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Hi...so for anyone that maybe comes here in search of info about superskoda shades. I ordered 3 peace shades for hatch (Octavia 3, MY16). They arrived in 3 days which is excellent. However, rear window shade does not fit. I checked their video (which btw does not demonstrate this for my model of car but older one I guess) several times. I read on screen instructions multiple times before started. You dont have to be scientist for this kind of work. In short, shades are not properly cut for 3rd stop light part on rear window. Shades have very oval cut out and it goes over this plastic housing. That causes a frame to be too far away from glass so those sticker clips fell off in a few minutes. I have stuck the shade under the trim towards bottom of glass as much as its possible, still not enough. There is no possible way to fit those on my car. Car is stock, never did anything with trim or rear hatch. I of course contacted superskoda about it, we'll see what they say. I have not attempted rear side windows yet until I resolve this with superskoda. If nothing, i will try to improvise something, but i simply dont see how to fit those without them lumping when driving. But it all points to a wasted 100 EUR.

Exactly the same problem with my hatch version. Granted car is over 5y now, but still I would not expect to change struts so early. When opening the boot, I will almost zero help of the struts, even after 50% way up..

Hi folks. I have one question. Does new skoda app work for us that have older models (my is MY16) without skoda connect? In the old MySkoda app I used to have some usefully things as well as digital service history. Then all of a sudden this app was killed and i was advised in that app to go and use new app. I did login, I added my car and that's all i can do. I cannot see absolutely anything for my car, just a message to go to dealer to activate SmartLink, which I do not want to pay for.

Happens to me quite often, and its not that cold either... around 2-3 C and screen stops reacting. Luckily dials work so I can wiggle out of stuck screen with those. Weird...

There she goes... Used long pliers and fingers. It was very easy to wiggle it out into the tank and a bit harder to actually pull it out of the tank. Under a minute job with tank I have.

My car was at the dealer about 4 or 5 times regarding coolant changing color (quickly) from pink to brown. It was already like that when I purchased the car and luckily warranty was still active. Over a year they were trying to fix it. Flushed countless of times, changed thermostat, EGR cooler, expansion tank, heater matrix. Last thing they changed was front radiator and since then coolant color is great. However I did notice that during this last fix they also changed (again) expansion tank and now it has silica bag in it. I am a bit conflicted what to do with it. Car is now out of warranty of course.

SWF are the OEM and they are, imho and experience, much better then Bosch Aerotwin. If you can find SWF go for those instead.

Sometimes garage will make more mess they you yourself because you will care more (it is your car after all, not theirs) and be very careful, where as they are in a hurry to get it done. Of course it depends on garage but still...i trust myself more.