VRS_White_Hatch

A Cupra Formentor 310. Similar performance to the VRS if your doing 70 and floor it, but off the mark its very sharp. The 4WD and auto box just work, without using launch control you can just zip away with no wheelspin or wheel hop. Boot is smaller. Heated steering wheel is great in winter. So much tech I still dont understand how it can drive itself - yes really - but then nag you to take the wheel. I've yet to try the self parking.

The wheels went for £300 on Ebay, the roof bars I still need to get round to advertising.

Hi everyone, I shall still visit occasionally as I like the site and the chat but the vRS has been traded. I had it from 8 months old until 46 months, not a single fault. I went through tyres, did my own servicing and thoroughly enjoyed driving it. Chipped to 300 it was a beast but you just couldn't get the power down until 3rd or more. I have a set of saloon roof bars I need to sell - used 3 times to transport ladders, and a set of 18" alloys with winter tyres. I'm going to look if I can put them on here, but I'm not a paid up member so I suspect Ebay might be the answer. Thanks to everyone who posts for making the site what it is. Skoda make great cars. I only got one person make a Skoda joke - and would you believe he drives a Dacia Regards Rob

Hi, After 4 great years of fault free driving the vRS has been traded in. I'm left with a set of roof bars that attach inside the door. i've used them 3 times to transport ladders for my property business. We generally use my brothers vehicle as it has built in roof bars. OK I admit it, It's a Dacia. Anyway I digress, They are Farad roof bars. They cost £110 new. Anyone want 'em for £50 before I stick em on Ebay? In Warrington Cheashire. Collection would be best.

Try it and see how it goes. Probably sound better and make it feel faster. Obviously post a pic!!

For anyone searching Pipercross I used one from nearly new on my 59 plate Saab, its still fitted now, my son-in-law has the car. gets cleaned and LIGHTLY oiled every 2 years. I fitted on to my Octavia at 8 months old, its coming up to 5 years old - no issues. They do work but don't over oil.

I fished round and purchased some Manol stuff from Ebay that met the VW spec thinking it was a good saving, where in fact the dealer price for the genuine stuff was only a couple of pound dearer anyway. If you buy from the dealer they will use your reg to get the correct spec oil.

Really impressed with that repair. Great idea. Hopefully never need to do it

MOT day for me, straight pass, nothing of concern. Winter tyres proved fun in the snow too.

MK3 manual with a superchips 300bhp map at 10 months old, second MOT due December and no, I haven't had a new clutch or gearbox. Getting the power down in 1st is impossible, second difficult and 3rd can be tricky. After that its easy!

The "Specialist vehicle disposal or recycling charge" will be the next tax. Electric vehicle owners will have to pay a tax because of the environmental impact of their vehicles at end of life.

You had a bear with you? No wonder your driving was all over the place!!

68 plate 245, no issues. Superchips +55 bhp, goes a bit.

I'm pretty sure you can swap the service between fixed and variable yourself using the in car screen, I did it myself when trying to reset the service.

Filter housing on a petrol is a 32mm socket, the thing is beautifully located right at the front / top of the motor, just remove the engine cover for easy access. Undertray was a Torx T20 I think. Sump plug is plastic, a large flat head screwdriver or a 20p piece in a mole wrench should do it.

Yeah Root - that's what I say - when I do stuff myself there lots of things a garage wouldn't do.

Yeah I'll second that. Road noise from the tyres was my biggest issue from (nearly) new. Until I did a tyre change it was awful on anything other than a very smooth surface - and they are like hens teeth!! When I changed my tyres lower DB rating was a major factor, and yes I know its measured as a drive past reading, but if each tyre is 6 / 7 DB quieter isnt that 25DB less overall? Nice thread BTW, I'm suprised how much is going on behind the door panels!!

I think quite a lot of us might have reduced this over lockdown 2 yrs when many cars sat on drives and did much reduced mileage, I did not neglect oil changes, just that the pollen filter still looked new first time I removed it so just a quick vac and back in it went .... then suddenly 2 yrs had flown by ... I would normally do it every other service honest!!

Just a quicky - something we all know, but somehow I've overlooked the obvious for a while. I noticed my aircon getting weaker for a while, thought it may need a regass or something. Anyway today I got round to changing my cabin filter - I "left if for later" some months ago when I did the service and ran out of time. Guess what? Air flow much improved and air con icy cold again. Ok I admit to having only previously vac'd the pollen filter, so its been in for 25,500 miles. But I have done this so all of you lovely Skoda owners now know that yes, you really should change your cabin filter every 2 years / 20,000 miles at the most.

Vrs is 5 years old in December, 24k miles (I guess lockdown helped) and stop start works fine, still on factory fitted battery.

Try Glypton leather cleaner / care products. Work as well as any other but give the smell of real leather like no other.

If its dripping out under the vehicle somewhere try some K-Seal. A bit more expensive that Rad Weld but it stops most leaks 1st go.

I'd do this If I had the time. Great stuff!! Might get the chance soon, just got too much on at the mo. Am I being a bit thick - When you say ordered the Skoda parts from Europe where do you order them?

Always do the oil and filter, otherwise its not a service. Do it yourself if you want to save money, its easy.

I've got a boxful of memory modules too, anyone needs anything for old machines its available for postage. Anyone interested I'll spread it out and post a pic.