[Retrofitting heated washer nozzles possible?]

On 13/12/2022 at 06:37, w11a said:

Whilst serving with England's senior infantry regiment in West Berlin, in the early 70's we found neat vodka worked well as a screenwash;

the only complaint was the tiny capacity of the screenwash reservoir.

 

I had to drive my BMC mini, with wind down/up windows from downtown Berlin to our camp in Kladow and never had a problem with the windscreen in the cold.

Incidently, the dealers in the  U.K were a little suspicious of the car, apparently export models were the first to have windups, the home market still had sliding windows. Mine was RHD for export, purchased in Berlin.

 

I recall a week or so when the daytime temperature hovered around -20c, and dropped at night..

I've been back twice since, and I'm pretty sure that this doesn't occur quite so much.

 

W11A

I served at RAF Laarbruch, Germany 1973-76. We also used Vodka for screenwash as it was cheaper than actual screenwash….only problem was the sore neck from trying to lick it off the edge of the screen.😊

[Wireless Apple Car play and wireless charging.]

Looks like the first connection should be by USB.

Having had the issues when wireless I connected via cable. It worked fine.

Since then Apple Carplay works fine wirelessly now.

[Wireless Apple Car play and wireless charging.]

Ive connected my new iphone via bluetooth to my Amundsen Plus system and today was using Google maps via Carplay.

It disconnects randomly whether the phone is in my pocket or on the charging cradle.

Charging also stops sometimes when the phone is on the charging cradle, with a message “Phone not charging make sure there is nothing else in the charging bay”

Not what I was expecting when I went for Amundsen Plus pack?

Anyone else had this issue? Am I doing something wrong?

 

[Who or what is the biggest threat to SKODA?]

Ah…..so you have had some expensive issues on your last car. Not everyone then.

Im pretty sure there are lots of people on every forum who have had expensive issues with every brand especially at higher mileages.

Im happy to stick with Skoda for now. I usually change every three or four years and Ive never in 50 yrs reached more than 55000 miles.

I did, in the seventies, buy a complete lemon from new but that was one of BMC’s awful heaps.

The Karoq Im part exchanging for my sportline has been faultless for nearly four years so I am happy to be getting another.

 

[Who or what is the biggest threat to SKODA?]

We believe who we like I suppose and anyone can have an opinion but “crap VAG engineering and production values that leave rueful owners with humengeous repair bills” ? Really?
 

[Who or what is the biggest threat to SKODA?]

On 23/06/2022 at 10:56, marcusthehat said:

We purchased a Rav4 and took delivery just a year ago. I am very pleased with it, especially the effortless low speed finesse possible, and Indeed the bulletproof nature of the transmission.

However, more pertinently I was speaking to a VERY decent and long established VAG Indy specialist, who "went off on one" in his soft spoken way, berating crap VAG engineering and production values that leave rueful owners with humengeous repair bills, once barely  out of warranty.

Indicating a collection of cars and their eye watering repair costs.

He genuinely feels bad for the poor, and soon to be much poorer owners.

So yes Skodas biggest problem is being part of VAG.

Marcus

Interesting, thats not backed up by motoring press. We can always fins someone to tell us what we want to hear.

[Front Assist]

On 10/12/2020 at 16:52, Rajj said:

i have read else where that the front assist does not work for non vehicle related (other than cars, such as brick walls etc). not sure how true that is. 

 

I can confirm that it isnt true at all as I was stopped very abruptly when driving down a farm track when the car was about to pass over a thick tuft of tall grass and it suddenly refused like a horse at the jumps

[Karoq pictures]

Managed to find a Phoenix Orange 1.5tsi Sportline with Winter+ and Amundsen+ packs, one month old and £4000 less than new retail price so whats the point of waiting months? Pick it up next week and say goodbye to my  Black 1.5tsi SEL.

No more spending ages trying to locate my car in the car park!

 

 

[New car TSI rattle]

I just applied light pressure to the switch surface while driving over bumps and noticed the rattling had gone so I then put a piece of sellotape over that switch and all was good until it was replaced.

[New car TSI rattle]

My Karoq 1.5 SEL is now almost three years old. No issues at all until a rattling sound appeared in the drivers door area. After  weeks of trying to identify the issue I booked it in for examination and was told if it was found not to be a quality issue I would be charged £90. The day after I booked it in I found the issue….it was the rear electric window isolation switch on the drivers door switchbank. I took the car in, explained to the service staff and the switch was replaced under warranty.

The day after I then got an annoying sound which seems to be something sliding backwards on acceleration and forwards on braking. May be a foreign object that has found its way into the aircon ventpipe that runs under the front the seats. Ive tried everything including attaching a vacuum cleaner to the floor vents but its still there and its driving me nuts.

Not an issue on a long journey (Just got back from a 3500mile road trip to Spain) but a real pain around town.

[update of Columbus mapping]

9 hours ago, Sanqhar said:

 

 

Won't work for me. If the dealer didn't do it I'd be stuck as I run a Mac

 

"- Recommended OS for formating is WINDOWS OS."

