TimothyT

Only good color on an otherwise quite ordinary (though in a good way) car. Never seen it on an estate with my own eyes, would love one.

H&R front & rear sway bars on my 280 (now 380, pun intended) and It made the car even good fun on a track, nevermind a fun A or B road. Takes away 90% of the floatyness. Next step would be KW DCC coilovers but I don't think its worth the cost. Anyway, plenty of in-depth information available on the forum.

If you need the backseat and boot space, I'd take a Superb any time of the day. If you don't, I wouldn't hesitate and take the Golf. Even though the platform is the same the Golf is a much much better ride.

I doubt its anything to do with changes to coding. The OEM battery is garbage so getting 4 years out of it is pretty good. I changed my 2017 Superbs battery already last winter but I also live in a very cold Nordic climate.

Drove me mad for a while too. Now I occassionally shut off the lights for the moment where I am gonna pull the lever for washing the windscreen. Works good.

Friend is in a situation where he needs a new corporate car and enquired for a new Octavia or Superb. Both have ~1 year of waiting time if ordered now. Completely unheard of just a year or two ago for a SKODA, now the new normal

Yes, stage 1 ECU and TCU tune. Further tunes not worth it considering the current mileage (nearly 100k miles) on it.

Matter of a few weeks at most, so very very recent.

MY21 VAG ECU's (Cupra Ateca, Formentor, Volkswagen Arteon / Golf, Skoda Superb etc) have not been cracked yet so can't really be properly tuned. This was feedback when a friend wanted to get his Formentor tuned.

I'm not from the UK so I have my own local (very big VAG and BMW tuning company, also other large brands) tuner who did my DSG + TCU tune and now it is at 283 kw / 379 bhp. Went from 5.8 -> 4.7s 0-100km/h but those numbers are with a full tank, my 140kg (310 pounds) body and my 40kg dog crate in the back and not the best condition Michelin PS4's. Realistically I reccon the time could probably be another ~0.4 seconds better.

The Superb seats are very comfy no doubt, especially the L&K ones, but I do think that for someone with a tiny frame, they could get uncomfortable due to the fact that they have absolutely no sidebolstering. You should probably look at a Sportline package that has the very good "bucket" seats.

Took a first trip to the track with updated ECU and updated swaybars, the way the car now moves after stage 1 and sway bars is amazing. With better brake fluid (the OEM Dot 4 fluid is garbage) and upgraded rear brakes it will manage consistent quick driving alot better. Already felt a big difference in front brakes going from OEM to proper Brembo discs and pads. Might even get the brake lines upgraded. If my shocks ever start failing will definetly also switch to Bilstein DCC ones. Only did one 20 minute session today because I had my puppy with me (kept the Variocage in the car when I went for a session and it stayed in its spot perfectly!) so did not time it but on the straights Porsche 718's werent really able to keep up with me. Had a good friend drive on the passenger seat and said that the car now definetly is in the same league as a Leon Cupra in terms of handling and most likely quicker on straights. The specific Leon Cupra has RS3 and Golf GTI brakes, armored brake hoses etc so braking is still a weak spot compared to the Leon. Super satisfied with the 280, I can fit my fat-ass frame at 6'6, put in my big landseer puppy in the back, have her be comfortably in the safety cage while driving spiritedly on the A & B roads too. No pics of the car from yesterday but here's a puppy to cheer up the day

Got the 280 stage 1 tuned. First of was very surprised (but not unheard of) that Skoda underrates the engine clearly. It should be 280 bhp but stock dynod at 226kw / 304bhp and then got a gain of 57kw so now it is 283kw / 380 bhp. Will measure with Dragy 0-100km/h, 0-200km/h, 100-200 and 1/4 & 1/2 mile times soon to compare to reference point at stock.

I am 198cm so 6ft6 and have a SUPER upright position for driving (my friend who is 5ft7 can use the same uprightness of the seats and have perfect seating position) and I have very good headroom, I even fitted with a helmet for race track. It seems you really might not have the correct seating position in terms of what is available from adjustment side. Or an unproportionally long torso...

The DCC suspension in comfort is stupidly bouncy and wobbly, if that is standard without DCC, then it is an absolutely ****show of a suspension.