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I've had a few Skoda's in the past and I was just looking over the current range of Skoda's including the Superb, as an option for my next company car. However, the emissions figures for the Superbs are a complete killer in terms of choosing one as my next company car. Whilst many claim that Skoda's are built from the same components as used in the Audi and VW part bin, when it comes to emission figures both Audi and VW are leagues ahead of the Skoda's. For a company car driver that ultimately means money!! Are there any known plans in place to improve the situation? because the underpowered Greenlines aren't striking me as a viable option?

Cheers....I must admit my VRSTdi now isn't great on traction when pulling away, especially if there is an incline or wet surface. The traction control judders quite violently etc. I'll keep that in mind thanks!

I have heard it suggested before that the transmission noise of some 4 x4 and quattros etc is a little higher, any comments about the noise on the Superb ?

Cheers for that. A lot of similarities here..spooky!!!....I'm in Leeds...the outgoing car is a VRS TDI Estate. Was it D M Keith Leeds? who had the demo car?

Many thanks guys. For me I think it is gonna be a 2wd and a good set of winter tyres sat in the garage ready for the colder months....and save a few quid aswell! Once again cheers!! :yes:

Hi guys! I've got to place an order for a new car in a couple of weeks time. The favourite, at the moment is a 2.0Tdi 170 Elegence spec, combi, manual. I'm half fancying the 4 x 4 varient in response to the crap weather that we've had this year with over 3 months of frequent sub zero temperatures and of course the snow. The problem comes in that as a company car, I am of course taxed on the basis of the emissions, and as we all know the emissions of the 4 x 4 are quite a bit higher than that of the normal drive train. So the question is....is it worth while getting a 4 x 4? how capable are they in the dry? wet?...ice?..or snow? or for what I'll save in tax (roughly £40/ month over 3 years) should I just buy some winter tryres (which will need to be paid out of my own pocket) and get the non 4 x 4 version? Cheers, Andrew

Cheers for the update...fingers crossed that the new firmware improves things for you. For the time being I'll hold back from getting a HD2.

No real issue with them, really. Keeping daytime use in mind.....I just don't see that they have anything to offer, that turning the side lights on (head lights on 1st stage) hasn't offered for the last 30 years or more. It's like fixing something that isn't broken. Bit of a style gimick really!

On daytime running....I'm just not sure what the advantage is over putting headlights on 1st stage/side lights is. Are the rear lights activated, when the DRL are on?

Great Post Anthony 1 - Cibie's are certainly a blast from my past. I remember them well!! :yes:

Firstly, my applogies...I didn't know that on the Yeti there is a separate bulb built into the front fog light!! I now do!! Experiance is not a guarantee that a person has expertise!! I might name a Mr Harold Shipman who had 40 years experience...and by your theory ought to have known a thing or two about careing for the elderly I often drive in the North Yorks National Park and the North Yorks Moors, both of which have narrow lanes and minimal to zero light pollution. In my case, the headlights of my car offer satisfactory and safe levels of light to be able to drive at a speed appropriate for the roads I am on. It doesn't offer me protection from the prats (who unlike yourself) don't turn their additional lights off as they approach a vehicle.....or if they are behind a vehicle. Using your 40 years of experience and visual awareness, you refer to the last 2 sentences of my email....(which is the only place I refer to narrow lanes that you then ramble on about)....and ask yourself if I am refering to the good people like yourself who do turn them off as they approach...or....when they are behind a vehicle???? How on earth my my 'last 2 sentences' of the email, which express my anoyance at being dazzled by cars oncoming or behind with these lights on, shows my lack of experience of driving on narrow country lanes...I will never know. As you will know, head lights are generally adjusted to offer a near side bias, and when driving at an appropriate speed they do exactly that! Admittedly, some lights are btter than others at doing so. One of the few times that the full beam needs to be used is to give you a 'read' of the road shape and bends before you approach it. Even at such as 15mph you are travelling at approx 22ft/sec. Maybe the spread of the beam or light intensity of daylight driving lights (DRL) to which people are refering are different from the front fog lights. However on the last 6 vehicles that I have owned, the front fog lights have offered about 3 to 5 yards of visibility on front of the car, and to the respective sides. Nothing more than had been illumited by the headlights 1,2,3...10 few seconds ago etc. I am not saying do this.....however as an example in pitch black conditions, if you were to turn off your headlights and drive solely with front fog lights on or these DRL on... how much visibility of the road does it give you, that you can actually act upon?......at speeds above 10 mph or so...im guessing minimal if any!! Hence, for those driving at 20 to 70mph the visibility of the road that it offers is not something you can act upon. Hence, what use are they?.......I have no doubt people will put them on and drive at these speeds? Back to my previous email, unless it's foggy, low cloud or misty, or pehaps if you are mud cruching off road etc.....front Fog lights, DRL's are more of a cosmetic, than a functional addition to the car. :p

Couldn't agree more...for those who are not sure...the clue is in the name 'FOG' lights.....you know lights for use in 'FOG'. Sadly, front fog lights are now being reffered to as Daytime Running Lights (DRL). Call them what you want, there is no situation other than in limited visibility due to fog, low cloud or mist which necessitates the use of them. If it is a matter of increasing your safety by increasing your ability to be seen by other drivers....use the facility which cars have been fitted with for the last 30 or 40 years......turn your lights on to 1st stage/side lights etc. Personally, I think that the fog light dial/switch on all cars should illuminate the rear fog lights first, before turning the front ones on as a second stage of the switch/dial. At present it is all too easy to turn the front fog lights on without considering do I need them on? Are they of benefit to me or just a hazard to others? Also, in non-foggy situations they offer minimal extra light onto the road other than an arc of about 5 yards ahead and 5 yards wide. Anything above10 or 15 mph and you won't have the time to avoid whatever they illuminate anyway. When used in the wrong circumstances they are however, a right royal pain in the rump when the guy following has them on, or the guy oncoming has them on when driving on a narrow road.

Just for clarity the Audi emissions that I quoted are for vehicles with the same manual box as each other, just different power outputs from the engine. Albeit that, as you say the Audi box is different from the Skoda DSG. Hence, he overall point being that in two 'like for like' setups in the Audi, the higher output engine actually has lower emissions that the same engine with lower output.

Any other current phones recommended with the Superb? Most of those listed in the brochure are no longer available.

Does anyone currently have a HTC HD2 working with the superb? Are all the expected functions working etc?