 

tom

No problem for me as I use a 27” Mac for photography  but her indoors prefers to use a windows PC so we have both.😊

[update of Columbus mapping]

2 hours ago, Merlinman said:

A suitable SD card will set you back less than a tenner - there are numerous posts on here detailing how to update the system, it may take a while depending on your internet speed!

 

https://updateportal.skoda-auto.com

 

Just put your VIN in and follow the instructions.

 

Good luck!

 

 

 

Thanks!

[update of Columbus mapping]

Customer service indeed. Having now been shown how to do this myself through the official site I will be doing so in the next couple of days before a trip to Spain in two weeks time.

How the hell does DM Keith justify a price of £260 for an ‘Official SatNav SD card’?

[update of Columbus mapping]

My 2018 Karoq has the Amundsen system and while at the dealership today I asked how the Nav software is updated. The service guy told me it needs the latest SD Card and offered to supply one.

When I asked for the price he looked it up on the system……..£260 inc VAT.

Will stick with Google maps…..free and always up to date.

[update of Columbus mapping]

On 01/09/2021 at 10:33, Sanqhar said:

 

 

Glad my car has the "low tech" Amundsen unit, The dealer updates the SD card mapping for me at its annual service. At my age I'm not sure I could deal with modern mapping updates. 

 

 

 

 

How many times has your dealer offered this update for free?

[OD Filter]

[OD Filter]

Okay, this probably a stupid question so please go easy on me, but on the invoice for my 2yr 20,000 mile service (1.5 Tsi dsg) there is mention of an oil filter at £7.51 and then an ‘OD Filter’ at £23.35 ex vat.

What is this OD Filter of which they speak please?

[Karoq driver's footwell]

There is a resting block yes....on the LEFT of the pedals. Nothing on the right of the accelerator.

[First Oil change, does it have to be done at a dealer?]

Just had my oil change 20,000 mile service done. They used “ Non franchise Longlife 0W-30” 4.3 ltrs at 11.30 per litre ex VAT. (£59.34 inc)

Told me that due to Covid if I wanted they could offer a pick up and delivery service (14 miles to dealer), that cost £15 which seemed reasonable.......then they added £12.50 CDW, so £27.50 in total, to which they added VAT so collection/delivery wasnt £15 as quoted but £30.

Also they told me the keyfob battery needed replacing.......that came to £9.40 for two CR2032 batteries.

They certainly know how to charge!

 

[Update satnav]

I find it better just to use google maps or waze. Both right up to date and much better than any standalone satnav.

[Bodywork material]

On 22/11/2020 at 21:32, VRT24 said:

Must sympathise with the OP's situation. Those of us that want to look after our 'pride & joys' seem to be a minority - we are surrounded by masses that just don't give a monkeys about other peoples property and I personally feel that PCP's, Leasing and similar car 'rental' finance packages contribute to the attitude ''its only rented, so what will a few dings in the door and / or chips on the door edges matter when it goes back in 2 or 3 years and I'll get a new one to start it all over again with''.  At least we are fortunate enough to also have a 13 year old car that we can take to the shops/supermarket instead of the new one. 

not the attitude most take when you get charged about £60 for each ‘ding’ after the lease car pre return imspection.

['Simply Clever' Stop Start - new discovery]

I switch stop/start off every time I get in the car. Cant stand it.

[Brakes Came On Abruptly]

Wow, just had this happen to me leaving town. Driving at about 25mph road ahead clear and a transit van  behind me....my wife and daughter were in the car. Pootling along as normal and the brakes jammed on momentarily. How the guy behind didnt hit us I dont know but it was really worrying. No odd lighting condition or obstruction in road or on pavement.

Not happy.

[The 2019 Election - Done and Overwhelmingly Dusted!!]

32 minutes ago, Eddie-NL said:

This applies now for the Schengen area

The border-free Schengen area includes:	Non-Schengen area includes:
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.	Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland, Romania, United Kingdom.

When travelling to or from a non-Schengen country you must show a valid ID or passport(Obligatory for Swedish citizens). Before travelling, check what documents you must have to travel outside your home country and to enter the non-Schengen country you plan to visit.

yes, Shengen has been around since the mid 1980s. UK has never been a member which is why we have always had to produce a passport to enter and why Shengen members have to provide passports to enter the UK. When we leave the EU things will stay pretty much the same in respect of passport controls.

[The 2019 Election - Done and Overwhelmingly Dusted!!]

1 hour ago, john999boy said:

I agree that there's no borders between the different countries and how easy it is to get between them but who knows what extra (if any) checks will be put in place to actually get in to the first one?

It is ironic that you mention the inter-country ease of travel though - considering that we've decided to ditch that certainty.

It was just as easy before the EU....the main issue was having the correct currency but each border had a currency office.

Like I said, once you are in the EU crossing borders are not an issue and you seem to forget that to enter mainland Europe from the UK we already have to produce our passport.