Penpusher

The lights change automatically and every time I start my car when I'm in right-hand traffic, a warning flashes up for a few seconds to say (I think) that the adaptive lights are inoperative. It's been 5 months since I was last driving on the the continent and I can't remember the exact warning, but if this comes on you'll know the lights have changed. I know my lights are fixed and don't turn with the steering when right-hand traffic is activated. You'll need to change miles to kilometres. I only change the speed to kilometres but keep distances to imperial as miles and yards are easier for me to understand, such as distance to final destination or next exit on motorway. Mine doesn't have a digital speedo, so it may not be the same as yours.

I've still got the lounge steps from my MkII Superb after it was written off in an accident, which are larger than the MkIII version. SWMBO always has one in the the front passenger footwell as she has her seat back a long way to give more room in the front (there's nobody in the back 99% of the time) and she likes to rest her size 8 feet against it.

My Superb is 6¼ years old and the sunroof hasn't given me any problems. Its been standing outside recently with temperatures of -11C and last summer it was in Italy where it was +35C, so its had lots of various driving conditions that haven't affected it. Maybe I'm tempting fate and I'll go out today and something'll go wrong!

My Superb is 6¼ years old and still on its original battery. In mid-December, we had a period of cold weather when it was below zero all day and up to -11C at night. The car had been standing outside for a while and started OK, but as expected it was a bit sluggish turning over. Stop/Start didn't operate until it'd had a good run and the engine was hot, but it operated as normal after that. Nowadays, the only longer runs the car gets in the winter are 20 miles each way to either Abergavenny or Merthyr Tydfil.

Mine's FWD only, so of course it'll return a better fuel consumption than 4WD, but here's my readings for a trip to Croatia in June and then Lithuania in August.

No, I've never noticed any from mine.

The same happened to me back in August when we visited friends in Lithuania. At the end of the evening when we were leaving and pulling away from their apartment, the husband rushed over to tell me only one fog light was working. I showed him how they come on when you steer left or right and he went back inside feeling a bit sheepish.

Hi Matt I can see your car has the virtual cockpit but mine is an earlier model without this. I'm not very technical and have only said what I can see on my display, so maybe someone else can help here and say what features your car should have. Despite driving through Poland in August in my Superb, my knowledge of Polish is nearly non-existent when it comes to understanding your screen shots!

Welcome Matt On the controls on right hand side of the steering wheel, there is a button at the top left with a symbol of a car. Have you tried pressing this to see the options that appear include blind spot detect or side/ lane assist and that they are ticked? When I bought my car at 8 months old, these were not functioning until I found out that they were not selected. I assume your car is Polish registered and I'm not sure if they have different standard specs to the UK cars.

My front assist stopped working just over a year ago and it turned out to be a broken bracket behind the the radar on the front grill. I can't understand how this happened as I hadn't hit anything and there was no sign of damage. Also, the warning suddenly came up as I was driving along and not after I'd been parked where someone may have knocked it. I can only think it may have been when I hit a pothole and the jarring broke it.

I've been in a similar position, as being retired from work and then having lockdown has resulted in my mileage plummeting. In the year between MOTs to September 2021, I only covered 1,800 miles and in total I've only done 37,000 miles, which only averages just over 6,000 miles per year for a car that's 6 years old. During lockdown, if I noticed the fans were running when I stopped after a short journey and it was trying to do a DPF regeneration, I'd immediately drive up and down the Brecon bypass 3 or 4 times using sport to keep the revs up and so far it's kept me out of trouble and the warning light has never come on. Having covered 2 long European trips this summer covering 6,400 miles, this should've given the filter a chance to clean itself! I'd like to swap to a petrol engine and was planning on doing so when the car was 5 years old, but lockdown, the shortage of new cars and the falling vale of my pension pot has meant deferring it for a while. Apart from any DPF filter concerns, I'm happy with keeping the car for a bit longer and £30 per year car tax gives a useful saving over a newer petrol.

We covered a total of 6,401 miles on trips abroad this summer; 2,890 to Croatia in June and 3,511 to Lithuania in August over a total period of 5 weeks 2 days. It's great to cover those mileages and to be able to get out without feeling stiff, especially as an OAP of 70! We went through 12 countries on our travels as we didn't take direct routes. For instance, when we returned from Croatia, we went across northern Italy, along the French Rivera, through Monaco and then up through France. We averaged 56.7mpg and 55.4 respectively and tried to fill up with as much fuel as possible in Luxembourg, Slovenia and Poland, where the prices are lower than the UK.

