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Yeah window down a bit might confuse the ever demanding thick as computer system(s). Rather than referring to Dr Google when things aren't well best is prior to activity RTM (read the manual) for disconnecting and reconnect battery and any resets, it's not against any law to do so and contrary what what some seem to think won't affect your manliness. True the VWŠkoda 'Owner's Manual' Is not always well written or explained and has errors and omissions but usually a good basis at least. I would be more concerned about the need, or is it a want, to change the front light bulbs.

Disconnecting the battery is fine, you are advised by VW to do it if the car isn't to be used for x-weeks to save the battery going flat, but it is best to read the car's 'Owner's Manual' first before doing so to confirm the procedure and what might be needed to be reset after battery reconnection. Usually if you have all the windows and sunroof are closed before disconnecting the battery then the only item that seems to need reset is the time of day clock. Did you have any of the windows down or partially down before you disconnected the battery? Do the reset procedure as per your car's 'Owner's Manual' and then as already suggested reset any menu options as required and report back. Good luck.

Hi, welcome Mark. If you've not already seen it on this site there's an Octavia section including a Mk3 and 'Guides' and 'Projects' forums. Good luck. https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/169-%C5%A1koda-octavia/

You can go 0w-30 or 5w-30, or 0w-40 or 5w-40 but don't get too hung up on the figures (even the VW ones) a good oil is a good oil and that's what you want. Longlife is more of a marketing and sales term and description. In my wife's 2015, 1.2 TSI (90PS, CJZC) I put 5w-30 but we're in the mild weather East Midlands/Anglian area not "the frozen north". I use Millers Oil's EE Performance (C3 5w-30) as they're a British blender (Brighouse, West Yorkshire) and you can ring them and talk to them and/or look at their website with "Which oil" oil finder, plus of course I have previously used their oils and found them to be good. - https://www.millersoils.co.uk/ I can also recommend Mann oil filters. - https://www.mann-filter.com/uk-en/catalogue.html Car oils always bring out lots of personal preferences and beliefs but if you follow VW's specifications and change the oil and filter when required you will cover normal use and expectations, whether you think VW will care about the engine lasting as long as possible and don't have commercial interests in oil manufacturers is up to you but that is not to say that those oils are not good oils just that you might be able to do a (little?) bit better depending on your car use and your expectations. Good luck with whatever you chose and do.

I think the German engineers and their German ways of specifications think differently to us in the UK so for us to try to interpret what they might be thinking or actual mean with the restricted information they give is very difficult and perilous, just be grateful they put the steering wheel on right for us and don't expect too many more concessions. The Japanese drive on the left like we do and like British stuff including when we used to make cars.

Hi, welcome. If you have not already seen it among other sections and forums on this site is the 'Škoda Fabia' section. - https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/166-%C5%A1koda-fabia/ Good luck.

Don't worry about it it was just for VW statistics you can leave it as JCB - or if you want to change it then have a search for if VW had a code for Yuasa, someone somewhere on this site put a list of codes but this is all outdated legacy VW stuff (bit like some of the computer parts and programming on VW cars I think). By the fact that the serial number was entered at factory as ten ones (1111111111) shows the system was outdated even at that point of use, the Covid chip shortage highlighted how cheap and old (European) mainstream car manufacturers computer systems can be, probably why the old car manufacturers will disappear or just be a name badge when taken over or merged in with the new Chinese manufacturers.

Intermittent issues are often a right PITA to put up with and diagnosis. As put an internal leak won't show externally. The stop/start might just at the times in the car's drive activity cycle when the clutch (possibly hydraulics) becomes subjectable and/or actual. The issue will perhaps be more noticeable when driving slow in lower gear numbers, also you are probably doing more frequent gear changes then. Now you will know better when it starts to play up you can pump the pedal sooner to save you distress (but not annoyance). IIRC the clutch hydraulic is off(?) the brakes hydraulics, the clutch slave cylinder being another bit of wunderbar fantastic-plastic - and the gearbox is as old as the hills in design, it certainly feels a bit basic which it's always a bad thing, so getting the revs right for changes and double de-clutching may help and for the higher gear numbers. Do you notice any change in brake pedal feel at these times too?

I think you may be right that the pressures will, at least partly, be to do with stretching the miles-per-gallon. For decades the sizes of wheels and tyres has been about fashion, marketing and sales over practicality and need. Some are ridiculous sizes but that's fashion, and possibly machoism.

There have been more recent threads with owners needing parts, mainly non-UK, so you and they may have some luck. It's good that you have come to this decision if your enthusiasm has gone, there are so many many classic cars rusting away where the owners just won't let the car or its bits go on to serve a better purpose. Original parts are often so, so much better than modern made parts, that if you can get those parts too, and many old parts can be cleaned and lubricated, refurbished or reconditioned to last many more years of good use (unlike some modern made parts where it can be months, days, hours, minutes or crap straight out of the box or bag). You could also look at posting in the 'Marketplace' section of the site. - https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/37-marketplace/ Good luck.

If they're doing any work on the cars on the road like oil changes, using chemicals, not correctly disposing of waste products then going the (council?) environmental route may be more successful and perhaps quicker, Al Capone type of angle. Might also cover if the home can be used as this type of business but I don't know and the toerags will say it's unpaid work for family and friends then I think you will have to prove nuisance from this. Good luck.

