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Cheers chaps - good to know.

That'll do. Cheers Gary

Sorry if a repeated topic, I have searched for this but only found posts to do with the rear wiper juddering or the wipers not parking properly when ignition off. The other day I noticed when the wipers were on auto, that the left one doesn't park all the way between sweeps, it stops slightly short of hidden under the bonnet-line, if that makes sense. If you turn wipers off, it then parks. I think if the wipers are running continuously I think it only sweeps to the same place but I just wanted to be sure it wasn't something that needs looking at.

Although I know you'll know the 'yellow' surface on the westbound M25 between J9 and J8. My last 3 cars have had 19s and different tyres and all made the same noise. Agreed I'd rather have an all-round tyre and sacrifice a bit of ultimate grip for comfort/noise and...well...price comes into it when compared to compared to PS4s. Blackcircles shows over £50 difference per corner.

Valid - I guess phone numbers have always been better tracked, especially when mobile numbers started. They could at least start using numbers that have been confirmed. Start with the known and all that. Oh well - big shame I reckon.

This is the thing though - the Cinturato is a touring tyre. The Pirelli website talks about economy and acoustics. Sport is the lowest rating by their own measure. Looking at Michelin, Primacy looks a much better comparative. No point comparing P7 to a top-end sports tyre.

Cheers pal - I have insider knowledge that numskull picked up both so congrats to him. May have to look at these though...

Good to have an update. I’d be erring on a new item but my guess is that’s an extensive option…even most likely you can buy a new one on somewhere like eBay and it’s the subsequent needed at the dealer that then costs.

There’s no option for MY21 280 as opposed to 272. Does it cater for both or should a revised version be expected?

So the rule as I understand is that once a registration mark has been decommissioned and the car scrapped the reg never gets resurrected. Amidst all the chat about people loving their first cars etc, what about the number plate? My first reg was nothing special but I’d pay to have it for it’s sentimental value - pretty sure I’m not alone in that. Could probably help DVLA coffers too. So would it be really that hard for DVLA to leave reg marks dormant for a few years and then reintroduce them into circulation?

Agree the Superb is not for hooning around and therefore the Sportline doesn’t tick enough of a box. Tbh I would look at a Leon Cupra 300 Lux or Cupra R estate for that (Golf R but with DCC as standard and the Cupra R ABT pack is bloody good). The Superb has space and refinement on tap and is for more for swallowing up miles than b-road bashing. Sports seats would feel nice but…vented seats are infectious. A little while ago Audi did the S8 (5.2 v10) and the 6.0 W12. Both similar in performance, just slightly different interpretation. I think of the Sportline/L&K as a (much lower performance) comparison. You’ll love both I’m sure. whoops - bit late to the party…

280 4x4 hatchback. Get around 33mpg on longer trips but could push that up if I was to drive a bit more conservatively.

What differences are there between Superb and Golf engine? Given the latter is 300 to start with. Also, they started with 280, then went to 272…but then went back up to 280? That’s what mine is on a 2021 plate… Def agree on the q-car thing. Love that. Enjoy the new car @RedLineZ

Very positive then by the sounds of it. Will get in touch with the dealer.

Ok brill - will give it a go!

Thanks both @brettikivi - interesting to note but I'm on the other side of that fence; spotify has been faultless for me and aside from that incident which then followed by a full-on MIB3 mute-a-thon its not been an issue. I'll keep an eye out though, thanks. @fencer - ok, will give the local lot a call. I've been meaning to get in touch as I need them to verify me for the Skoda app so might kill a couple of birds with that one stone.

The pop - I've never heard it when holding the button down to reset so just wanted to make sure I'm holding the button long enough. I read sometime/somewhere you need to hold it until the Skoda logo appears but if I need to hold it for longer to wait for a pop then maybe that'll be more successful.

Is that after the logo returned?

Cheers Mike - fingers crossed for you for sure. Sounds like my MIB3 needs a bit of an update from a couple of other threads so will look at that as soon as I can. Actually, was yours in especially for that or as part of a service initially? Just wondering whether its something i'm going to be charged for - which I don't believe should be the case obviously.

These sorts of colours are not safe bets - most cars look fine in silver/black/graphite/midnight so you get customers who like those colours, and customers who aren't fussed. Something like this needs a customer who appreciates it. but I like colours like this (and the new green for the Octavia) - they brighten up the road a hell of a lot!

Cheers for the responses- both good and bad. Agree it takes the shine off the car. The car doesn't 'need' to be seen for a while (bought it in Sept at 6 months old from a dealer (ex-GM's car) at 4,900 miles so they gave it its first oil service at that point); does anyone know if getting this to happen at a time other than when the car needs a service, will cost - or maybe something that Skoda UK picks up the tab on?

Cheers for the update - got chatting to a chap in a car park the other day who was a techie for Porsche but previously had been VAG; said most things they get/got in the workshop were plugging and leaving for a few hours for a software update. You'd think running that on external power would be common practise. He was saying most things are a couple of years old from their design - MIB3 was probably specced up a couple of years ago since then there's been at least 1 new iphone model and several androids. Technology moves on and leaves this stuff behind. Interesting to read about the Golf 8s. Good to hear about the new battery - bit of an own goal by the dealer though. May have to talk to mine about this if its not any better.

I just put a massive whinge on the Superb 3 forum about this too. Started with Radio playing (while waiting for Columbus to sort its life out and fire up properly) and when Carplay connected, it as playing through the phone - but controlled by the car. Activated bluetooth audio which cancelled carplay, reconnected carplay and all was ok. The drive after that was in silence. Will try the voice button or "Okay Laura" and see what that does.

Definitely looked greener in other photos but it's a good-looking car. Hope you enjoy!

Funnily enough I came from a Sportage, MY18 so pre-facelift. Was an OK car, but, tbh the build quality definitely felt downmarket. It just felt like everything was a bit tinny and thin. We had the 1.6T GTLS so top of the range (and the thing I do like for a simple life is that they don't do options the trim level is the trim level). The single worst thing is the DSG. It is not an intelligent system and has a dry-clutch setup. I almost always chucked it into manual so I was in the right gear to get over the rubbish software, but the clutch is beyond your control. You're not meant to creep in traffic as the clutch builds too much heat. And if you're just trying to trickle along at idle in gear, it constantly dips and lets out the clutch jerking away like someone who's never driven before. The VAG wet-clutch system trickles to and from standstill like a torque-converter auto - smooth as butter. The dry-clutch Kia system acts like you're throwing bricks at random pedals. The Sportage and Tucson are the same car under the skin basically so I'd expect the same. Problem I had with the Tucson was that there was no Petrol/Auto/AWD option.