jbastos

Completely agree, don't think I would ever buy a car without at least the recirc button, mostly because of the smoking diesel cars/trucks, they are like a plague in my country, we have one the largest diesel percentages in Europe, thankfully trend is reverting in the last years.

It can't be just software since both LED stripes on the PFL are controlled by a single entry, one for left, one for right side, I remember that from when I changed mine from halogen to LED.

Yes.

Those springs are for all rigid axel mk3 Octavias, regardless of engine used, including the 1.6tdi which is even heavier than yours, the only other option from Eibach is for IRS versions.

This is the Eibach part number I bought for my 1.2tsi, also rigid axel: Eibach Pro-Kit Performance Spring Kit E10-79-010-03-22

I also miss this a lot, didn't even noticed it was missing when I bought the car, but when I did was hoping I could just replace the glass, even tried looking for another VAG compatible one, like from a Golf or Polo since they sometimes share some parts but couldn't find one, IMHO very stupid thing to save a few cents, don't remember the last car I had without this.

In the above linked article they test a 1.2 tsi with 350.000 km, still going strong, in fact delivering a few more horsepower than anounced as new.

Found the article: https://www.autostyl.eu/files/files/f655-SM45-nahled.1.pdf I don't speak Czech, so used google translator, in the middle of the 2nd page there's a box in the center with known issues, first one is (translated by google):

I remember reading there's can be a turbo actuator problem on 1.2TSI engines, not just Octavia, engines manufactured up to early 2014 need a new complete turbo, engines built after that date just need a new servo motor.

That's for the pre-facelit, so it won't work for you.

I believe some of the ABS modules might not work, can't tell you which ones, it shouldn't have much to do with being a manual transmission, and certainly nothing to do with the handbrake as all Octavias have a manual handbrake.

Yes, but not familiar with British trim levels, they are different from most of Europe.

It's easy to check, stop on an incline, with the car in first gear release the brake, if it rolls backward you don't have HHC.

I have these notes saved: Folgende Codierung ist anzuwenden: STG 03 (Bremse) auswählen STG Codierung -> Funktion 07 Byte 25 Bit 0 aktivieren Bit 1 aktivieren Also links to these videos, not in english but still helped me: After coding HHC you can go to adaptation (ABS module)... Then, you can decide how strong you want it... There are three options: early, normal and late.

They are not on the menus, you need VCDS or similar.

You can choose between 3 release settings, I find the middle one the best, it releases between 1 and 2 seconds.

It should be, I did on my 2015 1.2TSI manual, I believe some ABS modules may not support it, but IIRC you'd need VCDS to confirm anyway.

I bought them on my local Skoda dealer, by special order, but if you google the p/n they are available cheap on various sites.

There are original Skoda LED lights that are a direct fit on the Octavia MK3, part number is 000052110, paid about 14€ for a pair, coding needed to remove the lamp error.

I have a major service soon and I'll see what they say about that, but still seems like very few kms to need new shocks, last VAG car I had was an MK4 Gold which I bought with 135.000km and sold with 165.000km still on the original shocks.

1.2TSI, original Nexen tires lasted 52000km on the front, rear tires were still half worn but replaced all 4 with Michelins since I'd didn't like them.

You might want to check this thread, apparently a little oil is normal, I sure hope so as I was also advised both my front shocks are leaking a little when I went to get two new tires, car is only 3 years old and 52000km.

Cool, I'm still waiting for mine to arrive, but good to know it works From my understanding there are two models: High model that adjusts the lines on the screen as you steer, this model needs the rear view camera system module (6C), bought as a kit with the camera or separately. Low model that only shows straight lines, no module needed, just camera and cable. Coding is different and I believe the High model also uses two extra cables to connect to the CAN bus.

Isn't the 6C control module for the Highline model only? Though I still didn't do it, the instructions I have to activate the lowline RVC are: Controller 5C Coding Byte 19 - Activated bit 4 Controller 10 or 76 Coding Byte 2 - Activate bit 4