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How carefully have you checked the loom? Have you checked for continuity in each wire?

We've tried a few in the shed, VW seem to be pretty simple, Ford ones have built in electronics . Going to fit one to another project when I get time.

As a point of useless information these heaters are made in southwest Ireland, i have a few working rejects to suit different cars in my shed

The heater are elements are poor, all of mine packed up even though the passenger seat was very rarely used. I did consider fitting a better heater but never got around to it before I sold the car.

That seems excessive, a few months ago the timing belt, water pump and aux belt were changed on my 2.L for the Skoda Ireland fixed price of 420 euro.

My Mk1 seats all worked perfectly too, sold it with 165,000 on it. IMHO the Mk1 seats were much better in many ways.

Got one for SWIMBO's Duster, works ok for the price.

The controller is under the passenger seat or under the carpet. No need to remove the seat to get to it, They are available on fleabay but as some of the seat is working I suspect its the heating element that's broken. By the time I'd sold my Superb all the elements had gone. They are not very robust.

If you have the plugs out just fit a new set, cleaning modern plugs can be a waste of time.

Tighten up the mounting first and see what its like to drive. 56k miles is very low for a flywheel failure.

If the car is a 170 Elegance it should have voice control from new.

Strange that you need both those parts, its usually just one or the other.

The 170 is so much easier to tow with as the usable torque band is much wider. The 1.6 is ok but if it was me there is no contest. Shop around for fitted towbars most dealers get specialists to fit them anyway. Its no big deal anymore to fit the wiring and do the coding.

I've just sold my 170 too! Fix was carried out a while back and had exactly the same fuel consumption afterward and if anything more responsive, It always did a lot between regens before and after as I do very little town driving. Discovered how different some people's driving is when a salesman took me for a spin in Dublin recently, lights, junctions. roundabouts etc etc 40 mins never above 50kph. To me that's a sad existence for any engine

Yes that's my experience, local VW dealer says all 1.6 Passats and Skoda just wanted to sell Fabias. The Germans all were poverty spec to the extreme and the badge snobbery was too much for me. I looked into the UK import thing as I have a son in Scotland who went to see a few cars but nothing suitable around at the time. Getting one home would not have been a problem as he would drive it back. I think the last trip to the dealer put me off, shame as I've been a Skoda fan for so long, now I know why I never left them near my car before.

The S Line comes pretty basic and need a few extras to bring them on, nice indicators though , Isn't the handbrake the same on all A6's?

I had a good look at them too especially the A6 190 business spec with the bigger screen etc but nothing interesting was available just lots of poverty spec. Of course I saw a nice one today The Merc's just didn't appeal although there were a few about, huge depreciation over here was one of the reasons a two year old was interesting. At the moment the market over here is distorted by the large amount of UK cars being imported including lots of polished up rubbish in among a few good deals.

Or the ones we had in a Renault Espace.

Money only stretched as far as the last of the old. Drove both, a lot of lower spec of the newer version about as they seem to trying to attract a wider market with manual boxes, no nav etc. If this one is a success the plan is to move to the newer version in a year or two when they have the bugs ironed out. Flying to Dublin on the 16th to collect it, have to wait till towbar is fitted, Easier to fit as no wiring has to be brought to the front so should be done on time. The guy that bought my Superb is driving a 2001 Corolla so hes in for a shock LOL.

Yes the ZF 8 speed is good although the DSGs I drove did really smooth gear shifts . Wont have the car for a week or so but will report back.

Good question, A few months back I started searching for a used good spec 190 Mk111 only to find out that they were priced very high. All my previous Skodas were good value but things have changed over here and none of the dealers seemed interested in selling 150/190's. Then after a really bad experience at our local dealer when he wouldn't give me a car for a few hours even though I was paying him for a timing belt change I'd had enough and decided to have a look around. Audi A6. BMW 520 and Merc E class aren't making a whole lot more money over here, 2016 Skoda same price as 2015 Audi etc, so had a look at all of them but seemed to be paying for the badge and not getting the toys. Think the BMW guy got a bit insulted when I told him I wouldn't buy because the rear seats didn't fold down, the Merc guy when he said they don't sell many with a dark interior and the Audi guy when the door mirrors only had manual fold! Not sure what happened next but true to my usual thing of not driving what everybody else is driving I've today bought a 2015....................................................Jaguar XF 2.2 200hp. Hope I'm not going to miss my AFS lights, park assist, miserly fuel consumption and huge boot too much. Rear seat space is of zero importance to me so that wont matter. I'm doing 1000km the week I get the car so it wont take long to find out if its any good. I'll come back and let people know how I get on. BTW my favorite Skoda was a 2006 gunmetal grey Superb 130, not as refined as the later ones but a good machine. I still think Mk1 had better seats than the Mk11.

It looks like I'm leaving here after 8 years on this site and 11 years of Skoda. A 2000 Octavia sold in 2009 with 165000 miles (saw it around a few months back), a 2006 Superb 130 Elegance sold in 2013 with 155000 miles (I hear its still running well) and a 2010 Superb 170 Elegance now sold with 95000 miles. None of them cost me much to run, no major problems. Biggest single cost was probably timing belts followed by pads and discs. Ditched the 18" and using 50 profile 17's on the last car at least halved the cost of tyres. I'd like to thank all the people on here who helped me over the years and hopefully I was able to help some too.

I was in one today, they are small compared to a Superb but for two people might be a nice car. Go drive one and see. I also has a look at a poverty XF, strange it didn't even have nav, something it had it common with a CLS I saw today too.

Is that the dealer in Castlebar? They seemed helpful enough when I asked about a car a few years back.

You could always go for the 240