Happy_owner

Let's wait and see what happens at the dealer and I'll report back. Bonne nuit!

Jesus H Christ. This thread is 2019 and I'm writing in this 2024. It's just happened to me. 28k miles, Approved Used 21-plate Scala 1.5, and 2 months since purchase. Clutch stuck down during gear change on suburban road - just after I had left the motorway thank ****. Rolled to safe parking. Called AA. Meanwhile, levered pedal up with foot, then pumped a bit, and it comes back to life a bit, but does not feel quite the same. AA explained the probable cause and sure enough here it is written down in this forum. AA shadowed me on a slow drive to dealer and it is now waiting surgery. It's under warranty and I intend to lawyer up if they try to bill me. It's blindingly obvious that this is a systemic fault arising from poor design and poor materials. It is screaming out for a class action. The poor design and poor materials means that rectifying this requires needlessly major and needlessly expensive dismantling. That would not impress a judge in the civil court. Watch this space.

All good points - however, I just moved from a 12 year old diesel VW to a three year old petrol Scala and the decibel drop is such that it feels like I am driving an empty church building!!! 🤣

It's enough to drive you mad. Given the frustrations experienced by so many people with this infotainment system, one has to wonder if the choice of name was entirely wise...

No rear-view USB socket on my Scala, so I've given the dashcam a miss - not keen on my trim being yanked out to route the cable elsewhere. I've never been sold on them, to be honest, although I can see the case for them in this mad world. With regard to lane assist, the jury is out; if I remember to turn it off, I do, and if I forget, then it is quite interesting getting this occasional nudge from the steering wheel. The one thing I always do is switch off the stop/start function using the button by the gear stick. I've never had stop/start on any previous car and I have found that I do not like it at roundabouts or tricky junctions. I also read someone on this site raising the issue of how the life of batteries is affected. So it's a no from me!

Same here - got my 2021 Scala SE 1.5 on 21 May and loving it so far. Prior to this, I flew a VW Jetta 2.0 TDi for 10 years and the Scala feels very familiar, thanks to the similar layout. Enjoy your new car!

Well, well, that's a surprise, said absolutely no-one. Tax-take drops as compliance with emissions rises, and logically, sooner or later, there's no revenue from drivers and a public finance black hole to fill that is the size of the moon. So what happens then? Guess...

As rubber remains ahead in the great Skoda car mat vote, the burning issue has also featured on the front cover of the enthusiast publication, "What Mat? Magazine". See pic and don't forget to vote - link below: DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!!

Ah, but there is - the rescued mats can be put on the living room floor in front of the sofa, where the unfortunate owner can sit and make car engine noises and turn an invisible steering wheel until the insurance pays out! Assuming they are fully comp.

Tsk...it's election day - time to take a stand! If the car was on fire and you could only rescue one type of mat....???😁

I already have!!! Vote now!! 😁

Tonight's leader debate: not one word from Sunak or Starmer about whether they prefer rubber or carpet mats in their car. Clearly, the BBC cruelly ripped up the question I submitted. But you can vote on this important issue - link below;

Imagine if the electric hearse conveying one to the cemetery ground to a halt because the battery ran out of juice. One would die of embarrassment.

I prefer the MyEyes app. It comes pre-installed in my head, and is subscription free. I look around my Skoda before setting off and after arriving at my destination. I use the MyKeyfob app which is embedded in the keyfob to lock the doors and the MyHand app, which is embedded in my arm, to check the doors are locked. These two are also subscription free. 🤣 🤣🤣 Maybe I am just old-fashioned!!!!

Life expectancy is a matter of hope versus circumstances, I suppose. Gas powered cremation - electric is just as unreliable in the crem. 4-litre diesel hearse.

Regardless of any technical value, it serves an aesthetic purpose when one opens the bonnet and gazes down upon the engine compartment of one's Skoda like a proud parent upon their new-born. Imagine one's body having no skin and walking round with just a transparent sack of organs on view. Not pretty. Pic courtesy: https://www.costcuttersuk.com/human-torso-model-17-parts.html?comet_source=google&comet_network=x&comet_campaign=20048298656&comet_ad_group=&comet_ad_id=&comet_keyword=&comet_type=smart&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjLavn535hgMVRZhQBh0ENgYfEAQYBCABEgKMQ_D_BwE

1 The technology will not get out of Beta mode in the remaining years of my life - I don't intend to be someone's guinea pig in my sunset decades. 2 Microsoft have never written a finished version of Windows. If they built aircraft, they would still be riveting bits of the wing today at 35,000 feet. That is the electric car business as it stands now. 3 The eco-loons and climate extremists are a minor distraction, in net terms. 4 Hydrocarbon fuel is going nowhere. 5 The misguided dash for battery power means some great petrol and diesel bargain vehicles are going to come on stream. 6 No-one will ever say on their deathbed, preparing to face an eternity of non-existence, "I wish I had driven a battery powered car with all the hassle and uncertainty involved." Now over to you wise folks of Planet Skoda...

I wish someone would ask Starmer and Sunak about their car footwell choice during these TV leader election debates. We'd get: Sunak: "Rubber mats every time. Practical, easy to clean, affordable. We are committed to all citizens having rubber mats by the age of 4." Starmer: "Well...yes...I believe it is for car mats to decide what they are for themselves...we must avoid imposing our perceptions, which may be ill-informed, on any mat." Later that evening: *Audience riots in studio*

It's called floppy disc syndrome. Remember when we all had 3.5 inch disc drives? Or even 5-inch drives if you're over 60!!! Then these were usurped by CD-rom players. Then the CD-rom players started to vanish. The same principle applies to car software and hardware systems...and be afraid! Anyone with a Skoda that is 6 or more years old and mostly "analogue" should hold on tight - they won't have to worry about whether the software company responsible for some parts of the system will still be in business in 5 years, or if other bits of software have been updated and are not compatible with the now-unsupported parts of the system. Life is grand when it is all working, but I fear that all vehicles from all makers could start to be real trouble in the next 5-10 years. The bigger marques like BMW, Mercedes, Tesla etc, probably less likely. But the rest? We shall have to wait and see... wikipic: By George Chernilevsky - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6963942

Obviously all of us in the Briskoda community are sympathetic to an irritating situation and I hope you manage to get it out. But I thought I would try and cheer you up for a moment with this light-hearted thought: leave it there long and enough and inflation will cause it to disappear. *Ducks quickly*) 😉

***Breaking news as rubber v carpet mat dispute enters second week with rubber leading 2 to 1 *** Meanwhile, don't forget to cast your vote at this link:

Looks like the telly is paying attention....🤣🤣🤣

And so, as we begin to coast in neutral towards the weekend...rubber is leading the way as the material of choice in the great Skoda car mat debate - see pic. What will the weekend and next week bring? Stay tuned, and don't forget to vote - link below!

Pure luxury! But keep the carpet shampoo handy as we head into autumn - which, in the UK, starts tomorrow, once the longest day has concluded!🤣🤣

Making them travel in the footwell of your Skoda seems a bit harsh. 🤣🤣