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Take the block out, turn upside down & shake?

And how do I check what’s on “the system”? I’ve looked on skoda-connect.com and all it has for my car is a health check in March 21 (the car was no-where near a Skoda dealer, we were in lockdown and car hardly went anywhere), no note of healthcheck done a couple of months ago (fitted reversing camera) nor today’s service work. Anyone got a link to the corrosion/warranty t&cs, where it says the length of said warranty? All I can find is this where it has a 3yr paint warranty and unspecified perforation warranty.

PPS This is the only reference I have to bodywork inspection.

Agreed, will be very useful once I get in the way of changing it. Now got 2 things to do after starting, kill Stop/Start then switch CC to SL where I won’t be on roads suitable for said CC. Tried it (SL) on the A3 passing Guildford, the speed averaging downhill stretch. Steep enough to speed up on CC, held it bang on 50mph. Happy days. 👍

PS Thanks Xman. 👍

No sign of bodywork check, will look into that and give them a shout. 👍 And back to this variable servicing malarkie! Service indicator before it went in, all ticketyboo. When I got it back it was set to annual servicing as mentioned above. After going back in and saying “Ahem, this isn’t right”, it went in again and came out with this: The service chap explained it along the lines of “it’s too long to leave the car for 2 years [as it had been] so it needs another “inspection” where they don’t actually change anything”, I was starting to loose the will to live! On my half hour drive back MrsDSL did some digging/googling and couldn’t find anything on the “extra” inspection, even on Looker’s own site. There “oil and inspection”, nobody does just inspection according to her exhaustive research/googling! Is this part of the proper Skoda variable servicing or the dealer’s attempt to get me in annually, whether I want to or not? The answers to the above service question is now officially academic for the dealer that did the work as MrsDSL has declared “It ain’t going back there!”. Hell hath no fury like SWMBO scorned! 🤣

Well, they were up for 5*s but I checked the service indicator to see when next due and it’s been switched to annual servicing from variable.. She’s gone back in to get that fixed. The cynic in me thinks “hmmmm, very naughty” as I’d have thought someone would have had to consciously make that change. Glad I checked!!

Quick question time. My brake pads are 12mm front and 8mm rear, what do they start with? Is this higher wear at the rear normal? The car’s done just under 11k miles since new. TIA

Sitting in the dealer, waiting on the not-so-old girl getting her oil change. Fended off the offers of extra chances to spend cash. Also no worry re washing the car, they don’t do that, there’s a pandemic on don’t ya know!! 😆

Wohoooooo, got it working, thanks all!! Bit fiddly with it reverting back to CC when switched off (I think) but nothing I can’t cope with.👍

Re corrosion inspection, will make sure to make sure that’s on the list when the car goes in. Was going to take a load of pics before anyway, no way she is mucky enough to not do a corrosion inspection. Re washing, that deffo reinforces it. 👍

All the tyres were swapped round when winter wheel were put on in Oct so no swapping wheels needed. Re getting the car washed, I’m not that fussed. In my 18 months of ownership it’s been washed once after I took delivery of it, not by me I hasten to add, so it can wait until the MOT in a years time. TBS though, I’ll make sure they know not to wash it as I’m waiting for it so will be keen to get going and up the old A3 to home. 👍

I remember the traffic piling up behind me on last few trips to France when I pootled along at 90kph to try and comply. Eventually made the exec decision to up the speed to 100kph as keeping to 90kph was resulting in more aggressive (than usual) driving from the “local” drivers to the point that their overtaking was becoming more and more dangerous. Of course that was before the cameras appeared, and well before the tickets followed through to home. Re limited vs CC, agreed re using CC but sometimes easier to have the limiter engaged, plus MrsDSL is not a fan of CC abut wouldn’t have a problem with the limiter.

Was planning to get MOT and haldex done a couple of weeks before warranty dies Dec 22. If I do get it serviced next year, will deffo be before the original warranty expires. Plus then have to have a think re All-in-One package or straight warranty. Something to mull over Black Friday 2022. 👍

Does a bog-basic SE have speed limiting as part of the cruise control set-up? Going to France next year and, as they have a fairly heavily enforced 50mph limit on single carriage roads, was looking to use the limited to drive at the limit and annoy as many locals as I could! The car is tucked up in the garage and not going out for a while so can’t try it out, plus the manual isn’t that clear. It mentions with GRA and without, but can’t find out what this GRA is. Assuming I don’t have GRA, surely this just works the cruise control. Or have I got this wrong. Wouldn’t be the first time and deffo won’t be the last.

I got it wrong, it’s the straight £185 oil change. Prob next service (Dec 2024) will be same plus extended mode. I resisted all the upselling opportunities (pollen filter & fuel additive), plus resisted the lure of the £14 a month for 2 x oil services, one pollen filter and one extended scope add on. Whilst yes, there is a £128 saving on all that to be had, I’m quite happy sticking to biannual servicing as only doing pretty low mileage. If my thinking is right, the service plan puts me in annual servicing mode, no ta. And re £185, I’m quite happy with that as came from LRs and they seem to charge that just to answer the phone. It’s going to be strange as the Skoda dealer (Guildford) is right next to where I took my LRs. Now a Tesla dealer so no popping in and chewing the fat over LRs. 😞

Car is a couple of months off its first service on time basis (23 months/10800 miles), trying to find out what is supposed to be done. Anyone got a link to fixed price servicing for that service? The “book a service” link on the Skoda site is saying £249 for the service but gives no details. Not a problem if it is but would rather know what’s being done before I book it. I’ve put MrsDSL on the case and she’s loosing the will to be of any assistance at all as she can only find 3 years onwards!!! TIA D

I’m away from the car so can’t check but ISTR mine is 25 months after it was registered or 18,000 miles (scheduled late Jan 22, presently at 10,500 miles). Might get the service done in the next couple of weeks purely out of convenience.

Same here, winter wheels on today. It’s gonna be a cold one, I can feel it in my bones. 👍

Winter wheels fitted today. It’s going to be another proper winter, I can feel in in my bones. 👍

Switch is the one that also adjusts/folds the mirror, on the forward bit driver’s door armrest. Why it’s not tied in with the rear window demist is a mystery but it’s not. Mine’s on a bog basic SE, and works well, once I realised the rear window wasn’t helping with the rear window.

Conti WinterContact TS850s ready to go on in a couple of weeks. They did suuuuuuuuuuuperb last winter on proper snow and, more fun, sheet ice. Any excuse for a gratuitous snow pic. 👍

Nearer a 1/4 than a 1/3, which isn’t too bad considering I’m only supposed to be carrying a skinny spare. And height wise, the boot closes without contact so that’s a success for me. 👍 Now looking to shrink the luggage space further by seeing what would be left if I put my Engel MT45 fridge in there. I suspect not a lot. Might need a smaller fridge. 😃

Plus Karoqs work in the rain. 👍

I thought it was quite light, but I’m used to lugging Disco3/4 wheels around which ISTR weigh in at 33kg each.