Tonyp5a

Thanks for the thoughts gents.

Hi, My wife is suffering from Chronic Migraines and I'm looking for one of these, as quiet transport. I test drove a new one and it was practically silent at a cruise, my current 170 diesel is not noisy, but you do still have a low level diesel rumble present. I've been keeping my eyes open for one for the last few weeks, but nothing on the Skoda website or Autotrader (apart from a new L&K). So ideally, not too new (cheaper), in excellent condition, dark interior and no sunroof, but would consider any vehicles available. Thanks and Regards, Tony

I've just changed from the original fit Continentals and wanted something quieter (you can get a noise rating on all tyres now). Chose Goodyear Efficientgrip Perfomance (rated at 69 Db, the Continentals are rated at 73Db) and they've made a huge differance, on decent tarmac the car seems procatically silent and they seems to offere good grip.

Thanks for the speedy response, much appreciated.

Hi, I'm having trouble with the Columbus unit in my 2012 Superb 170 4x4 Estate and it's booked in for the dealer to have a look at it, with their commentary that it may have to be replaced. Does anyone know if it is possible to fit a similar unit, but with DAB (not standard on my car)? Thanks Tony

Hi there, I had this on my previous Yeti, with the same issue. From memory, this is a temperature issue, when the outside temp drops below a certain point, the blind closes to retain heat within the car. Not sure how how you disable this.

Hi, Swapped my previous Octavia Scout for a 1.8 4x4 Superb Estate (manual), but although I really like most aspects of the car, i could get on with the engine. Having driven diesels for probably 10 years, this needed to be really rev'd to get moving and as a consequence the econamy was horrible. The garage had a 30 day no quibble swap policy, so I ended up spending a chuck more cash on swapping to a 170TDi 4x4 Superb Estate Manual and am truly delighted with the car, slightly noisier under load than the petrol, but a much more relaxed car to drive. I would strongly advise you to drive both and see what's right for you.

You're welcome. FYI, I have Dunlop Wintersport D4's fitted and have found them superb (forgive the pun). I don't drive like a loon, but a cover miles in all weathers and these have never even felt like they were getting close to losing grip.

Hi, I had a spare set of Proteus wheels with winter tyres on, for fitting to my previous Octavia Scout. I now use these on my Superb 4x4 and they have been great (no offset issues) My Summer tyres are 225/40 18 and winter are 225/50 17, I did the calculations and these were under 2% different. I would imagine you would be fine with the move from 45 to 50 ratio (I think it equates to about 1.5% increase), but you might want to do you own calc's to make sure.

Hi there, I strongly recommend that you get a longish drive in the 1.8 4x4 before seriously thinking of buying the car. I know this sounds like common sence, but i wanted a quick change from my previous Octavia Scout diesel to a Superb estate and a dealer had a 1.8 4x4 in at a great price. To cut a long story short (ish) I bought the car and after a week or so with it was not a happy bunny. It was not a bad car, far from it, it drove well and was beautifully quiet, but having driven diesels for years it was a very different driving experiance (having to rev the car and work the gears to get the car moving) and the fuel consumption was 35 at best (on a run) and a lot worse around town. The dealer had a 30 day no quibble swap policy and I now a have (a significantly more pricey) 170 TDi 4x4 and love the car. I get high 40's and over 50 on a run and it pulls like a train. On the towing aspect, I'm sure the 1.8 will do the job, but the diesel will do it in a more relaxed fashion.

I have recently swapped from an Octavia Scout to a Superb Estate and have a spare set of the Scout wheels with 245/50 17 Dunlop Winter tyres on (prevously used on the Scout). These have fitted straight onto the Superb (standard fit = 225/40 18) with a rolling difference of around 2%.

Amethyst with Black interior. Great colour when clean (a mixture of grey, silver and light purple) that equally doesn't show the dirt between washes and I've had a couple of cars with light interiors and they really are too much hard work to keep looking nice.

Hi, Your right, this topic seems to get very emotive, but I'm on the side of getting winter tyres fitted, on the theory that they only have to work better once, to have paid for themselves. I took the plunge last year and bought Dunlop Wintersport D4's, after reading reviews and these always being in the top 2 or 3 tested. I've never driven any other winter tyres so can not give any comparison, but what really struck me was the increased performance when braking in 'adverse' conditions, the anti lock didn't cut in and everything was very calm, while others seemed to be having all sorts of issues. I actually invested in a second hand set of Octavia Scout alloys, as the changing tyres over on the wheels every 6 months was too much of a faff and potential for damage. If you leave winter tyres on all year I would imagine that you will see increased wear and some degradation in handling when running them in warm weather.

2012 Superb 170 4x4 Elegance estate in Amathyst with numerous nice extras (ex demonstrator). Had it about 3 weeks and truely impressed.

Sounds about right, but if you've only used half a tank, probably a bit early to judge. I've had mine for about 3 weeks and I'm averaging around 45 mpg, with mixed driving. Last night I took a 15 mile drive home (lots of traffic, but moving at a steady pace) and saw 53 mpg average when I got back. I haven't towed with mine yet, but with a similar engined Yeti my mpg dropped from mid 40's to mid to high 20's when towing, so somewhat in line with what your finding. You don't say if your car is new or used, these engines certainly improve when they get a few miles on them. At the end of the day these are a big, luxurious car, with plenty of poke and all the benefits of 4x4, it amazes me that they get anything like this mileage, but I'm old enough to remember when getting 30 to the gallon was an acheivement.