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I have a trolley jack and rotate the tyres on both our Skoda's myself in my drive but appreciate not eveyone has the equipment or the space. You could ask them very nicely to move them for FREE (if you don't ask you never know) to the front axle if they are using a lift which is very easy for them as they use pneumatic guns to remove the wheel bolts and it will only take them 5 minutes more. Once had a free puncture repair done on the wife's Karoq at my local National tyres and to thank the guys that worked there went across the road and bought them a case of Bud as a thank you.

Welcome to the forum Jorge and some will no doubt say you should move the used tyres from the rear axle to the front axle however as your car is not very powerful I would go with the cheaper option for you (if using a tyre fitter) and have the new tyres fitted on the front axle.

Not sure what part of the UK you are situated but checking my local Skoda dealer, Marshalls Leicester brings just 2 Kodiaq 7 seaters which seem to have quite a premium over the cheaper 5 seaters. £17,800 Sept 2017 2.0 TDi 150bhp 4 x 4 with 38,562 miles (0116) 231 7060. £20,490 April 2017 1.4TSi 150bhp DSG with 21,520 miles number as above. Think you are going to struggle with your £16,000 budget however.

Just for information my Haldex 4WD Superb Sportline with 235/40R19 Bridgestone tyres have just been taken off the car after 11,000 miles and as Root states due to it mainly running in Front wheel drive mode most of the time the front tyres have worn 3mm down to 5mm and the rear tyres have worn just 2mm down to 6mm in those miles and that is with a 7 speed DSG box and it weighs at least 1,627kg and has to cope with a stage 1 map giving 514nm of torque and 360bhp when required.

Not safe to pull onto the hardshoulder of the motorway today as I could have captured 11,111..........111.1 which I set up a few days ago but will fill the car with fuel on the way home tonight before our long weekend trip to Cumbria on Friday. Will use the wife's Karoq for my 2 nights this week as usual.

Fabio makes it 2 wins in a row on the satellite Yamaha from Vinales and Rossi for all Yamaha podium in Andalucia.

In Skoda's case bigger is often better and if you are 6 feet tall or more it is certainly a more comfortable place to be even compared to a spacious Octavia and the quality is equally good considering what you get for the price compared to smaller rivals. Once you've experienced the space of a Superb it is hard to drive anything less practical.

If it's a 69 plate facelift Superb it has the 268bhp engine (272PS) with a 7 speed DSG like my March 2019 Sportline. The earlier 276bhp (280PS) model from launch in 2015 (65 plate onwards) had a 6 speed DSG box.

Agree with pretty everything you said but I can see the appeal of the larger Pano roof in the estate over the smaller electric sunroof I had on my 2017 Vrs245. Lets more light into the cabin and most Octavia's have dark interiors unless you have an SEL with the beige interior which is probably not a good idea though with small children.

I think most of the time it is the surprise factor from other often smaller cars with considerable power not expecting a large Skoda barge to be so light on its toes especially off the line upto 50mph (80kph) then the early advantage can be maintained.

Or even faster than a 2015 Audi RS3.

It normally takes a few seconds for me before the movement is under way.

Went past 11,000 miles today on the way to work and took a couple of photo’s before the rain arrives.

Was probably listening to Planet Rock on the headphones and didn't notice the Skoda approaching and got a front row seat and a proper head banging moment.

Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhh.............hope it made it into your freezer then.

How is Bambi?

The only thing I'm jealous of is the felt battery cover because my 272 came without this optional extra. Seriously what a wreck. Even a drug dealer wouldn't be seen dead in this heap of manure.

The IS20 turbo in the 220/230/245 Octavia's hits maximum power at 5,000rpm and max torque at around 2,600rpm from my experience with a 245 at stage 1 and stage 2. Went from 400nm standard (skoda claim 370nm for this engine) to 467nm at stage 1 and finally 517nm at stage 2. Power was 249bhp standard (skoda claim 242bhp) then 302bhp at stage 1 and finally 336bhp at stage 2. These figures are with AmD remapping on their rolling road between March 2018 and November 2018. My current car has the larger IS38 (Golf R hardware) turbo which behaves differently with maximum power at 6,000rpm like the 280 (6 speed DSG) before it the 272 needs revving for best performance. Low down it is lacking torque (skoda claim 350nm at 4,500rpm) as standard mine made 369nm yet at stage 1 map it not only increased to 514nm but produced at a much lower 2,800rpm which makes a huge difference with the 7 speed DSG to the way it feels at low rpm and how it accelerates now.

Should have mentioned the stage 1 diesel Mk3 was an SE which I kept with the standard 16" alloys running 205/55 tyres for less drag. A friend had a Mk1 Civic Type R which revved to over 8,000rpm and between 30-70mph the Octavia matched it which is impressive given the Honda weighed about 1,100kg and had circa 197bhp.

What is the claimed top speed of your 190PS Octavia? Remember the Mk1 Vrs Octavia with just 177bhp back in 2003 could hit an official 146mph maximum and the Mk2 with 197bhp raised that to 152mph. The 150mph was from the Speedo which may have been optimistic TBH.

Well I have already done this experiment for you 6 years ago. Let me explain took my October 2013 Mk3 2.0 litre diesel Octavia to AmD in Essex 7 months after I bought it with 7,000 miles on the clock and after some ECU fettling it went from 147bhp and 246lb/ft on their rolling road to 186bhp and 317lb/ft. When it was standard it would hit the Skoda claimed maximum of 135mph yet with the extra 39bhp it managed 150mph, so there you go your answer.

Well as this thread is about the demise of performance diesels here is another example. I configured a Kodiaq Vrs to the spec I would want and it came to over £50,000. Now a gentleman on here who is very happy with his Vrs Kodiaq stated that he paid 62,000 Swiss Francs which is very similar to the US Dollar. In America for $56,300 you can buy a petrol Volvo XC90 Momentum with the T6 engine and 316PS. For similar money with the same T6 engine you can have a R-Design for $62,000 or the fully loaded Inscription for $62,600. So that we are clear $62,000 is roughly £49,600. Most would rather have a 316PS petrol XC90 rather than a diesel 239PS Kodiaq.

Unless you have 4 or 5 children the Karoq Sportline 4WD 2.0 TSi 190PS makes more sense than the 239PS diesel Vrs Kodiaq because the Karoq does 0-60mph in 7.3 seconds whereas the Kodiaq takes 7.0 seconds. An it's £12,000 cheaper to buy and offers cheaper road tax plus petrol is cheaper than diesel in the UK.

German GP at Nurburgring on 11th October (race 11), Portimao in Portugal where spectators will be allowed on 25th October (race 12) and Imola in Italy on 1st November (race 13) being held on the weekend only with no Friday Practice. Talk of Sepang in Malaysia returning in November alongside the new track in Hanoi in Vietnam. Season may finish with races 16 and 17 in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi.

I’m only interested in facts like these. Wife’s Karoq petrol averaging 49mpg over the last 3,000 miles. No reason to buy the diesel with this economy. It was cheaper to buy new than a diesel £23,500 in January 2018.