OldBoyScout

It is only really serious if you can't clear the warning, and then all is not lost as you would go to a dealership or other garage to try a forced regen.

This is just what you should do if and when you get the DPF warning, otherwise no particular need to drive like that.

Check your Owners Manual and make sure you are revving the engine according to the instructions. A dual carriageway is a good place to do a regen. This is from my Octavia manual, but the instructions for your Yeti will be the same or similar: In order to clean the diesel particulate filter, and where traffic conditions permit, the vehicle should be driven at an even speed of at least 60 km/h at engine speeds of 1800 - 2500 rpm for at least 15 minutes or until the warning light goes out with the 4th or 5th gear engaged (automatic gearbox: position S). The best way to stop it getting to that stage is to avoid short journeys. Anything else is just as lightly to make things worse. Any fuel used unnecessarily is a waste and will add to the amount of soot already in the DPF. Just allow the car to do its thing and it may do an active regen of its own accord if the soot has reached a certain level and the conditions are right.

The battery which I just replaced at 5 years old was that type. Not so impressed with the life of the fob having just replaced its shell. Maybe it has suffered from spending a lot of time in my trouser pocket, as I always like to keep my keys with me. Occasionally I have found all the car windows open which I think is due to the unlock button getting pressed accidentally. I have now got a small Faraday pouch for the key which should solve this problem and maybe give the key some extra protection.

My 2015 car does not have KESSY, and, from what I have read about it, it seems to be more trouble than it's worth. Recently I got the change key battery message and changed the battery accordingly. I have owned the car from nearly new, and this is the first time that I have had to change a key battery, with the car now being almost exactly five years old. Not knowing what condition the other key battery was in I decided to fit a new battery in the spare key and transfer the old battery from the spare to the key that I always use. I now feel confident that the battery in the spare key is OK, and should get a message when I need to replace the one in the usual key. I also replaced the shell of the key, as the old one was starting to disintegrate on the side where the buttons are. I find this a bit surprising, as the keys of my old 2007 Octavia are still intact after 13 years.

A similar thing happened to me as a passenger in my late father's Octavia. He went into a shop and obviously locked the car out of habit. I remember that it was a hot sunny day and I couldn't open a door or window to cool off. This is the way the locks and alarm are intended to work, and there is a deadlock feature for security to prevent the doors from being opened if a window is breached. Normally it is not usual or necessary to lock the car if somebody is remaining inside, but you may have a particular reason for wishing to do so. Assuming the Rapid is similar to the Octavia there should be a push button on the B pillar that you can press to deactivate the alarm's motion detector before closing the door and locking the car. This will not enable any occupants to exit a locked vehicle, but at least they will be able to move about without setting off the alarm. I have found this useful if I am leaving the car with the dog inside and/or leaving windows partly open for cooling purposes. (Obviously ensuring that I am not endangering the dog by doing it when it is too hot).

I half expected to see a regular battery under the PSA bonnet as per the e-Citigo. Pricing of the Enyaq seems reasonable as it starts in the same ball park as high end petrol, diesel and hybrid models from Skoda. I am not sure that I like the massive LCD screen, but on the whole it seems a very desirable car, and should do well in the market place. It is not for me, as I am retired and don't do enough miles to justify the cost, but I can see the appeal to business users and others. EVs are not for everybody yet but things are clearly moving in that direction. It needs to be a gradual process to allow the necessary expansion of the charging infrastructure.

I have owned my Octavia Scout DSG from nearly new in December 2015. My previous car was a 2007 MK2 wagon (not Scout). I am very happy with the way that the Scout handles, and it is quieter and more refined than the older car. Compared to the older car the way that the Scout rides is much more composed. Occasionally I drive on rough unmade roads with holes and deep ruts, and am glad to have the extra ground clearance, though I have never needed to select offroad mode. Production of the MK3 Scout ceased some time ago. There may be a Scout version of the new MK4 at some time in the future, although there might not be enough demand for one, as more people are going for SUVs.

Must be something different making fine adjustment a bit difficult in my car, as my 2015 Octavia Scout does not have auto hold. Hopefully my other comments are helpful to you Kodiaq people.

In a manual car you control the clutch directly via the left foot pedal and can feel it engaging. In a car with DSG you control when the clutch engages indirectly via the engine revs, and this is a bit less precise. Most of the time this doesn't matter, but occasionally more precise control is desirable, e.g. when shuffling backwards and forwards in a tight parking space, or on a car ferry when you have already stopped and then need to get a few inches closer to the vehicle in front. This is just a slight inconvenience with DSG, and it gets easier with practice and familiarity with the vehicle. Apart from this, DSG is generally easier, particularly in stop start traffic queues. With DSG there is more to go wrong and repairs are likely to be more costly, but these days they seem to be reasonably reliable. May be worth considering an extended warranty. Regarding economy the official test figures suggest there is not much difference between DSG and manual. I tend to think that in real world driving there is more scope to adopt an economical driving style in a manual car, although the DSG has its own eco mode. Arguably a manual car offers a more involving driving experience. The DSG has the facility to change gears manually, but I think most drivers will be happy to just let it do its own thing. On the whole I prefer DSG, mainly due to greater ease of use in most situations. I have owned my Octavia Scout DSG for almost 5 years and am still very happy with it.

