Pjay777

Made the trip down to Morzine. Superb didn’t skip a beat, in fact was going a bit too well and I coped a €90 fine for speeding.

About 3k miles from the last set of fronts, and it's a 4x4! Tyre place royally screwed up the alignment... Anyway, I bought it on 32k miles and was wearing P7s on the rear with the year of manufacture matching the car, which seemed impressive. I'm hoping to get 15k miles out of this lot, they're Avon ZV7s which are sold as Summer Sports tyres, the sort of thing you'd fit to M3s, RS Audis etc, but the reviews aren't that kind to them in that sort of application as they don't handle continued high load / heat as well as the likes of Michelin Pilot Sports etc but they sound perfect for a Dad car with 19" wheels.

I doubt there's any difference between Skoda / VW, same boxes, made in the same factory, mounted to the same engines. Any differences will be down to the Car, but as most VW share MQB now, differences will be minor to say the least. As others have said, differences between the different types of DSG boxes though. My wife has a 1.5Tdi Kamiq with a 7 speed ( I think it's 'Dry', it doesn't have 'Launch Control' anyway - no one tell her I checked). It's a beautifully smooth car to drive, utterly seamless, surprisingly thirsty for a small car though. I've got a 190Tdi Superb 4x4 with the older 6 speed. I'll admit its not quite as smooth, especially when cold, that might be down the diesel engine, the 4x4 or the overly firm suspension. I wouldn't call it jerky, even with a stone cold engine and -5c ambient temp it pulls away far smoother than most experienced drivers could manage with a manual, but not quite as smooth as a true auto with a torque converter. Where is not great is driving around town in the cold, it's pretty hilly where I live and it gets confused what gear it wants going up and down hill sometimes, most of the time you don't notice but as we're on the pilot scheme for the new 20mph limit for all residential roads (I'll give you a hint, it's a pain) 10 mins into your journey though and it's fine again. RE: Hesitation away of the line, I think it's down to two things, 1) in normal circumstances, warm engine, flat road, it will try to pull away in 2nd. If you're at a busy junction and need to pull away quickly, it will try second, which is pretty slow, driver thinks "this too slow!" puts foot down a bit more, Car responds by dropping to first, causing a small delay compounding it, until it flies off. I've gotten into the habit of pulling the lever back to go into Sport to fix this, always pulls of in first then and throttle response is quicker. 2) Like all autos there's no easy way to build revs before you pull off, in a diesel especially there's always a bit of a lag. Make no mistake, DSG can launch really, really, quickly, ludicrously so, my 4x4 can launch faster than either of my Friends RS6s, for about a car length you understand and if you want to go fill pollock mode, there's always Launch Control, it feels like it would cause damage, but it supposedly doesn't I've only done it once.

Oh fantastic, thanks for the link.

Thanks, they look great. It seems easy enough to get the emblems in gloss black, apparently the Monte Carlo models have black badges and they’re the same size as Superb ones. Not so easy to get Skoda or Superb in black in the correct font for S3 and the 4x4 badge doesn’t seem to be available at all... I might try to source OEM ‘chrome’ badges and plastic coat them.

Has anyone found / fitted black badging to their Superb? I've got the earlier Superb III Sportline with the black Spoiler, I'd to replace the emblem, Skoda, Superb and 4x4 badge with good quality black ones. Has anyone done it, where did you gets yours from?

That’s it. It’s only a bit of a pipe dream really, but I heard on some Fords and Toyotas the whole Climate system is built into the controller and all systems use the same heater box /AC unit. Upgrading it merely a case of buying the dash unit. She wants heated seats next 😉

My Wife has had her Kamiq for a few months now. She loves it, it’s a 1.5TSI DSG SE. She’d loves it, but she’d love climate, can it be retrofitted by upgrading the control panel?

Thanks for the info all. It's the fronts, the rears I changed back in Feb appeared to be the original P7s. I've made a complaint to 'Tyre Shopper' / National Tyres, I'm no Lewis Button so I shouldn't be going through tyres in 3000 miles, I can only assume they royally screwed up the tracking. I don't suppose I'll get any joy from them, but they're not exactly cheap tyres - with the tracking the fronts alone were £350. The FWD wouldn't have a different tracking set-up to the 4x4 would it? I can't imagine how they ballsed it up so much.

Had new Tyres fitted 28/3/20, I almost got caught out, It's not easy to see the inside of the tyres on my Sportline, but the inside was down to the wire/canvass. Took it to National Tyres (I think) they told my the alignment was out, so £500 for 4 tyres and the alignment later and it drove like a dream. Caught a glimpse of them this morning, that doesn't look right. So 4 months and maybe 3000 miles later... Any suggestions? When we're not on lock down I do about 15k miles a year. It's a 190 4x4 DSG Sportline hatch.

Sorry, not the most exciting subject for a boring lock-down day. I've managed to break off one of mine, seems they're sacrificial and both easy ans cheap to buy - great. Dealer is closed at the moment of course, anyone know the part number? I can find them for all sorts of Skoda, Audi, VW etc but they mostly list Octavia, not Superb - anyone know if they're different?

Does a failed 4x4 system cause a dashboard light / warning?

Hi, Sorry, this is probably a stupid questions but here goes anyway. I've been reading with interest the VCDS threads, but how do you actually go about it? I can buy all manner of cables and dongles on Amazon, but I assume I'll need to buy/download a copy of VCDS for my laptop. I'm an IT Consultant for my sins so pretty handy with a PC.

I’m sure this has been asked before, but my Googlefoo is off today. I’ve noticed my cruise won’t ‘undertake’ (I’ve always thought it’s a near-side overtake but hey ho). Which is handy, it’s a bit of a pain when the M4/M5 split and the M4 is slower, but that’s got to be near peak first world problems. Does it ‘know’ when it’s in a LHD country? (Also does anyone know if you can switch the headlights to LHD style?) thanks

No problem. They’re ‘CRUZ’ bars. I picked them because they’re black and match the black Sportline trim. The finish isn’t as good as my previous Thule bars, but they’re about half the price at £115. I’ve had to tighten them once since I fitted them. I haven’t actually removed them yet, the door trim stayed the same (deformed) shape when the door is open, they’ll probably return to shape if I remove them long enough, I guess if they don’t a bit of work and hot water will sort it. they fit to the holes inside the door frame so shouldn’t damage the paint at all. 7/10 I suppose... I’d go for Thule again next time, especially as I’ve found they make black bars now!