PetrolDave

I only have the basic camera (20 not A5) in my Octavia and find that HBA works 'almost' perfectly - it's late dipping maybe one time in a hundred, so we use it all the time.

Service intervals are based on time as well as mileage, was it pre-registered? 2020 models were being built at the factory from around August 2019 until July 2020, since then they've been building 2021 models.

Huomenta!

Welcome! Does the infotainment rip the CDs into the jukebox itself or can you load your digitised files from a USB stick? If the former, what format does it rip (I'd bet MP3 which isn't lossless)?

Done that just now

My point exactly, the 'new' app has been badly written - but maybe that was deliberate? Why do I think that? Because owners of an older Skoda have lost features of the MySkoda app so may be tempted to trade-in to a newer Skoda, and owners of a newer Skoda may be tempted to pay the £100 to get all the promised features of the new app - so is it a deliberate marketing plan to sell new cars? Yes I AM an old cynic

Not me, I just downloaded the 'Skoda Connect' app, clicked on Check VIN and on entering my VIN got this message: Unfortunately, your vehicle is not equipped with the "SKODA Connect" and "SmartLink+" technologies.

Seems that Smartlink provides the underlying framework for the app to access the cellular connection in the MIB to connect to the Skoda servers (hence the need for a MIB2 fitted with a SIM and a £100 annual subscription for access to the Skoda servers). You could, logically IMHO, argue that since the phone has a cellular connection a better app design would use that to connect to the Skoda servers.

Smartlink IS required to use Skoda Connect, the connectivity it provides is needed for the Skoda Connect app to work.

I have the same issue (my 2015 Octavia doesn't support Smartlink) so I've purchased a Skoda Data Plug and am trying the Skoda Connect Lite app. First impressions aren't great as it doesn't seem to offer access to the digital service history but I suppose it's better than nothing.

Over the years I've had 3 points a couple of times, and never had a premium increase - both times my premium went DOWN at the next renewal?

The screen is a totally separate item, and it's usually just this that goes faulty so the head unit (in the glovebox) doesn't need replacing.The screen doesn't need any coding when replaced.

SWMBO and I both have Bose QC headphones that we use when on flights to/from the US visiting family. The noise cancellation is good enough for SWMBO to even get to sleep on the return flight - something she has never done before having the Bose QCs.

I always unzip the downloaded file onto my hard disk, and then copy it onto the SD card. Doing this I have a backup of all the map files (one every 6 months since I bought my Octavia) on my hard drive - which is also backed up onto my NAS drive.

Probably better if you ask in the Fabia forum not the Octavia forum

I think they have two problems - firstly much of the software isn't written by Skoda but their suppliers so they have to persuade the suppliers there is a problem and how to recreate it so they can fix it; and secondly most software is written by teams of engineers so it's very likely that the engineer who wrote it won't be the person asked to correct it and some software engineers seem to have an amazing ability to write unintelligible code!

Well said - 100% agree, concerns about lack of infrastructure mean that what we need is range to make EVs attractive to more buyers/leasers.

You can get some better Halogen bulbs that are Road Legal - look for Osram NightBreaker and similar.

You only need to browse the Octavia IV forum to see that software problems are widespread on the Golf 8 platform (which includes the Octavia IV).

I'm guessing you have Halogen headlamps not HID (Xenon)? If that's true then fitting LED or aftermarket HID kits will be an MOT fail (if the tester follows the Guidelines), because you are only allowed to fit bulbs of a type that the headlamp is Type Approved for and on the Octavia that's Halogen only.

... and less weight

For me this paragraph neatly how illustrates the "official" emissions and fuel consumption figures will be meaningless for the majority of owners:

Please let us know what the Skoda dealer tells you after the diagnostic.

I'm going to call BS on that "excuse" as the vast majority of cars for the last 10+ years have electric fans. ... which fits with what most of us are suspecting which is that a previous owner has disabled/covered/removed the EML light to disguise the fact there is a problem.