RizzoTheRat

It's not unique to skoda, most manufacturers seem to be 9 months to a year at the moment.

Playing the config tool on Skoda's website for a possible replacement for my 2009 vRS, and looking at a petrol DSG vRS. Does anyone have the travel assist and know what it includes? The config says: "Includes traffic sign recognition, adaptive lane assist, predictive adaptive cruise control and traffic jam assist. DSG engines also have emergency assist. Features included in the package: Adaptive cruise control (with "follow-to-stop") and speed limiter" Does traffic jam assist mean with a DSG you can just leave it in gear in a traffic jam and it will move forwards itself? Is the Adaptive Lane Assist any good? I've had basic lane assist on hire card that just try to make you crash if you dare to cross the white line without signalling, but had a Kia Ceed recently with really good lane following and I'd love to have that for motorway driving. However when I download the config sheet it has Lane Assist greyed out. Spec https://cc.skoda-auto.com/gbr/en-GB/summary-scenic?activePage=trimlines&color=8X8X&configurationId=C92QTR3D&extraEquipments=GPSKPSK|GPT1PT1|GPK1PK1|MHEW8M1|GPW6PW6|GPWCPWC|GWU1WU1&id=GBR%3Bskoda%3B2024%3BNX36QD%3B0%3BGYOYYOY%3Bmda20230904021746%3Ben-GB%3B%3B63007%3B63117&interior=LH&modifiedPages=&snapshotVersion=e1934dbd-2a5d-4e86-9521-2be2f1927e4b&trimline=NX6|vRS6311763007&visitedPages=

Fed up with taking wheels off the bikes to get them in the car. Anyone got any suggestions for cycle carrier options for a 2009 Octavia vRS Hatchback? Presumably the ones that clamp on the back are out due to the lack of frame on the hatch. Roof bars look like they clamp round the edge of the roof, but how secure is that? It looks a bit Heath Robinson to me. Looking on roofbox.co.uk it looks like around £200 for aero bars, and then £150-£200 for a pair of bike carriers. Presumably these are pretty noisy and there's a risk of me forgetting about the extra height at some point... A 2 bike tow bar mounted carrier looks to be around £200-£300 including lights, but a quick look online suggests around £600 to get a tow bar fitted, anyone got one able to confirm, and does it need the bumper cut? Tow bar mount seems like the better solution, but £800-£900 seems rather steep for how little I'd use it. Also what do you do about the reversing sensors, do they automatically turn off when something's plugged in to the to tow bar electrics?