johnny cabbage head

Basically you have not grasped the mechanisms of data harvesting, by giving your DOB you open yourself up to all kinds of targeted unsolicited sales pitches and most importantly Identity fraud. I spoke to FCA about this ,they agreed with me and wanted more information about the company to keep a watch on them. One loophole is to use an umbrella company to " process your data" and what does that " process" entail ? They never tell you it's just a purosely vague statement. The industry of Data being used as a comoddity is truly upon us and it is facilitated by guile to dupe the naieve Into giving up their privacy. Each to their own of course, but the big brother totalitarian state is being constructed all around us and most people are simply sleep walking into it. Thanks for All the interesting comments

Plus once someone tells me a porky, I have to wonder if there is any credibility in them about everything else they say.

It's a used car, and I guess you might call me " curious " when I suspect someone is blowing smoke up my bum. I despise Deception in any form , Just the way I Roll.

Just for the record, I telephoned the FCA this morning and spoke with a compliance officer for about 20 minutes regarding the garage saying they required my Date of Birth to process the order for the car I am attempting to buy from them. this is the response I gave to the Garage after speaking with FCA Directly. "With regard to me being required to give you my date of birth as part of compliance by the FCA, I contacted the FCA this morning with regard to this and they told me that there is no requirement for me to impart my date of birth to you and they advised that your company is not fully regulated but that you offer your finance products under the umbrella of ITC Compliance LTD, so you do not need my date of birth or personal details to record and pass on to ITC Compliance to process this sale as there is no finance or brokering taking place , its a simple cash transaction for a car without any other products being sought , rather I Just pay the difference and take the car (FCA ,s words not mine) " I know ITC take over the financial brokering compliance for many retailers in the motor trade, but FCA advise there is no requirement by me to give my details for you to pass on to a third party (ITC) as I am not buying any financial products from you or them, so This transaction does not come under the umbrella of FCA compliance . I am well aware this is common practise to sell peoples data onward and I have already been the victim of my details ending up in the hands of cold callers and spammers hence my reluctance to give personal details that are not required, but often sought to sell on by other parties. I am awaiting a reply which as of yet is not forthcoming. The FCA Officer was rather interested in the enquirey and he didnt seem happy that they wanted my Date of birth quoting "FCA Compliance" as he said it had nothing to do with my transaction.

strangely enough when they asked for my Date of Birth ,It rang alarm bells, and when, I queried why they needed it, I told them I was bringing my Passport and paper driving license with me , and they said I didnt need to bring them with me, which again I found strange as I will obviously be taking a test drive in the vehicle. The salesman said " we need your date of birth for our compliance system which is run by the FCA , we have to complete this to show that we treat all customers fairly, he said the information does not get shared with anyone else. (I have this in writing from them) I find this all very suspicious, given what happened to me after a new car purchase a few years ago , when within weeks I was bombarded with spam emails and unsolicited calls after giving information to a car salesman. I understand the compliance where they have to offer insurance and other services to a customer to "protect their asset" but I have had £5700 worth of "offers" presented to me on top of the cars price which I have already declined in writing , so they have a record of their "compliance offerings" being presented to me and also me declining to take them up. I read on the society of motor manufacturers site about the needs of compliance to make these offers to customers, but the garage have complied by offering me these ridiculous "extras" I suspect because they have not gleaned any commission from me declining the extras ,they are looking to sell my data on to some other third party. Interestingly enough there is a company that babysits the motor trade compliance for garages, and I suspect it may be them who are after my Date of birth to "process" my data (sell on the details). Date of birth is something that is used for precision identification , by the likes of NHS for instance . I suspect they are trying it on and intend to contact FCA this morning because this sounds like a data harvesting excercise. I

I think I will give the FCA a call tomorrow , as I understand about money laundering rules etc but money is coming from my bank via transfer so a legitimate source, I understand they have to offer me finance etc , but If I decline any products at all I cannot see a logical reason why I have to give my DOB to a car salesman , it stinks of Data harvesting to me.

looking to buy another skoda I told them I dont want finance, I dont want any extra car Gap insurance, Diamond brite treatments , Just want the car and pay the difference in cash. Salesman said he needs my Date of birth to get the order form completed ?? Sounds well dodgy to me - more likely they are using a company called Automotive compliance who babysit the garages FCA compliance and I suspect will sell my data onwards. I had this once before where a garage sold my details on and I was hounded by unsolicited calls and emails. I have not agreed to give it to them as Im suspicious this is a data selling scam. Anyone else had this experience buying from a main agents??

YEAH SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST A BIT SLOW CATCHING ON TO WHAT LOOKS THE BUSINESS:)

I started a post in 2019 about the same type of noise. I had the cambelt changed , but the "rotatating noise" from bottom of engine stayed ...long story short it was the oil /vac pump situated in the sump , nothing to worry about kept the car a few years and never missed a beat. Here is the original post thread I started. hope this helps

sorry to hear of your troubles, I am interested and concerned as I have the same model and year. How many miles has your car done? Are the Garage repairing your car under warranty ?

sorry I dont understand your Logic , I know about car dealers putting bread on the table -I owned my own Garage for 20 years, but the prices some Garages are offering PX wise are really low, and the definition of "unrealistic" has a broad meaning. By the way the Merc I was looking at was not £55k it was 55k mileage maybe a bit of confusion there The seller wanted £20 k for it with the mileage of 55 thousand miles on the clock I sold my car to another dealer and got £1500 more PX for it and he sold it on for £3k more all water under the bridge now anyway.

