dloureiro

See this post: http://briskoda.net/forums/octavia-ii/plastic-boot-tray/90591/ The 12th post has a picture of what you are probably looking for. David

Didn't mean to insinuate that you were driving dangerorusly. You hit the nail on the head about the driving according to the conditions. I think the point is that winter tyres allow you to drive differently to the way you would drive with the summer tyres in cold conditions. Of course over confidence can be a dangerous thing .

In Germany, without winter tyres and you have an accident, then your insurance may not cover the accident or you will be considered liable even if not your fault because winter tyres may of avoided the accident. Even before the rules changed, I lived in Dusseldorf for a while and everyone changed their tyres. And it Dusseldorf it hardly ever snows (maybe 2 weeks a year). Essentially the rubber compound is softer at lower temperatures so you get more grip. In fact it is very common in Holland now to also have winter tyres. Did it with my previous Leon and the tyre centre stored my tyres for me. Yes it does mean you need 2 sets but it also means less wear on each one so over the long term it offsets the price slightly. Of course you need to decide on whether to get new alloys or use the rs alloys and move the rubber over. I'm currently looking for new winter tyres for the rs. The Dutch and German version of the AA did a small test. The results are here: http://www.anwb.nl/published/anwbcms/content/binaire-bestanden/pdfs/auto/tests/bandentest/w07-resultaten-205-1346245.pdf The column headers are Price, Dry, wet, snow, ice, noise, consumption (petrol), wear, usage of toxic chemicals in compound, Comment and end-result respectively. ++ is excellent +/++ is good to very good + good Ø average -/Ø moderate to average - moderate --/- bad to moderate -- bad Note that in our climes the most important thing is the wet grip seeing that snow does not happen that often. Having over one car length difference with an emergency stop from 120km/h is a big difference. I am still looking for other reviews for winter tyres since this is not a big selection. Anyone know of any? Of course global warming may make the whole topic irrelevant:blow_up: BTW. The Sessantas are not winter tyres. David

The engine will continue to get more efficient as you pile on the miles. 3000 is not that much. Have you tried changing gears yourself to make faster changes? the DSG is more than just an automatic.

I take it you checked the tyre pressures. Dealers have been known to hand over the cars to customers with pressures in excess of 3bar. With that pressure, grip is heavily compromised. Not to mention that it is unsafe and you will have ridiculous tyre wear in the centre of the tyre. David

To be direct: the UK agency that thought about this one has gone mad! I have never heard of something so daft. They won't try anything like that on the continent as we will all laugh so hard and ignore the rule! Bit of the nanny state.

The speed limit on the continent is generally 120km/h. The reason it comes on at 140km/h and above is to be more visible for other road users (including the police). If you got xenon, it is a bit like "get outa the way", I'm coming through.

Those are the ones. Probably obvious but the door ones for the hatch have a different shape to the ones in the estate. I have an estate and you can have 2 extra ones (for the windows on either side of the boot).

I had the dodgy looking shades that fix with a suction cup to the window and had this happen a couple of times. I replaced these with the much more professional looking ones from Skoda and since they fix on the window/door frame, you can open the windows and the shades stay in place. So no longer a problem and you can install them yourself. Much easier and looks cool. David

I had this exact problem in the Leon but only after filling the petrol tank to the max. It would also go to zero and show -------. The first time I actually saw the fuel gauge go to zero and almost had a heart attack. Knowing that I had just refilled and seeing no massive pool next to the car, I knew it was a meausurement problem. Never got it fixed since it didn't happen that often and wasn't that bothered. David

Got my petrol vrs on Saturday. What an improvement on the old Leon Anyway, I don't have the insulation either. It sounds as if they have started not putting it on. Is it there only for sound proofing? Is it so we hear the engine better when we give it some wellie?

As I recall, this site has them: MILOTEC - Auto-Extras - Skoda Tuning f

On my mkI Leon you also can't remove the antenna. It is an anti-theft type. I also unscrew it and put it flat before going into car washes but it never broke. Pretty agressive car wash! I believe that if you pull hard to get it out, but would wait for other conformations before trying it out!

Found various mentions after doing a search. In one post it mentions that the radios in the Skoda are built by a company that was previously owned by Ford See this post.... http://www.briskoda.net/forums/new-octavia/wanted-part-no-s-please/63800/?highlight=radio+software+update#post727305

I thought I read somewhere that there was a firmware update for the stream that greatly improved reception and that the new 2007 models had it. I thought I had read it in another thread on this board.

On the Toyo website they are not listed as winter tyres. The winter tyre is the Snowprox range. David

Hello everybody! Currently thinking of getting myself a petrol vrs and have been browsing this forum for a while now. One thing I haven't seen being discussed is whether the Octavia has some kind of mechanism for detecting polluted exterior air and not sucking it into the cabin. Let me explain a bit more. Currently I drive an old Leon FR and if I am travelling next to a truck in a traffic jam for example, I get the all the nasty diesel smoke in the car :tired: . My nose is a bit sensitive so I get that with some diesel cars that floor it also. Now, I used a BMW for a while and this didn't happen. The car would automatically detect this and set the climate control to recirculation until the outside air was OK again. In any event, no diesel smoke smell in the car with the beemer. I know that Volvo have a similair system, but the question is, does the Skoda Octavia? Cheers, David

"Normal" tyres are generally designed for temperatures above 7C. Winter tyres are not just for snow but for temperatures below 7C. They are made of a rubber compound that is soft at low temperatures where summer tyres are rock hard. The end result is better grip. On the continent ADAC (German AA) do tests of winter tyres. Some are better in snow, others on ice, others are better in the wet, etc. Therefore you should choose a tyre that is best for your conditions. i.e. if it only snows 2 days in the year but is icy most mornings, then you should focus on the icy results. It is important to note that winter tyres significantly increase the stopping distance in cold conditions. We are talking in terms of metres at 100km\h-120km\h. In Germany, if you have an accident and they find out that you do not have winter tyres and they "would of helped" you are liable - even when there isn't snow, etc. At the moment in the Dutch Skoda forum there is a big debate whether winter tyres are better than ESP and they are on a couple of pages of debate. German ADAC winter tests: Winterreifen The Alpin is a popular tyre. I have Good Year Ultra Grip on the Leon FR. Important points are: 1-Make sure the tyres are not noisy 2-Remember that you can go for narrower tyres David