PetrolDave

This is where it's a grey area in the UK - the MOT test only tests that headlight washers work IF FITTED but it doesn't require that if HID headlamps are fitted that headlight washers are fitted also despite the lighting regulations requiring both headlight washers and self levelling if HID headlamps are fitted. So legality and MOT passing are not the same thing - which is pretty stupid IMHO. As a result of this inconsistency my Octavia Elegance which has Halogen headlamps but also has factory fitted headlight washers will fail the MOT if the headlight washers don't work despite them not being a legal requirement - go figure?

In 45 years of owning cars I've never had one where the fuel gauge was linear, they've all dropped much more slowly in the first third/half than the rest.

100% it will NOT, it's what I have in my Octavia and Smartlink doesn't work and cannot be enabled.

My 15 Plate Elegance has lights, which I have replaced with the white Kopacek ones that also show 'Octavia' on the ground (BTW they are VERY bright) - I would have preferred red ones but don't want to show 'vRS' when it's an Elegance

Maybe they should use UPS, on a couple of occasions I've had invoices from UPS for Customs Duty & VAT (plus their rip-off fee) which had to be paid before they would deliver.

Since ian89 hasn't visited briskoda since 21st September 2018 you probably won't get a reply

... and that was true on some VAG vehicles a few years ago, but after 'Dieselgate' VAG have closed down their systems to avoid further accusations of emissions cheating, and as start/stop does reduce emissions in the official tests then disabling it falls into that category.

We prefer to support Ross-Tech who spend lots of time, effort and money developing VCDS rather than third-party sellers who rip-off their IPR.

No, it's a piece of hardware that you buy and wire into the car - basically if you want the stop/start off then when you turn the ignition on it automatically presses the button for you. Like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324148687136?hash=item4b78c47120:g:un4AAOSwynlep4Ud

I was using the term "SD" in the generic sense to mean SD, SDHC or SDXC - none of those can be formatted to over 32GB using the GUI version of the Microsoft format program - this IS a restriction placed by Microsoft in their 'infinite wisdom'! See the-thinking-behind-the-32gb-windows-format-limit-on-fat32

This topic has been ongoing on every car webste I've been a member of for the last 20+ years, so it isn't going to stop anytime soon. IMHO we all have a higher opinion of our driving ability than truth, plus how many have had skid pan training and have first hand experience of controlling loss of rear end grip (very few). First hand experience will always outshine internet opinion

Hamilton has been quoted as saying he won't leave negotiating his 2022 contract to the last minute again - a strong hint that he still wants to be racing next year?

It's between 119 and 138 g per km depending on the spec of the particular vehicle - more options = heavier car = higher emissions. Same applies to the fuel economy numbers. Personally I have always worked on the basis of the highest emissions and lowest economy figures.

Since VCDS updates are free for life, you should really update to the latest version (21.3) by downloading it from the Ross-Tech website.

Yes, when I worked for an automotive consultancy the guys who did the engine management mapping gave a talk on the subject. Basically if you drive gently it will soften the rate of change of fuelling/timing, and vice versa, so the vehicle will 'feel' more like how you are driving it. But it's not set in stone it's all based on a walking window so if you change from one style to another it will gradually 'catch up' with you, but not be affected by brief changes of driver (e.g. when taken to a garage).

Is there a key operated switch in the glovebox, that's where it normally 'hides'?

VAG have definitely changed whether there is an indicator in the instruments - my 2007 Audi RS4 had an indicator in the instruments when the lights were on but our 2015 Octavia III doesn't. I think it's a backward step - but it is what it is

Yep, OK now

Pictures not showing, just a small blue question mark box in a big empty box???

The screen is literally just a screen, all the working parts are in the glovebox unit so it is that which will require changing.

Ignorance - the product knowledge of most car sales people is verging on zero. Modern cars DO learn your driving style, BUT they keep learning it because we don't always drive like a Granny or always drive like Ayrton Senna so they keep adapting to how you've been driving recently it's not 'set in stone' over the first 500-1000 miles.

Is it a genuine Skoda SD card, the Amundsen won't find the maps on any other SD card? It doesn't matter which SD card slot you use, but a USB stick won't work either. Have you unzipped the downloaded file and placed all the contents (only) on the SD card?

No in the UK we drive on the left (so left hand traffic) in right hand drive vehicles.

... nor the MOT in the rest of the UK.

Had something similar a few weeks ago, turned out to be a faulty wheel speed sensor (offside rear in my case). You really need a fault code scan to be sure what the cause is.