You can now order the bluetooth option as found on the Fabia on the Roomster.

You can have 3 or 4 spoke steering wheels.

You can now order the bluetooth option as found on the Fabia on the Roomster.

You can have 3 or 4 spoke steering wheels.

one question

all car manufacturers are "committed" to safey (or so they say, look at how many models do not have full compliment of airbags, ESP or even ABS as options),

yet something like bluetooth is an expensive option and leaves motorists likely to commit an offence by using a mobile whilst driving (i see it numerous times every day on the motorways), be distracted or be involved in an accident

the cost to the manufacturer for the bluetooth module must be peanuts, yet it seems to be viewed as a "premium" option

why don't skoda set an example and make it standard equipment across the board in the name of safety

or do VAG want these sort of features to differentiate VW / AUDI from SEAT / SKODA

I don't build the cars nor do I set the standard UK spec but I suspect the bluetooth unit costs more than you expect and I'm guessing that it is designed by another company. In the same way that ESP is expensive because and I think I'm right in saying this that Bosch own the rights to it and they can charge whatever they like to the manufacture to use the technolodgy.

I don't build the cars nor do I set the standard UK spec but I suspect the bluetooth unit costs more than you expect and I'm guessing that it is designed by another company. In the same way that ESP is expensive because and I think I'm right in saying this that Bosch own the rights to it and they can charge whatever they like to the manufacture to use the technolodgy.

Hi again James,

Thought Skoda (VAG) switched to Continental Teves stability control systems. Was under the impression that's what the Monster has and it's their systems that have been giving trouble in older Octavia's and Golf's :wonder: Or have they jumped ship again and gone back to the proper Bosch product

Shame anyway that most European countries appear to fit ESP as a matter of course, where we get large impractical alloys and a fancy stereo Just a personal view of course.

Regards,

TP

..........yet something like bluetooth is an expensive option and leaves motorists likely to commit an offence by using a mobile whilst driving (i see it numerous times every day on the motorways), be distracted or be involved in an accident

the cost to the manufacturer for the bluetooth module must be peanuts, yet it seems to be viewed as a "premium" option

why don't skoda set an example and make it standard equipment across the board in the name of safety

As far as I'm concerned the answer to use of mobile 'phones when driving is ......don't. There's evidence that even "hands free", using a 'phone is not that different to drunk driving.

In my book, the less gadgets in cars the better from the point of view of road safety, so from my perspective, Skoda's attitude of making the gadget's an expensive option is a positive one as far as safety goes.