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As per the we're 18 topic, I've added 180 tonnes of co2 offset to the pot. This I believe makes the community provision, servers, backups, driving etc carbon negative over the 18years we've been running it... I beleive that and as per previous posts will continue to operate on an offset more than we use to keep the trend going. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjrXXjQ6UDM

All, TL;DR Black friday discounts code at bottom. A little over 18years ago an idea formed and so it began. Now 18years is quite a good run... For anyone in the dark, briskoda, turned 18years this year Over the years we seen thousands of members post, read, learn, share. Over all models in the range, united by a common theme, if not always in agreement. Each month now we see millions of visitors, reading the rich trove of knowledge we have here. The community has grown, shunk, grown, and will always eb and flow, much like a river as it finds it's way through the countryside. The rise of social media was, and remains a concern. Many of us believe the forum approach offers more than the immediate here today, gone tomorrow of social media. But we do need you're help to keep it thriving. Post, share, spread the word, every action helps. Talking of action, climate action. Earlier this year I set about covering our ongoing carbon impact. The internet is a huge contributor to the problem, more so than driving this year We've been cabron neutral/negative for the services we host upon and consume for a few months now. I wanted to do more, carbon negative overall? This milestone seemed like a good point to do it. Looking back, it's almost impossible to say how much we've used to provide the community; we don't have a totally accurate record of trips to data centre x or y, so it's the best of british fag packet maths... I've taken what we use today, <1/2 tonne per month, still quite a bit eh? Then multiplied it back over time, then added a bit on; quite a bit on, because all those odd days here there, older it equipment was more power hungry and so on adds up... In numbers we might comprehend, it's around 250'000 miles. To that end I've offset an addititional 180tonnes of CO2 to cover our earlier years, that's 10tonnes per year, and includes some slack for driving to x and y, my laptop being on doing updates to the site at 3 or 4am the odd night... Going forward we'll be covering our continued use, so continuing to be negative, along with the tree planting programme. You can find out more about all this here: I'd like to thank the current team of admins, mods for doing what they do. I'd liek to thank former members of the volunteer force over the last 18years for doing there bit to bring us to where we are today. Thank you to all t hose who through freedom part with your own hard earned cash to support what we do here. Of course all that we do, would be for nothing without you, the community member. I thank you too, for your time, the dedication by many to sharing info and the helping others. Thank you all for being a part of, and in making this community. It's yours, you made it, each post, thread added a leaf to briskoda's tree of life. To think we've seen marriages, babies, life altering advice and support, and so much more, all from connections, people, through these few pages. Quite humbling, thank you. So it's 18years, time for a party? Heck yes. One small pandemic problem in the way. I'm begining to come up with a few ideas for next year, shows, trackday etc where we can get together in one way or another. We've all got many bridges and challenges to cross before then, so stay safe and keep in touch. In lieu of a party, I decided to make some space in the storage. So a 50% off stickers voucher code, and other stuff to clear from the shop. I guess you could say it's a black friday event... https://www.briskoda.net/forums/store/category/3-merchandise/ Discount on stickers other merchandise of 50% - code: 18years Old models t-shirts discoverd in a box - £5 ea to clear. Freedom, great value as ever from £6 per year.

I also chopped a few trees down in the garden this month and there are 3 more to go :( I'm not counting the 5yard skip full of leylandi weed from one trim... why I didn't grub it all out when we moved in I'll never know....

I forgot to do Octobers tree update in october, so I've just done it now. https://ecologi.com/briskoda?tree=5fc13a725b6349001c70f4cc Another 2tonnes of Co2 offset, we use <1/2 a tonne, and trees, again I've rounded up to 100 trees. Thanks to all joining, renewing freedom and purchasing stickers. Thanks also to those adding to our little forest inbetween. Get in touch if you want your trees in your profile

erm I do I care what everyone posts and how they post. No one is anyones senior by any measure. Oh except me... hehe, I alwys forget that in my utopian dream for a forum... There are many thoughts for what I read when you've typed. This is as close to me revealing them as you'll get, because: We want to make BRISKODA as enjoyable as possible for the majority of our members. Yet with thousands reading and hundreds posting every day, we of course need rules to help keep the place running smoothly and protect our broad range of users. So here are a few key pointers to take into account when using the forums. We have also adopted some simple posting guidelines to help you. Summary: Be kind and respectful to each other. https://www.briskoda.net/forums/guidelines/ So please be a good fella and you know, don't be that guy ;)

This wasn't a thread for exercise bike stats. It was a thread to give feedback on the OP's comments. To achieve a thusand calories burn, thats on my watch a 17km walk with 500+m of ascent and descent over 3hours, and thats only 665. We used to sell those old exercise bikes... To be honest, ferris buler, some blocks, a gto and a power drill on the gaugue sprang tio mind.

