Paws4Thot

Where were you taking the thermometer reading relative to the location of the thermistors?

I really wouldn't fit all seasons on one end of anything with summers on the other.

Old spark plugs are old.

Depending on when this was last done, maybe change the oil?

@erindad I believe some models have a noise maker? I think that is correct, but it can be turned down or even off. The dealer seems to think that its not a common problem. He seems to be dragging his feet a little. This is typical of Skoda main stealers.

Awe! Diddums!!

Have a deep load test on the battery; it sounds like yours may be in need of replacement.

@Dom1970 What are the fault code(s)?

It would help if you bothered to say which engine and trim the car is.

Is a "FIx It Again Toni Type" still even a thing?

Mibbae aye, mibbae nay. Even if I was going to DIM, you can and should get properly matched paint from a decent body shop.

@domhnall @Dieselgate - I've had to do a significant diversion as described literally once in 40 years, when I didn't fill up before leaving, and came off route into an area that was suffering a power cut so had to drive more off route miles than anticipated to reach fuel pumps with electric power. Dom, do you see the common factor between filling ICE and Scalextric cars here?

That is a brilliant description of the function of the ABS. Just how hard is "press brake and hold at certain level"?

"Withnail and I Part 2:- Bassenthwaite or Bust".

Ask a Private Hire driver about garages who will do a DPFectony and remap.

Almost certainly, particularly if the starter goes "clunk" but doesn't turn the engine at all.

Service history, Service history, Service history, Service history...

Not an issue; I was making a statement that rural areas can and do adapt to pay at pump as support for you.

I can't comment, except that I used to live on Benbecula, where both filling stations had pay "at pump" facilities, which were well used and appreciated by the locals.

Exactly; based on my old Xantia TDi, I could do (pure range) Weymouth to Uig (Skye) without refuelling, and taking one "comfort/food break" at Tebay North.

SG

Single data point; my Octavia was first registered in Glasgow, Scotland, but the first registered keeper was in Luton, Bedfordshire.

The smallest things I've ever seen with a Hackney licence (taxi or private hire) are a Skoda Rapid (FWD) or a Toyota P(r)ious (and those only as Ubers). I've discounted vehicles run exclusively as "hospital ambulance cars" because they don't require hackney licences.

@Saljia An eloquent testimony as to why you should never rely on so-called "driver aids" as anything more than a backup to "looking out the windows" and "knowing the law".

Now, how will it cope with a MANPAD?