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It will still pull unless the clutch is completely disconnected but with a fully healthy clutch the revs and speed should not change independently of each other at all (unless you slip the clutch yourself with the pedal). This seems similar to what you describe, particulary from 50s onwards, flooring it in 5th and you see the revs raise then drop.

If the revs rise but the speed doesn't, the most likely culprit is the clutch is slipping. Clutch slip is typically noticed first in higher gears, where you're trying to use peak engine torque at low revs to accelerate rather than dropping a gear. With a fully engaged clutch, your revs and speed are directly linked, one can't change independent of the other. The manuals have a reputation for slightly weak clutches, so this would be my guess.

It may well not be working, it's a very obvious sound, like someone just dumped an Impreza Boxer engine in your engine bay when you select Sport.

Depends a little bit on the car and what's available. Only 'Infotainment Online' is available for mine and the only useful elements it adds (imo) are live traffic (if I provide it Internet from my phone every journey) and the ability to upload destinations to the sat nav from my computer. Unfortunately as my car hadn't been ordered with 'Care Connect' (which is different to just 'Connect') I can't get the stuff like remote lock/unlock, Park position, driving data etc.

Gen3 EA888 2.0TSI is a chain driven cam, not belt driven

That's a lot of money for a car that appears unloved - whilst it's not necessarily always a guaranteed indicator, ask yourself how well do you think the 'invisible' mechanicals of the car have been treated if the 'visible' cosmetics have been abused that much? Does it strike you as a car that the owner has loved and cared for, always checked the fluids, never driven it hard on cold oil etc.?

The biggest difference between a 2017 230 and 245 is not the 15bhp but the extras you get with the 245. The power difference is something of nothing in reality what you're getting with a 2017 spec 245 over a 230 is the standard fit extras - the heated electric memory seats (these are probably my favourite extra for the extra adjustability of the lumbar support), the VAQ diff, the 19" wheels, the gloss black details, the power fold auto dimming mirrors (though that particular 230 evidently had these optioned), the little touches like the sports dials, front park sensors etc. - if these things aren't of interest to you, a 230 could represent good value next to a 245. The only thing you'll not be able to find on a 2017 car is the virtual dash, as it was only available from some point in 2018. As for your question about the price, that's harder to say - on a PCP deal the headline price of 16k is somewhat meaningless - you need to add up what you're paying monthly, deposit and what the final balloon payment would be. The payments you list out show you putting close to £13,500 into the car, the key figure from there is what is the balloon and do you intend to actually buy the car at the end or not? Personally, I think PCP on a used car is generally a very cost inefficient way to purchase a car - the interest is usually astronomical compared to a personal loan or something if that option is available to you. PCP makes most sense on new cars where 'manufacturer contributions' are lumped in to massage the figures a bit. £1,100 worth of insurance products are only of any use if you want them and are often available cheaper elsewhere - RTI Gap insurance is the only one you list i'd be particularly interested in and i'm sure can be had for far less money. Another thing to bear in mind - the facelift cars started being delivered July/August time in 2017, so if you're not in a rush, the next few months should see a good few 3 year PCP / lease cars being returned to the market.

Could be worth a try, doesn't cost anything except a bit of time - if it doesn't work though and he wants to return the card, it would only be fair to point out he should probably then put MIB1 maps back on it.

The cheapest i've heard of from an official source is something like £138, so £145 isn't too bad. There are people out there advertising via Facebook and the like who say they can enable it for less if you're happy to go down that route

Preface - the following comments assume you've already established your car has the 8" Amundsen system that reads from SD and not the upgraded 9.2" Columbus system that reads from hard drive but can update from SD. If the SD card is for an MIB1 system it won't work, a 2018 car will be MIB2/MIB2.5 and needs different map data, this is likely why your car is unable to recognise it properly. You need an SD card with a part number that starts 5L0, your current card probably starts 5E0 if it's MIB1. I think even if you downloaded MIB2 map data from the Skoda update portal and put it on the MIB1 card, it still won't work as the car won't recognise the SD card as the correct part.