This is the British motor trade (and other British companies and trades) for you and has been for many years. Marshalls is a brand of Constellation Automotive Group along with British Car Auctions, webuyanycar and Cinch. Nip over to Rockingham Speedway (and Entertainment Complex) to see a couple of the high-ups playground, well originally anyway, then reality set in and perhaps the Chinese cars really landed on our shores. https://www.constellationautomotive.com/our-brands Short termism (and greed) with short sightedness has reduced the trade so much over the years (and decades). I wonder, if Marshall is still around then, what Chinese brand(s) will be at the Bedford Road Marshall when the VWŠkoda contract is up or the brand or VW 'change' in the UK/Europe. I've feeling, don't know, that perhaps not enough 'mechanics/technicians' are around now or will be trained later to cover electric cars certainly for European (and American) brands of vehicles, ICE vehicles won't fair greatly either. Never mind, soon be Xmas. 😁

Hi, welcome.

Always plenty to fix or service, maintain on a VW product, whether you want or like to or not, an interest in computers also helps given German marques enjoying overcomplexity. If you have not already seen them Octavia specific forums for you - Skoda Octavia Mk3 (2013 - 2020) forum - https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/235-skoda-octavia-mk3-2013-2020/ Skoda Octavia Guides forum - https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/175-skoda-octavia-guides/ Octavia projects forum - https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/207-octavia-projects/ Good luck.

Dave, German engineering has been greatly overrated from the end of last century onwards, lots of Mk3 Fabia, at least, have noises from the underside, some owners have changed some parts with success whilst others change lots of parts over time at great expense and still have noise(s). My wife's 2015 Fabia has a very noticeable clunk/clonk from about 6 years old, that was after the two front dampers had to be changed (and one of the new ones was "misting" within 11 months (2-year warranty), still on the car now and still a MoT advisory. I (luckily) don't drive the car very often but last winter when it was very cold I couldn't believe how loud the noise was, and I'm used to 20-50 year old cars' suspensions, all better than the 9 year old VW product! As put you do need to check your suspension is in reasonable condition (for a VWŠkoda Fabia of the age) and of course safe. Drop links and other bushes are favourite to replace, dampers or springs assemblies are also possibilities, other causes of course (exhaust, other). My wife's car has been through 4 MoTs since the noise started, one with VWŠkoda Dealership, another with an independent and two with a decent old-fashioned garage (they don't work weekends, imagine trying to explain that to an under-50!) and I ask them to check the suspension for parts that need changing sooner rather than later, they don't use the same dampers that the VWŠkoda Dealership use as they so short-lived.

Probably just a coincidence, Fabia Mk3 wipers having a mind of their own is not unknown, I think the factory 'grease' was the cause in my wife's 2015 Fabia case. Have a look at the following, hope it helps. -

That oil is not expensive from the UK supplier, in fact a low price that would cause concern for its actual quality (perhaps it's the exchange rate from Euro to GBP). 1500km is 930 miles per year, that's more of a static museum display piece than a moving car. Provided the engine oil gets fully warmed the few times T's Felicia is actually driven then the oil coming out at the 2-year change could probably easily be used for D.F's Felicia annual use, recycling so price of P&P only, a real bargain!

Hi, welcome. It depends which VWŠkoda mode (and its age, prior use, engine, gearbox) that you got as to how it will compare with the VW-SEAT Leon but in many ways they will be very similar as they share VW/VAG parts and design. Plenty of specific and general information, advice and experience on the various models and generally on this site have a look at the model and age specific forum(s) and the more general forums. Good luck.

Hi, welcome. This has been covered on here before so try a search (sorry, I've not got time to look for you now) and there's at least one good video on this on YT, exactly model and engine size doesn't matter, the vid I'm think of has a gearbox out of a car. My wife's 2015 Fabia (5-speed) has 70+k-miles on it with lots of short journeys use so lots of gear changes and the linkages don't need resetting or adjusting are you sure that's what's required in your case(?). Good luck.

See the (skimpy) VWŠkoda 'Owner's Manual' for your model and year (or VIN), 'Driver assist systems' - 'Lane assist' - 'Functionality' - "Display Display example in black and white display." - (As it's an European car manufacturer in this example the steering wheel appears to be on the left). - https://www.skoda-auto.com/apps/manuals/Models

Surely that's part of the PITA not to be relied on or trusted lane "assist". See the (skimpy) VWŠkoda 'Owner's Manual' for your model and year (or VIN), 'Driver assist systems' - 'Lane assist' particularly the 'Function restriction' section. - https://www.skoda-auto.com/apps/manuals/Models

You might be better asking in the 'Skoda Octavia Mk3 (2013 - 2020)' forum, also get lots of information on the model from actual owners. - https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/235-skoda-octavia-mk3-2013-2020/

Hi, welcome. For 2020 Superb - 'Skoda Superb Mk3 (2015 - 2023)' forum. - https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/299-skoda-superb-mk3-2015-2023/ Great offer. There's a forum for VCDS (OBDEleven) - Diagnostics & VCDS - https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/23-diagnostics-amp-vcds/ Also there is section for those members who want to offer their VCDS plugged in help to other members (might(?) need to have x-number of posts first(?)). - 'List of VCDS Owners (Previously known as VAG-COM) & VCP Owners' - https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/262215-list-of-vcds-owners-previously-known-as-vag-com-vcp-owners/#comment-3091029 Cheers.

Seems to be a great potential choice, particularly if you have been using it for a couple of oil changes. Possibly a bit more than you personally need given you drive your Felicia very carefully (maiden aunt going to Sunday church style) but also given how infrequently you drive your Felicia the extra protection would be most welcome. I think @D.FYLAKTOS should test it in his Felicia for real world use be he is against 50 weights, the "Made in Germany" should be an attraction though (for you German car /German car engineering fans). I would favour it over a VW choice.

Hi, welcome. In case you've not already seen there's plenty of information, advice and help in Octavia Mk3, and other, forums. 'Škoda Octavia' section. - https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/169-%C5%A1koda-octavia/ Good luck.