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Hi normanb The "seal" you mention is not water tight or meant to be , if it was you wouldn't be able to open the window so yes water can & does enter the door. There are drain holes or rather oval holes in bottom of all doors, 2 on each IIRC. The problem is there's a rubber seal that butts up to the lip on the bottom of the door & partly blocks said drain, made worse if the door is not opened for a long time. Likely with a rear door as the rubber tends to stick itself to the door. If you put your finger between seal & door lip then slide from front edge to rear edge you will unstick it and feel the location of the drain holes. How do I know ?? .I recently had a 3 inch deep puddle in front passenger footwell with car pointing slightly down hill , on opening NSR door there was a slight trickle until I ran my finger between seal & door lip when water then poured out.

Hi I can't compare the Octavia with the superb as I've only had Octavia's but on my third Octavia I can recommend the DSG rather than the manual . 2 litre diesel for me . But the same would apply to any engine. In fact the mapping of DSG gearboxes is more suited to petrol engines than diesel. Seats are comfy but the ride is at times harsh due to the agricultural rear suspension found on most Octavia's. Octavia VRS & scouts have Independent Rear Suspension, far better for ride quality, I presume that the superb also has IRS, if that's the case then from your post I would say the superb . As for gearbox it really can only be your choice. Edit. Another point to consider is the tyre profile, 16 inch is likely to be 55 whereas the 17 inch is more likely to be 45 profile. That lower profile can make can make a big difference in handling/ride quality.

Hi Lee01 Thanks for that, fuse 42 under dash. Somehow I missed that in my book, however rear doors lock/unlock so its not the fuse.

Hi I have a mk 3 facelift Last night with a mucky windscreen I pulled on the stalk & headlight washer operated for 1 second and stopped , no windscreen wash. Today I went to refill the wash bottle, its full but no wash at all so presuming its a fuse I took off glovebox door before looking in handbook. No mention of windscreen wash any where in dashboard or under bonnet fuse box. With the engine off I cant hear pump running with stalk pulled , so is there a fuse or is the motor kaput ??. If there is a fuse can anyone tell which 1 .Thank you.

But the lights for driving were not on , hence no instrument lights. Personally I find it to be a superb feature and wish that all cars were fitted with it. Maybe there would then be a lot less cars being driven around in the dark/semi dark with nothing but sidelights/DRLs on . Not a dig at you so please don't be offended but are you 1 of those who seem to " think" that having headlights on are all about seeing where you are going with no thought about being seen. If the latter is the case chances are your driving a dark coloured car.

Yes and if Its a DSG gearbox it will select a gear lower than expected. Also the idle RPM will be aprox 1K rpm rather than the usual 850 rpm .

As a ex train driver I can tell you a lot of train drivers travel to/from work by car, simply because a lot of shifts involve starting before or finishing after the first/last train / bus has run.

I would go for a 2.0 every time , I've had one 1.6 & two 2.0,s. As good as the 1.6 TDI is it's not as good as the 2.0 TDI . Fuel consumption wise the 2.0 may well do slightly better than the 1.6 simply because it's not working as hard. The 2.0 has a lot more oomph behind it than the 1.6 , as a result it's much more enjoyable to drive. the age of car your looking @ the difference in road tax is what ? 20 £..

You can put the car into a suitable rpm range simply by knocking the gear lever sideways into manual mode & then selecting 1 gear lower than auto mode would choose.

I doubt that it has drop links ,they are for cars with independent suspension .IE rollbar & wishbones your octy has that on the front with a beam suspension on the rear. VRs & scout have independent rear suspension. PS that said I'm not sure that the front suspension has drop links .It's been a while.

As T07 has said ,if its doing a regen the RPM @ idle is higher than normal. Another indication that a regen is required with a DSG box car is the reluctance to change up a gear, you may find that for Example DSG is selecting 3rd rather than the usual 4th . As for smell , if you interrupt a regen you will find the radiator fan running @ full speed when you wouldn't expect it & a smell of burning rubber, the smell in time becomes ever less noticeable . As for having the warning light come on ,once, just once I've had that happen. On the way to having a MOT in the early days of covid lockdown .this with approx. 8 years of having DPF fitted diesels .

I had the same problem as you, steering too light for my liking .I now have drive mode set to individual . It adds a bit of weight to the steering without altering any thing else .

Michelin cross climates would be my choice . I've had them on my present MK3 and other cars prior to that . I've found them to be good all round tyres.

They are for interior lamps. I Swapped mine from standard to LED & found them to be a lot brighter. PS going from the photo It's doubtful they would fit ( too long ).