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Check that all the plasic undertray fittings are properly secured to the brackets / holes in the floorpan. There may be something loose that "flaps in the breeze" above a certain speed. I have a 2000 BMW 740 Sport as a hobby car and the garage that serviced it and changed the front O/S thrust arm didn't check properly and the undertray part covering the front O/S fell off on the way home. They were adamant that it was secured properly but I know couldn't have been otherwise it would not have fallen off.....

In my case, it was about as useless as the chocolate teapot..... Tried that, it came up with three alternatives with no advice on how to choose. The dealer couldn't even tell me because there are the three variants, the fitting of which seems to have depended on which way the wind was blowing at the time. The only reliable way to do it was to take the wheel off and measure the disk.

Just taken a front wheel off to measure mine at 312mm. It's a 2016 vRS diesel Hatchback. There seems to a consensus on here that the diesel vRS has smaller front brakes than the petrol vRS; why is that?

Just traded in my 2008 Octavia Elegance TDi for a 2016 vRS Hatch in Corrida Red. Meant to be, as the first operator of this car leased to the Freight Transport Association also lives in Tonbridge so the car has come home..... I'll have to visit the chap so he knows he's not being stalked!

That's put my mind at rest somehat, Rich - thankyou. The rim edges are in such a poor state that I think I'll have to have them refurbished. They spoil the look of the car which is otherwise immaculate.

Thanks for that, adds even more to the confusion.... This morning, I took one of the front wheels off to measure the front disc diameter so I can order the correct Greenstuff pads. I laid the wheel down on the inside and there was a loud clatter when the inside wheel rim hit the brick paved drive. I had expected the wheel to land on the sidewall of the tyre but no. Your table above says there should be a bulge of 4.5mm in the sidewall; I can assure you the wheel rim exceeds that by some 3 - 4mm. Makes me wonder whether at some stage in its past, it has been fitted with wider rims but kept to the same 225/40 x 18 tyre size. Sadly I do not have access to a wheel rim measuring caliper to confirm its width. On a similar but slightly different tack, are there spacers built into the inside of the wheel? Mine appear to have spacers but I don't have another vRS to compare with.

I have just bought a 2016 vRS diesel Hatch that has the Gemini 7.5J x 18 wheels as (I believe) the standard fitment for that model. The tyres are 225/40 x 18 but they look very skinny on those wheels, to the point where the rim protecting rubber ridge on the sidewall has no effect with consequent "kerb rash" on all the rims. Has anyone fitted wider section tyres, say 235/40 or 245/40 section, to give better protection to the rims? If anyone has done, what was your experience? Do they clear the suspension and wheel arches OK? I've been a diesel Skoda Octavia driver since 2002 when I persuaded my MD to allow me to have one as my company car and when I retired in 2014, bought the last one which was just traded in for the vRS.... Chris.

Mine comes out by just lifting the end where the jet balls are by hand........

Just signed up as looking for help how to remove front grille. I have a 2007 2.0 Tdi Hatch that was my company car and when I retired in 2014, they didn't want it back with 140,000 odd miles. It was handed over as a retirement gift and they even paid the tax as a "benefit in kind". It was my second one, the first being a 1.9 Tdi which also did 140,000 miles in the 6 years I drove it. Also have a couple of "hobby" cars: 1937 Morris 8, 1967 Volvo 122 S rally car, 1990 Audi 90 20v (also ex-company car then used by the memsahib) 2000 BMW 740i Sport, 1950 RT Type bus ex London Transport.

If it's a diesel engine, it's possibly the turbo vane sticking, especially if it's only been used for short journeys. Happened to my 2007 2.0 Tdi a couple of years ago. EML came on and pwer dropped Turned it off and all good again for a few miles then back on and no power. New turbo replaced for £980 inc VAT and it goes like the clappers....