A while away from knowing what options exist. but I’d like to yes. all depends on options. I’d like to stand the cost of it too... since we didn’t have anything this year, or last :(

A couple from the lovely Peak District.

Super thanks for the info.

Join us at the Donington Historic Festival 1st weekend of May 2021. The full grid line-up for DHF 2021 is: The Amon Cup for Ford GT40s FJHRA/HSCC “Silverline” Historic Formula Junior Championship Historic Touring Car Challenge with Tony Dron Trophy & Sixties Touring Car Challenge with U2TC – for ’60s, ’70s and ’80s Touring Cars HRDC ‘Jack Sears Trophy’ for Touring Cars 1958-1966 HRDC ‘Dunlop Allstars’ for pre-’66 Sports, GT & Touring cars Jaguar Classic Challenge for pre-’66 Jaguar cars ‘Mad Jack’ for Pre-War Sports Cars The Royal Automobile Club Pall Mall Cup for pre-’66 GT and Touring Cars, pre-’63 GTs and pre-’60 Sports Cars Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy & Stirling Moss Trophy – for pre-’56 and pre-’61 Sports Cars Don't know about this festival? Here's the website: http://www.doningtonhistoric.com/ We'll have a club stand(spaces limited). Of course you're welcome to attend via public parking and be a part of it, skoda or not. We're a broad church after all You can attend either day, or both. Early bird prices are £21 per day, or £40 for both. Skoda is a historic brand, in more ways than many of us know. Early V8 pioneers, Rallying exploits, even a forerunner to the classic air cooled bug! I think we all need a good day out Fingers crossed. So, if anyone has been before, as a visitor, club member etc, please do reply with tips and advice... Any questions, please do just ask. News: Our club stand ( pending approval ) will be net free to display on. I'd like to get a mix of vehicles from all ages. There is no restriction and a new one next to an old one is a fine contrast. See below for more details on the 'free stand offer'

First thought watching the interior videos of these newer designs... there's a bit of peugeot leaking through the bank of buttons mostly. I did sit in one of these for an hour to soak it all up. Very tempted I was.

I'd be quite tempted once the range with stuff on; wipers, ac, heaters, is 300+ It's not uncommon for me to head from home in sheffield, to say Ilfracombe, with a few toilet stops, 281miles, but no specific long hour stop. Now I could easily bake two 30min stops in. Heading to scotland, via perth thats 400+ for fort william. Once past the Lake district the driving is easy but hilly. I normally bake a stop in on the a66 and again around perth, both I think I could do with this ev. But could I do it with all the essentials, and maybe the radio on too? That I'm not so sure about. And I know I'd have fun getting to Orkney and back. Ultimately as I've learnt from the above tv show, it's about changing habits, expectations, making more of the journey than the destination. If it wasn't for covid and a few other problems, I've got a 'video' tour planned for the enyaq if skoda press lent us one. And it's mostly based in scotland Where now, I'll need the wipers, ac and radio

Watch a long way up, Harley EV A few points to note, they have a diesel generator on a flatbed following them around; just in case. It's certainly an insight into the reality of EV, compared to previous seasons, the conversation is quite obviously about range...

