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Thanks for your response. That's an interesting interpretation, I didn't think of it that way. It *has* turned over slowly once or twice. I'll get the battery checked.

Hi all. My 2015 Octavia Greenline III (1.6 TDi 110 6spd) is reporting a couple of errors that suggest a possible sensor issue. I wondered if anyone had had similar and knows what I need to be replacing/cleaning. I searched the forums but couldn't find quite the same problem. During normal driving the car is reporting that the stop-start can't function because a) the engine isn't running and b) power consumption is high. Presumably the latter error is due to the fact that it doesn't know the engine is on so it assumes it's not getting the voltage it actually is. Any ideas whether this is fixable for sensible money? The car is nearly nine years old and has 120k on the clock, and I'm not in a position to chuck loads of cash at it beyond routine maintenance. Thanks for any advice.

I'm having this exact problem, identically to how the OP describes it. Any resolution to report, @Elsie21? Thanks.

Seats are the same, but the wheel, instrument cluster and main centre console fascia are all different.

Yes, I think I'll have to. I was just aware of the 2008 special edition that came in grey and blended the old face with the latter interior. Wondered whether a few normal cars slipped through with the same combo.

It's a CCZ code.

Hi all, I've found an Octavia vRS for sale with an excellent service history and nothing untoward on an HPI check, but I'm a bit confused by what I'm seeing cosmetically. It has the 2006-2008 headlights but the engine and interior of the 2009-2012 car. Did they ever build any cars in this combination or do I have to assume this is a crash repair? It's a bloody good one, if it is. Thanks for the help.

Crossclimates. Just put four on mine. Quieter and comfier than the Michelin Energy Savers that came off, plus unstoppable in winter weather. Great deal with ATS Euromaster, ended up about £66.50 a tyre. Mine are a more common/cheaper size, mind.

This is what I'm worried about...

Thanks for the replies, but the noise totally disappears when I dip the clutch, so surely it can't be a wheel bearing?

Thanks, but no; evenly-worn Michelins all around.

Hi all. Bit of a puzzler. Car is a 1.6 TDI Greenline III estate, 45,000 miles. I'm getting a slow, low-pitched pulsing noise that I can only hear in 6th gear between about 50mph and 63mph. Logically it can't be tyres or brakes as the frequency of the pulsing, which is maybe more a vibration than a noise, is quite slow. It's less than a pulse per second. The best way I can describe it is that it's like an old-fashioned nuclear power plant sound effect, like a "whumm... whumm... whumm". I've Googled and searched and asked around, but I can't fathom this one. Has anyone else had anything like this, and how did you cure it?

Yeah, it would, not that I'd use this car like that. Local running to a town five-ish miles (had to Google Maps that and correct my guess) from where I live, including 8 or 9 roundabouts, a couple of short 60-70mph stretches (sub-1-mile) and usually a few short queues has been bringing up 58mpg on the computer when I'm back on my driveway. I'm confident that a pump-to-pump test would show at least 55. I'm pleased with that, but as I say, I bought it to eat motorway miles, not potter around town. P.S. I should qualify that I used to test cars as a journalist week-in, week-out and I know how to maximise fuel economy.

I had to sell the vRS, sadly. It was going to be wasted on my new daily 75-mile commute and since it only had 64k miles on it I didn't want to ruin the value. Hence I sold it to another car guy who I know will look after it and bought something that'll hopefully be reliable while also doing 70mpg.

I've got a 15-plate 1.6 TDI GreenLine. It'll do 55+mpg in local running because I'm a nerd when it comes to playing the fuel economy game, and on a motorway run (70+) it easily tops 70mpg. Tall gearing means it's way below 2000rpm at 70mph. My commute is 75 miles a day with a large amount of motorway so it works for me. For you, even as pleased as I am with the GL's fuel economy, I'd definitely recommend petrol. Beware the heavy right foot, though, as has been mentioned above. Tickle the throttle and you'll see decent returns. Don't, and you won't.