skomaz

Harrisons is a great store and has been around for donkeys years... I too remember it on the other side of the road and used to work just down the road before we moved offices. I still drive past every day on the way home from work and have also had kit from there in the past, albeit not quite as high spec...

Excellent... A man after my own heart in terms of attitude. Re the micromobility I hope it's not illegal forms of micro mobility or illegal use of those forms (bearing in mind I think they are great but also know others on here and on this thread use them and have openly admitted to doing so illegally

And yet, and yet... you own two private vehicles... in a city that has just about the best Public Transport available in the UK or even Europe... Apologies - I just couldn't resist passing comment 😉

I think you'll find that in the vast majority of cases car allowances have been or are being removed... there are still some areas where they are provided but generally they have been, or are being, rolled up into overall salaries. As to the comment about 'brand' etc. - that appears to be a rather elitist and snobbish attitude of it still exists. I know of many people who actually consider a supplier, or similar, turning up in a 'flash' or 'premium' marque to be a big 'neagitive' in terms of employing them, as it potentially indicates paying over the odds for their services.

Looksike you just wasted £200 if they a reflectors as the reflector will be a different shape for LHD compared to RHD

Jeez - the dealer really was in cloud cuckoo land when they put that list together...

The same happened to our Octavia. I tried sticking and taping it back together for a while but then gave up.

I've seen a couple of EV9s on the road and didn't think it looked too bad. No worse than any big SUV such as a range rover etc

If you look on kodiaqforums.co.uk there's a good guide. It involves unclipping the two parts of the handle, taking the interior door panel off and the using a small nut, both and washer to hold it all back together. It looks to be half and hour to an hour's job.

I tend to agree with you - my Suzuki Swift of the same age, a car that is priced at less than half that of the Kodiaq, has radar controlled 'active' cruise control that is much better. However, I do think what you are experiencing is compounded by the fact that it is a DSG Automatic as our manual gains nothing near that amount on a 14% downhill slope on the way to our house... if I remember I'll try to check it again (and whether it does actually brake) over the weekend

The big plastic connectors look to be aftermarket blade fuse holders so I'd guess that it's probably retrofit wiring for a dash cam or phone charger that's not been fully removed.

From the comments in the original post the cruise control is working as it should and as ours does in our Kodiaq with basic cruise control. The only 'braking' function it has is engine braking which in our manual car is fine. On a long downhill stretch it picks up a few mph and that's all I imagine on a DSG equipped car it would pick up much more speed as there's likely to be less engine braking and also the DSG may slip into coasting mode if that is something that year of Kodiaq does. By all means have ACC fitted but I believe the system is working as intended so you have little or no cause for complaint.

Personally, given you'd have an excess to pay, I'd avoid the insurance route as that would be more expensive in the long run. My guess is s decent small bodyshop doing the work privately will be pretty cheap (my mum had a bump recently that staved in the nearside front corner and the non-insurance repair quote was almost the same as her excess... around £400.... When I had the Swift bumped and no one owned up it had significant damage to the front wing and bumper - the local bodyshop repaired it for £270... the insurers excess would have been more than that and thier repairer quoted nearly £2k...

Why not get the other driver to pay and not go through insurance...

You're braver than me getting in that pit with the just perched like that!! Otherwise that looks like a good solid pass.

Ah - good on them - I thought your post meant it had been spotted by someone else. Useful to know though for future reference!

You'd think the garage that had the car up on the ramps might have spotted that...

Have you checked that you don't have a brake dragging? Are any of the wheels hot to the touch after a drive (probably on the left hand side if you are having to steer to the right)?

Our first Fabia 1.9tdi did over 80k miles on its first cambelt so they tend to be strong. As for smoke I used to use a bottle of forte diesel system cleaner once a year before a MOT, it never failed and was pretty much smoke free. https://www.forteuk.co.uk/product/advanced-formula-diesel-treatment/

I think it might be this but this says for a mk2 https://www.skoda-parts.com/spare-part/038103638p-grommet-genuine-part-14932.html

Should be a good car if it's been looked after. Those older 1.9Tdi were pretty bomb proof provided they had the right oil. My BIL had one and liked it but I could never get on with the interior lighting that was red so for some reason I found it really difficult to focus on.

Ah... I misread and thought they were worn on both inner and outer edges. As you say wear on the outer edges suggests too much toe in but you'd have thought that would also manifest itself in a degree of instability and wandering at speed too

Given the uneven wear were they inflated correctly as that wear pattern points to under inflation

He he... Snap!!

Royal Mail are doing similar albeit they are still electrifying their red fleet. I've been involved in a new a delivery office for them and it needs it's own 1megawatt substation to charge the red delivery vans.