PetrolDave

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.

Are they not pressure equalising holes to allow for changes in atmospheric pressure and altitude?

But when the card arrives check the size by putting it into a PC, the first supposedly 32GB card I got off eBay was actually 16GB so I reported it to the seller who refunded me and then changed the description of their listing. The second 32GB card was actually a 32GB card. As always 'caveat emptor'.

AFAIK the BCM monitors the element to check for open or short circuit when in normal use (not when doing output test) so if it sees 1M ohm then it won't operate the relay.

I can confirm that, my previous Octavia had a MIB1 Amundsen and I used both MIB1 and MIB2 SD cards for map updates, both of which worked. Now I have a MIB2 Amundsen and for future proofing purchased a 32GB Skoda SD card off eBay (other auction sites are available).

No WPA-2 Personal?

A fault code scan with a proper VAG tool such as VCDS or OBDeleven would be useful as we're all really just making guesses at the moment.

Given the amount of scraped data allegedly available on the Dark Web it is very unlikely to need physical searches as you suggest, complacency is what makes the task of hackers easier which is why we are constantly being advised to keep passwords out of the public domain and to, where possible, change them regularly. Facebook makes a huge amount of its income from selling personal data, so should be regarded as untrustworthy IMHO.

Do your brakes work as normal?

You might want to change your network security key as it's now in the public domain?

There are two proper VAG diagnostic tools - VCDS or OBDeleven. Generic tools tend to give limited diagnostic information which can lead to confusion and replacement of unnecessary parts.

It depends on how much you want to believe Skoda UK over the rest of the VAG empire, and what your personal level of risk avoidance is. I took the decision to have the cambelt changed after 5 years following an early experience with cambelt failure on a Vauxhall Corsa GSi 16V just 1 week after a dealer had replaced the cambelt but not the tensioner which led to catastrophic head & valve damage requiring a replacement head - this was covered by an extended warranty so the cost to me was zero (they even paid for a hire car).

That 'phonebox' is just a QI wireless charger, nothing else. Correct - the wired CarPlay connection goes to the unit in the glovebox and the screen in the centre console is just a dumb screen.

I still don't understand the reference to 'phonebox'? There is no separate box for the phone in the OEM system - the infotainment main unit in the glovebox contains all the electronics needed for phone communication?

This has always been a confusing area for 1.4TSI owners in the UK, the advice from VAG in other countries and official documentation is somewhat contradicted by the advice of Skoda UK that the timing belt should be replaced after 5 years. There seems to be no logic to this advice from Skoda UK since the UK does not fall into any category of extreme environment, so the feeling that it is no more than an attempt to generate work for UK Skoda dealers is hard not to give some credence to. There has been much heated discussion on this subject on briskoda over the years - I owned a 2015 1.4TSI from 2016 until 2021 and took the decision to have the cambelt changed in 2020 (partly so my ex couldn't accuse me of passing to her an improperly maintained vehicle).

Look at my post

I beg to differ having owned a 1.4TSI Octavia for over 5 years and had no engine problems whatsoever - so did I drive it gently? No! - I came from a 420PS 4.2L V8 Audi RS4 Avant so I drove the 1.4TSI Octavia 'like I stole it'. If there was an engine reliability problem we would have seen posts about it on here, remember the oldest ones date from 2013 so are now 9 years old - so the lack of complaints posted here suggests there isn't a problem.

Look for the IDE numbers maybe?

Not just in London, there are some speed bumps less than half a mile from my home in Wiltshire in a 20mph zone that unless you like your head hitting the roof lining need to be taken at under 10mph.

Yes, diagnostics are not tool dependent - VCDS & OBDEleven just have a different GUI but 'under the hood' they both rely on the VAG diagnostics firmware in the modules on the car.