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Moderate your driving in line with the oil temp, if you can. Oil temp is not shown until the temperature hits 50C, and decent operating temperature is nearer 80C. Don't let the water temp fool you into thinking your engine is up to temperature. 👍

Have a mooch about on here. https://www.tyrereviews.com/Search/Size/225-45-17 It's important to remember that different tyres can have quite different characteristics, on the same size wheel. Careful choice of replacement tyre may allow you to gain comfort without compromising other tyre characteristics you currently enjoy. That site helpfully rates the different characteristics to allow you to make an informed buying choice. There is likely to be some margin of error, but it's a good place to start. Bear in mind if you change your tyre width and profile, not only will you gain comfort, you will have to pay for that increased comfort by impacting other characteristics of the tyre. If the only problem you have with your tyres and car handling is comfort, you may eliminate that one problem and inadvertently introduce a new problem by changing wheel size and tyre width and profile.

Hi Bobby! I don't know about the ECO mode being set to remember it was in ECO. (It might be something you can do via VCDS, or there may be some widget you can buy to trick the system?) Worth asking your question in the appropriate Octavia MKIII or MKIV forum.

Warranties give piece of mind. Sometimes they pay out to repair your car, and if you buy something fancy and unreliable, like a Range Rover with a lot of gadgets and gizmos on it, they can be a sound investment. But mainly, it's peace of mind. https://www.skoda.co.uk/_doc/190724ab-ac7d-4c6b-943a-c80462816d1c

Unless you're going to fit a big brake kit, the 16" full-size spare is probably the best option, IMO.

Allow me to reframe the issue for you. Skoda: We bet you £204 your car won't break down in the next 12 months. You: Yeah? What's the deal? Skoda: You give us £204, then if your car has a failure in the next 12 months, you give us another £100 and we fix the problem for FREE! Bear in mind that this covers some really expensive repairs, like gearbox failure, engine failure, etc. You: What happens if my car doesn't have a failure in the next 12 months? Skoda: We win the bet, and keep your £204. You: Does this cover any failure of the car? Skoda: "Oh hell no! We have quite a few exemptions for wear and tear and whatever, also we have to agree that your failure satisfies the conditions of our bet. Between you and me, we've left QUITE a bit of wriggle-room for us to get out of losing the bet. Whoops, said the quiet bit out loud there. You: So the deal is: I bet you £204 my car WILL fail in the next 12 months, and if I win the bet, I have to pay you an extra £100 AND convince you that you should fix my car for free? Skoda: That's the deal! Take it or leave it, but it's a limited time offer. Tick-tick, tick-tock! You: Let me think about it. <---- You are here.

Take it to a trusted independent and get them to inspect the cambelt and advise accordingly. The "If in doubt, change it." approach is costly, but does offer reassurance.

Hello Paul! You've had some very interesting cars. All the cars I've ever owner have been deliberately uninteresting, but then I've been consciously conservative in my choice of car as I lacked off-road parking for many years and didn't want my car nicked. And after nearly 6 decades in the West Midlands, I haven't had one nicked, which is not bad going.

Yes, that's true. My favourite colour is silver. They always look clean from a distance!

That's good to know. 👍 I was just looking out for Markie to make sure he didn't buy a tyre that didn't fit.

Hi there! Lovely shine you've got on your Superb. Nothing like a black car to really show a good polish off. Sadly, I have a white car.

I think of all the issues that one might have with EVs, the risk of them catching fire should be low on the list. If you are concerned about rechargeable batteries catching fire, you might consider how many cheap rechargeable devices you have knocking about at home. How sure are you that one of those isn't suddenly going to let go in the middle of the night and start a house fire you might find difficult to extinguish? I'm warming to the idea of an EV. I could live without the EV evangelism, but I understand the urge to share a positive experience and the frustration towards nay-sayers. Maybe EV fires will become a problem, but right now, I think it's too early to regard them as a recognisable threat.

I know you've measured it, but do make sure the tyre will fit without intruding into your boot space? The wheel and tyre will be a bit bigger than the 16" "full size" so do check before you buy a spare wheel that doesn't fit. You can try this easily enough, by simply removing one of your existing wheels and trying it for size. Also where will you keep the other stuff that goes with it? The polystyrene insert has slots for wheel lock key, jack, some little L-shaped widget, the bolt cap remover tool, the bolt-wrench, the towing eye and probably something else that I can't remember. (Oh in my case, also a couple of wheel hanger pins. Very handy! https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09WV5WLJ8) Without the correct insert, what is your storage solution for those items? Good luck!

Sadly not on mine, anyway. I can enable or disable the display of last trip MPG, or reset it. But no choice of which MPG is displayed as described by you, I'm sorry to say.

If you're near South Birmingham, I can recommend Autovolks. (Just off Stratford road, on the border of Hall Green and Shirley.) In my experience they can be trusted to do good work and are both helpful and knowledgeable.

When I first read your post, I assumed your clutch needed adjustment. But as it's a hydraulic clutch, I suppose the first thing to do is check the hydraulic clutch mechanism is working properly, so when you press the pedal, the clutch lifts away. After that, I'm wondering if there's a gearbox oil leak. I don't know how catastrophic thrust bearing failure would manifest itself, but it seems unlikely on such a low mileage car, though it might have been an issue from new. Those are just observations and ideas, I have no mechanical qualifications whatsoever. Personally, I'd be off to my trusted garage to check out the problem and give me a diagnosis and estimate of cost to repair.

The "full-size" spare wheel isn't as "full-size" as the name implies. The 16" wheel gives you a tyre size of 205/55 16", so likely have a different profile to your current tyres, which I assume are 225/45 17". However the 18" space-saver wheel is 125/70 18", which is more like a bike tyre IMO. I have the full-size spare wheel as I didn't fancy a space-saver, but this led me to a little regret when I thought I was carrying around additional weight that I could have saved if I'd got a space-saver. However I found out the space-saver isn't muck of a weight-saving over the "full-size" spare, so there isn't really any benefit to the space-saver unless you have a vRS and need the brake clearance of the larger rim of the space-saver. It certainly doesn't save any space in your boot, and there's little to no weight saving with it either.

Hello and welcome!

I feel your frustration with WBAC. I hope you at least got a great price for your car. 👍

Who rattled your cage, Poundshop Lee? 😋

Hello and welcome, PJ!

Not to mention garden bonfires, which can cause quite unpleasant local pollution.

Hello there and welcome! Sounds like you have a fun project to get your teeth into.

This is worth a watch.

My gut feeling is that the Octavia would be the better choice of the two of them, simply because any repair bills are unlikely to be catastrophic compared to the issues getting the V6 sorted, regarding cost & parts availability. The prospect of buying an 8YO 180K+ mile RS would give me the willies, unless it was very cheap, but if you want fun, the RS is the one to go for.