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The dash design put me of the tarracco... The kit is bette but I preferred the kodiaq as somewhere to be...

Definitely no gas strut but as mentioned above ours used to lower as it got caught getting in and out the car.

If it's Mansfield it'll be Rainworth...

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yeah it is a bit mad. Personally I think they are the future having seen / used them in Prague but here they are currently only legal in places where trials are underway and there is currently a big backlash from certain organisations representing the deaf / blind / partially sighted, so it remains to be seen if they are legalised nationwide...

What you were planning wrt your original proposal sounds much better but the quickjack is probably better again as it won't entail messing with the floor. The only requirement seems to be a level floor that can withstand 500psi, which in new money woudl be equivalent to about a C4 mix concrete, so even lean mix C7.5 would suffice and what you have already will be well above that and reinforced as well.

Agree with above - we had our Octy II for 14 years, changed numerous bulbs and never had an alignment problem.

they are illegal on cycle paths too...

Would agree with some of the comments above - we have a 1.4TSI and, whilst I was wary about it coming down from a higher power diesel I've been pleasantly surprised. And as others have pointed ut the JKodiaq isn;t about thrashing down back lanes - it's an altogether more relaxed driving machine, something at which it excels very well - even with a lowly 1,4/ 1.5 petrol!

so is this user error or a faulty switch?

Indeed - totally illegal for use within the public highway boundary (ie carriageway or footway). Probably good fun though?

True but if the floor has some A393 mesh or similar in it then the bending strength should hopefully be there across the slab... Personally a 1m x 1m square pad 12" deep in mass C40 concrete doesn't sound adequate to me - I'd be looking for a much bigger slab with mesh reinforcement before I climbed under a lift...

My answer - 4 fully matching tyres all round!

This may or may not help but we have a 1.4tsi 4x4 5 seat that we collected second hand in May and recently did a trip from Sheffield to Belfast with four people and the boot and car fully loaded. The trip took us over the Pennines and then on A roads and ultimately motorway and the car managed about 36 UK mpg on that run. Yes it felt 'loaded' going up the A537 Cat and Fiddle but that's not surprising given how steep that road is and it was very stable on the A roads and motorway despite being loaded. Sure the 2.0 would be better but I was pleasantly surprised. Then this last weekend I did a cross country run from Sheffield to Keele and back two up. I didn't hang about and again was surprised but how well the car could be hustled along at a decent lick. I was followed by a new Ford Mustang for a long time and the state of the roads meant he was constantly dropping back until a long decent straight with a good surface opened up at which point he easily reeled me in but again I was surprised. The car managed just over 38 UK mpg on that trip. Longer steady motorway runs have managed just over 40 uk mpg. Yes I'd like a 2.0 but all in all for a small engine in a big car the 1.4 does well and I'd expect a 1.5 to be similar and possibly better if its just fwd. In fact a 1.4 with a remap to 180 ish bhp would be an interesting alternative... I just need to convince SWMBO.

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There are a few threads about this on here and most seem to bevdue to strut failure. I think a few owners have switchedv to gas struts given the electric ones are so expensive.

Probably also worth checking the main earth strap where it bolts to the chassis if possible. I'm also not sure if there is a 'master fuse' on the +be battery clamp. I know some Hondas have them and they can have timy cracks in them but not sure about the Kodiaq

Personally my experience with CCs is that 18k is about normal. They have a pretty soft compound and to be frank I'd worry if I was getting much more as it would be indicative of a harder, less grippy, compound. But each to thier own.

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On those load cover trim clips did you glue them back in place? I only ask as I had similar on my FIL's Honda Civic Tourer and they kept popping out but a drop of glue sorted them.

Blimey - you've changed your tune on Brexit??? never thought I'd hear that admission! Anyhow - back to cars - looks like I'll be keeping the current ones for a while then as nothing fills me with more dread than the thought of sitting in an autonomous car...

Had something similar once and it was a dead battery. A colleague of mine also had something similar that turned out to be a loose battery connection.

For info if sprog fell asleep on our way home we were usually able to park up and switch of the engine and she'd carry on sleeping. yours might be the same??

I can only assume there must be some area of pouch / tin that is allowing a signal to 'escape'. I put my Swift kessy key in a pouch and holding it next to the handle it still doesn't unlock, so I'd expect the Skoda keys to be similar.

I doubt Lexus' NA engines have anything to do with their drop in sales .. probably more like people tightening thier belts and covid .. otherwise the likes if BMW, Jaguar, Honda, Audi and Alfa and the others on your list wouldn't have suffered to the same extent or worse... ???