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Thanks for getting back to me - sorry to hear about your health & employer issues, fingers crossed for you.

@TheWanderer- how did you get on with the hatch boot mat, did the Mk3 fit the Mk4?

Thanks @100andthirty. Putting the dog cage on the roof bars would be an excellent way to free up space in the boot! I don't think the RSPCA will buy into the idea

Thank @Q102

Thanks Is the screen drilled into the roof of the car?

Excellent, thank you @E3RJE

I'm looking for some advice for my friend's Dad who has just bought a 17 plate MkIII Superb Estate (I am an Octy owner). He is looking for recommendations for a dog cage/crate and roof bars - can anyone advise?

Thanks @StickyMicky I'll check out your suggestions 👌

Maybe a weird question, but here goes.. I am going to be selling (on eBay) an interior seat set for an Octavia Mk3 and I need to find a pallet courier. Can anyone recommend a pallet courier that they have used? I need to work out a general cost to send from Fife to anywhere in the UK (albeit I realise there are restrictions / increased cost for some ares like the Scottish Highlands) so I can list it. Any advice (related to the question - this has happened before!) would be greatly appreciated 😀

I'd suggest you check that the blue connector at the back of the headunit (in the glovebox) is connected. You'll need two removal keys (eBay, cheap as chips) to remove the headunit. If it is connected and you don't want the pain of dealing with a Skoda dealer you can buy a cheap GPS receiver that can be plugged into the headunit and the receiver hidden in the dash (behind the radio screen).

Thanks @SashaGrace. I am retrofitting a highline reverse camera. My car has a quadlock (T-harness) extension and the numbers printed on it seem to be wrong, this has caused hours of confusion yesterday! Block E (on your diagram) shows the CAN High & Low (pins 6 &12) on the left of the block which concurs with the Golf Mk7 pinout diagram, my harness had the numbers printed on the right! I will also need to go back and check the video connection wires (Block B) are in the correct pins. Incidentally do you / anyone know if the the FBAS IN+ and OUT- pins are used for anything else - the extension harness I have has wires in all pins (as is normal for a replacement harness) and I have had to remove the wires in these pins - I am assuming these are not connected to anything but just extra wires in the harness? I hope this makes sense!

Does anyone have a pin out diagram for the Amundsen head unit? Having been on Erwin, the only thing I can find is a pin out diagram for an e-Golf Mk7. I am trying to confirm the pin outs for the area in red rectangle in the diagram below - I assume the numbering will be the same for the Octy?

I agree completely; I only ever washed my alloys with the same shanpoo (Bilt Hamber) that I washed my car with - nothing corrosive. It seems to be a very poor standard of centre cap. The ones I've purchased from eBay are nearly identical to the OEM ones (minor difference in the detail of the wing tips on the emblem, and not noticable without getting down to look at them), it will be interesting to see how they fair in comparison.

Good advice, thanks @GreenMachine1.6

I changed my wheels just over a year ago and fitted new original Skoda centre caps. I'm very disappointed with them as the edges have blistered already. Rather than fork out for OEM centre caps I've gone for some from AliExpress and also a backup set from eBay. Photos of the OEMs removed, excuse the holes, I find it easier to drill with an 8mm bit and pull them out with the drill (or an Allan key after drilling). Please note: the caps look considerably worse than the photo shows!