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C4 RTS on a Focus RS. Cool. 😋

Quality 🤡

The screens you can see on the right are the Driver display unit and the Train control monitoring system. One gives you all the information on the engine/loco and the other provides information on the whole train as a set with the coaches attached. We still have the paper diagrams on us. Drivers release doors on these sets and the guard closes them.

Yes virtually identical except there’s no direct brake handle (the handle the furthest left in the pic) and the addition of CCTV monitors in the DT end.

They make a rather good noise too. Me leaving Huddersfield yesterday. C457DA56-AE35-4E88-AF20-9ED8A2D07FED.mp4

Ejector seat mate 😀

Very spacious compared to the class 185’s. Also sat high and central in these.

I’m pretty lucky being allowed to drive such a powerful beasts across the country. Crew are currently undergoing traction training on them. And what about that for a name?.....😀

Blue and pink please.... 😵

So much choice out there and endless performance tweaks. This is my fun/weekend car. A little Abarth 595 Competizone. It’s 180Bhp with Brembo brakes, Koni Shocks, Monza exhaust, Bmc air filter all as standard spec. My Superb 280 would destroy it down a runway but I’ve not had so much fun round twisty Yorkshire roads in any car more than this, ever. Its an amazing little thing and sounds unbelievable.

Hi all thought I’d share a story with you all that’s relevant to some degree here and it certainly put a little smile on mine and the kids faces. Yesterday, I was out and about with the wife and our two young girls when my wife asked if I’d stop off at Tesco whilst she ran and and picked up a couple of things. Naturally I obliged and we stopped outside and I waited in the car with the girls whilst she went in. At at the same time another Skoda Superb, same year, spec and colour parked up in front of me and I smiled to myself thinking ‘nice car pal’, as you do. The same thing with this Skoda. The driver waited in his car and his front passenger got out and went into Tesco. I then said to my girls, ‘I bet mummy gets in the wrong car...’. The girls laughed and nodded. A couple of minutes later my wife appears. In her own world as usual and not even aware there’s now two almost identical cars in front of her. Guess what happened next? She approached the strangers car, opened the door, got in, sat down, closed the door and I could see her going for the seat belt. At this point I was in too much of a fit of laughter to go and intervene and knew any moment she’d appear. Next thing the door opened and a very red faced wife appeared repeatedly saying ‘I’m really sorry!’ My wife got in my car saying ‘oh my god’ and we all carried on laughing. Wondered whether the driver was on here. Apparently he was laughing too and said to my wife ‘oh hello’ as she got in Not often I see a car that looks identical to mine. But to see one then it stop next to mine and then my wife get in it just made me laugh. Cheers for listening folks.

Personally not had a single issue with any Skoda I’ve owned. The count is now up to five. Did someone mention French cars? Ive had a Citroen Saxo VTS, Peugeot 207GT and a Renault 19 16v (remember them?). All the french stuff went bad on me. Electrical gremlins and really badly timed breakdowns. The pug was the worst by far. Became good friends with the service department and eventually had my own parking space at the dealership. As long as there’s a hole in my @r5e I’d never buy another French machine.

Good drills Ste. Youll love the car mate. I cant stop looking at mine and every journey is something to look forward to. Best wishes pal

Correct Also don’t forget any vehicle driven by a 17yr old apprentice tradesman...

I’ve been fortunate enough to own both and they are completely different animals. Apples and Oranges as Penguin said. The 245 was quick but the 280 is quicker and certainly feels like it has more pace than the 5.6s 0-60 would suggest. Down a runway the Superb would blitz the Octavia but around a track I’m not so sure. The 245 would let you throw it around much more and felt a lot tighter around corners letting you enter them with much more speed and confidence. The 280 is more of a executive express and certainly no track toy. But it would take you home in comfort and get you up to licence losing speeds in the blink of an eye. Christ knows what a remapped 280 would be like. Probably kill most things off the line.

Working on New Year’s Day. Oh well at least the car park was empty and I got my favourite ‘anti-dink’ spot

I agree it must be an age thing. I changed a 245 vRS Octavia for a 280 Superb. Comfy cruiser over sporty hot hatch. Although the 280 is a Golf R in a Tuxedo so it’ll show those young un’s who the daddy is in most traffic light drag races.

I just kept pouring it in. To be honest I didn’t know it had an overspill feature. I was just filling expecting the tank to be brimming/overflowing like the Octavia used to. No warning light on and only a very small stream that turned to droplets after a few moments. Maybe it’s like you said then.

Hi folks. Topping up the washer fluid today I discovered that it started dripping out of the drivers side wheel arch onto the tyre/wheel. Noticed there is a tank housed in the wing and no doubt something has become loose or dislodged. Not attempted to resolve yet as it looks tight for space and not very accessible. Anyone had the same problem and fixed it themselves or is it best leaving to the dealers under warranty? Cheers in advance.

Cheers. She’s pretty mucky now after a few miles in autumn crud. Treating her to a full detail on Sunday

It’s not too bad. I drive conservatively most of the time but when you turn on the taps it does like to guzzle a bit

Some lovely twisty fun on the Snake Pass today.

Well I’m having to eat my words this week on the Canton. Certain songs didn’t seem to make much difference but on the other hand there are songs that sound brilliant. I played some of my old school 1990’s tracks today and the bass reminded me of being in a nightclub back in the day. Impressed.

Hi folks just getting to grips with my Superb 280 and it’s features coming from an Octavia vRS previously. My 7 year old daughter thinks I sound like a robot when driving her about in the car as there is clearly voice feedback from the Canton Audio system when I’m talking in the car. I can only describe it as having a headset on, such as when flying and being able to hear your voice in an electronic state. Had a scroll through the menus but can’t seem to find anything specific about this but would be keen to know if I’m going mental or it’s a standard feature of the car and can it be adjusted. Many thanks

I’ve got the Canton but can’t really tell any difference in sound from the previous stereo in all honesty. Wonder if it’s to do with the fact most of my music is on SD card and mp4 files. Nice to have a CD player again as they didn’t provide one in the vRS 245.