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Hi Aza Here is a link to a Briskoda page I placed sometime ago. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/93083-oem-dog-guard-fitting-instructions/page__p__1148723__fromsearch__1entry1148723 We came by ours through Skoda main agents, so its a Skoda guard. However it had been used, so we got it at a second hand price, and the maindealers fitted it for us. Hope this helps.

Good news !! How many miles did they clock up while they had it ? not that it matters much if its still in good condition.

We also went for the 4x4 1.9td pd so called "stealth " version, really because it was the only one that was available at short notice. It was a unwanted order because of finance problems we understand, so we decided it suited our purpose for the long motorway trips we had in mind. We did 40,000km first year,and having the 4x4 was useful and fun but not obvious, considering it was used for business most of the time. I also agree that with the diesel+ 4x4, the resale value will be better. Good luck !!

Odds of Škoda suffering such a blow at 66:1. Škoda Auto set to gain from solid reputation as rivals suffer recalls The Czech Republic’s main car maker and country’s biggest exporter, Škoda Auto, is sitting pretty amid the series of recalls damaging Japanese rivals. The problems facing the world’s biggest car marker, Toyota, and smaller manufacturer Honda should help the Czech car maker in its bid to break into new markets, especially in Asia. Škoda Auto has also been building up its reputation for reliability in recent years. That is basically one of the foundations of its sale drive employing the slogan “Simply Clever.” Company spokesman Jaroslav Černý says that solid reputation is crucial to safeguard and build on its sales success. Read more on this website. http://www.radio.cz/en/article/124914

Octy driver myself, but thought this might be interesting to Superb drivers, sorry if my translation is a bit rusty. Gone are the days when Mercedes did not have to fear the competition from the Czech Republic: Now for the first time Skodas latest Superb estate is in the running to take on the E class T -model. Both estates line up for our test in the 2liter- diesel versions with 170 hp. Bodywork and interior The T-model comes in at 4.90 meters with Skoda Superb only just six centimetres less, both offering lots of space. The Mercedes the seating is a bit more spacious, however, in the Skoda the passengers enjoy more legroom on the back seat . The Skoda boot space looks good and it takes 603 to maximum 1,835 liters. However the Mercedes has 695 to 1,950 liters real loading platform. Bodywork and interior The T-model comes in at 4.90 meters with Skoda Superb only just six centimetres less, both offering lots of space. The Mercedes the seating is a bit more spacious, however, in the Skoda the passengers enjoy more legroom on the back seat . The Skoda boot space looks good and it takes 603 to maximum 1,835 liters. However the Mercedes has 695 to 1,950 liters real loading platform. In the interior Superb surprises by clarity, attractive design and good equipment. The Mercedes has, for its 65,000 EUR Elegance version, the equipment with almost everything aboard, including all little electronic gadgets. Handling characteristics and road performances In our test journeys both station-wagons cut a fine figure and in the .Performance-wise, Skoda can keep up with the Mercedes In the matter of comfort Skoda has a small edge. . Also the steering system in Superb is pleasantly direct. Mercedes presents itself, because of more weight and same capacity, as less agile and considerably slow. Furthermore the T-Model uses 8.8 litres of diesel for 100 km - that is almost 2 litres more than the Skoda. Result /Conclusion On the street the Skoda Superb estate can keep up with the Mercedes E class T-model, however in our test in the end, the Merc is better.: The T-model offers a little bit more space, better equipment and the higher second hand value. However, the Skoda estate lures you with the attractive price of 39.370,- EUR Can see the original German text here. www.vox.de

We have a Garmin Nuvi and place it "into" that storage compartment on the dash panel. We use a small bag containing peas or something bought from a Camera shop, this placed alongside the screen wedges it in place. Seems to work fine , camera users use same bags to prop a camera up to stop them moving when taking a shot.