Interesting story regarding the BMW 5 series, I eventually went for another sportline Plus estate DSG 22 plate and got a better PX plus the Sportline was a demonstrator with a price tag of £1500 cheaper than anywhere else, Been very happy with the DSG some 10 months into ownership, and it tows like a Dream, My caravan is 1500kg. I am tempted by a new Caravan but according to the "Towing Bible" on caravan forums I need a heavier car as the one I fancy is an 8ft wide one and max weight loaded of 1662 kg. My V5 DOCUMENT STATES MASS IN SERVICE OF 1693 kg which is almost 100% but not quite, though over the 85% figure all the caravanners like to quote. The guy at caravan dealers did a check and its legal to tow but would like some feed back from other superb diesel estate owners, (mines a 150BHP 2 WD) I looked at a 5 series BMW estate with a 3.0 Diesel engine, simply due to its higher kerb weight but the PX price was £8k less than I paid for the car 10 months ago and I have only done 3k in the sportline plus so thats not going to happen.. I recall a member on here quoting he towed a 1900kg with a 4x4 Superb estate 190bhp with no problems 1 would love to hear any other owner experiences regarding towing at 100% of the kerbweight including driver which is usually 78kg . Oh and Happy New Year everyone

You can register and pay 7 euros for an hours worth of searching via your VIN Number on this site, it will give you all the build codes on your car. Maybe you have already found this site/ or bought the car, but for future refererance this is the place for all the intel on any skoda , including Technical Product Information/ repair information etc. https://erwin.skoda-auto.cz/erwin/showHome.do

thank you for the replies, I found a VAG Retrofitting company down the midlands that states it fits OEM cameras and can supply a calibration certificate with the Job as well as coding via Odis , so surely they would have access to the "Tokens" with Odis to enable a legitimate MIB 3 coding change to the car ?? I will send them an email enquirey quoting my Vin Number for full clarification .

Thanks for taking the time to reply, so even a skoda OEM rear view camera fiteed and coded to display correctly will still harbour a hidden fault code ?? WOW so in other words my warranty will be possibly voided if I get one fitted ? Sounds like a can of worms better avoided in that case. I managed without one on my last sportline estate but thought I would get one fitted on my new 22 plate sportline plus estate. maybe I would be better just buying a removeable blue tooth type camera that is not connected to the cars canbus system? Can anyone advise whether the hidden fault code would invalidate warranty ?? My gut feeling is that it would be seen as incompatible by the manufacturer and invalidate my remaining 2 years warranty. i think I will seek out another type of removeable camera in the interim, I have until easter when the towing begins in earnest again. Thank you for your reply, much appreciated

Just picked up on this thread, as Im interested in fitting a rear view camera on my superb sportline estate 2022 plate, I asked mitchell Skoda Chester for a price and they said they cannot fit one , I asked why and service Lady said "I dont know why but workshop said they cannot fit one" Sounds pretty vague to me , though I suspect its because they dont have the calibration facilities for the newer MIB3 platform software fits, at first she said "do you want it just coding -or supply and fit "? I know they have fitted them previously for other owners on earlier cars, this conundrum with the warranty also seems to open up a further can of worms. I found a firm in the Midlands that fit OEM cameras and code using ODIS so it can be done, Just strange why a main agent wont take the job on locally?? Im still non the wiser as to if I get a retro fit and coding from an Indy whether this will flag up some kind of diagnostic code later on that might affect my manufacturers warranty. I am bit miffed that a main agent wont accept the Job yet an indy can fit an OEM camera and seemingly code it up and even supply me with a callibration certificate ? Anyone else had a camera fitted on a late MIB3 platform skoda at a main agents in the north West ??

Hi Sasha, i read your post with great interest regarding you fitting a rear view camera to a 2020 facelift Superb estate, I hope you might be able to point me in the right direction. I have just sold my 2017 superb sportline estate for a new 2022 sportline plus estate with DSG (previously always been a manual driver). I have read countless accounts of the DSG boxes being much nicer to drive and also glowing accolades from people towing caravans so I sold one of my kidneys to buy this car I was looking at buying a rear view camera for my new 2022 sportline to assist when hooking up my caravan to save me murdering my wife who just waves her arms around like she is herding cows ! ,I have now discovered out that my 2015 Hex +USB +CAN VCDS dongle will not interface fully with my new car, it showed the modules on a full scan and their status but not the DSG module and said "incompatible" so I need to buy a new VCDS that will interface properly. I have found out that there are SFD access blockers on some modules on the newer cars but not sure whether the rear camera fitting would be permitted / blocked by SFD when it comes to coding with even a newer VCDS?? Did you have to code your camera in -or was it plug and play as some people cite on posts ? Also did you fit an official camera or something like this one ? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000230897829.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.40694c4dTEPT93 I see you are a fellow caravanner which leads me to my final question, did you encounter any problems coding in your after market tow bar electrics ? I am getting mine done next week in Abergele, they did my last one and coded it in correctly leaving my ACC working correctly and the trailer hitch showing on the screen, was this allowed on your facelift superb or did you have any issues with the coding of tow bar? Sorry for the essay any tips would be greatly appreciated I wish my daughter was as switched on as you when it comes to Cars You have an amazing depth of knowledge regarding these cars ! Kind Regards Jon

