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Wives, eh? Thanks for the response, I'll maybe risk the standard size in that case. Halfords have a very tempting deal on Premium Contact 7s (just over £100 a corner), or otherwise something on an ATS deal.

Joy of joys, I've got myself back into a vRS after selling my MkII six and a half years ago. Loving it, but at present it has four odd (but tread-rich, at least) tyres that I'll want to swap at some point. Including one budget one, FFS. My question is whether anyone still on here (it's a lot quieter than it used to be) has any experience of swapping the standard 225/40 tyres for 235/40s, purely for a bit of extra rim protection. Is it worth the extra cost? Does it actually protect the rim or not? Pic shows the 225.

Hi all, I'm finally getting back into vRS ownership after five and a half years, with an early MkIII Octavia estate. This will be my third vRS and fifth Skoda. Petrol, manual, 18s, Race Blue... chef's kiss. Deposit placed today. Unfortunately the leather on the steering wheel and handbrake grip is shot to hell (seems quite common on them) and I want to replace both at some point. So I'm asking current or past owners: did you replace those parts and if so where did you get them from? I'd love to learn about specialist suppliers or useful marketplaces for that sort of thing. Looking for black leather with red stitching, if it makes any difference. TIA!

Evening, all. I've recently sold my 2015 Octavia Greenline III and I'm looking at replacements, one of which is a 2019 Octavia with the 148bhp 1.5 TSI ACT engine. I've been a good boy and used the search button but, a few complaints of vibrations aside, it doesn't seem to be unreliable. What I'm after is a pointer towards any known reliability issues or failure points on the engine, or the linked DSG gearbox. Any common failures? Thank you!

Cheers, does he need any contact details for me or is he just a member on here who can PM me?

Yes please, buddy. I've advertised it here because hopefully people will know what it is and what it does. It's a lovely, practical spec for a family estate.

Hi, yes I do, I've just been busy batting away idiots on Facebook Marketplace so far.

Here is my family wagon for the last five years, finally up for sale. It's a two-owner car, with the first keeping it until 37000 miles and four years old, and me taking it on from there. It currently sits on 123,400ish mostly motorway miles. I bought it in April 2019 when I needed a fuel-efficient family car for a long commute I was just starting. My Octavia vRS (TSI) would have ruined me! I'm only selling it as a change of job role to a more local post means that the diesel is the wrong car for me and my family, now. Take a look at the pics, though, and I'm sure you'll agree it's in excellent order for its nine years young. It's been maintained extremely well with services every 10,000 miles, a cambelt change on time, gearbox oil changed on time and just general TLC week-to-week. It's never failed an MOT while in my care and been given the little extras like Bosch windscreen wipers and regular interior cleaning. It's had a recent new battery and the common corroding coolant pipe replaced last month. The tyres are Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 (front) with LOADS of life left as per pics, while the rears are older Micheline CrossClimates, which are just cracking a little around the shoulders but will still be good for a year or two. My fuel economy record in this car is over 90mpg on the computer, over a 200-mile motorway journey! Please do come and have a look and a drive if you're interested. It drives beautifully, with excellent comfort, pretty peerless fuel economy and surprising refinement. The only faults are a dodgy sensor/electrical contact in the interior light switch so the lights no longer come on when you open the doors, and, weirdly, the one-touch auto-up/down on the driver's window stopped working when the new battery was installed. It's been polished and waxed ready for sale. Here follows the template for Briskoda sales. Make & Model: Skoda Octavia Estate SE Technology Greenline III Colour: Metallic grey Mileage: 123,400 Price: £4,900 Description: Grey, one previous owner. SE Technology spec brings climate control, Bluetooth, 16" alloy wheels (new centre caps), rear AND front parking sensors (I think this was the only model ever among MkIII cars to get front ones as standard), electric door mirror adjustment, CD player, DAB radio, cruise control, 6-speed manual gearbox, 108bhp/110PS special engine tune for this model, aerodynamic refinements, cloth seats, automatic headlights (upgraded Ring halogen bulbs), automatic windscreen wipers (Bosch blades), 610-litre boot, ISOFIX mounts (rear only), 12v power socket, selectable driving modes, manual handbrake. Condition: Used, with a number of small/tiny scratches, stone chips and two very small dents. There are a couple of larger paint chips on the rear bumper and cracks to the near-side reflector lens and the very bottom of the near-side light cluster. The function of the lights and reflector is not affected. Very clean, almost unmarked condition inside barring very slight wear at the gear knob. Service History/Receipts/Recent Service work: Extensive service history from new - I have everything in order in an A4 wallet, including service invoices, MOT certificates and invoices for almost every part and piece of additional work. Extras: I think the metallic paint was optional, but I'm not sure otherwise. It has everything you need, anyway. Mods: Upgraded (but legal, sensible and simply brighter) headlight bulbs Shipping: £n/a Collection: Yes, from the NP26 area. Can also deliver for the cost of the fuel and the train home! Pictures: More available if you have specific requests!

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.

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?