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No button to switch it off - I don't even know if there is an internal noise generator. I could pull the fuse and see what happens.... I have absolutely no issues when the ICE is doing its thing, I just found it somewhat 'unrefined' on my recent ICE-powered town commute compared with when the iV is in e-mode on the same route. 'Gruff' is a good description!

Does anyone know if the Superb iV Sportline Plus has an internal engine sound generator (similar to the Ocatvia vRS when in 'vRS mode') when the ICE is in use? There is a fuse for an 'engine sound generator' but I don't know that if that's for the external e-mode pedestrian warning sound generator or for an internal one that someone at Skoda thought was a good idea to make the ICE sound like a rattley old rough diesel to the car's occupants. I struggle to believe that the 1.4TSI engine can sound that bad when on the move. Out on the open road, you don't notice it but around town, the 'engine noise' is, to me, atrocious!

Apologies, I’ve been away from base. My Superb iV is a July 2020 build and the Columbus System Information is as follows: Hardware: H12 Software: 0156 Navigation database: 21.8 When I got home one evening, it flagged up that an update was available and I did no more than let it do its own thing ‘over the air’. I bought the iV because a hybrid suits my car mission. I didn’t buy it to save the planet – as has been said by others, buying a car is not going to save the world no matter what slant you like to put on it. Previously, I had a brilliant 200+ hp Yeti diesel and a petrol Citigo. When my daily work commute changed from 35 miles each way to 4.5 miles each way, I bought the Citigo for the short journey. May seem strange but the Yeti was great for the longer trips (averaged 47 mpg over 90k miles) but I couldn’t (due to mechanical sympathy OCD) make it do a 4.5 mile commute trip. Once I had the funds, the plan was always to ‘downsize’ to one car that was good for my personal mission. I seriously looked at leasing an Enyaq but for me it was bordering on too expensive and for my journeys was questionably the best route, if you’ll excuse the pun…. I’m sure that next time round (6-7 years away if all goes to plan) then I’ll go for a full EV because by then, the battery tech/range, purchase cost and charging infrastructure will be better suited to my needs. I have home charging so the iV charges between 0030 and 0430 hrs (Octopus) at 5p/unit. This means my Monday – Friday work commute is about 24p (9 miles). This is a mixture of 30 mph town roads, dual carriageway A road and then a country road. More often than not, on a Saturday, I have a 105 mile journey with a return on the Sunday. This is a mixture of 30/40 mph town driving (outbound: 1 mile at the start and 7 miles at the far end) with the rest on dual carriageway A roads and motorways. There are often queues on the M3 on the way home, so again the e-mode comes into its own. If there is any battery juice left at the end of the homeward journey then I switch to the battery for whatever is left. So, I have a (relatively) cheap option for the daily work commute. Then, for my longer journeys, I use the battery for the 30/40 mph stuff and the ICE out on the open road. In both modes on those particular roads, the car works really well and it is a comfortable drive beyond all belief. Interestingly, I’ve just had two weeks working away where I didn’t have a chance to plug-in. This meant using both the battery and ICE for a 9 mile each way commute. Most of the time, I took the option to recharge the battery from the ICE in the morning for a relaxing e-drive home at the end of the day. I have to say, driving in traffic with the ICE is not particularly pleasurable. If anyone knows if the Superb iV Sportline Plus has an internal synthetic engine noise generator, I’d like to know. I know there is a fuse for an ‘engine sound generator’ but whether that is internal or external e-mode pedestrian warning, I don’t know. Certainly, the ICE sounds like a rough diesel compared to the bliss of a battery powered commute. I’m well aware of how to set the battery usage up but the way I use it works for me – and that isn’t to say that it’s the best way for others. I wasn’t aware there was anything other than D or B mode – regen is regen, you can’t decide the amount of regen to have, it does its own thing. I normally drive in B and drive accordingly, using the throttle to reduce the amount of regen braking if required. Everything I have read about charging Lithium-ion batteries says that for long life, don’t recharge them above 80% unless you’re imminently going on a trip. My daily 9 mile commute doesn’t need even 80% but that’s the default setting I have chosen. It means that if my plans change I have more (cheap) battery range available and if I know I’m going on a longer trip then I charge to 100% the night before. So, that’s my world of Superb iV driving and it suits me absolutely perfectly.