I like to think we are civilised here in Norfolk, but we have proper country lanes: often not wide enough for two vehicles to pass except in gateways and the like, often winding so we can't see too far ahead. I have never seen lane assist becoming active in these lanes.

Is this different from the MK3?

Lane assist should not be active on a bendy country lane, as typically there would be no white lines and a safe speed would be less than 37 mph. I tried the same thing just once as an experiment, very briefly. Worth doing just to see how it works. I took back control as soon as the warning came up.

did you mean 28/11/20?

William Conrad who played Cannon was portly but does not look to be particularly tall. I remember him well, and full length episodes are available on Youtube. Given that it was the 1970s a full-sized American car was really the obvious choice of vehicle. I would think his body type would be more like hippo, although that is bringing Reginald Perrin's mother-in-law to mind. Going a bit more off topic, a search for William Conrad brought up Conrad Phillips who played William Tell in a late 1950s TV series. I very much enjoyed it at the time, and am now following it again on Talking Pictures TV. Back on topic the size of the Octavia's front doors is obviously a consequence of the size of the rear doors, which also need to be a certain size given the target market for taxis.

On page 14 of the Octavia thread there is a posting by a user who did the fix successfully himself. The latest fix involves an additional switch rather than a replacement. With no more than 1 hour of labour being required, I would suggest going to an independent garage if I you are at all unsure about your competence. Occasionally I see the error message flashing up in my car, but it was not an issue when the car went in for MOT last week.

Totally agree. My Octavia Scout came with one, and I never would have thought it would be so useful.

Less can sometimes be more. I have 32GB SD card plus 32GB USB drive for my music and it takes far too long scrolling through the listings to find the music that I want. (Maybe I could split it up into more folders however.) I used to have a multi CD changer in a 2002 Mondeo, but lost some of my favourite CDs when the unit failed. Only ever used CDRs in the car after that. The leather steering wheel covering in my old MK2 Octavia Elegance 2007 is much nicer to hold than what came with the 2015 Octavia Scout. Electrical insulation in the MK3 is said to contain soya and seems to be more attractive to rodents. My car has just needed 11.5 hours labour plus a few parts to rectify rat damage to the wiring. Had to get a rear bumper protector for the MK3 to save the paint getting scratched by the dog getting in and out of the boot. Not needed on Mk2 estate due to different design. Diesel power is not ideal for my low mileage driving, but the MK3 Scout has not been available in the UK with a petrol engine. However, on the whole I enjoy the Octavia Scout. It is pretty much my ideal car.

The way I imagined the suggested scenario of overtaking a cyclist or hiker on a moorland road, the road would be narrow and the overtaken "vehicle" would be moving very slowly, and a bit of caution might be more appropriate than outright speed. On catching up with the hiker or cyclist you might slow down a bit while checking that the road conditions ahead were safe for overtaking, so you would probably (I imagined) be doing less than 37 mph by the time you were overtaking and the lane assist would not be active. In over 4 years of driving the Octavia Scout with lane assist I have not found this feature to be that intrusive, and steering decisively will always override it, but of course it might be a bit different in newer models like the Kamiq or Karoq. The main reservation I have about lane assist is that you can't rely on it to be active when you might need it, as it depends on the presence and quality of the white lines on the road.

I was wondering if something had changed at Yahoo. However I just tried Thunderbird on my laptop and it seems to be working correctly, so it looks like the Thunderbird on my desktop PC has suffered some kind of glitch. I will do a backup of the user files from the laptop and restore to the desktop PC.

My Thunderbird has been working fine for years until 14.45 on Friday since when it has not received any email from my Yahoo account. I can see new messages in Yahoo webmail, but they are not getting through to Thunderbird. Also Thunderbird stopped receiving Youtube notifications to my Gmail account a few days earlier but still seems to be receiving other Gmail.

But you would have not been passing them at more than 37 mph?

In these difficult and uncertain times I would advise against entering into any financial agreement that is not absolutely necessary. A newer model would probably last you longer, but you would pay more for it. The one that you are considering sounds like a reasonable proposition.

If you have not noticed any regens in progress it is probably not that surprising. The increased idling speed is easy to miss, and you are only going to be aware of something more obvious if the regen is interrupted by stopping the engine before the regen has finished. I had owned my car for a fair while before I noticed this for the first time. DPFs on earlier cars can be more problematic, but for most later models they seem to work pretty seamlessly and for me regens are not a cause for concern. I only do a small annual mileage with lots of short trips, but the car takes care of the regens OK, and I have never seen a DPF warning or needed to intervene in 4.5 years of ownership.