SteveTheElder

Is your 2025 Octavia is a facelift model? I’d assume so, else it’d be one of the last of the pre-fl models. What is your query about traffic and road closures? Mine has done that from day 1; really quite helpful. Maybe a function of your user permissions - something to do with location 🤷‍♂️ On my pre-fl car there is a setting to save the PIN in the infotainment system; yes, reduces security a bit but massively reduces the faff! I leave my climate control on Auto, with temps set at 21C +/-1; the car retains that setting. IIRC, that syncs to the Škoda servers ‘cos on the rare occasion my wife drives it as her user and sets different temperatures it sets back to my preference when my user is selected.

A tough time for you but you now have a new chapter ahead of you, the new car is a nice way to get started in it. All the best.

^^ exactly why I will never tinker with the brakes on my car. If I break something that stops it moving, fair enough; if I break something that stops me stopping - that's very bad news!

Hope the Elroq serves you well and you enjoy it over the time you have it. I'm not [yet] ready for the jump to EV so am sticking with my 2020 Octavia; its serving me well and I make a lot of use of its boot capacity and fuel economy. Anyway, thank you for your contributions to the Octavia mk4 forum and maybe [metaphorically] see you in the EV pages at some point...

I’m very happy with my Octavia, a 2020 build mk4 estate. The boot is huge, beaten only by the Superb estate. Issues with early build mk4s have been sorted through a combination of software updates and some hardware replacements. Newer builds, I understand, are much less problematic and I’d be happy to buy one if in the market today (which I’m not cos I’m so pleased with the one I have I’m keeping it longer than I normally do).

It’s in the infotainment system. From memory, go to Vehicle - Exterior - Headlights; there should be an option to set the range of the headlights (1 (lowest)- 5 (highest), I think); I set it at the lowest. If you do this with the headlights on, facing a wall, you should see the beam lower or rise depending on the setting you choose.

@Gaz it is time to celebrate 🎉; I actually remembered, and a bit of planning… Up the A34, but I took the B430 just short of the M40 so I had more chance of being able to stop at the right time. About 100 yds before a lay-by the car clicked over to… 😀

I’ll be heading north, and should be on the A34, just shy of the M40. Hoping for a convenient lay-by… … either that or right on the junction 🙄

Guess what I’ll be thinking in 78 miles time… 😂

I have used any, but there are gps diagnostic apps for iOS, and presumably Android, which gives the number of satellites and strength of the location fix. Now, AIUI, when connected to CarPlay (and I assume AndroidAuto) the phone gets its gps location fix from the in car antenna and unit. Potentially, one of the diagnostics apps will show the satellites. Maybe worth a try 🤷‍♂️…

The link provided by @BeaverRS has a menu option for Generation IV, the first few lines of which translate to ... "The Octavia IV (internal name NX) was first announced for the 125th anniversary of the Skoda brand on 05.02.2020." So, it seems that, in Škoda parlance, IV is Mk4 and iV is the PHEV variant.

The attached are how the side supports look in my car (these were factory fitted), hopefully helps a bit.

Do you have a photo of where the problem 2mm is or what you think is causing it? I can look in my car tomorrow.

Yes, it’s the drive mode selected. On my manual ‘box 2020 1.5tsi SEL FE, I get these modes… Normal Eco Sport Individual Selectable from this screen… As yours is a hybrid I assume you’ll have a few different drives modes as well as DSG modes; symbols may vary too depending on s/ware revision levels. I usually select Individual, which I have configured to put the climate control in eco mode but leave the rest at default settings.

Gut feel is that it is either drive mode or DSG mode. Do you have a wider shot so better able to see where on the virtual cockpit it is?