Apologies for the delayed response... I just had a closer look in better light and the part number is indeed under the flap: 6V0.955.485

I bought a pair from Superskoda (Kopacek) 18 months or more ago - one each for my Yeti and Citigo. I kept one when I part ex’d them for the Superb iV - fits fine. It does look like it sits high but there’s no interference with the bonnet. I couldn’t see a part number on it when I looked earlier.

‘Fraid not! Obviously someone else in the trade with good taste though!

Re the EPB left ‘off’ overnight - if it’s ‘on’ then there’s things moving to get it there and ‘off’ again, pressure applied to the pads to grip the disc etc. The car isn’t going anywhere so P does it for me. Previously, I’ve always left my cars ‘in gear’ when in a level garage with the park brake off. Pre electric EPB, it saved loading the cables etc. Back to a bit of mechanical sympathy. But then again, am I’m wearing the gear selector out by moving from D/B > N > D/B at the lights…! I still don’t believe it actually damages the DSG by going to N as has been said. The iV manual says to leave it in D/B with your foot on the brake at a temporary stop at a junction. To stop it says use P. To me a temporary stop at a junction is a ‘give way’ (stop to go) junction as opposed to a stop sign junction or traffic lights (stop to stop). It’s fun to have our own ideas, thoughts and opinions..! Oh and as for VAG knowing what they’re doing - much as I love VAG products, that isn’t always the case. Look at the rubbish attempt at an EA189 ‘fix’ on many cars (my Yeti never had the ‘fix’), kangarooing 1.5 engines, Octavia IV/Golf 8 software issues etc.

I just wondered if there is any definitive evidence out there that the e drive does actually ‘switch off’ when in D/B and stationary with the EPB on. To me it’s a shame there seems a lack of info about as to how the iV works - there’s more info out there on the VW GTE’s than from Skoda and that’s still not a great deal. From where do others glean the stated info? I haven’t managed to find an official workshop manual yet - I had them for both my Yeti and Citigo. As for the ‘is the iV right for me’ comment - it’s perfect. Monday to Friday I drive 4.5 miles to work and 4.5 miles home - pure EV mode. Most weekends I have a 105 mile drive and then home again - hybrid mode. As an aircraft engineer I am very interested in the technical aspects of how the car works and have a shed load of mechanical sympathy. Hence my questions over what is a actually happening in the drive train when the EPB is applied and why I don’t feel the need to apply the EPB (by automation or by physically moving a switch with my digit) when the car is parked in the garage overnight.

I coded mine with VCDS to have the tail lights on with the front DRLs (ie on all the time). I haven’t tried anything else. As for the wheels, I think the Supernovas (like you have fitted) rock - I’ve kept the original Vega wheels for winters.

I know how the auto hold/auto park brake ‘can’ function - I choose not to have it switched on as I can cope with pulling the park brake switch when I want it and it saves switching the auto hold/auto park off when I get home. I don’t like leaving the park brake on if it’s not needed and in a level garage, the car isn’t going anywhere when in P with the park brake off. My interest is if there is any genuine factual knowledge that when you’re sat at the lights with the park brake on and in D/B mode, the e drive is actually not trying to move the car forwards against the park brake. Certainly, when I let the park brake off and take my foot off the brake pedal with D/B selected the car creeps forward. I don’t think I’m doing any damage or wearing the gear selector out by going into N….

I had assumed that as my iV creeps forwards (or backwards) whenever it is in D/B and the park brake is taken off, then the park brake is holding it stationary against the electric drive. So, I always snick it into N and put the park brake on when stationary in traffic. Rude to sit with the brake lights on - unless ‘tail end Charlie’ and a bit of protection against incoming is required… I don’t use the auto brake function as at home it sits indoors on the level and P is more than adequate (earthquakes apart). (PS There are other iV threads I’ll add to in due course but when I’m near a proper keyboard - too much to type!)