sorry for the glacial response on this had a few Bereavements in the family over the last few years. Anyway Main Agents phoned to say they were changing the cambelt and tensioner , I found out there was a TSB on this problem, they replaced belt and tensioner, but the noise is /was still there and was apparently the oil /Vacc pump drive which was still there 25.000 trouble free miles later, I traded it in last week for the new sportline plus superb estate with another newer type 150 bhp Diesel engine, I just noticed a slight squeaking down the pulley side of the engine on this replacement car from a cold start, I dont know if there are any service bulletins out on this noise , its just about perceptable to my ear, the cars only done 11,000 miles from new. I will keep an ear/eye out on it .

Thanks for that information Vroom, at least its some kind of barometer, though I think the DQ200 Boxes are more common place as you pointed out

Hi Jamie thanks for the update, I will be getting the remaining 2 years skoda warranty with the car, and the general advice seems to be to get an extended warranty once the initial 3 years is about to expire, If I go for this car I will likely go for extended warranty even after the 2 years given the complexity of this transmission and the fact I will be towing about 1,000 mile a year. So Glad you got your problem fixed and that all seems well again., thanks again for your response.

Thanks for the response, indeed Im trying to ascertain what the actual failure rate is on these boxes, I know the only people who usually post about their DSG box is 99% when a problem occurs and there are lots of people who are likely very happy with their DSG boxes who we never hear from Regarding the Roundabout Dilema, it appears that the scenario occurs as you are slowing up approaching (coasting towards the roundabout ready to stop but also ready to push through if a gap is there) that seems to be when the hesitation is reported, as you slow down but see a nice clear Gap and accelerate over the roundabout, people report that there is a 3 second gap before any response which must seem like a lifetime on a roundabout even more worrying with said caravan on the back, I wonder if this is a common experience with DSG gearboxes ?

Interesting post and rather concerning as well, I was about to buy a 2022 150 bhp TDI superb estate, in replacement for my current 150bhp tdi Manual Superb estate as a retirement present to myself, However I am very concerned that I am not embarking on a route to frustration and worry by replacing my flawless Manual tdi with a 7 speed DSG model. There seems to be an emerging trend of DQ381 DSG Failures reaching VAG forums and the very useful video posted by Toot above also seems to suggest that there is a growing Trend of owners let down BY Skoda /VAG Dealerships leaving an opening for companies like this one shown in the video. I am looking at Towing a 1300kg Caravan with my replacement car in DSG form , I have noted owners saying their cars only pull away in 2nd gear, and on the BHP forum from india there was a very long list of people saying they thought the DQ381 gearshifting was erratic and especially dangerous pulling accross Roundabouts, which is something you dont want when pulling a 23 foot caravan behind you. By looking at Erwin Skoda I found out that the car I am looking at is a DQ381 DSG Gearbox, the salesman knows nothing about the intricacies of such a complex piece of kit and once he has the money does he really care ? It seems VAG are letting their customers down Badly concerning DSG Problems and will wriggle out of any Moralistic duty of customer care. Im not attempting to Hiijack This thread just looking for advice /experiences from other DSG owners Can anyone else towing with a DSG DQ381 on here give any advice on their experiences with this box whilst towing, (most caravan owners dont realise what gearbox they are running until the SHTF Moment) should I stick to a manual Gearbox in light of these issues or have they been engineered out on 2022 models ?? Thanks in adavance and very sorry to hear of the woes Jamie 1991 Encountered I sincerely hope Jamie 1991 Fixed his problem via an independant, would be interesting to see what his final outcome was as well for future referance of other owners.

Thanks for the link , I wonder how much this will effect the pricing of the latest face lift superbs, Im in the market for one, so maybe I should wait for the newer ones to appear and buy the "Older" model which has been around long enough to iron out all the gremlins and usually you get higher specced car as the dealers move them on ? Well that is usually the case anyway Be interesting to see if they can make the superb estates boot even bigger !

Thats a very nice looking car, similar colour to mine, Im sure you will enjoy driving it as well

Great Cars, Im on my 3rd and looking at a 4th one if the right deal comes along and I can convince myself that the new Ad Blu system isnt going to be a headache, its got to be a Diesel for me as I have now bought a caravan.,Bet the 280 is a real flyer ,I currently have the sportline TDI none Ad Blu model and its got all the toys I will ever need :)