Yes, I get the insurance annually from Sinclair Skoda in Swansea if I have the car serviced by them. I'm not sure if its only through this dealer or if it's nationwide. This is what I get a week or two after the service:- Dear Mr Penpusher, Welcome to your ŠKODA UK and European Roadside Assistance. It’s simply our way of saying thank you for having your ŠKODA serviced at Sinclair ŠKODA. It's a completely unique package and something you can't buy anywhere else. Not only does it offer peace-of-mind with feature packed cover, but it also means you can save money by reducing your need for roadside assistance with your car insurers. Best of all, you can be sure your ŠKODA will remain in the very best hands should anything unexpected happen! Your cover includes: 24 hour roadside assistance, 365 days a year Breakdown and self induced faults (e.g. running out of fuel) Recovery to a ŠKODA retailer or other destination of your choice UK and European breakdown cover Home assistance Onward travel Your ŠKODA Roadside Assistance cover starts from 07.09.2021 and runs until 07.09.2022. And remember, you’re not just covered here in the UK, but throughout Europe, too. The numbers you need Call ŠKODA Roadside Assistance UK: 0800 526 625 Europe: 00800 1330 3939 If your details aren't correct, please call 0800 526 625. Cover provided in association with the AA. Please click here to access your ŠKODA Roadside Assistance Handbook.

I had the cam belt and water pump changed last year when the car was 5 years old but had only covered 28,260 miles and I've had no problems with overheating. It wasn't cheap, but it gives me peace of mind not worrying about them possibly giving trouble. This summer we went on two trips abroad; to Croatia in June and Lithuania in August. We didn't take out any breakdown cover as we're covered for a year after each annual service with ŠKODA Roadside Assistance, which covers us in the UK and throughout Europe, so it offsets some of the difference if we'd used an independent.

When I first had my car, I didn't like lane assist very much, but I stuck with it and now find it helpful and keep it on all the time. I don't parallel park very often, but I use it when I do and keep an eye on what it's doing and take over if I'm not happy ie too near or too far from the kerb. The virtual pedal for the boot is very useful when you have both hands full and it's constantly in use when we go shopping.

I always carry a spare pair of driving glasses whatever country I'm in. As SWMBO doesn't drive, if I lost or broke my glasses when we're out it would be a major problem that can easily be avoided with a spare pair always in the car. I also carry hi viz vests as well as they could be needed at any time from getting a puncture to being first on the scene of an accident. Like others commenting above, I saw very few police on my two recent trips in Europe. The country where I saw most with speed guns was in Poland. I've only been stopped twice in over 50 years of driving in Europe. The first was hardly a stop as I'd parked incorrectly in village in Romania in 1975. I think I was too near a junction or a fire hydrant and they issued a ticket and I had to pay the equivalent of £1.66. The only other time I was stopped was in Poland in 2014 near the Lithuanian border early on a Sunday morning. The road was very quiet and he just stopped me to check my documents. I got out to take a file from the back seat and he started talking to SWMBO, who's Russian, and he spoke Russian too. After chatting with her for a few minutes, he waved us on our way and didn't bother to check anything.

I'm the same. In June, I drove through France from Calais to Belgium and on the return trip I drove from Italy and up through France and back to Belgium. This month, drove from Calais to Belgium and then back via the same route. In total, I spent 6 nights in French hotels. I've never been stopped or checked to see if I have spare bulbs or Hi Vis vests, though like Patent I always carry the latter. Maybe if you commit another offence, ie speeding, then they'll check these items? I always take my time, stay within limits and try to avoid any reason for being being stopped.

I'm in the same position as my wife's Russian (she's totally anti-Putin and fully supports Ukraine) and we're visiting her family and friends at the moment. We've visited her aunt in Belarus previously, but there's no chance of going there this year. In the UK, I keep on having to convert distances to kilometres for her. It keeps my brain active, I suppose!

I've got the KPH display on the speedo, but by changing the settings in MaxiDot, the cruise control can be set in KPH. If you don't change it, you'll have to convert KPH to MPH each time to correctly set your speed. Some are easy to convert, such as 50 KPH is 30 MPH, but others such as 40 or 70 KPH are not equal to a round figure in MPH.

I've changed the display from MPH to KPH for the speed, but I've retained miles for distances. I can better understand, for example, a distance to our destination on the navigation in miles than kilometres. I can work out quickly miles to kilometres and vice-versa in my head as I was an accountant for 46 years until I retired in 2017, so I was used to mental arithmetic all my working life! I started taking my car to France and beyond in 1971 and we didn't have kilometres on the speedos back then.

So far I've covered about 4,500 miles driving on the right hand side of the road since June and haven't noticed any difference, though my 70 year old OAP brain may not be as receptive to any small changes as a younger driver may be.

You may be able to recoup a little of the cost of replacing your headlights by selling your RHD units on Briskoda or eBay. I went on a trip to Croatia in June and I'm currently in Lithuania, both trips being in my RHD Superb. I haven't had a problem with the radar and its worked fine when I've needed it, so maybe you don't need to do anything with it? I've used it for both cruise control and traffic jam assist without noticing any difference to using them in the UK.

I've already bought a UK magnetic sticker and used it last month for a trip to Croatia. It's still on the car as we're off to Lithuania next Thursday to visit SWMBO's family and friends. Diesel in Poland is currently about £1.38 per litre, so I'll arrive with an empty tank and leave with a full tank which should help to minimise the impact on the pension fund!

Could you leave the boot closed, fold down one of the back seats, put her into the boot through a back door and then put the seat back up? Would she be a little nervous if you but her in the boot and then she sees a large tailgate coming down towards her?

I can confirm this as I'm currently on the French Riviera and every time I start the car it informs that the lights are adjusted to driving on the right.