Welcome. I think you'll enjoy the bootspace and fuel saving. Way back when ... like 18+years ago. We used to have a drive out over some moors, some good roads. Us in our octavias 1.8t 150 4x4's remapped to 180ish... Anyhow we used to go out with various subaru's and lancers... given we were not 'on a closed rallye stage' we kept up... until the long straight bits. This was because our turbos, being small, kicked in before the big turbos, so we were already 'on it' while they were kind of waiting... and of course being moorland roads, they were never straight for long. I'm totally not suggesting anything else, other than, in real life, within real limits You're having fun Maybe not quite as much as you used to have in the wrx on a damp morning, but fun none the less fun, so welcome. MKIII I think from 2014, so here's a great place to start https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/235-skoda-octavia-mk-iii-2013-onward/

I think there are plenty of darker places the whole VAG key/kessy, security model is well discussed and understood. Afterall the key on a kodiaq is likely the same circut board as your RS whatever.

moved to the kodiaq forum. I didn't think modern cars; maybe only kessy, it was possible to lock with keys inside?

After considering where to put a heath/wellness subforum, I opted to extend the cycling club. Partly as a lot of health benefits can be gained from cycling. Renamed the forum to health hub, so keeping one finger on a cycling/car word play as per other subforums. The other option which is a bit more drastic, is to enable a feature in the forums called clubs, which kind of hides the content away in clubs... but would make fewer sub forum categories... I opted for the above first though. Any thoughts or comments, please do, as ever, just say.... right off to upset the wheel and tyre wagon cart.

Hi all, I've been kicking this around for a while, forgot to update you. 🤔. TL;DR; I'm aiming to offset our communities impact on the planet at https://ecologi.com/briskoda To that end, I personally do stuff, but I'm looking at the community, our impact, principally in delivering the community to you. I invite you to read on for yourself too. I had a few options, like a co2 neutral data center etc... That maywell happen when I can find one I think is a good match. In the short term though, I'm planting trees and buying co2 offset on behalf the forum. Which is essentially guesstimating how many tonnes of CO2 we burn for the servers/laptops to provide the forum. I've hooked up with Ecologi , if you signup to offset your personal CO2/trees, the planet gets bonus trees. CO2 The co2 is fairly easy, I'm covering it in excess this year. I'm also lumping in any miles I do for briskoda, which is nada so far this year. The assumption for our servers/network is roughly 430kWh per month in electricity. There is more in the whole chain, but it's almost impossible to calculate. This is about 754 miles driving for an average family car, or 300 ish kgs of CO2. I can only offset in tonnes, and the minimum is two tonnes. So this is easy, we're offsetting 2 tonnes per month. This I believe covers the pico/milliseconds of energy use over the millions of devices brisky data passes over to reach your eyes. Trees Trees, quite a few need to be planted for all the paper we've all used over the years. So inline with the overall goal of 1%, this roughly equates to 100 trees on top of the CO2 offset per month. Your own tree Each month from April 2021 we'll 'gift' a tree to a member. These are trees in the uk, with a what three word reference. You can save that and watch it grow from space I guess... in theory you can even go and give it a hug. Each month from the contributors to this topic/purchasers of tree clumps via our shop, all become eligible for each month. So buy once, your in the pot till I get bored, or the whole planet is a forest, in which case I'll be long gone, and so will you, mother nature 1, human 0. Month Winner April 2021 TBD The Future? There are some personal goals, I have quite a polluting hobby, driving lots of miles to climb a bit of rock. I'll be covering those of personally. Looking forwards for the community, there is much I think I can and we can do. I'm going to sit down one day and try to figure out the total since 2002... bit of fag packet maths required and it will have to be an overestimation too, especially for the miles driven for briskoda fun and business. So here's where your input comes in , thanks for reading this far too. Before I go much further, any other suggestions or schemes, maybe closer to home? I did email a few uk projects but no response, or not deep enough pockets, which brought my sad face on. If you want to add a tree or too, you can. Either under your own account, or add to the briskoda plantation/co2. : https://ecologi.com/briskoda and finally, they do have a uk tree planting scheme... which is what I was waiting for, although a tree is a tree. Thoughts? Each month I' also purchasing a UK tree planting slot. These are given initially to tree planters and other special awards. When exhausted or a spare slot, they will be awarded to a random member of freedom each month. This is what we have done so far: format is: WHO -> link to tree/post-> what3words location you can look back in a year, 5, 10, 20 or pass to your grandchildren to see how it's doing. @BJB540-> https://ecologi.com/briskoda?treeId=6080475053e8e226f71f21eb -> https://what3words.com/spared.regal.doctors @Rustynuts-> https://ecologi.com/briskoda?treeId=60a7d44a0c5596478194a5b1 -> https://what3words.com/storage.brush.inventors @Gaz-> https://ecologi.com/briskoda?treeId=60d0b2cd0cb1ce427218a024 -> https://what3words.com/roofed.shampoos.prowling @FUBAR-> https://ecologi.com/briskoda?treeId=60f83fc8cfbe27191bf1ed25 -> https://what3words.com/adapt.retaliate.firepower @MikeTheThinker-> https://ecologi.com/briskoda?treeId=61211e4b8774f7eb663e0de7 -> https://what3words.com/distract.somewhere.remove @varaderoguy-> https://ecologi.com/briskoda?treeId=6149fcc5a5e9e4e00ee6e530 -> https://what3words.com/distract.somewhere.remove 'fraggles' -> https://ecologi.com/briskoda?treeId=617189c50888826a11b8ba20 -> https://what3words.com/foster.flippers.slogged @AnnoyingPentium https://ecologi.com/briskoda?treeId=61c203560bf34f7ecd599690 -> https://what3words.com/harmonica.replenish.unrealistic @Auric Goldfinger https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/499434-auric-andy-goldfinger/?do=findComment&comment=5619560 -> https://what3words.com/crown.bravo.minivans

