Everything posted by mccririck
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Has your Octavia ever jumped into manual on its own?
I agree though I didn't expect it to react so drastically!
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Has your Octavia ever jumped into manual on its own?
I was driving in town a couple of days ago in sport mode and I'm sure my hands were holding the steering wheel properly as I pulled away from traffic lights and the car suddenly jumped into manual. It's the only time it's happened but it caught me by surprise. There was another time a few days ago when I was in the Edinburgh bypass doing about 50mlh in sport mode and I pressed the accelerator quite suddenly because there was someone alongside me annoying me and boxing me in and the box changed down to 3rd and the revs went up to over 4000. In my panic I think I hit the downshift paddle which meant it was stuck in third until I flicked the upshift back up to 6th. That was annoying I don't like how the paddles are there waiting for you to tap them by accident in sport mode
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Touchscreen Cracked
Read all the suggestions here and then chose the one that works best for you. And ignore the pointless squabbling. 😂
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Is there a way to set a minimum charge stored level while driving?
There seems to be a bug whereby if you make sure you put it in hybrid mode each journey and uncheck the box so that the minimum charge level is always what you set it to the charge always drifts down a level each journey.
- Cooling down turbo engine, by idling engine..
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What improvements would you make to the infotainment system?
I was looking for a good music app to use with Android Auto and it turns out one of the best for accessing local music files on your phone is AIMP. And it has a 29 band graphic equaliser so you can adjust the sound far more accurately than with the 3-band equaliser in the Skoda:
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iV Charging
Sounds good
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iV Charging
I'm supposed to be getting transferred there from shell energy
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Tuning the sound system
I think it's good but I do think there's a midrange dip that irritates me.
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iV Charging
Hpw does Agile work out during the day for other usage?
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Tuning the sound system
My point is if you can't achieve a proper neutral sound with the adjustments available then that's not good. They need a better parametric equaliser system. i hope they can add one in an update at some point. It's either that or an upgrade of the stock speakers may help.
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Tuning the sound system
Perhaps. But one person is likely a more neutral sound, I would think. And neutral is the most realistic and true to the recording. And imo neutral is better.
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Tuning the sound system
I tend to disagree. There should be a sound which sounds good to most people, and imo it is not achievable with the equalisers Skoda give us. There is an upper midrange/lower treble boost which you cant get rid of with the 3 band equalizer. Here's a review: https://youtu.be/kuujeasVz_s?si=gTAv6jDA3ZgHEmdq
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Is there a way to set a minimum charge stored level while driving?
Yes I've noticed that. If you have it in hybrid mode will it still discharge to zero eventually?
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What improvements would you make to the infotainment system?
Could also check on the app if you locked the car and if you didn't you can lock it.
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What improvements would you make to the infotainment system?
Yes. But why?
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Fuel consumption throughout the day (IV PHEV)
I find mine has. Been getting high 40s and even low 50mpg without charging, but depends on the type of journeys. I'm driving fairly carefully.
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Fuel consumption throughout the day (IV PHEV)
I heard it's not good to fill it up to the brim and you should let the pump cut off itself.
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Is there a way to set a minimum charge stored level while driving?
Many thanks. I knew I'd read it somewhere but couldn't remember where.
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Fuel consumption throughout the day (IV PHEV)
The tank is 41 litres so does not fit 10 imperial gallons which would be about 45 litres I think.
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What improvements would you make to the infotainment system?
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iV Charging
I don't think you can turn the red line off. You get used to it I find it best to use sport mode when you can't charge the battery as it seems to like to store up about 3 miles of electric in that mode whereas in D it likes to run it down to zero.
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Infotainment System Restarting endlessly
It seems bonkers to me that in three years they haven't been able to get all the cars to show what update is available, and a message can just randomly pop up while you're driving and then disappear.
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Original wheel/rim characteristics
Mine are 17 inch wheels with Pirelli tyres.
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Is there a way to set a minimum charge stored level while driving?
I'm guessing I either didn't explain this very well or it's not possible?