Samphire

Thanks once again for your very helpful input. The Goodyear 235 45 17's on Eos 17's is an interesting option but the increased tyre width over the generous current 225's may not be my preferred option. Also the Eos 17 inch alloys in good nick appear somewhat rare on an initial search. Thanks to you Jayw13702 for your input re the broken springs on the rear. The car is going in for a service shortly so I'll ask them to check this out. The car is regularly serviced by a trusted local independent garage and I would think they would have noticed if this were the case.

Thanks so much for the input here. I think my best option is to go down the 16" route. This, by the way, was deemed not a workable option by my local main dealer!! I'll have a look and se what's available in wheels and then make a selection for tyres.

My tyre size is 225 40 18. No, it doesn't have DCC

The ride in my Skoda 2 elegance hatch back is really hard and even small road imperfections get transmitted to the cabin. Any ideas anybody?

Hi Phil-E, Thanks for coning back on this one and that would be good advice. Unfortunately however, I bought the battery online from a well known supplier and had it fitted locally. The company concerned have videos on their site showing how to correctly fit a replacement battery. However, these videos make no mention of registering the new battery following installation. I might well go back to them and see whether they will offer a credit.

Thank you superbdreams. That's what I thought might be the case. I have a sophisticated "Intelligent Charger" with an AGM setting and a repair mode. If I get back the capacity lost to undercharging, how do I get the system to recognise this as a new battery?

A year ago I had a replacement AGM battery fitted to my 14 plate Superb 11 as the original was on its way out. The garage fitting it told me that all the vehicle settings were stored on the hard drive of the ECU and, following start-up, these would be reloaded. However, since then I've been told that this should have been electronically initialised so that the ecu knows that this is a new battery and the system should charge it as such. Evidently if this is not done the vehicle will assume it's still the original - failing battery - and the charging both when driving from the alternator and also when recharging from a battery charger, will be regulated accordingly, Interesting this as the new battery will not hold a charge even when fully charged with a so called intelligent charger. Is this so and if this is the case, is the battery damaged or can it be saved? I'd be really grateful for some input here.