AndreyZh

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The main difference between an e-tec and non- e-tec vehicle are: - starter generator instead of traditional generator - additional 48V battery under the front passenger seat. The starter generator feeds from and into 48V battery and it's used to: - Start the engine - Provide a small amount of additional power to supplement internal combustion engine when the car starts to move. The benefit of this setup is that you have a marginal improvement in fuel economy and much better engine start / stop experience. The latter is actually pretty impressive. You can't feel the engine turning on or off. In normal and eco mode the car does it all the time - when braking for traffic light, coasting down the hill or simply stopping for whatever reason. There is no noise, no vibrations. Feel like magic compared to my previous vehicle with Start/Stop which I had to deactivate as it was extremely irritating. One additional interesting feature I noticed is enhanced engine/generator braking in my car. When coming to roundabout or traffic light with car before you and lifting the gas pedal, the car starts to very noticeably slow down using a combination of engine and generator. The effect is not as strong as in electric vehicles with recuperation, but I find it quite handy. Should save some brake pads wear and tear. This might require SatNav and adaptive cruise control to work so that the car is aware of it's surroundings. Finally on the fuel economy. My long term average so far in two months since delivery is 6.7 l/100 km. About 1/3 town and 2/3 highway. Last weekend I went to a national park. The route there was mainly highway with 90-120 km/h speed mode. Almost fully on ACC. That gave me a very impressive 4.7 l/100 km.

That's the best I could find so far https://www.manualslib.com/manual/734590/Skoda-Columbus.html?page=39

I don't know UK specifics, so treat it as a bit of speculation But firstly, your car will still have SIM or eSIM more likely. It needs it to contact e.g. emergency services and for some service info exchange with Skoda. You might not be able to use it as a hotspot for internet on the go, but basic connectivity will still be there. Secondly, I believe that traffic updates are done via RDS (Radio Data System) which relies on traditional FM/AM radio broadcasts and does not require internet connectivity.

I played it safe, not to confuse the system, and went with a second key to connect secondary account. I didn't have primary key on me.

Visually identical, but Columbus supports SatNav. Probably slightly better CPU/Graphics chips.

Can't help you here, mate. For the second user (not primary user) it never asked me to verify with the QR code. It was only necessary for the primary user.

I've contacted them several times. The address was sks.service at skoda-auto.cz They require so-called 'committee number' which consist of 6 digits to provide any info. They were always helpful in providing planned build week, however with a disclaimer that it's provisional and subject to change. At least here in Finland, the only party who can really speed things up is the importer as they can ask Skoda to prioritize your car slot. Dealers can't do a thing, only ask importer. Skoda factory doesn't really care, they will build based on component availability. Whether it's your car which will get components or Joe's depends on whose importer negotiated better

I recall it was around second part of July. Don't quote me though

The car needs to be added only in Primary Skoda Connect account. Second account one is created 'empty' just to be able to create another profile in the car.

The way Skoda profiles work is a bit strange. For starters, MySkoda will only work with the primary user profile. So I can't add my wife's account as guest - that requires to make her primary user. At the same time, making an account in car requires Skoda Connect profile as you need to log in with the username, password and PIN. What I did after a bit of experimentation and it seems to work well: - Both me and my wife have Skoda Connect account - MySkoda is installed on both our phones, but it's using my account because I'm the 'primary' user - We both have profiles created in car's infotainment system - mine is using my Skoda Connect account, and wife is using hers. - Each of us went to the car whilst having only their personal key inside and configured seats, settings, etc according to their needs using own profile Following all this 'dance' the car now correctly recognises us by the key.

Yep, I really liked it as well. Very different from the color in configurator, but looks great. Especially when the car is clean and under sun

So there we go. 83 weeks after initial order I took the delivery According to the spreadsheet I am so far winning the 'delay edition' competition. Weather was pretty awful, so no good pics and the car got dirty immediately Anyway, quite happy with it so far. Lot's of things to tweak and annoying behavior when having to manage multiple users with Skoda app and in-car. But otherwise so far so good.

It's finally happening. Handover scheduled for next week's friday. Can hardly believe it. It's been over a year since the original planned delivery date and over 1.5 years since the order.

While waiting I was looking for something conceptually similar to O4 in size / performance. The closest I could come up was with new Honda Civic with it's quite impressive hybrid power unit. Took it for couple test drives and absolutely enjoyed it. The reason why I didn't cancel and take it was much worse financing at that time and the fact that unlike Skoda where you can build your own car to specs, Honda only offers 3 trim levels. And with that I could not get the right mix&match to my needs.

Well, finally some progress here. Dealer mailed that car is finally in production, expected in January. That's one week later compared to information I got from Skoda directly. I wonder though if January delivery is overly optimistic and instead it will stay on a parking lot waiting for components. With electric seats and Park Assist 3.0 it was pretty mean combination. On the other hand we're 12 month after initial delivery date and 16 month after the order date. I'll find out soon..

When I was last time at the dealer (around mid-October) they said that they've had discussion with importer about cars in the backlog. Importer promised to "prioritize" some long outstanding orders like mine (since July '21). So l wrote to Skoda with my "commission number" and they replied that the car is scheduled for W48 manufacturing (next week). I don't get too hyped after do many delays, but maybe, just maybe it's true

You're pretty lucky if you get it by that time. Who's the dealer? Laakkonen / Helkama?

I think this kind of heating is more useful when you're e.g. caught in a snowstorm and it's that temperature when snow would melt on a windshield and quickly turn to ice, making your wipers less useful. It happens quite occasionally here, but may become quite annoying. For initial defeezing or demisting it's better to take the internal heater.

I've now heard from the dealer that the car is prioritized at the factory and will be built in December. Expected delivery somewhere in January. That would make it 16 months since order date and 12 months of delay compared to initial estimate.

Congratulations! The lady is well hidden though I've been looking at the options on the market as well. But.. There are few quite specific things I needed that are not offered anymore and you can't find them on MY22 or even MY21 cars anymore. One of them being Park Assist 3, another one a 220V socket at the back. Both are quite necessary in our case. Additionally, looking at the inflation and current interest rates. The car itself would cost like 1.5-2K more is bought today. If you're using external financing that adds +7% interest rate points. Which is hideous compared to original deal. So yeah, my situation there's nothing else left, but sit and wait. Maybe, one day

Just as an anecdote. I recently took Octavia 4 with travel assist and new Civic on a test drive on country roads. Involved quite a bit of uphill/downhill and sharp turns. The road was overall marked, but there were places where it wasn't. I activated travel assist on both cars and set the speed to 60 km/h. Octavia resulted in subjective 3/5. It managed to stay in lane and turn for about 70% of the 4 km strip I tested it in. Sharp turns did not go well and occasionally it would just drive itself out on the incoming lane. On more shallow turns it did keep itself in the lane. Honda was 4,5/5. I was trully and utterly amazed on now well does it stick to the road. There were couple of places where there were no or confusing road marking where it explicitly disconnected lane guidance. However, on most of the other places including really sharp turns it did amazingly well.

I've got a 1.5 DGS petrol being on order for 14+ months already and no build dates. That said, my config has quite a lot of 'problematic' options, thus this may be the reason for delays beyond any reason I'd dare a guess that if you're ordering some more common configuration it will be somewhere between 8-12 months. I would not trust the dealer on 5 months at all.

My warm congratulations! Finally. Will be happy to take over the crown of the longest waiter!

I think it actually does, just not for us In Finland, deliveries have been getting better month over month according to FI forum sources. You can also see more and more people get their cars here. That being said, some of us are doomed to suffer at hands of Skoda planners or random number generator that decides which car to build.