I have two main missions - the work commute is 5 miles each way so is done on just electric. The nightly charge is normally up to 80% and I normally drive in B mode. At the weekend, I often have a 105 mile journey (and back) which is about 10 miles of 30/40 mph town driving and the rest on dual carriageway/motor way. For these journeys, I use just electric when in the 30/40 mph zones and Sport for the faster bit - again in B mode. In Sport mode, it does recharge the battery up to 15 miles, so once I get within range of home, I'll go back to electric for the last bit. No idea how much the petrol consumption suffers when in Sport mode and its recharging the battery. It's always handy to have a bit of battery power left for traffic queues on the M3! If I'm out and about on other journeys, I still stick to electric when in 30/40 mph zones and then Sport for the faster bits, again using battery in the final run to home when in range. I normally charge to 80% unless I know I'm off on a longer journey when I'll go to 100%. As for Skoda MK - likewise, I've had my previous Yeti and Citigo serviced there - not impressed to say the least. The Superb came via internet lockdown shopping and was from Caffyns Tunbridge Wells. I'm very impressed with their service (customer and technical!) when buying and at the recent first service - quite a long way away for me but I have a friend down that way so combine the two visits. My satnav did update itself a month or so ago. Since then, the GPS has lost its position twice but eventually recovered - may be a coincidence.

I honestly can't remember but I would hazard a guess that they aren't blind nuts (more expensive and no real need for them to be blind) so you should be able to use one as a guide hole or perhaps drill a new hole just for the task?

In addition, I have the wheel bolt cap pulling clip, locking wheel bolt ‘key’ and a metal clip thing which I have never sussed its purpose!

There was a black bag for the charging cables. Part of lockdown was spent learning how to operate a sewing machine in my spare time…. Many bags produced (red ones for the iV!), one for each charging cable, tool kit, jack etc - oh and a cover for a space saver spare wheel!

Here to help! The drop is about 3.5" (9 cm-ish) to the proper boot floor (not including the liner/mat) - bit of parallax makes it look more. Pictures hot out of the garage....

Ah okay - didn't see your location when viewing on the phone. Pictures being worth 1000 words, here's 2000 words worth:

I bought an OEM boot liner for my iV hatch and it fits fine - perhaps an inch or so spare around the edge - the books said 'not for the iV' but it's fine and doesn't look out of place. Caffyn's parts department (the supplying dealer) tried one they had in stock before the car was delivered. There's a tag at the back end of the liner which makes it an easy lift to access the cable storage compartment. https://seat-skoda.caffynsparts.co.uk/parts/skoda-parts/skoda-superb-iii-hatch-double-sided-rubber-textile-boot-mat/ I would think that the estate one will be a similar fit. Re the bumper protector - I bought the Skoda OEM one as well (from Caffyn's). Mudflaps came from SuperSkoda. Plenty of stuff bought from SuperSkoda over the years, never an issue - only shipping costs are a bit more difficult now, post Brexit.

I may be biased but Velvet Red in the sunshine is hard to beat....

As reported in the Black Badging - Skoda Superb Mk III - BRISKODA thread, front and rear black Skoda emblems fitted (originally had the S K O D A on the boot lid):

And rear....

Front and rear Velvet Red colour coordinated badges by SuperSkoda (Kopacek) fitted! Removed the original badges with the dental floss method then some glue removing stuff and Magnum wooden sticks (reasonable excuse to buy and eat a couple of Magnums...). Good news is that the boot lid for the 2021 Superb III with the S K O D A badging and no recess for the badge has exactly the same curvature as the boot lid with the recess - so the standard boot lid badge fits. I reduced the size of the locating pins as there is no where for them to locate (!) but other than that, no problem. Front:

My point was actually one regarding the charging of the 12V battery - not the HV battery charge rates..... I stand to be corrected but I was under the impression from my research (I looked at an Octavia iV vRS versus the Superb iV Sportline Plus but went for the Superb given the various reports of the Octavia Mk IV infotainment/software 'issues'...) that the 'running gear' was effectively the same between the Octavia iV and Superb iV (and the VW etc counterparts. Looking at various sites, they all claim the charge rates on the Octavia iV and Superb iV are the same as each other and quicker via a wall box than using the 13 Amp standard UK domestic power supply. Apparently, you don't get the full 3.6kW out of the standard plug socket. ŠKODA Octavia iV (2020) Charging Guide | Pod Point (pod-point.com) ŠKODA Superb iV (2020) Charging Guide | Pod Point (pod-point.com) Anyway, I'll slope back off to the Superb forum, as I was saying, I was just trying to assist with the query over the 12V battery charging query.