Dustpuppy

For the electrical drain it could be a stuck relay on the rear window heater. That will flatten a battery quickly.

240K miles in my Octavia II in 8 years, now 85K miles in my Superb in 3 years. I am hoping to beat the mileage I got in the Octavia.

45 - 50mpg is average in mine, Best achieved was 56 mpg. However I preferred the non-greenline version of the Superb.

Had my rear quarterlight broken so the vandal could access the boot, but they didn't manage to steal anything. Autoglass came out and covered it in clingfilm because they didn'y carry stock for quarterlights. Two days later they came back but had the wrong glass (the box lied), Two days after that they came back with the right glass. The clingfilm was ok at stopping the weather but nothing else.

I do have a spare headlamp assembly, someone reversed into it and broke the mounting clips. It was working electically though, and still has the 2 modules underneath it.

Check the 3 rubber covers that you need to remove to get the bulbs. One of the covers on mine wasn't fitted and water got into headlight killing the electronics within. That gave me the same error. I needed a complete headlamp replacement to fix it.

I have had the same problem, and turned the handle to the 10-11 o'clock position to fix it.

When I set my Nokia into Remote SIM mode and connect it via bluetooth then the SMS messages come up on the columbus, and not on the phone. I don't think you can get emails to come up on the head unit though.

Very few problems with my previous car (Octavia mk1 - 250K miles) and my Superb (40K miles). I had a lot more problems with my BMW and Land Rover (discovery) then the Skoda's. On the superb I have had the following Headlamp replacement due to missing seal letting in water - There are 3 per headlight, large, round and made of rubber. Indicator stalk replaced due to main beam indicator not coming on when the main beam was on. And that's it.

Computer Service Engineer.

Greenline with auto stop/start across the engine range.

I had a 1.9TDI Octavia Mk1 that had 240K on the clock after 8 years, which was still running fine. The turbo on mine had started making a whistling noise, so it would have needed replacing sooner or later.

I thought the same for replacing the headlights, but no the bumper has to come off first. The headlight was £430, and then £80 labour as well. The garage moved all the bulbs over, so I didn't have to pay for them again, but I now have a spare set of electronics for the Xenon bulb.

Unfortunately Ebay does not have the correct part listed, and to be honest I didn't relish taking the front bumper off the car to fit it. The Superb Elegance has the Bi-Xenon lamps with AFS and the integrated headlight washers, which made it worthwhile to claim on the insurance.

I have had a nasty shock as someone has pushed in the drivers side headlight cluster breaking all three mounting brackets but leaving the glass intact. Got the headlight replaced, but when I tried to claim it back on insurance it was claimed that they could have done the work £80 cheaper so I had to pay the excess plus £80. I had the work done at the local dealer because the vehicle is still under warranty. All fixed now, but I am irritated by the whole episode. http://s1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd426/Dustpuppy107/Car%20Photos/Car%20Headlighight/

The rear parking sensors and maxidot are worth the extra money, so I would ge for the SE over the S.

A cautionary tale for everyone who changes their sidelights. When driving on a motorway the bulb warning light came on to tell me that AFS (bend lighting) had failed and the lights dropped to the lowest dip setting. When I stopped I found that one of the bulb covers was missing and road dirt and water had managed to get into the housing. The car was in the garage for two days getting this fixed. The dealer did fix the fault under warranty though.

For the doors you can use short body LEDS so that the light shines through both the clear and red part of the lens and it isn't too pink. I bought ones similar to these (I can't remember if the ones I bought are canbus compatible or not) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x4-SMD-LED-HID-Xenon-White-Sidelight-bulbs-T10-501-W5W-/230630163389?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item35b2a103bd

The cover doesn't slide. Once you push the button underneath in then gently lever the bottom half towards you. There are two catches on the inside (on the top) which will disengage, and then you can gently lever the top half towards yourself as well. The button will come off with gentle pressure, do not use too much or the catch will break.

I have had the same thing happen to mine. I managed to get the bulb out and trim the housing back, now I have the stock bulbs in.

The 140PS Elegance Combi is a very nice car to drive. It did take me a little time to get used to the engine, but I did move from a 1.9 TDI PD Octavia with a 5 speed gearbox.

I found on my Octavia that Michelin Primacy Tyres had a good life (30K+) with motorway driving. I am going to try Michelin Pilot sport 3's when the stock tyres need replacing on my Superb

What did you replace the front fogs with?

Try this: Call a friend who has access to your spare keys. Get them to repeatedly press the unlock button next to the mobiles microphone whilst you walk round the car holding your mobile close to the car. This method managed to unlock my mk1 octavia when I tested it. And no the remote was not in range of the car!

There is the "variable boot floor" factory fit option which I believe gives a flat floor with a small space under it. The "Aluminium floor plates in boot with sliding partition and tether system (Estate only)" as standard in the SE/Elegance model still has a small step in the boot/passenger area. For large loads I take a couple of blocks of wood for propping up the cargo. The lack of a flat load area into the passenger area is one of the Superb's weak points. It is however even worse on the Octavia.