Hi We have same engine car is 2yrs old now, and we have a full service every 15,000km just under 10,000miles, We did that even with our old Nissan and that did 240,000km before we ,sold it. Might add that the 1st year we did 40,000km so we had 2 services by 30,000km, now we are doing far less km per yr in fact 15000km was last years sum. So then only one service was done just before the winter started. ,

We have over the past 2yrs placed several picture links on Briskoda through our www.jones.hr website. We apologise for any problems caused by bad links during today, 2nd feb 2010 this is due to us upgrading and installing of CMS, we expect all to be back online within 12hrs. Thank you.

Hi Sorry about your loss , here in Vienna Austria only a month or so ago the papers were saying that Skoda is now up with BMW , Merc and VW for preferred cars to be stolen in Austria. Looks as though the world has moved on, and considering the amount of Skodas, Octavia, or any other model that are now seen here in Vienna, its not surprising, they are very popular. Price we all pay for driving such a fine make of car these days.

Hi Peterg No !! what you have said we call a (financial leasing) and that would be the case. However ours ( Operative leasing) is normally used only by companies but can be used for private, but it is more expensive because you can not claim the VAT ( PDV back. In the long run with the buyback its not more expensive.

Hi The UK system for Personal Leasing ( we it call Operative leasing) is rather strange to me im afraid, here's how ours goes here in Croatia. Net price for car, not including VAT +VAT = 22% = total car price.= leasing amount) Buyback value = 20% of Net price not including VAT +VAT = 22% = total buyback value Payments based on 2 things 1/ number of months 2/ taking into account agreed KM per yr, and that is how they arrive at the final monthly payment figure. So buyback figure is fixed for any duration of the lease. VAT ( called here PDV) can change if country changes its VAT as it has here during last 2yrs. Insurance was arranged by the leasing company ( which is the owner of the car) all we get is a bill, and lose our own no claims bonus by a bit every year. Other sting in our lease payments are that its calculated in Swiss francs, but we pay each month in local currency, so we can gain or lose on currency fluctuations. As for when the expiry date arrives we are aware how much we have to pay to keep it, and have accounted for that sum. and second hand values in Croatia should make us a small profit. If on the other hand prices have severely dropped through the floor at expiry date, then because we have allowed for 40,000km per yr and put in seat covers, mud flaps, and other protections, + less km driven and garaged in its life, we believe we can knock car back and walk away. Damage is calculated on normal yearly wear and tear, so what is there to worry about. One other thing, you can transfer lease at anytime to a private person or company, but be prepared to lose a lot in the first 2yrs to walk away.

Well subject is winter tyres so take a look at these !!! and there is only one set in the world so they say. [My link

I would like to thank all of you for your very helpful replies !! I used to run diesel engines on yachts for well over 20 yrs and was always told to " work the batteries" let them discharge on a trickle when boat not in full use !!! seldom run engine without a full load ( e.g ) prop turning .This was to stop polishing the bores, and as far as the batteries were concerned this was usually 24volt worth 2x12 capacity domestic + start, we would expect a heavy duty battery to last 3-4 yrs without a problem. Now it seems for a car its different they seem to need to be "full or topped up to max always. I can only presume its the electronics or computers within that requires this to be done. Brakes and clutch grabbing I can understand, so we will look out for this problem, Use of chargers within the garage would be a non starter as no points nr to our park space, also fire regs would probably make that a non starter , It seems that our dog is going to be the biggest winner !!! we will have to take the car out to the large dog park its 10km round trip through city traffic more often. Or find a park further a field , and try to do that at least every 2weeks or less, that should help don't you think ?? then the 1000km trip once a month or so should keep it all in order.

Ok thank you for that seems Im a bit out of date these days, have a charger if needs must. Thanks.

