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    Octavia II Elegance 2.0 FSI

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  1. The law requires that you carry the jacket(s) inside the vehicle.
  2. Mark - the Service Desk manager - is a Skoda Master Technician so you can talk to him and he listens.
  3. As title: BBC NEWS | England | Lancashire | Art student's car vanishing act
  4. Got one today at VW dealer. £5.90 including VAT.
  5. Part of a family-run business spread across the West Country. Multi-brand franchise. The Skoda, Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler facility is a seperate building behind their large VW showroom. All brand new. Had my first variable service with them yesterday. Friendly, very efficient front-of-house team. Andy, Master Technician, moved across from Mid Cornwall Cars and he had done work on my Octavia before. Knowledgable and helpful and willing to go the extra few yards when asked. Plymouth is a bit closer for me but I will go back to Carrs when I need work.
  6. My petrol 2.0FSI (not turbo) has one. It's a replacement, the first one broke after 15 months from new.
  7. My Mkll does not have any rubber around the windscreen, just a butyl seal under it.
  8. And the 2.0 FSI. My 2.0 FSI had the DMF replaced last week. 8000 miles from new. No advance warnings at all. One day quite normal, next day the gear selection was almost impossible with the engine running but smooth as silk when switched off. The Skoda Assist RAC technician was baffled. He called the dealer Service Manager who immediately suggested the problem over the phone and confirmed his diagnosis 5 minutes after the car arrived at the garage. The repair was completed under Warranty the next day.
  9. I have the Internal Motion Sensor and switch. I do not have the Vehicle Angle switch which is shown in the manual as part of a double switch which also incorporates the Internal Motion Sensor.
  10. No sh$t Sherlock! I quote from my post above: "my Elegance does not have this double switch"
  11. Thanks for your reply and your suggestion that I RTFM. I did say in my original post that I had checked the manual, but in view of your suggestion I revisited the relevant pages for another look. This is what I saw (both times): Skoda refer to the normal locking status as “a Safe Securing System” The manual states that the Safe Securing System can be de-activated by pressing the remote locking button twice within 2 seconds. In this mode the doors can be opened from inside the car. There is more; “Note The anti-theft alarm system is also activated with the de-activated Safe Securing System when locking the vehicle. The interior monitor is not however activated”. In the “Alarm” section of the manual under “When is the alarm triggered?” it states that one of the areas monitored is the “Angle of the vehicle”. From all of that it would appear that if I am on a ship rolling and pitching in rough conditions in the Bay of Biscay then a double blip would not switch off the “Angle of the vehicle” monitor and that there is a risk that the alarm will sound. My experience from several crossings indicates that this does happen to several vehicles every time. Some Octavia II models are equipped with a double switch on the central door pillar which controls the Interior Monitor and/or the Towing Protection Monitor (the angle monitor). Since my Elegance does not have this double switch I assume that it is only available on the L&K and perhaps the Scout versions. So I have to repeat my original question. Does anyone know if there is a way to de-activate the external functions alarm? Thanks in advance.
  12. Is that advice for Obadiah or me? :confused:
  13. That's simple. Small switch low down on the central door pillar - driver's side.
  14. Here’s one for the gurus! Is it possible to lock an ’07 Elegance Estate without activating the alarm system? My question is prompted by a debate on another Forum about the annoyance (and inconvenience if the battery goes flat) of car alarms going off on a long (24 hours) sea ferry crossing. I have checked the manual and have not yet found a way of having the car locked without an activated alarm. Some models apparently have this function incorporated into the interior monitoring switch on the door pillar but mine does not. Have I missed something obvious? Advice appreciated. Thanks.
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