SkOmk4

Follow the Forum rules guys, that's really impolite to the other members... You can send each other private messages if you want a separate conversation.

Yep, I had the Blizzak on Octavia last winter; no problems and they were obviously quieter than the Factory (noisy) GoodYear.

The Auto Bild test you mention is dated October 18th, please have a look at the Tyre Review winter tyre test published October 2nd: https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/2023-Tyre-Reviews-Winter-Tyre-Test.htm Could anyone explain how is it possible that the winner of the latter test is positioned 10th in the Auto Bild test? There's even the same tyre size, so factors such as width or radius don't come into play... (in case they ever would) WTH??? I'm fully against conspiracy theories, but in this case: who's paying who for those tests???

https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/2023-Tyre-Reviews-Winter-Tyre-Test.htm Check the podium at the end of the above article/test for this year. Last year I bought the Blizzak LM005 for the Octavia, this year I think I'll buy the same for the newly arrived Formentor... Each time I checked, the Alpin6 was at least 10% more expensive than the Blizzak - a price difference not justified by the scores in the tests I read so far. The Hankook iCept is significantly cheaper than both the above, with pretty good performance in the test.

Yep, I think all cars with "hidden wipers" under the bonnet have this option available - service position; it makes life a lot easier. Just remember: this option of holding the wipers lever down for a few seconds to lift the wiper arms - it's only available for about 10 seconds after you switch off the engine (it's written somewhere in the manual). If you'll try 1 minute later or let's say the next day when you unlock the car - it won't work. So the workaround is: ignition ON (no need to start the engine), then ignition OFF, then pull down the wipers lever for a few seconds. Wipers will go back down if you hold down again the lever for some time, but there's also an automatic mode (that I prefer) - they will park themselves once you start moving and go above some 10 km/h.

For point 2: use "wipers service position" with confidence - I always do... I actually rarely clean my windshield using the wipers (unless I'm on a long trip and don't have time to stop). Most often I'll stop at the first gas station (when needed) and clean the windshield using wipers service position and lifting the wipers. And don't bother with the tablet menu - just pull down the wipers lever for a few seconds after you turned the engine off.

If you want to see what is already installed on your car you have to go to: Menu => Settings => System Information It's there you can see the SW version, display SW version and the Navigation Database (how old your maps are...) - see picture

Try to have a look here, maybe you get some hints:

It looks like the "eager-beavers" that worked (or pretended to work) on your car didn't want to leave any digital trace of their failures (inability to fix the problems reported by the user).

Sure, I thought it was self-implied...

Yes, one can check his own service digital record for free. I can't see how to do that on the MySkoda App (mobile version), but it works with the web-based Skoda-Connect interface. Once you login to your account, go to the car's Dashboard where you can see car status (locked/unlocked), mileage etc. and you'll also see a section called "Digital Certificate". Click on that and you'll get the option of generating a new Certificate and also to have a look at the existing Certificates. I have two in my list: one generated soon after I got the car (and found out I had this option), and the second one after the dealership visit this summer for the 1941 SW update (as shown by the first attached screenshot).

AFAIK the volume level is displayed on the VC when adjusted from the steeringwheel, and it's displayed on the upper side of the tablet when adjusted from the touch-sensitive area under the tablet. So try to notice if any of the two cases is displayed when you have the volume increase; this might be an indication of which is the controller that is taking "fake input": the wheel on the steering or the touch-bar under the tablet.

You might find some useful tips on the topic below. On page 3 there are some posts of @Felix2021 addressing the problems you mention:

It's a nonsense what that dealer told you... If there's no (or weak) side-wind, the car will not (should not) go to the right or left simply because there is front wind resistance. Just change the dealer if that was the answer of the current technician you're visiting. If you mentioned sport suspension setting we can understand you have DCC on you Octavia? On Sport setting it should be clearly "stiffer" than standard (non-DCC) suspension. So once again, the dealer would have no reason to say "the car has soft suspension".

Ok, what you describe is clearly different from what I experience. There's really no reason the car should wobble right-left on it's own on a straight-flat road without external factors, such as strong side-wind. Are you sure it's also doing that with the Lane Assist turned off? If so, you should definitely go for a road-test with a Skoda mechanic onboard. See if they still tell you it's normal behavior... Did you get the chance to have a test-drive with another similar car?

On mine I have exactly this kind of "instability" on surfaces such as those mentioned by @Jorgeminator If the road is "wave-like" for various reasons, the car starts behaving like a boat above certain speeds. If it's on a straight line I can live with it. But it sometimes occurs on some curvy-road and the combination of centrifugal force with the boat-on-top-of-waves behavior makes it really dangerous. I learnt to deal with it on roads that I know already, but I'm quite worried about it happening on roads that I don't know. And just to be clear: I'm not talking about driving at the limits of the car or the limit-speed for those curves. On those very same roads and asphalt-waves, my 15 y-old Megane drives great at the same speed. I partially blame myself for the "bouncy" mk4, because I added the "rough-roads pack" on mine when I configured it. It could be an effect of comfy-suspension combined with increased ride-height... I don't remembrer the drive-test car having a similar behavior, but on the other hand the test-trip was quite short and done on pretty good roads.

