will also make your fuel consumption nominally worse by the same amount. There’s probably a setting in the computer to fix this, I’m sure someone will advise if there is. Paul

Here's how I made the choice. Firstly I went on line and looked for wheels that fitted, my car is a 190DSG L&K Estate. As the spare has a 16" wheel I started there, and found Oponeo had suitable wheels at £41 each. My car usually runs on 18" alloys with 235/45 Pirelli P7 tyres so I then used will they fit.com to check circumference and therefore speedometer accuracy. What this gave me was 215/65 tyres, I found Vredestien Wintrac Extreme S tyres, again on Oponeo, with the wheels these came to £512 for 4, ordered, sent to my local garage for fitting of the tyres to the wheels, a further £60 and all done. I'm finding the mpg has improved by about 10% and ride quality and handling have also both improved, this maybe down to the temperature, it's -6 as I write and the best I've seen is + 2.5 over the past day or 2. Very happy with the tyres, I had Wintrac Extreme's on a SAAB so an easy choice this time round.

It was a great course but I agree with their view. A large part of Advanced Driving is actually wanting to improve your own standards and the people who volunteer to do improvement courses such as RoSPA, IAM etc are usually not the people who need the additional training. Those that need training usually think they're above it.

I've passed RoSPA and IAM at different times. Up here in the frozen North the Police used to run a course which comprised classroom, a demonstration drive in a traffic car (that was extremely impressive) then a number of observed drives in your own car. I did this course in the late 80's and it really fixed "the system" in your head and I've used it ever since. Following that course I passed RoSPA and have taken the opportunity about every 5 years to do some level of training. The course has now been cancelled as they found that the people who wanted to learn weren't always the people who needed to learn. I've been an IAM member and observer for about 5 years but had to drop observing due to time pressures. Plan for next year is IAM Masters.

That's certainly the colours. The car was registered in March so it could well be the one you saw. I am very pleased with it and have put about 150miles in between Tuesday afternoon and now. I''be had people at work asking what it is, they generally don't believe it's a Skoda.

Picked up my Superb last night, very happy with it. Mark Nelson and the rest of the dealer team have been a pleasure to deal with.

Thanks, hadn't realised that I'd missed out the Tdi bit for the 16", they do 17" too.

According to this link these 6.5Jx16 ET41 steel wheels fit the Superb III, price range £42 - £62 each. http://www.oponeo.co.uk/steel-wheels-finder#&&/wEXCAUHcGNrX0lQUAUCMjQFC3Bja19UckxTQ2FyBQUzNjQ2NgUMcGNrX1RyTFNIb2xlBQEwBQdwY2tfQ1BnBQExBQpwY2tfVHJMU1BUBQEwBQxwY2tfVHJMU0RpYW0FATAFCHBja19JT0ZQBQIyNAUKcGNrX1RyTFNQRgUBMK9nEqf+RyN3+FtZbqk85xI0F/ZS

I'm in the process of buying an MY16 Superb Estate and will pick it up on Tuesday, very happy with the service to date. I didn't go for a trade in which has probably eased the process as it's a single deal. Will update when I have the car.

Afternoon, I'm taking delivery of my MY 16 Superb Estate on Tuesday, signed the paperwork today. Sold my beloved Jaguar XJR in the pursuit of economy, went for an L&K DSG 190 ex demonstrator. I had a 51 plate Octavia 4x4 for a while and really liked it, hence my return to the brand. I'm sure I'll have a few questions going forward. Regards, Paul