Manc-Fletch

I don’t know who is the original supplier to ŠKODA, but my last car was a Jaguar and the Jag independent who serviced it recommended Pagid discs.

I bought a workshop manual on dvd Rom off eBay, not expensive if I recall.

Do you need Hill Descend control in the Netherlands ? 😜

27000 miles and the original Skoda discs looked ginger, not wanting to have the OEM discs fitted again I opted for Pagid discs and pads fitted by Volksmaster in Oldham. Great service and good value £600 discs and pads all round. 340mm front 310 rear

Those cargo elements are the one thing that's stopping me from buying a boot mat, I find them extremely useful.

I will open the tailgate and take a look at the seal on mine next time I wash the car. It certainly looks odd with water sitting on top of the seal.

Little bit of polish today.

As above, the radar isn’t disturbed, even if you remove the bumper. The radar isn’t mounted on the bumper, but some distance behind. I didn’t remove the bumper, just the screws at the top. No screws at the bottom only clips, but the clips at the bottom are inaccessible without removing the bumper. I wasn’t bothered about keeping the old grill surrounded, so just broke it off when I‘d removed as much as I could(top and most of the sides). The new one simply clipped in and was a good fit. I refitted the the six screws.

Is this a problem with the new style steering wheel? I haven’t read about it before on this site and these all new cars.

I bought a set of cheap paddle extenders, but decided against fitting them . I temporarily stuck them on with blu tack to get an idea of the ergonomics, and thought they would soon annoy me by me accidentally hitting them when using the stalks. Other paddle extenders maybe better though .

Impressive! You must have really long lunch breaks.

I removed the top trim off mine in order to gain access to the upper grill surround clips. I couldn’t get to the lower clips without taking the bumper off, so ended up breaking off the old grill surround. New on clipped in very simply.

I had a 3 year service back in June, I remember the brake fluid change was part of the schedule. I was only recommended to take up the air con service, but I passed on this option. No mention of the Haldex fluid change was made, but I only had 17,000 miles on the clock.

It looks like a postcode for Buxton

I returned from a two week driving holiday in Germany last weekend and noticed a couple of cars over there with winter tyres on already, even though it was 28C . I guess it could be that the owners didn’t bother fitting summer tyres at all