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To follow up on this. Test drove one today. Liked it so have ordered one. Yay. Edition 85, with Lodge interior, winter pack and transport pack. Currently at the docks awaiting shipping. Would that be Emden? Expected 3-4 weeks. Checked the boot of the one in the showroom Yep sealant and a pump. We had been told nonsense about self sealing tyres. Only downside they wouldn't take our car as pex and deposit, so have to sell it ourselves. Anyone else had that? Yeah its a French thing, but only 3 years old and really low miles.

Went to have a look and book a test drive. No space to safely fit a spare wheel. However dealer told me that they are fitted with self sealing tyres. Can anyone confirm theirs is?

Thanks for the reply. Our french dustbin doesn't have even a space to store a spare wheel. I suppose we could get something from a similar car but it would sit loose in the boot. Thats not safe. The move to not having a spare was never truly about money. The small reduction in weight that you are dragging around actually saves fuel. Until the dustbin, I chose to get a spare. The question is, is there a proper safe storage in the Elroq that of course reduces boot space, but is properly supported as in fixed in place. The Kodi certainly had that. I'd be interested to hear how it compares to the Superb estate. We had one and adored it. And yes, we won't be deciding anything without a decent test drive.

Oh, and an important question given this weeks stress with the french dustbin. Can you get a spare wheel for the Elroq?

As the title really. We don't need convincining about running a BEV, we have one albeit a tinny french thing. Current thing has a 230 range WLTP, so an Elroq 85 is a significant range increase. For the most part range isn't really an issue but I'd like to venture further afield without charging. However thats not the real question. We've looked at Elroq in the showroom a couple of times and it seems so big. We want something bigger than our current main car. Something as big as our Fabia estate would be ideal. We know the Epiq is coming but by length alone thats the same size as our current french dustbin and doesn't have the bootspace of Furby. We did run a Kodi but don't need something to tow any more. Any comments about the Elroq, rather than about my incoherent ramblings? Target model an edition 85.

Sister in law has a 2016 1.4 Tdi. Got some warning lights on her way home. I'm not local to her. However her Nephew (and mine) has read out fault codes albeit with a generic tool. All pointing to EGR issues. Local dealer can't even look at it for 6 weeks. Nephew can't look at it any more for 3 weeks. She wants it fixed before then. So does anyone know of decent VAG independants near Worcester. And preferably ones they know are good. Some years ago we used one local to us (Lichfield) and their work was appalling on more than one occasion.

Hi. No not checked coding, but I don't have a record of what the coding would have been. But maybe you mean checking for fault codes? I checked twice, both times the same one, but then I haven't cleared it. The car is going to the main dealers anyway (MOT and service) so want to leave any fault codes in there in case it helps them (though I suspect it won't). Not my car, not my decision......

It wasn't when the warning light was flashing, but was working OK after that when the light wasn't flashing.

Hi and thanks. This is the 1.2 tdi. I've never had one but all of the Skoda tdi's we have had (including a Mk3 1.4 tdi) raised it from around 750 RPM to around 1000. This one is much higher than I've ever experienced on any other at 1500 RPM. Also if it were regen, I'd expect it to persist until regen were finished rather than coming and going during one drive, and when the brakes are released. It does have a seperate DPF warning light too, and it's only coming on during self test at ignition on. Also no fan running nor hot smell that all of our others have done.

I've had a bit of a search of the forum and can't find anything quite the same as this issue. It's my Mum's car. It did get a bit of a low battery during Lockdown V1, but never got low enough to damage the battery, so after recharging it started and ran fine. Gave it a good run and parked it up. Later, while still enough charge in the battery started it and brought it to my house so I can stick a small charger on it to maintain the battery. Been doing that for a number of weeks now. Needed to take my Dad for his Covid jab this morning, and it started and ran fine to take him there. On the way back, again was fine for most of the way, but then I noticed that when I stopped at a junction, the idle speed was very high (1500) and I haven't found anything on here matching that. Also at that point the glowplug lamp started flashing. My initial thought was that it was trying to do a regen and not managing. I thought a decent run on the way back would fix it, but when I got back in after dropping him off the glowplug light stayed off. However the high idle persisted, though not every time. It seems to drive fine, though I don't know the car well. Can't feel any change in performance from any other time I drove it though. I wondered if it might be developing sticky throttle pedal, having had this on our own Skoda of the same era some time ago. I planned to knock the throttle to see if it 'unstuck' but as soon as I took my foot off the brake pedal, Idle dropped very quickly to normal. This was completely consistent, the instant the brake pedal was released idle became normal. Didn't have any glowplug lamp activations this time. The high idle was also always exactly 1500 RPM, a bit too consistent for a sticky throttle pedal I scanned the car with VCDS, and only one fault code. In the engine, but VCDS list this as an unknown fault code, and I am using the current version. My suspicion is the brake light switch, given the change of behaviour when released. But the Engine ECU has no code for a brake pedal switch fault. The ABS ECU to which I believe the switch is connected has no DTCs at all. However looking at the measured values for the switch in the ABS, I see waht appears to be an oddity. There are two switches in the box. BLS (for the lights themselves) and BTS (for plausibilty checking of BLS) and two measured values corresponding. But while the BLS measured value read as expected, the BTS value was completely blank. The brake lamps themselves are all working fine. I'm aware that earlier cars had significant issues with the brake lamp switch, but is this an issue anyone has seen on a Mk2 (2010)? The symptoms are just a bit odd and specific.

Just had a call, regarding our 1.4 tdi. Apparently the coolant needs to be changed for some reason. Can't find any info about this anywhere, including here. Anyone else had this?