skomaz

Yes it can be accessed from the wheelarch as I did that on ours years ago. In our case though it wasn't the bottle that was leaking but the diverter valve on the pump that directs water to the front or rear screen depending on which way the pump spins.

Thinking about it I think the boot floor was at a higher level in the 4x4 than normal FWD cars though as it didn't have the variable level and underfloor storage arrangements.

Our 4x4 still had a full size wheel well...

I'm trying to remember if pound coins are magnetic... As some coins are .. if so I'm wondering if you could remove the vent and fish it out with a magnet on a piece of string or similar...

That seems crazy but then I guess they might be quids in refitting one if a new buyer wants one.

That certainly seems to be the case these days. Our old Octavia 4x4 bought at a few months old was different though and had quite a few options as well as a towbar.

I get what you are saying but when we were looking second hand there was very little to choose from in that was suitable, regardless, and even less with a towbar fitted (I recall maybe 2 or 3 vehicles on auto trader full stop) so for us going aftermarket was the only choice.

Pah... That's no excuse! If it's not raining the roof should be down... And only takes about 30 seconds to put back up even if it does start to rain... And if it's light rain just keep driving and you stay dry!

What was wrong with the roofs of the MX5s... Broken?... There were at least two sunny photos there where they had the roofs up!

You should also be able to disable it from the touchscreen in the car too under opening and closing settings. But beware that only works for the next locking cycle, as soon as it's unlocked it reset and you'd need to untick the box in settings again.

Think I paid about £750 for a detachable swan neck with 13 pin dedicated electrics on ours.

One of my mates did that with his mum's brand new Ford Escort...

You just need to be careful with the rubber ones when taking delivery... when we got our Kodiaq second hand the dealership had 'valeted' the car but whatever they had used on the mats had made them slippery as hell - they were lethal when trying to get in and out the car as your shoes just couldn't grip them - it took a number of washes with fairy liquid / shampoo / snow foam to get them sorted.

It's due for a service so I'll ask for it to be checked if I don't get there first

Ist registered March 2018.

Hmmm... got me slightly worried now for my CZEA Kodiaq...

Can I vote both... I've got rubber in the Kodiaq and carpet in the MX5 and Swift...

Sorry... Spellcheck stepped in... That should have read 'OBD port' below the steering wheel on the underside of the dash near the door.

Oh that's a shame - I thought they seemed a pretty good EV TBH!

Eh up... Welcome back... Glad to hear you're well and 'enjoying' life...

It'll be the rear propshaft doughnut coupling - we had exactly the same on our MkII 4x4.

From my experience on a MkII Octavia 4x4 that's an issue with the rear propshaft doughnut. My guess is it's loudest at about 2300rpm and actually occurs in all gears but is most noticeable in top when cruising on the motorway, gets louder under heavy load and can be 'driven through' such that it disappears at about 85mph? If so Skoda will try and charge you about £800 for a whole new propshaft and then more on top for fitting it but the doughnuts are available separately for about £100 (they are common across the Octavia / A3 / A4 platform IIRC and some independent garages will have had experience of diagnosis and fitting them (albeit this is quite rare - the one I spoke to had only ever done a couple of A3's).

I've often wondered the same and thought a hybrid with a small diesel range extender would be a good combination. It's a shame Mazda don't offer one alongside the rotary REX in the MX30

That's great that it's still going... What are your plans for it?

I treat my phone the same way I do my car - filling up as and when needed - so I plug it in when needed when the phone tells me the battery has dropped below a certain level - no thinking required and no remembering either.