Danoid

I saw UKCA on something earlier too, so I’m not sure if it’s some new logo that’s meant to mean something, I’ll have a google. The both chrome ends jobby looks good but I’m pretty sure that’s for keyless only, but I have the old school (which I prefer) flip key

Finally got round to changing my spare key “cap” interestingly from 2 years ago it’s a new part number with even more icons 😂 2 years ago end cap 2022/23 version but so much better than original New part number of anyone wants it and it was larking £18

Just out of interest how are you getting to the scuttle area? When I looked on mine I’m sure it looks like the wipers need to be removed. Others had said on here it slides off but can’t see how, could you take a picture of your mesh panel area when it’s off please?

Personally I’d just enjoy it as everything seems to be done

This is fairly common on here as people have manually adjusted the headlight up which I might need to do after fitting new bulbs as the OE bulbs are rather crap to be honest. As it does the dance and stays up that’s good as there was a software fix for some people’s cars where it does the dance but stays down on one side. A few weeks ago I had really bad light output on the left, I thought it had stuck down on mine (my car not affected for software according to Skoda) but I did set to driving mode Eco which then disables cornering function, so I stopped and turned the car off, it done its dance but was still low on the left side. I then used my washer and it cleaned the headlight and was fine. So give that a go next time or clean the headlight yourself. If that doesn’t help, it’s possible your light is affected by the software glitch or even the self levelling arm has broken but I’m not sure if that would through an error on the dash

Ah that’s a shame the pollen filter hasn’t made a difference. If you let your car idling on your drive do you smell fumes then? If you do that would suggest a breather hose but on such a new car I’d like to think that’s unlikely. You can always get an AC bomb cleaner and let it do it’s things. Theres still the potential of there is no smell and you’re imagining it, especially as no one else can smell it 😬

Get this https://catalog.mann-filter.com/EU/eng/catalog/MANN-FILTER Katalog Europa/Vehicles/CARS %2B TRANSPORTERS/SKODA/Superb III (3V)/2.0 TDI DDAA, DFCA (T00000000332484)/Cabin Air Filter/FP 26 009 Also if you have a decent code reader use it and you might find a faulty sensor (air quality?), I’ve seen on here a few people’s air quality sensor has failed. What it’s meant to do is when it detects fumes it puts recirc on automatically or something like that. Cheapest way is changing your pollen filter to that one, but double check it’s the correct one for your car, it is for mine so should be. Or this might sound crazy but you could even be getting covid symptoms, my smell went haywire before I fully came down to it and fumes/smoke was exactly what I could smell the most when no one else could

There’s this thread too with a video posted few more angles on that video which you can check and you’ll know if it’s the same issue as you hopefully

Ah that’s somewhat good to hear you can see it. If you won’t be fixing this yourself, you can at least show a mechanic where you can see it leaking from. Id also now get it booked in, top up before you go there but don’t use the car in the meantime

I’m not too familiar with the 1.4tsi but I just found this Have a look round yours and see if you can find it, it’s very obvious on his because of the pink coolant. I’d say aslong as you can see coolant you’ve hit the jackpot and by that I mean it’s not a head gasket or matrix. His accent is funky but sounds like water pump is not belt driven which is good at least

Judging by some others on here it could be leaking at the water pump. When did it last have the cambelt + water pump changed? Personally I’d put a UV dye in the coolant system and go hunting at night with a torch and glasses, as it could be a pipe aswell

Have a check at your laws in Australia regarding DRL. As your car is 2016 you should be able to turn them off and it’ll pass. In UK only cars from 2018 have to have working DRL. I’d imagine Australia is similar

I’m sure I’ve read water usually comes in from light cluster or the boot seal itself. Cant remember reading if the light cluster has a replaceable external gasket or just taking it off and cleaning it is the fix

This is the blurp from the government site https://www.gov.uk/government/news/end-of-halogen-light-bulbs-spells-brighter-and-cleaner-future This is for the Osrams, others are the same where they provide such info like Philips https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjMltP93J_8AhUKQEEAHT1NAJkQFnoECCEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.osram.com%2Fappsj%2Fpdc%2Fpdf.do%3Fcid%3DGPS01_3043435%26vid%3DPP_EUROPE_Europe_eCat%26lid%3DEN%26mpid%3D&usg=AOvVaw0tuav8lPjPSjU2Up6x_-V2

It’s not just about the draw they use, it’s the materials needed and the waste they produce. Look at any high performing halogens for cars, it’s around 200-250 hours and that’s when failures are most likely to occur. Judging by your replies are you anti led? I don’t really understand where you’re coming from

Yep 😞

The same rules still apply in the other European countries, it’ll just fail their MOTS like ours would. With those Osrams as they’ve been designed for on road you won’t get all the glare of the cheap ones but that ultimately comes down to the people who chose to use non street legal leds. You don’t need to change the headlight either to fit them. There’s no difference between our headlight in this country compared to a superb sold in Germany (other than lhd/rhd). We just need Vosa to pull a finger out Its funny our government recently made it law that halogen bulbs can no longer be sold from September 2023, except for car bulbs which is the biggest waste there is as some only last as little as 200 hours

I’ve had two Passats b5.5, I was looking into getting the B6 and so many issues, so I just stuck with my B5.5 for a while and went for a superb. Im not sure I’ll go back to a Passat again to be honest. I see no reason to get rid of my superb for at least another 7 years. By then it’ll all be electric only (new cars), by 2030 petrol/diesel/hybrid will be seen as the anti Christ. Who knows what my next car will be then but Skoda has my loyalty for now so probably another Skoda. All my cars so far have been taxi cars Audi A6, VW Passat and Superb. So whatever is used as Taxis in 2030 and German will be what I’ll get most likely haha

I meant after market ones, the new Osram night breaker leds are road legal just not in UK They do have a list of cars they’ve certified them on and the superb is one of them, but it would be for halogen headlights as that’s H7/H4 https://www.osram.de/am/night-breaker-led/night-breaker-led-ledcheck.jsp?mkt=/nb-led/ https://www.osram.com/ecat/NIGHT BREAKER H7-LED-LED lamps (street-legal)-Car lighting-Automotive/com/en/GPS01_3401765/ Osram led compared to NBL xenon https://youtu.be/SYBMbS0rES4

Hopefully one day the UK VOSA will wake up and allow road legal (in a few other European countries already) Do you disconnect the ballast to put in the LED bulbs?

The tyres sizes you said is wrong, standard is 235/40/19 for 19’s. When the tyres on it die get the Goodyear asymmetric 6’s, lovely and quiet If you’re going to be spending that much money, bargain on the price a bit then buy your own full winter alloys, but with the 280ps I’m not sure if the 17” still fits. Have you looked how much insurance is and road tax, being 280 I doubt it’s cheap, and like you say running costs but that’s everything atm 😞

Ah good point, I’ve not keyless personally. I guess they could make it wireless charging though and put it on the charge pad in the car when it says it’s low

Got in the car the other day and key fob battery warning came up. Put in new battery I had sitting around for a year and 100% dead. Used my spare key, same message 🥲. Just went to Screwfix to get two new ones and good for now. Hopefully Skoda at some point will put in rechargeable batteries which get charged as you drive, simply stupidly obvious thing to do

How much did you turn it by?

Are you pressing and holding the button?