Yes, they do light up depending on the regen intensity: (snapshot from Formentor's User Manual, but it's al the same VAG hybrid system)

The easiest way is to look for the area that doesn't have the heating - positioned left/right to the mirror. Read the other/older topic. IF ONLY people would try a "search" before opening a new topic - it would be much easier to look for the information one needs....

I think it's nothing to worry about... 2.0 TDI non-VRS here:

Thanks for that, but I think what that post was saying is "how to get OUT of coasting". Even my TDI DSG has this very annoying setting - going into coasting when you lift off the accelerator with the DSG in D-mode; and indeed, clicking the left paddle will engage back the clutch. When I was "preparing" for the Formentor test-drive I saw some video showing that even the PHEV DSG is coded such that it will go into coasting in some situations when in "D". However, if you keep the DSG in S-mode it will always regen when lifting from the accelerator. But the regeneration intensity cannot be changed as far as I understood and tested. I drove other PHEVs where you could change the regeneration intensity with the paddles - really enjoyable!

I use the same USB-drive that I'm plugging into the car for Music, so it's there all the time. However, if your old version was 19.7 and now it's 21.something, it means the update was performed. But I'm puzzled why you didn't get 22.12 as most of us. What was the name of the map-archive you downloaded? Or the files after archive-extraction - map version should be inferred in the filename. L.E. have a look at the image - when I try to download the maps it shows "Valid since" week 25.2023 - which actually means map version 22.12. Can you check what's yours?

Today I test-drove a Cupra Formentor VZ e-Hybrid 245 HP - so the equivalent of the Octavia VRS iV. It was quite impressive getting off my TDI/DSG 150 HP and "playing" with the Formentor in Sport mode. It made no sense to drive using Cupra-mode, since it was a 50-50% city-highway for about 45 minutes. Obviously the electric range of that car is naturally lower than the one of the Octavia iV - it's also indicated in the data-sheet. However, since the dealership gave me the car with the battery 1/2 full, while I was testing the behavior and transitions between electric and ICE, a question rose in my mind... maybe you guys "iV-owners" can enlighten me: If there's no more juice left in the battery, and you can no longer switch to EV-mode, AFAIK the car still behaves as a simple hybrid (non-PHEV), still keeping a battery reserve "hidden from the driver" - please correct me if I'm wrong. Now my question is: at this point, does the hybrid system still provide the electric-boost when you floor the noise-making pedal? Or is the electric motor only used to start from a complete stop? I spent some time online (mainly youTube) to find an answer, but couldn't find anything relevant. As a comment after the test: I would have loved to have the option of using the shifter-paddles on the steering-wheel as energy recovery adjustment (I saw this on other hybrids and it's great!), such that in town you can even go into one-pedal-drive mode. I guess it could be easily implemented SW-wise... to have an option in the Infotainment "Paddels-mode" with a choice between gear-changing and recovery-adjustment. P.S. I got a bit of torque-steer flooring the car on a straight line, rejoining the highway from a secondary road. It took me by surprise, I was expecting the electronics of the car to take care of that - but IT DID put a smile on my face... L.E. Another rookie question: when you're out of electric range, do you guys get better mileage in town than on motorways - as it is the case with normal-hybrids I drove on several occasions?

I hate to quote myself, but more details on the other topic - below... Link for Skoda Update Portal: https://updateportal.skoda-auto.com/ Read several posts from the link above... Most of us are not using the Skoda navigation (I don't even have the navigation paid for), it's for the car's management/settings in the background - parameters that you don't adjust while driving.

SW 1941 is the latest update, so they DID install a SW update on your car. Updating OTA is normal after the installation of 1941, it's been mentioned several times on the other topic ("Infotainment reboot"). Since you have the latest SW, it would also be a good idea to update the Maps - yours are more than 3 years old; latest version is 22.12, released 23.06.

Yep, I'm not using the car Navigation either, but apparently the car uses Map info in the background to adjust various parameters and behavior while driving. That's why those that don't have the Skoda Navigation active (paid for), still have the maps onboard. @tzolyomi - I was also hoping that, I downloaded again the maps that have June.2023 in the title, and have them on a USB inside the car for several weeks now. But my Navi.database still shows 22.12. Someone mentioned around here that even though the maps are released 23.06, those are actually 6 months old. Does your MiB sys.info show 23.06? If yes, updated by yourself or from factory (or dealership)?