PetrolDave

I think you're getting confused with the larger engined Octavia's - the EA211 (1.0, 1.4 & 1.5 TSI) have no reputation for water pump problems and Skoda UK earlier this year aligned their guidance on cambelt replacement to be in line with the rest of the VAG 'empire' so the 5 year guideline is history as it was never sensible.

The washer reservoir is on the left hand side of the car, so it's not coming from the reservoir. Do you have headlamp washer jets (some Octavia's have those even with Halogen headlamps, my previous Elegance did)?

Seems like a back door way in an attempt to get EV sales in the UK back on track to meet the 2030 target after their recent drop as people cut back on spending because of home energy, mortgage and rent costs.

That's the most important thing, second is that the wheel itself has a large enough interior diameter to clear the brake calipers front and rear.

The language of this forum is English, please post only in English - it's in the forum rules!

On a 1.4TSI the DSG will be a dry clutch 7 speed DQ200, problem reports on that combination are rare. I have the DQ200 with the 1.8TSI currently on over 65,000 miles with no problems (touch wood!).

Not unless you can work it out yourself, as we won't support VCDS clones.

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I hope it's a TSI (petrol) as that driving pattern won't suit a TDI due to DPF issues. I would definitely change the service interval to annual, and even consider a 6 monthly oil change.

I agree more people are time poor & income rich than are time rich & income poor, so most people will still favour the quicker route (which sometimes in Summer due to Grockels can be the non-motorway or non-dual carriageway route! - I've seen the M3 queued all the way from Southampton back to Camberley).

Which CAN? The Gateway also acts as a CAN switch between multiple CAN buses - Powertrain, Comfort, Infotainment, Extended, ...

Did it come with software on a CD? If it did then as it's the English version of VCDS then 100% it's a clone.

Manual or DSG gearbox?

Who pays £500 RFL? Currently after the first year it's £190 (or £600 for years 2 to 6 if the list price is over £40,000) for cars registered after 1 April 2017.

Does the CAN Gateway need some kind of wakeup message on the Diagnostics CAN connections before it will start talking?

???? The rear camera connects to the glovebox unit and the dashcam doesn't connect to the infotainment system (except maybe for power).

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What do you mean by infotainment system? The screen in the centre console is just that, a screen - no more. All the wiring is behind the main unit (it's much more than just a CD player) in the glovebox.

I also use Classic Shell (originally on Windows 10 but now on Windows 11), it's no longer being developed so support is a bit flaky. IIRC there's a configuration app/program installed into the same folder, worth checking this out.

Simple answer, you can't. The electrons go where they want to not where any money tells them to! Any organisation that says they use only electricity from renewable sources is lying if they get their electricity from a connection to the National Grid. What they should claim is that they pay only for electricity from renewable sources to be placed onto the National Grid - but that's NOT the same as using only electricity from renewable sources!

You need to use the correct coding & adaptation changes for the 20 camera that is fitted to your vehicle NOT the coding & adaptation changes that only apply to the A5 camera that you don't have! The changes needed for the 20 camera can be found in the sticky posts in this forum, I know they work because I did them on my previous Octavia Elegance which had a 20 camera.

He's definitely messed things up!!! I would definitely find someone local who can do a fault code scan as it seems unlikely all the symptoms you describe aren't leaving some fault codes in their wake!

There are 2 different cameras fitted depending on specification (high spec which is at address A5, or low spec which is at address 20) - do you have a camera at address 20?

Sounds like the mechanic could have made some incorrect coding changes. I think you're going to need a fault code scan with VCDS or OBDeleven to understand what's been done.

That tool is just a wireless to USB adapter, as the MIB1 doesn't support USB CarPlay or Android Auto there's no way that adapter can overcome that.