Millster

Dear Gabbo You will find the part numbers further up this thread. i really couldn’t tell you whether there is a difference between hatch and estate.

Thanks for checking that (I’ve no idea how to!). I contemplated a swap of the connectors but they seem to be pressed on and, even if I got them off, I’d never be able to replicate the pressing. Imagine if it came off whilst wiping….. I’ve also thought about changing the rubber. Anyone tried that? TBH I’d rather have a Skoda one. m

Thanks ApertureS. Since I was passing, I went into Skoda Gloucester to buy one. The service manager didn’t have one and was pretty cross about the fact that Skoda keep changing the fixing for no apparent reason (I can’t see one!). Anyway, he confirmed that the suffix ‘A’ is the vital info. Since it’s not a high cost item it’s hardly worth making a special trip and I shall wait until the car needs to be serviced if I can’t buy it online. i wonder if it’s an Audi A6 or Passat blade… m

Thanks bap33. Juddering is curable. The problem is: Skoda seems to have changed the fixing so A403H no longer fits. I’m ringing my Skoda dealer today.

Ever since I got the car (with fewer than 100 miles on the clock), the rear wiper blade has juddered and missed bits of the glass. I finally got round to buying a new (Bosch A403H) blade from Amazon by inputting the reg no. But, although it’s the correct length (400mm), the connector is different. I’ve checked a number of wiper blade sellers and they all quote A403H or similar. Moreover, my local trusted motor factor said that is exactly the type he would have come up with. He said the Skoda number is 3V9 955 425A (which of course he doesn’t sell). I can only surmise that the L & K is different to all the other post 2015 Superb estates. Has anyone come across this problem and know which blade fits? Many thanks m

Thank you everyone. Special thanks to Ieolito for excellent explanation (in what probably isn’t his/her first language). My real issue with ACC is (for example): going uphill at 70 in the inside lane of a three lane motorway. A long way ahead is a lorry which I know is going slower than 70 but there’s a lot of traffic in the middle lane (especially the full-time middle lane users) going a little bit more than 70. I could just speed up but, hay, I’m on cruise. The trouble is: I’ve forgotten that ACC slows the car down imperceptibly and, before I know it, the car is doing 63 when I’m still miles away from the lorry. I just hadn’t noticed and it annoys me for being such a twit. I do my very best never to brake on the motorway because I believe it causes those back-ups that we all hate; you know - the ones where there isn’t any apparent reason why your queue of traffic has slowed appreciably. I’m also conscious that, although I’m aware that my car will travel 25-30 metres braking in the dry at 70, the vehicle in front is moving too. So, actually, I have a lot more leeway. After all, our notional lorry, even travelling at 50, will take longer than my car to stop at 70 all things being equal. Anyway, there we are; some love ACC, some don’t. I just wish I had conventional cruise without some algorithm deciding for me when it was going to slow the car. I’m just better at doing that. And, on that note, I expect we’ve all read and succumbed to the baleful effects of ADAS, notably “lane assist” (which I have on my Fiesta and which has been permanently switched off after it tried to steer for me on the car’s first day). If the car I wanted to buy did not have some way of switching off lane assist (and I mean a button not stabbing at some screen to try to get through sub-menus - probably on the move….), I wouldn’t buy it. I’ve learnt how to deal with front assist but it still catches me off guard, like a horse shying at a paper bag, and I find myself asking my car (yes, quite dotty) “what on earth is the matter? For goodness’ sake stop over-reacting”. By the way, this is my first Superb (after a sequence of 5 Octavias) and I like it very much (I don’t hold ACC against it!). I went back to diesel too this time. Goodness, I’m glad I did. I love the torque (so, I’d probably like an electric car; it just wouldn’t do 700 miles on a “tank” would it?!). best wishes m

Nick_H Thank you for the helpful comment. I regret that I am using it “properly” yet I still hate it. I infer that you like it and, if so, I’m pleased for you. Stonekeeper I take it you’re asking me the distance between my car and the vehicle in front at 70mph. Sadly, I can’t tell you that (I’m sitting in my armchair) but I think it would be quite difficult to gauge, wouldn’t it? However, what should the distance be, would you say, at minimum and maximum settings on the ACC? m

I hate it. Despite setting it to “adapt” as late as possible, it still adapts far too early. I’ve had conventional cruise on cars for years and it’s almost a point of honour to switch out as late as possible without braking and without anyone else in the car noticing. I’m quite “adept” at it. Not ACC. It slows the car down so imperceptibly that I end up accelerating to catch up to the speed I’d originally set it. I’m thinking of asking my garage to change it when I have the car serviced. Do you think they’d agree to? Or will there be some elf n safety issue? m