Hi all, not mad keen into cycling, so not going to spend weeks reading up on chainsets! ( They all say that right ) I'm after ( I think ) a new bike to get me out the door and up a few trails/bridleways. My use case is probably more road, peak so hills (strines etc), tracks, like made trails, scottish estate tracks, occasionally grass, mud. Possibly weekend tour, again scotland remote long walkins that can be biked. I presently have a marin california which was gifted to me by someone shorter, flatty handlebars, pedals etc... I'm not certain it's the right size for me, getting that checked soon-ish. Of course if it's 'ok' I'll likely persevere... or not now the worm is in my head. I'm not into mad fast downhill, i.e. body armour. But I might tackle some of the trails, like the mountain bike founders of old more than a full suspension thing. I want the bike to try and get some cardio, and avoid running, because knees. I'm after one bike in the garage/car! I've been advised a 'grit' bike might be a good call, but then also just a hardtail mtn bike. I intend to gift the marin as it was gifted to me. Finally, there is a new-ish 'trek' shop near us in sheffield. Now some nice kit in there! Including a thing called a checkpoint ALR5. Now my gut says own brand shop, must be something about them, but also must be a good wedge of profit too! Which leads me to, are these like the mclaren/porsche etc of the bike world and is there actually something representing far better value? Like an alpkit sonder camino. Welcome thought and advice for use cases outlined above Budget wise, as much as I baulk at the 1700figure, I'd hope not to spend more for a few years (It's not a mainline hobby (yet))

Imagine if you just wrote your car off, or your lease is coming to an end. You've been a happy; or not, Skoda owner for months or years, maybe even a decade or more. Which marque/model brochure are you reaching for? I'm interested to see what peoples instinct is or what they see as a option to SKODA. So what do you see as the biggest threat, or the most likely to get you behind the wheel of a different marque?