If you plant your foot in D it'll rev out just as much as it will in S, you don't need to flick between modes to zip up to 70 on a slip road.

Depends how you want to drive it. Mine stays in normal most of the time and goes into sport or manual for 'special occasions'

1. Yes 2. Water pump / thermostat housing leaks can be relatively common. There are plenty of 'old car niggles' as they get on in age but generally they wear miles well. "Error Workshop leave car only with selector in P" on DSG, these days can be fixed by a microswitch addition to the selector. 3. They were standard on 2017 spec 245s, 245 Challenge and I think the prefacelift 230. Otherwise, option only. 4. Depends what you want from the car. I was more than happy with the standard spec of my 2017 245. 5. Bluetooth yes I believe, Android Auto only came as standard from 2017 but some 2016 cars can be enabled for a fee.

It doesn't - it literally just affects the gearbox - anything else that would be set into Sport is unaffected (so depending on what a car is fitted with things like Soundaktor, DCC, behaviour of lights, behaviour of VAQ diff) I tend to leave mine in individual with a few things at normal and a few things at sport. I never use eco mode as the way the gearbox re-engages after dropping into neutral coast is jarring - it doesn't rev match brilliantly and the feeling of 'clutch drag' is irritating. On the few ocassions i did try it, I didn't notice any significant improvement in efficiency vs driving in normal - the car will coast along very well in 7th anyway without dropping much speed.

It says it in the PDF of "Suggested Services Year by Year" Open the link and look at it yourself, it's there in a horrible green and white. The column '6 years or 60,000 miles' is the one where you'll see 'Air Filter' for £45.

That said, just noticed this shows it at 6yrs / 60k, not even as often as I thought! 😳 It's only the cabin filter they're showing at 4/40

As @Roottoot says, the suggestion from Skoda is actually 4yr/40k. Skoda now publish a PDF they call "Suggested Services Year by Year", covering generic suggested service schedules for cars older than 3 years https://az749841.vo.msecnd.net/sitesengb/alv1/a06b23b4-1cad-431f-8a9e-9a845954d0e2/NationalPriceServicing.1ca5db45f2690fccdbcc4ad8cae7a857.pdf https://www.skoda.co.uk/owners/servicing-maintenance-fixed-price

Good to hear you've found something you liked. As I think I mentioned in one of your previous threads - these cars wear their mileage very well, it's no surprise the car still feels like new - it will probably still feel as good as new in another 2 years time with another 20k on it. The missing bits are all easily replaceable and the only one i'd be particularly fussy on is the wheel wrench, which they're sorting for you anyway.

They might do then. If your spoiler looks the same as those pictures it'll probably be fine. Your car is listed as a vRS under your username, hence my assumption you were talking about a vRS.

Looks like they're designed to fit the regular estate spoiler rather than the vRS. Not sure how different they are but I wouldn't be 100% confident of those fitting.

As ever, Skoda have been Simply Too Clever, according to the PDF of suggested services they now publish on their fixed price servicing site, Haldex is 'suggested' on a 3yr/30k basis.

Assuming you did all that - i'm not even 100% sure it's the CID information the nav system uses to verify the card but it would seem likely 😛

The closest i've seen is this: https://richard.burtons.org/2016/07/01/changing-the-cid-on-an-sd-card/ Got a bit beyond my level of interest in doing it whilst my 16GB card still copes

Picking up a slightly old thread but I noticed earlier that Skoda now have a 'See our suggested services year by year' PDF on their fixed price servicing site - it only covers Year 3 onwards but it certainly outlines the very broad brush approach they take. https://www.skoda.co.uk/owners/servicing-maintenance-fixed-price https://az749841.vo.msecnd.net/sitesengb/alv1/a06b23b4-1cad-431f-8a9e-9a845954d0e2/NationalPriceServicing.1ca5db45f2690fccdbcc4ad8cae7a857.pdf Certainly one i'll be saving and maybe printing to stick in the wallet with the user manual and my receipts.

1.4TSI will be DQ200 dry clutch that has no service schedule, so unlikely to find anything in the history for it