PetrolDave

Some, especially early designs of direct injection gasoline engines, had problems with carbon build up in the inlet manifold due to the lack of the 'washing' effect that you get from indirect injection gasoline systems. This has been greatly reduced or eliminated by better design especially with changes to valve timing to reduce the likelihood of burnt gasses being sucked back into the inlet manifold. Some engines, like the 2.0L used in the Octavia III also have a combination of direct and indirect injection to also provide some inlet 'washing' effect. The 4.2L V8 direct injection engine in my previous RS4 was supposed to suffer badly from carbon build up in the inlet manifold but many owners, including myself, saw no significant issues even after over 80,000 miles so in my experience the problem is exaggerated.

You would be better asking on the Mk2 Octavia forum than the Mk3 forum😉

Definitely sounds like a row of dead pixels. at least the screen is only a screen so you can replace that without having to change the main unit in the glovebox and with no Component Protection issues.

Reading @Superted post it seems the actual electric range is much less than suggested which makes the electric cost per mile, given the current high charging cost per kWh, expensive. Plus the extra weight of a PHEV hybrid because of the batteries etc. makes the mpg on petrol worse - so the economics don't add up.

You didn't say high beams just matrix headlights It's obvious that high beams shouldn't be used on ANY road when there are vehicles in front or coming the other way - but matrix headlights are not just high beam because of their adjustable beam pattern they can be either dipped beam, high beam or something in-between.

When matrix headlights are fitted the only other options are sidelights or DRL which are not safe for nighttime driving where there are no street lamps - so I don't understand why you say matrix headlights should not be used on multi-lane roads?

Many engineers say that "life time" means until it fails, i.e. it says nothing about the actual length of time the item will work for.

First house built 2021, last ones still being built now in 2023, mine build in 2022.

As with so many things selling them isn't illegal but using/fitting them is.

So not all builds will have EV charger points...only those with recent planning permission. So we're both right and both wrong 😇

My last order from Kopacek was handed to the courier on 15th November 2022, tracking at one stage suggested it was in Israel, emailing Kopacek produced a useless generic response but Royal Mail finally delivered it (a Jiffy bag) on 29th Deceber.

I live on an estate of new builds and there is only one house that has an EV charge point - which the owners fitted after moving in because they have an EV. So it is most definitely NOT compulsory for new build homes to have EV chargers.

I know, that's why I replied only about HBA.

IIRC the production change happened in May 2015, my 2015 was 29th April 2015 build date.

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That's the idea and most of the time my experience with HBA is that it's pretty good BUT when I was behind a Kia with some rear lights that were not a solid red block but two rows of dots it didn't detect that there was a car in front so I had to manually dip the headlights.

That's outrageous, Barnstaple Marshalls Skoda only charged me just over £500 for timing belt, service and MOT on my 1.4TSI.

Early 2015 models have MIB1 (like my previous Elegance) as the MIB2 came in in mid-2015 - so @matt_jcould have either MIB1 or MIB2 since he says he has a 2015 model.

So just a repeat of the Skoda UK recommendation - which is inconsistent with VW techical documentation and all (AFAIK) other countries.

HBA (High Beam Assist) was also available on other variants - my previous Elegance had it (using a basic camera at address 20) and so does my current L&K (with the highline camera at address A5).

That depends on the engine size, it could be a DQ200, DQ380 or DQ381.

... which is what I have done, over the years I've ripped all my CDs (and some vinyl and cassettes too) so I have all my music on my iPhone and on SD cards.

What infotainment system does his vRS have - Amundsen, Columbus, something else? The Amundsen doesn't have a CD player nor does it support a CD player, AFAIK only the Columbus has a CD/DVD player.

The seller doesn't specifically state the size, but Googling that part number suggests it's a 32GB card.

The UK Right To Repair Regulations say: but says nothing about the difficulty of the repair or provides for owners to make repairs. So as long as Skoda place the information on how to change the indicator bulb in the public domain they are compliant.