Hi Thank you Simonshiel for your quick reply, doesn't the red flashing door lock light help to slowly run battery down, which I understand is more preferable than no discharge at all. Then firing up even after 3 weeks would replace that charge and keep battery tip top , or am I mistaken. As for brakes I take your point, but its warmer in the garage than outside so should be Ok

What problems ( if any) can we expect if our 2yr old Octy 4x4 which spends most of each year parked up in the secure apartments underground city garage. ??? 1st year we did 40,000 km on business 98% motorway, that was OK, now 2nd year 15,000km covered, 98% motorway but on only 12 long trips out with 12 returns as round trip was around 1000+km, that means it left the garage on only 12+ times yr !!! Only other time out is on a very odd weekend to a large park for our dog. round trip 10km max, and on all occasions we keep the air conditioning working and always run with lights on. City living with all the transports one needs at hand, has presented us this dilemma, but who knows what next year will bring, so car has to be available.Thanks in advance .

Also here , thanks for the link, good read.

What about this shade, seen at our concessionaires few months ago.

Hi I agree with Gonzaga as we travel between two homes, one in Vienna Austria and the other Zagreb Croatia, 98% motorway, 5hours easy 400km, 4.5 hrs if non EEU customs post going into or out of Croatia is not busy. In fact now even the road between Slovenia and Austria is now almost all motoway. Drive to the coast of Croatia can now take 1.5 hrs all motorway from Zagreb !!! only to your destination point such as the islands will be on slower roads.

Hi Here in Europe answer is yes !! both here in Austria and in Croatia my wife was using a company Skoda estate classic, and when winter came around tyres were changed, but of course it is the law to use winter tyres in many parts of europe.

Hi posted this before i think

See one most days close to our apartment here in Vienna, while im walking the dog, looks good.

Congrats !!!! cant blame you for keeping such a new car in the garage at this time !! However i can think of several on Briskoda, myself included that would pray for snow as we did back in Dec 2007 when our 4x4 Octy first fired up. I suppose Scout. and classic 4x4. and now Yeti new owners would just love all that snow !!! Anyway enjoy and good luck.

Does not concern us as we live on mainland Europe, where we are a MOT is also on brand new cars , but thought it of interest to UK Briskodians. Data of all models on the links. MOT failure rates for cars and small vans have been published for the first time following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request by the BBC. From the http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8456116.stm Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/MOT_Make_Model_Comp_2007.xls Tests with one or more Failure, PRS, or Advisory type Defects in Category Drivers Lighting Reg Motor Year of Test Test Failure Body and View of Fuel and and Plates and Road Tricycles and Driving Items not Make Model First Use Passes Failures Rate Structure Brakes the Road Exhaust Signalling VIN Wheels Seat Belts Steering Suspension Tyres Quadricycles** Controls** Tested*** SKODA OCTAVIA 1998 1,588 860 35.1% 44 477 197 216 700 30 7 8 56 376 310 10 1999 3,808 2,003 34.5% 65 986 442 534 1,710 87 23 36 173 822 667 33 2000 5,162 2,253 30.4% 44 1,142 485 502 1,824 112 16 39 206 839 766 41 2001 9,310 3,564 27.7% 65 1,871 796 688 2,964 137 30 83 235 1,208 1,270 72 2002 10,875 3,573 24.7% 54 1,889 810 549 2,809 138 22 82 252 1,151 1,249 65 2003 11,112 2,966 21.1% 37 1,500 642 404 2,279 92 28 51 191 733 1,073 30 2004 10,213 2,496 19.6% 29 811 495 192 1,954 80 16 61 135 514 999 28 2005 1,051 357 25.4% 6 102 56 33 377 5 2 8 37 127 124 3 2006 908 145 13.8% 49 31 3 115 3 1 7 23 51 5 2007 235 10 4.1% 4 2 1 7 1 2 SKODA OCTAVIA Total 54,262 18,227 25.1% 344 8,831 3,956 3,122 14,739 684 145 368 1,292 5,794 6,511 287 * In the DVLA dataset, a Vehicle Year of First Use of 1971 is recorded against Kit Cars and Rebuilds. ** The Component Groups 'Driving Controls' and 'Motor Tricycles and Quadricycles' typically apply only to the specified vehicle types, and motorcycles conversions into three wheelers which weigh more than the limit for Class III. *** 'Items not Tested' refers to an inability of the NT to examine a required Test Item - e.g. 'Emissions not tested because of blowing / air leak in exhaust system'.