silver1011

@Cranester1983 have you got anything useful to contribute?

The links are for Quartz Grey and therefore are a perfect match? Anything for less than £20 including delivery and you're doing well.

You've answered your own question. If a repair is uneconomical then a new engine is unlikely to be much more economical. Throw the whole car away and buy a a new one.

It's a big, heavy, flat-fronted, 7-seater SUV. Assume 30-40mpg and you're less likely to be disappointed.

Try searching the workshop manuals...

That's a fair point, but in reality this makes no difference to me, I still need to look down to identify the button / rotary knob. For me this all comes down to the increased risk of being distracted, which for me at least isn't overly influenced by using a touch screen versus a physical button as long at the menu's are intuitive and not overly complex. I also believe that the younger generation will find it even easier.

When buying my Kodiaq, one of the biggest worries or concerns I had was that the spec of Kodiaq I wanted came with the Columbus head unit only. At the time this was one of Skoda's first headunits that was all-screen, no physical buttons at all. The lower grades of Kodiaq with the Bolero headunit still had two knobs to turn the unit on and off, to adjust the volume and scroll through various settings. I feared I would miss these terribly. I did at first, I struggled to hold my arm / hand / finger steady enough whilst driving to make the on-screen selections confidently, but since then I have found it has become easier. Part of the problem is that the key selections (i.e. volume and menus) are all at the furthest point away on the screen. A bad design, one optimised for left hand drive, so maybe not so much the actual technology, but perhaps how it has been designed and implemented? It has been a while since I've driven a car without automatic climate control, but I think even then I had to look down to adjust the fan speed, temperature and the direction of the air flow. No doubt the longer you own a car or the more you drive it the easier it becomes to make adjustments intuitively without having to look at them. I never seem to master it very well. The German court case will be interesting, but I do feel that there is a greater resistance to change, especially regarding technology as we get older.

I'm not sure if why touching a screen intuitively is dangerous then doing the same with a physical button isn't. If there are multiple menu's to select through then that's bad design, not a fault of the chosen method. On the MkIV Octavia you first press a physical button to bring up the HVAC options on screen, then touch the air recirculation icon, so two presses instead of one (i.e. more of a distraction). Depending on whether the individual needs to take their eyes off the road to touch/push them is what determines the level of risk. Part of the reason they're becoming more popular, as with all developing technologies is that haptic feedback won't be far off in cars. It might be suggested that it's already here, my Kodiaq recognises when my hand is approaching the screen and makes certain selections appear without touching the screen. There is also a setting that allows an audible confirmation that the icon has been successfully selected. The issue of pressing a touch screen icon versus a physical button isn't the issue, it's how the manufacturers design their systems to ensure their operation is as simplistic or importantly intuitive as the physical button, this is the challenge.

Yes, I do need to take my eyes off the road repeatedly. When driving my Skoda Kodiaq... - To check my speed. - To confirm the secondary trailer light indicator is working when towing. - To use any of the HVAC controls. - To use some of the less common steering wheel buttons. - When using my mirrors. - When following the sat nav. - When I sneeze. The list is endless. I believe most drivers take their eyes off the road far more than either they realise or are prepared to admit. Moving HVAC controls from a physical button to a touchscreen will affect me, it will likely mean I'll take longer to find it. But it won't have the same effect on my kids, that's my point.

That's a shame. The sensor did fail on my Superb, I got an error code whenever the car was scanned for faults at its service, perhaps Skoda know the technology isn't as good as it perhaps needs to be.

My 1.4 TSI left the factory with VW508.00 0W20. At both the first and second service the dealer has used VW507.00 5W30.

Rather than selecting a country, the rear tail lights can be activated with front DRL's using a dedicated option in the coding. If it isn't an option in Carista then as mentioned you should be able to do it using OBDeleven, VCDS etc.

My 2011 Superb had it. The button had an 'A' on it... It also automatically selected recirculation when reverse gear was engaged, or when the windscreen washers were operated, either with recirculation in auto mode, or turned off. I'm pretty sure our current Kodiaq operates in the same or very similar way. Hopefully the MkIV Octavia too...

I'm not suggesting that kids aren't able to operate a touch screen without sacrificing attention elsewhere, but even with a physical button your eyes are momentarily taken off the road. The kids can operate a touch screen as intuitively as we do a physical button, so the actual distraction is more or less equal.

No factory orders on the SE L First Edition, from stock-only. Seems these are the cars Skoda UK have pre-ordered for the UK to build up some dealer stocks...

The issue here is we're all old, and older people are more averse to change. My 6 and 9 year old kids can operate my phone, tablet and their own games consoles quicker than anyone else I know, they're all touch screens. Touch screens are here to stay, those that hate them that much should buy a car now that doesn't have them whilst you can, and drive / own it for as long as you can. As for the air recirculation system, Skoda have been using 'auto recirculation' for a number of years now, a sensor under the scuttle tray detects unpleasant odours and activates the recirculation mode automatically. It's not 100% effective but hopefully the technology is improving to make it more so.

A lot of the online reviews are of non-UK spec vehicles, early press cars. I too cannot see any mention of the rear door blinds anywhere. I suspect they'll appear as Skoda introduce further models such as the L&K etc. or other higher spec equivalents. I did notice that Skoda mention that the SE L First Edition is 'stock only' i.e. no factory orders.

This is the MkIV forum, there is no Scout, you need the MkIII forum... https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/235-skoda-octavia-mk-iii-2013-onward/ Note that the MkIII Scout has been discontinued (at least here in the UK), they aren't available new, only used, I guess they're still available to order new in Spain? Road noise and handling aren't any different, the ride height isn't suspension related, it's down to the profile of the tyres. The springs are slightly harder but you shouldn't notice any difference in handling.

Ah, the fun I used to have trying to extract the window blinds from out of the door! Not cheap at just less than £50 for the two rear passenger doors (£80 for those plus the two rear side windows in the boot and tailgate window), but I can vouch for their quality. But, the important bit is they don't have Spiderman on them, they allow the windows to be opened and closed with them in situ and are still easily removed and refitted if needed... https://www.carshades.co.uk/shades-skoda-kodiaq-2016-c-2729_3662_7303_7304.html

Treat it to some proper custom fitted rear window blinds. Those sucker-type ones look really bad and I was forever forgetting they were there when lowering the windows,

At the little lads footy training on Saturday we were walking behind a 2019 VW Tiguan as it crawled along the access road around the pitch whilst waiting for pedestrians to realise and stand aside. The stop start was kicking in and out every couple of seconds. It went on for a good few minutes. All it did was remind me how grateful I was that there is a button to turn it off. Manufacturers will no doubt remove the button eventually.

A common problem. There was a lengthy production period where Skoda were fitting defective KESSY push buttons. If you're still under warranty ring Skoda Assist.

Anything over 30mpg in a 2 ton, flat fronted, jacked up, seven seat SUV is acceptable. The rest is down to driving conditions and driving style.

How do you mean 'reset'? The tow bar fitter will either code them so they are disabled when something is plugged into the electrical socket, or without coding instead you'll get a constant beep as the sensors detect the trailer / bike rack etc. Either your garage has fitted a proper CANBUS module capable of being coded correctly or they've simply spliced into the cars rear light wiring loom (very much frowned upon these days on modern cars). Not many people fit 7 pin electrics these days, the norm is a 13 pin set-up.

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