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I'm away at the moment but will check when back home.

According to the relevent owners manual & brochure the 2019 Fabia has HHC. So if the Colour Edition & SEL don't then which versions do have HHC?

Thanks for your response. I'll contact the Skoda dealer where we bought the car. A little annoying if it's not 'fitted' as the driver's manual & the brochure both list it as being a standard feature of the car. Although neither my wife or me have any problem performing hill starts the old fashioned way by balancing the clutch & manual handbrake.

As I said in last my post - the car moves as soon as I take my foot off the brake pedal. I know of a web-site that lists the option codes for the 2018-2019 Fabia but yet to find the label in our car. Not in the usual place in the boot, as in my Seat Leon.

When on a hill the car moves instantly when my foot is taken off the brake pedal.

Oops, my mistake - the car is June 2019

My wife has recently bought a June 2018 Fabia 1.0TSi (110) SEL with a manual gearbox. Should this car have Hillhold? The driver manual & brochure seem to suggest it should (as do Autotrader listings), but either the car doesn't have it fitted or its not operating.

I keep records of total mileage & all petrol purchases. Dividing one by the other gives an accurate measure of overall mpg. On my last 2 VAG cars this method showed the cars' read-outs to be around 5% optimistic.

Thanks for that. I just wasn't looking carefully enough. You are correct. I've now deleted the 'long term' mpg data & preserved the 'since start' & 'since refueling' data. So still have the data from the start of our ownership of the car.

Thanks. I'll try that tomorrow.

Thanks for the quick reply. I want to avoid, if possible, doing a 'factory reset' & then having to re-enter all my preferences into the system. Perhaps that's the only way to remove the previous owner's mpg data. I'll have another search through the menus and screen prompts tomorrow.

Alternative route?

I recency purchased a May 2019 Fabia SEL. I wish to delete the previous owner's mpg data from the infotainment system, but can't find how to do this. Is it possible? If so, how?

Thanks, Carlston, for taking the time to type all that. Useful info & gives me lots to think about. I hadn't realised that the 110 had bigger front brakes than the 95.

I have done a bit more investigating and notice that some Fabias are supplied with 185/60R15 tyres on 6Jx15 ET38 wheels. I may consider changing to these when the current tyres are worn out. Will provide cheaper tyres and the higher side wall (+14.25mm) should give a better ride - more important to my wife than looks/road-holding/handling. I'll take note of her comments on the car after she has driven it a few times. She keeps her cars a long time (current Clio for 11 years) so the cost of changing wheels is not that significant. nta16 - I agree with your comments on tyre size increase on cars over the years. The standard tyres on my mid-1970s company 2-litre Cortina were 165/80-13 but it was supplied with the optional 185/70-13 tyres; not my choice as the cars were then on long delivery and that was the first available car (colour was Purple Velvet + rust). Those 'huge' tyres were commented on by colleagues whose company Cortinas had the standard tyres.

Thanks for the prompt answers, comments & advice. Good to see that people on the Briskoda forum are just as helpful as when I left 3-1/2 years ago after I sold my 2012 Octavia vRS.. I don't intend to change the tyres that are on the car until they are worn to an extent that needs a change. The car is actually a 2019 reg (first registered 31/5/2019). Tyres are currently Kumho Ecsta 51 (forgotten the letters before the 51!). As suggested I will evaluate what the car is like on the current tyres before deciding whether to change size when a change becomes necessary (insurance company may have a view on a different tyre size being fitted). My wife's current car, a 2010 Clio 1.2TCE (100) is on 195/50-16 tyres which I have always thought were bigger than the car needed (bigger tyres than previous Cavalier SRi & Sierra XR4x4 had fitted!).

I member from 3-1/2 years ago returning. Left when I sold my 2012 Octavia vRS. I am about to buy a 2018 Fabia SEL 1.0TSi (110) manual for my wife. It is fitted with 215/45-16 tyres & seems over tyred to me. My current Leon FR 1.4TSi (150) with more power, and weighing a 1/4 ton more, only has 225 section tyres. I am considering changing the Fabia to 195/50-16 tyres. These are the same rolling circumference within 0.25% so will have no discernible effect on the overall gearing and are also cheaper. Can anyone tell me the rim width on this car? Is my suggested tyre size fitted to any model of Fabia MkIII?

I have a 2012 vRS CR DSG that has done 50K miles. In the last 2 years less than 7K/annum. No DPF problens.

My 2012 Octavia vRS had 2 replacement wiper motors under the warranty. Been OK since.

On my Octavia vRS diesel DSG a change from 225/40-18 Goodyear F1 summer tyres to 225/45-17 Nokia winter tyres tames the wheel spin at lower temperatures. Also improved grip on cold wet roads. I change the tyres every November/December & March.

Local dealer quoted me £205 but when I pointed out the Skoda web-site stated £179 the lower price was charged.

My quote for "around £300" also included fitting the revised side airbag with the modified shield. My 2012 car had covered around 35K miles when the fault showed. Now at 49K miles.

After the local Skoda dealer and Skoda refused to acknowledge this was a design fault and continued to insist that I paid the full retail price of £305 for the repair I asked 3 independant VAG specialists to quote. All 3 quoted 'around £300'. Currently I am just putting up with the distorted side bolster.

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