czechsmasher

No, just won't buy Skoda again Go Audi Lexus Or VW

I'm not trying to be aggressive but it hacks me off when I have to live with faults ( auto lights flickering and seat bolsters and drivers electric panel being blown clean right out the housing after the wind hitting it after being reported to ingrams with no faults found. Waste of time and effort, they don't deserve any future business as they dont listen. Deans, Henry's just as bad. Sorry Skoda but wife's company car will go elsewhere despite me carrying the baton for Skoda. How many sales are lost this way CEO Skoda ?

I had a pug 309 gtd for 3 yrs with 168000 miles on the clock inherited by my father in law. Skoda really don't care. Once they were ago head of their time, the new octy 3 is overpriced with a salesman so smarmy I would like to kick the ingrams Ayr boss a too, playing on his daddy's success. Going to a main dealer is like a spider to a web. Your going for comfort, paying for reassurance in your mind but being shafted up the ass and if your stupid enough you will pay them for the experience. I took my car in several times for genuine faults which they couldn't find. Stevie Wonder Skoda Services are either brain dead stupid or cannot be able to deal with customer problems. This is why is would not let a dealership near my car ever. This is not the experience of one dealership but 3. Go Indy. Save yourself money and be sure the job is done properly. Most Indys are ex vag/Audi employees anyway the dealer principle treats them. Wouldn't you rather have someone who cares for your car other than the owners holiday fund??? ,

My problem IS. Paying through the nose for some smiley idiot to tell you what's not due on your car.. If you don't know the service schedule get one and don't let them screw you. Fed up dealing with service advisors who wouldn't know how to switch their lights on their own car let alone tell you your brake fluid is due one year early How hard can this be? Where do these service advisors come from? Perfect example of someone who doesn't know what they are doing telling someone who cares for their car to do something not required because the computer says so and they do not p have a clue but they they think they have the attitutude to carry it somehow. Astonishing bull which needs the responding attitude as they shouldn't be allowed anywhere your car which you care and protect. I lay down the gauntlet and all Skoda dealers in Scotland please respond to this comment. Main reason my wife has bypassed Skoda (3 cars) to go to Audi. bad service, only after their own pockets

Drive a Citroen , you might as well go Chevy, You know nothing about cars and reliabllity till they bite you in the ass. Good luck

Houghtoun with the dodgy hairdo that makes him like Eddie Irvine, say no more-pity your team can't respond to a vat receipt

No warranty after 3 yrs. My dealer crap from day 1, and second closest dealer and third closest dealer who can't even deal with a screenwash vat receipt. West end edi, your guys daft and the boss is even more so. You lost at 30g order over a 4 quid bottle of screenwash.

If it's 4yr old take it to an Indy. I've just been quoted 450 by the dealer for water pump, timing belt and coolant 280 from Indy, ex Audi technician 14 yrs service. Oil and Filter change £115 from dealer. Indy is £20 quid labour if I supply the parts, 30% off at Ecp just now. Don't line their pockets. They really don't care.

Is this a pd or cr? Guessing Pd? I can give you a couple of numbers of independents in Ayrshire if that's any use, don't know where you are based but they are ex Audi master technicians and I guess they will be cheaper than your local Skoda outfit. My pd vrs clicked off at around 30k then repeated the trick 9 times even though it was doing 20k a year, under warranty and 2 different dealers couldn't rectify despite endless runs to the garage, regens , even Skoda Assist twice. Got a new fl with cr engine and never done it once in 4 yrs.

Thanks for the info. Will need to pull the lights out again and give them a thorough check over. Czechsmasher

Gold Star chip shop onion vinegar. Acetic acid to stop your blades smearing along with vag screenwash. Lovely odour which will remind you to go home via the chippy.

Thanks, So when you brake does the red come through the right lower section /fog a fraction more then? Seems to on mine. Any ideas, unit seems to be tight and fitted correctly. Czechsmasher

Do both top and bottom portions light up or am I imagining a fault? Had a look at other octys and it seems only top section and high section lights up. Could have sworn bottom and top of rear cluster comes on. Have used a wire brush to clean connections and replaced bulbs but it still seems only top left comes on when braking along with high level. Seems top and bottom right hand side lights up though. Will this pass mot? Or is it an auto electrician job? Czechsmasher

I have a nearly 4 yr old octy coming up for its timing belt, water pump and coolant all around end February 14. My maxi dot is showing service in 2500 miles or 30 days. It's on fixed with a dpf and dealer serviced till now. I guess that's vw507 due to the dpf. So question is do I go for an oil and filter change in 30 days or run the car till end February closer to the 2500 miles limit when the mot and belt, pump and coolant is due anyway. Car was on variable 18600 miles regime before till 56k and I believe the oil is the same regardless due to vw507 being long life. I replace pollen, air filters myself. Brake fluid done last year. Car sits in garage quite a bit during the week due to my works van and wife's company car now taking the strain that she once clocked the octys miles up. Czechsmasher

