PetrolDave

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.

I remember the advice from a Police Class 1 driver - when a pause becomes a stop put the handbrake on and the gears into neutral. I've always done that whether the car is manual, auto or semi-auto.

Never knew that, you're the first person to mention that workaround - and I've been posting my advice for the last 10 YEARS!!! You learn something every day

Note that if the SD card is larger than 32GB the Windows format program won't do it, you'll need to use another program - a silly limit placed by Microsoft!

mytyres.co.uk is actually a trading name for Delticom who are a German company, all the tyres I have bought from them in the past have been imported from Germany - I wonder if they are having Customs problems due to Brexit?

So the MIB2 Amundsen can pair with 2 phones, but we don't know whether OP has a MIB1 or a MIB2 (probably a MIB2 as it's a 65 plate, but not definitely as the production changeover was in May 2015 so an early 65 plate could still have a MIB1) or whether he has an Amundsen or a Columbus ...

Any Skoda dealer can access the online service history and print it for you - some say they can't but they are either incompetent or lying.

Not necessarily, neither my C1 nor Aygo had/have reach adjustable steering columns and even with my long legs I have no problem - admittedly I don't sit laid flat like a racing driver

I injured my back in 1999 by a piece of stupid heavy lifting, physiotherapy corrected the initial injury but has left me with 24/7 sciaticia in my left leg from secondary nerve damage. Initially this needed strong pain killers (Co-Codamol), but I weaned myself off them as quickly as I could. One thing the physiotherapist taught me was the importance of the angle between the seat squab and the back should be around 110 degrees to minimise the distortion on the spine. Following this advice I can drive all day in every car I've owned since without any extra discomfort - Audi A4, Audi S4, Audi RS4, Skoda Octavia III, Citroen C1 & Toyota Aygo. I wouldn't say some of those have expensive multi-adjustable seats but I would advise getting advice on correct seat positioning.

I think that Skoda & VW have also stopped issuing map updates for the MIB1 Amundsen as well as the MIB1 Columbus. I have a MIB1 Amundsen and on both the Skoda & VW map update sites the last available maps are from June 2020 - but VW have been sneaky and have re-released the June 2020 maps with a November 2020 date (they are 100% identical, I've done a byte for byte comparison). Maybe it's because it's now over 5 years since the MIB1s were last fitted in production?

@paulskiI'm not talking about service records, I'm talking about repair manuals, wiring diagrams, etc. - as near as you can get to a workshop manual.

Yes and yes. Buy a 1 hour subscription for a few Euros and download ALL the documents about your car (by VIN) to to your PC as pdf files - then you have everything you need without having to pay again

Do you have Front Assist? I ask because a few weeks ago we got multiple error messages about ESP, TPMS, front assist, start-stop and ACC all not being available - the root cause? A failed right rear ABS wheel speed sensor.

Are the file names that don't play very long? Are the files all in the root folder, or separated into folders by artist/album? If in multiple folders, are the ones that don't play in a folder with a large number of files?