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An Introduction to Rallying The World Rally Championship is one of the most breathtaking spectacles on earth. It’s all about men and machinery conquering the most challenging conditions that nature can throw at them. It takes place on snow, mud, and sand The unexpected is always around the corner. A number of global car manufacturers currently compete in World Rallying. Among these prestigious elite is Skoda Auto, represented by its best-selling Octavia. However, Skoda Octavia WRC car with its special modifications is very much different from the car you could see on the roads. What is a World Rally Car? World Rally Cars are based on production models, but are highly tuned and modified to make them capable of tackling every condition under the sun. As well as being reliable, the cars have to be exceedingly fast. World Rally Cars accelerate from 0-100 kilometres per hour at about the same speed as the fastest road-going motorbikes. They are capable of topping 220 kilometres per hour flat out, but can stop in less time than it takes to say Mlada Boleslav – the town in the Czech Republic where the Skoda team are based. All World Rally Cars are turbo-charged for extra power and have four-wheel-drive for maximum traction. There are strict rules limiting the amount of tuning that teams can carry out on their cars. A standard air restrictor into the engine means that all World Rally Cars put out approximately 300 horsepower. It’s up to each individual team to decide how to use all that power to their greatest advantage. One way to make the car faster is to make it lighter. A World Rally Car’s interior is stripped out to include only the bare essentials, and lightweight materials are used wherever possible. But there is a minimum weight limit of 1230 kilograms, and cars can be randomly weighed at any point during a rally. If a car is found to be underweight, then it will be disqualified. What is a rally? Unlike racing, where drivers compete against each other on a track, a rally is primarily a race against the clock. Every car competing on a rally has to follow a prescribed route over three days, normally totalling about 1500 kilometres. There is an overnight halt at rally headquarters each day. The route is divided into a number of special stages (normally around 20) interspersed with road sections that link them all together. The drivers have to drive as quickly as possible through the special stages. They set off one by one, normally at two-minute intervals. The driver who is fastest wins the stage. All the times from every stage are added up as the rally progresses. The driver who has the lowest total time at the finish is the winner. On the road sections that link the stages the drivers do not drive at competitive speeds, as they are on normal public roads. But there are still target times within which drivers have to complete the road sections. These are normally quite generous – but a problem on a road section can still put a driver out of a rally. Timing is a key element of the sport. If a driver arrives late or early at a time control (located at the start and finish of each stage), then the crew are handed a time penalty. The demands of rallying put a lot of strain on the cars, but they can only receive attention from mechanics in the service area. This is the equivalent of the pit lane at a racing circuit. The cars go to the service area three of four times a day, and they are only allowed to remain there for 20 minutes without incurring time penalties. There is a longer service, of 45 minutes, at the end of the day. What happens in the service area? Cars normally change their tyres and refuel at the service area. But if there is a mechanical problem to be fixed, or accident damage to repair, then a team’s service area becomes a hectic place! It’s possible for a well-trained team of mechanics to change an entire gearbox in less than 15 minutes. Rallying is truly a team sport: the mechanics can be just as crucial to obtaining a top result as the driver. It helps for a driver to have some mechanical knowledge. Outside the service area, only he and the co-driver are allowed to work on the car if necessary – using only tools and spares that are carried in the car. The role of the co-driver A competing rally crew consists of a driver and co-driver. The driver’s job is to drive the car, whereas the co-driver’s job is to prepare and read out pace notes. These are notes that describe the road ahead to the driver, telling him which corners and other hazards are coming up. The notes are prepared during the pre-rally reconnaissance, which takes place a couple of days before the rally starts. To complete the reconnaissance, drivers drive over the entire rally route slowly. They then describe the road to the co-drivers, who write the notes down. Other than during the reconnaissance, competing crews are not allowed to look at the roads to be used on the rally before the start. But the co-drivers’ role goes way beyond that of simply being the driver’s secretary. Ask Skoda’s Paavo Lukander, who has been co-driver to Toni Gardemeister since the young Finn started rallying. “Making sure the pace notes are right is very important, but there are lots of other things to worry about as well!” says Lukander. “Co-drivers are also time-keepers, and we have to make sure that the car arrives at every time control when it should do – neither early nor late. “I’m also the link between the driver and the team, and am in regular contact with them on the road sections over the radio. I have to be a strategist when Toni and myself decide which tactics we are going to use. And it’s important to be a good psychologist too – you have to be able to judge the mood of your driver and cheer him up when he’s depressed, or tell him to slow down if he’s taking too many risks. To be a good co-driver, you have to be very organised and efficient. You also have to be quite fit, as the sport involves lots of late nights and early mornings!” Who else is in the team? Most rally teams bring about 50 people to each rally. Every one has a clearly defined role, from the team boss – who takes all the major decisions – to the team chef, who is responsible for making sure nobody goes hungry! About nine mechanics work on each car, overseen by a chief mechanic. Certain mechanics and engineers have specific responsibilities. One technician will be in charge of tyres for example. Škoda use Michelin tyres, but it is up to the drivers – helped by the technicians – to choose the most appropriate tyres for each group of stages. The tyre choice often hinges on information provided by the gravel crews. The gravel crews drive through each stage a couple of hours before the competing cars. Their job is to check that the pace-notes completed during the reconnaissance are still relevant. They will often make last minute changes to the pace notes in order to point out new hazards (such as standing water) that might have appeared since the reconnaissance.