2 or 3 RAF Typhoons responding to a shout are better than none. I saw the last Leuchars Air Show with 4 leading the Red Arrows and the solo at East Fortune and and they are beyond amazing. So. Are the rigs gonna have SAM's manned by suitably trained personnel as an attack will most likely not be sea based. Nimrods are long gone. Dinosaurs from the 50's no matter how many facelifts internally or externally they get. My brother works for British Aerospace. Biggest waste of money ever. Better with 707s. Only UK pride let us fund this flying toilet bowl. End of the day they could never fight a ground attack fighter bomber only subs and they suck fuel hence why they are dead. Great looking plane but a museum piece, go see the Dan Air London at East Fortune. Totally out of their depth in the modern world. Their successor is the AWACS Boeing Sentry E3 based from RAF Waddington, England. So forget their help straight away. Or will Alex speak to NATO and get a Scottish flyby from Luxumbourg in return for some Crowdie, Glenmorangie and a ticket to Brave. To be negotiated further I am sure... Watch this space. So Lossiemouth will go, RAF will pull out and the Scottish Air Force has an enormous base to fill. With what? Virgin space flights? Book your tickets now Ladies and Gents. Leuchars and Kinloss have gone unless again they are going to be taken over by the Scottish Defence force. Apologies if this is detailed in chapter 4 but I read 350 pages in one day and it was more than enough in one day. Apologies for my lack of stamina. Otherwise enormous financial impact on the local economy which has not been mentioned. Royal Marine Commandos will be no more at Condor. Our fast response will be from Faslane. With what? Detail please. Send the Sturgeon with an assault rifle and stun grenades (Otherwise known as mouth ammo ) What makes the SNP think they can attract a Scottish flight/ naval crew drawn from the RAF/RN, Isn't there a small matter of signing on contracts for a minimum period with pensions, family quarters, pay and future promotion, upgraded flight/naval gradings onto bigger and better postings, world travel etc. Regardless of the fact most RAF/RN personnel in Scotland are not of Scottish origin. Selling UK technology ( Typhoon ) to a rival independent and allied country may also be an issue. McDonnell Douglas Phantom US producer and Turkey comes to mind. Phantoms only sold when they became old tech and superseded by F16's in USAF. Might not enter the equation but it might if it gets ugly. Depends on the sturge keeping her mouth clean. Odds even. So what's to stop the Russians coming along again? Considering there is so much money in offshore this hasn't really been thought out or is it still to be negotiated without a plan b along with the rest of the white paper.... Ruskies hardly going to be scared of a Scottish Boat Service or a handful of fast jets. Better erect a Scottish Hadrians Wall of wind turbines on land and sea. Hopefully will keep out the wig afront that is the Trumpasaurus and the rusky jets will intake his wig as FOD and crash under the waves. Who needs Star Wars Ronnie when you have the force of the Turbine? Recommision the Maid of the Loch or P.S. Waverley sending off a second hand 30 yr old Lynx, we may be lucky and get Airmiles Andy to fly it via Turnberry, Royal Troon, Dundonald, Cameron House, Gleneagles and Royal Dornach, refuelling stops "of course" I seem to remember Lightnings, Phantoms, Tornados and even Typhoons intercepting Ruski Antonov's since the 60's. Or Vulcans running 24/7 at the end of the runway to respond In the Cold War. Will they now be electrically charged Eco Friendly renewable sponsored gliders with green bombs spreading the word "vote Indy" ? We have trouble enforcing the cod quotas with Iceland let alone dealing with possible threats to our " new found wealth" Oh and Why are the Red Arrows placing TWO new Scottish pilots this year from Typhoon Lossiemouth? Plot thickens...

No mention of how to get brew hoppers ( dole scroungers - won't work, never work ) out their bed and WORK! How do the oil fields that return 90pc of precious "bonus" income get protected when the RAF Typhoons have flown south and we are supported by the Scottish strike force of what????????? How does a shipbuilding community ( on the Clyde ) survive when we have 4 ships in the Scottish Navy? NATS at Prestwick will have a share negotiated by the Scot's Gov from the UK Gov...... I have read 3 chapters from the 5 since yesterday. I apologise if I have missed some points. HELL OF A LOT OF NEGOTIATING GONNA BE GOIN ON. I do agree on some points. It will be interesting to see how ALL sides now handle themselves in front of the voting and non voting public over the next 10 months.

Got a heads up then... Lot of time and effort put in there and your busy world to do something for All of us. Please vote and show your appreciation for this great forum. Scott

Get voting or quit moaning.. Cliff won't say it but I will. Support this great portal and it's benefits or lose it. People have virtually spent blood, tears and sweat to get their pics into this comp so let's give it back to the organisers and pay their effort back with a healthy competition with a good return in votes. Let's get a cracking calendar for next year and embrace all that's great about Briskoda.

Wall and desk x 1 Thx Czechsmasher

Thanks for your help with the pics and your time this all takes to bring together. Czechsmasher

Here's my two. czechsmasher

Let's hope Grampian loses their previous image under the new Police Scotland. Then again that may be too much to ask.

Just a quick observation on one weekend in the town where I observed many more serious traffic offences but then I got suckered in a strange city just trying to get back to my hotel with no blatant traffic offence made. Genuine mistake via a lack of local knowledge or lack of special awareness when lost. Understanding goes a long way to keep law abiding citizens with faultless driving records on their side. It's how you deal with people that matters. For a quick £30 fine they do more damage than good. Concentrate on the real law breakers that flout the law day in day out.