SAFC Demon

here it is dent and badge free, at least for the time being, i'll probably invest in a new octy badge at some point, but its fine as is for now

no badges would suit me fine, i'm just thinking of this time next year when its time to trade it in

and as for 20 quid a side, i think i'll replace the Octavia badge, but just take the MPi badge off and leave it off, no need to advertise a crap engined model

you're right, it is a poor show, i was mighty suprised they didn't take a reference photo at least, at the end of the day it sounds like they should have just got new badges in the first place instead of trying to save the old ones, and if they'd have done that it would have no doubt have been added on my bill - they didn't include replacement badges in the quote, so if i take it back or do it myself, its still going to cost me, so its a lesson learnt, and if i fix it myself, i know its done right

i might get out with the hairdryer tomorrow morning then, they were only put on today, so they should be quick to get off i hope new badge it is, and problem solved. i probably need to buy a new Mpi one too then

no problem at all buying a new badge if thats what it takes, if it comes nicely spaced out and ready that sounds like a plan to me, thanks

My Octy has been in the bodyshop this week for a repair of a dent on the boot lid lip that i did about 18 months ago and never got round to doing anything about The dent itself was right under the Octavia word badge, although the badge itself wasn't damaged - here's a pic i took at the time Anyway, the bodyshop that did the job was one of these independent crash repair places - Just Car Clinic in Durham. and they've done a great job on the bodywork repair but then they made an absolute hash of putting the badges back on - firstly they put the Octavia AND the MPi badge both on the same side, and second, they were rather crooked. I voiced my displeasure asked them why they didn't use a reference or take a photo before they started, and i even went out and took a pic of a similar octavia in a car park to show the badge position so they could correct it They took the badges back off and refitted them and they are now in the right place, and better, but the individual letters still aren't quite straight, and its pretty obvious that the badges have been off and replaced, and it just makes me think its obvious that its had some body work repairs. i think the badges themselves have suffered a bit for being on and off and on and off and on again too anyway, i figured that i could keep rejecting it and the garage would keep trying to bodge it and never make it any better, so i decided to let it go, get it home and do the job properly myself. So now i have two questions 1) how do i get the badges back off again safely without damaging the body work (i wish i'd told the garage just to leave them off) 2) can i get a template or guide for fitting the individual letters nicely lined up?

i'm assuming it will be covered under warranty, but i'm so used to dealers worming out of warranty payments etc, i'm never comfortable til its done and dusted

So i'm driving home in heavy snow, and all of a sudden the windscreen wipers get tangled up with each other.... no other choice but to switch them off, but fortunately i wasn't far from home and i could just about see, so i kept going when i got home, i check it out and find that the nut holding the drivers side wiper on is very loose and as a result the splines on both the wiper arm and the splined shaft out of the wiper motor have worn down to almost smooth, hence why the wipers got tangled up my first thought is how this has happened, the car is less than two years old, i've never touched the wipers before and they've never been used excessively - ie no daft stuff like using them to clear snow and ice off the windscreen or anything like that It looks like its been slipping slightly for a while and working loose and destroying the splines etc. i'm wondering if its possible that the nut was never tightened properly when new - but if so, would it really take nearly two years to develop into a fault? i'm hoping its covered under warranty, but my local Skoda dealer can't do anything for me til Monday morning when their parts and service dept opens again - which is useful given the current weather and the fact the broken wiper is the drivers side.........

just had one done on our Fabia for £25... local independant garage who specialises in Vdub Audi, Seat and Skoda, offered free diagnostics, identified switch issue, replaced it, job done.

had mine back to the garage that changed the switch today, they've fitted another switch and its working fine now, and the EPC light has gone off.... the only difference is this time they have used an original Skoda/Volkswagen Group part, and last time they used an aftermarket part from Andrew Page's will have to wait and see if its gone for good, but so far so good

i just had a drive of the fabia tonight, and noticed that the brake lights aren't working at all again, although the EPC light was definitely on before when they were working, so i'm not sure whats happened now, back the the garage then..... i'll post any updates on here too

my wife is currently driving her mums car on a long term loan, its a 56 reg Fabia 1.2 htp .... and has exactly the same issue as yours - EPC light came on, local independant garage diagnosed it as brake switch, replaced brake switch and the EPC light went off, but in the time it took to drive home, it came back on. we went back to the garage and they hooked it up again and told us it was still flagging a faulty brake switch although they confirmed the switch was definitely working, they've said they'll keep it in for a day sometime soon and have a good look at it, in the meantime the EPC light was on/off intermittently for a while and is now back on all the time

well my 1.6mpi is now a year and 11,500 miles old. still enjoying it, but i'll be looking with something with more grunt and much better economy when i come to change it in another two years. didn't enjoy paying £195 for a tax disc the other day either. still, its a nice car and it was a cracking deal when i bought it.

is that not for a diesel tho? mine is a petrol and pre tsi, I wouldn't expect to be getting 18/20k out of it, much as i'd like to