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I'll check that, but I think not, and I don't think it should make a difference - my commute is only 10km so even with all the bells & whistles on, the battery is more than adequate to power everything. It's still a balmy 15C here so I trust seat heating isn't doing anything silly though northern Sweden had first snow (well, sleet) this week!

That's a really good tip actually - saves fondling the dash! But no, it actually starts the ICE when I switch on the ignition - even before I select a gear (R, in my case, to back out of my parking space)

Resurrecting this thread - I've had the same with my '24 RS IV a couple of days now - the engine starts when ignition is activated and won't let me switch to EV mode until we've driven a few KM. Weirdly, this is never going to be enough to bring the engine up to temperature, let alone regenerate the cat. It's also not every X days as it's happened three days in a row. What really puzzles me is that my '20 Superb IV never had this issue except when the temperature was very low (below -10) which - even in Stockholm - isn't the case in August. Anyone ever find an explanation other than weird undocumented software 'features'?

Realising this is an older comment, and something of a tangent, but we're towing our (MTPLM 1400kg, actual 1200kg) Eriba 530 with our RS hybrid - it tows really well - set the car to auto hybrid mode and it uses a little extra battery going up hills when needed and uses the extra weight of the caravan to improve regen going down. We did 400km one-way trips this summer and the battery happily lasted the whole trip with some charge left to spare. In addition, a hybrid or EV is amazing when maneuvering the caravan into place - you have much, much more control. TLDR: I'm very happy towing with a PHEV. The previous Superb IV was a bit nicer because the car was 300kg heavier (the Octavia feels a bit 'light' now and again) but the Octavia IV is pretty capable.

Morning all, We swapped our '20 Superb Estate IV L&K for a '24 Octavia RS IV a few weeks ago (long story) and noticed that our Samsung handsets wouldn't activate Android Auto wirelessly (via USB does work). We took it back to the dealer and - after extensive research - they informed us that Skoda and Samsung have a known issue with Samsung handsets and some 2024/25 infotainment systems. We've been assured that this is being worked on, but in the meantime we've forked over the cash for the Navigation update. Attempts to get the dealer to compensate this (even in part) have been met with stony silence. Attempts to find out from Skoda support if it's possible to disable android auto wireless completely (since the system still pops up a prompt) have been met with suggestions to try a different handset or contact the dealer - the usual completely, utterly useless support from VAG. Side note: I tried to call the support team, but they have a shiny new bot that is completely impossible to get past.