Yearofthegoat

Would you mind posting which model(s) they are? Cheers

Car did an update today and lost audio. It also reset the users. Managed to log in but am no longer a primary user. Have tried several times with the two key process but it fails each time. I've sent Skoda support an email, but if anyone has any tips in the meantime I'd be grateful. I think it's just their end, in which case I'll just have to wait.

Wow. Yes, filed away. Glad I scanned it too!

I received one of those in a plain white envelope along with the other paperwork. It wasn't something the dealer mentioned, only found it later. (Also, I had my towbar fitted last week, Towtrust detachable with Westfalia wiring, all working fine.)

I bought mine stock from a local dealer, so only a minor delay - around 4 weeks from reserving it, to driving home in it. Dealer said they got allocated 5 Kodiaqs and sold them within a few days - clearly a popular car. Anyway, I hope yours all arrive as planned, or sooner. 🤞

Got my new bear last Saturday. Loving it so far

Yes, that's the bit that worries me. The wording in the brochure under towing doesn't mention warranty implications: Please note, if a tow bar or tow bar preparation is not fitted on the car, the VIN plate may not show any towing weights and the car will never be eligible for towing. As such it may not be possible to retrospectively fit a tow bar if the car is not fitted with tow bar preparation at Factory. Please speak to your Retailer to confirm the exact towing eligibility. But the warranty section 'Exclusions and limitations' mentions non-original replacement parts: Damage resulting from the use of non-original replacement parts. Haven't looked yet but maybe I can find the warranty Ts & Cs online.

I'm just about to close the deal on a new-from-stock 'Kodiaq L&K 2.0 TSI 190 PS DSG 4x4'. It doesn't have towbar prep, and the dealer has told me they can't fit a Skoda folding towbar, because no suitable kit for that exists. However, the VIN plate shows it has towing capacity (presumably braked) of 2000kg: and the latest brochure lists 750kg unbraked and nose weight of 100kg. So perhaps Skoda aren't yet zeroing the VINs for cars without towbar prep? So, for this car, am I right in thinking I could get an independent to fit a towbar without any issues? If so, I'd go ahead and buy the car. If not, then I'll keep looking.

Yep, my Superb needs this procedure every 3 or 4 months. Does the trick every time. No idea why though.

Managed to find a Kodiaq in stock. It's on the ship apparently. Might well be staying Skoda after all

I'm looking at buying a new (or maybe used) Kodiaq and I was quoted 34 weeks lead time to delivery if I order this week. Someone check my count, but I think that means early December. Will likely mean used for me.

Some photos of my Tow Trust bar: Nothing to see unless you get really low down: Plug socket dropped down: Swan neck in:

That's right. And on mine the electric connection folds up out of sight too.

Mine came from Tow-Trust, a TS626VK detachable swan neck. I bought it from disount towing supplies on ebay, but Tow-Trust's website page is here: https://www.tow-trust.co.uk/towbars/skoda/superb/TS626VK-superb-est/2010+-+2015 I don't think there's any particular model for 4x4s (my 2012/61 plate is a 2.0 125kW 4x4) and the tow bar fitted fine. (Edit: you're asking in the Superb MkII forum and you have an Octavia in your avatar - just checking, but for Octy's see here: https://www.tow-trust.co.uk/towbars/skoda/octavia)

It's been a while since I got my rear shocks and springs (illness/too long a story), but I put them on yesterday and today. One side a day's enough for an old crock like me. The difference is absolutely night and day. The unladen height is now 400mm - before, it was around 360/365, so a good 35mm gained. The car used to make a kind of chirrup or squeak, but doesn't any more. Also, going over speed bumps near where I live - the wide sort, about 8ft wide, not the abrupt rubber-like ones - the car now doesn't squat down on reaching the normal road again. Interestingly the springs supplied with the car were 1K0511115BL - White/Green/Green dots. New they were supposed to measure 365mm, but mine were at about 345 after I took them off. Explains a lot about the sag, I guess. Also, it does indeed seem like they are weight range 6, not 10, judging by the car being a confirmed 1JA, and everything else on the car being standard - i.e. no rough road, no factory tow bar (I fitted mine myself not so long back). So I'd like to say thanks to everyone who shared their info and expertise on here - special mention to @DrCorbyLee, but also @chimaera and @Carlston. I haven't had the bike rack on yet - which is really what prompted doing this - but I'm pretty sure the added height and lack of wallow will help with that. Should have done it years ago 🙄 Briskoda rocks!

That's what mine does - OBD11 reports a Haldex fault also. Going to get it fixed after Xmas is out of the way.

And..? You're saying UK surgeons are talentless but the foreign ones are wonderful? You're wrong.

What a load of drivel! People in the UK do those jobs. Have you worked in social care (I have)? It's not only foreigners doing the arse wiping. There are UK citizens driving HGVs. It's simply a question of pay level and patience. Why remain forever fully reliant on immigrant labour? Why rob our own people of jobs? Crazy

We do that all the time. Do you think surgeons are just born with the ability?!

I've always thought it's stupid to bring in immigrants while there are millions of unemployed UK citizens. We should only bring in people where there are no UK people who could do the job, either straight away or with some training. If costs have to go up to pay UK people, that's fine by me.

By way of an update, my parts (from AutoDoc) arrived about a week after ordering and are currently in the garage waiting for me to get my arse in gear, which is in turn dependant on the rain stopping. I've been measuring the ride height over the past couple of weeks and it seems to vary by +/- 25mm depending on who knows what. Was mostly higher in the warm weather we were having, but not exclusively. Max was 385, min was 360, so I'm not regretting going ahead to do the replacement, as it's always low and arguably needs to be a bit higher (or stiffer) for towing/higher load. More later. Might put the winter wheels on while I'm at it.

Yeah, no fuel at any garage in Guildford last night, but some limited supply this morning. I could maybe make it to the weekend but not beyond that, so I'll camp out bright and early tomorrow morning.

Thanks. Yeah, one eye on an EV in the future when my dear old Superb finally shuffles off, but mainly to be able to use less grid power. Am also looking at different types of (central) heating, seeing as it's the gas that's the bigger problem now and likely for the foreseable future.

Sounds familiar 😞 I can nip out now ParcelFarce have delivered my shocks and springs from AutoDoc. Maybe this is a good time to take the old girl off the road for a bit of TLC.

Ooh get you! I would nip up there but probs not worth it. Am going to try round here in a bit.