Glad to be back with Skoda once again. My first Skoda was a 05 plate Fabia vRS which was a great little car, never had a bit of trouble with it, I may well have dropped on and been lucky but there you go. Nearly bought an Octavia vRS some time back but dropped on a nice 58 plate BMW 320d at the right money so have been running that for a while until I heard about the new Octavia vRS Blackline, nice! To cut a long story short it was going to be now or never, £2000 worth of extra kit for the same price as a standard car and 0% VAT so I bit the bullet as they say and as a reuslt I've just taken delivery of a shiny new Octavia vRS Blackline saloon with a DSG gearbox in candy white for well under £19,000 OTR. Happy days.

One quick question, anyone ever noticed what looks like millions of tiny glistening particles in the glass when driving towards the sun set low in the sky? Its all of the glass not just the windscreen and Its not on the surface, it appears to be actually in the glass! You can't see them in any other conditions other than when driving into the sun! Any idea's?

Cheers

Rob

Hello Rob and welcome along

Firstly congrats on the new car :yes:

Sorry to ask but are you sure it's not on the surface either inside or out as some cleaning agents and / or cloths can leave this sort of effect. If, as you say it's not I can only think it's a manufacturing flaw which needs to be taken up with the dealer / SUK.

Hi mate, thanks for your reply.

I am pretty sure that its in the glass but you have put a tiny bit of doubt in my mind so I will double check a spot on both sides of the glass as soon as I get the first opportunity with the sun out (which looks like it may take a while as the forecast is for cloudy and overcast all week!) I have already gone over the outer surfaces of the glass with 0000 wire wool lubed with plenty of glass cleaner to no avail but have not investigated closely the inner surface. I will report back on here with my findings as it may prove helpful for others should anyone else have a similar issue.

I would love to hear from anyone who has experienced a similar issue.

Hi and welcome aboard.

Welcome to Briskoda and to 'Skoda'; there is a wealth of information in the forums and great expertise within the membership.

Hello Rob and welcome along

Firstly congrats on the new car :yes:

Sorry to ask but are you sure it's not on the surface either inside or out as some cleaning agents and / or cloths can leave this sort of effect. If, as you say it's not I can only think it's a manufacturing flaw which needs to be taken up with the dealer / SUK.

alkip, you are right, thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction.

I had been cleaning my glass with some small microfiber cloths that were, well, lets say, cheap! Did some investigating today as I finally got chance i.e. not at work and the sun showed its face. Put a couple of bits of masking tape on the windscreen about an inch or so apart so I knew which bit of glass I was working on then cleaned the glass as per normal with glass cleaner both inside and out and buffed it up with one of the said microfiber cloths. The result looked like the glass was full of sparkling glitter / tiny bubbles. I went and found a new clean J Cloth from under the sink, gave it a wipe in the same spot both sides of the glass and hey presto, clear as a whistle! I then went back to the microfiber cloth and wiped it over the same area and the sparkly bits were back, if I looked at just the correct angle in the sunlight while wiping the screen with it you could see it leaving tiny tiny particles on the glass.

Who would ever have thought it, after all that it was the cheap microfiber cloth all along!

Hopefully this may help someone else who has experienced a similar issue.

Thanks once again alkip (sorry I don't actually know your real name)

ATB

Rob

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alkip, you are right, thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction.

I had been cleaning my glass with some small microfiber cloths that were, well, lets say, cheap! Did some investigating today as I finally got chance i.e. not at work and the sun showed its face. Put a couple of bits of masking tape on the windscreen about an inch or so apart so I knew which bit of glass I was working on then cleaned the glass as per normal with glass cleaner both inside and out and buffed it up with one of the said microfiber cloths. The result looked like the glass was full of sparkling glitter / tiny bubbles. I went and found a new clean J Cloth from under the sink, gave it a wipe in the same spot both sides of the glass and hey presto, clear as a whistle! I then went back to the microfiber cloth and wiped it over the same area and the sparkly bits were back, if I looked at just the correct angle in the sunlight while wiping the screen with it you could see it leaving tiny tiny particles on the glass.

Who would ever have thought it, after all that it was the cheap microfiber cloth all along!

Hopefully this may help someone else who has experience similar.

Thanks once again alkip (sorry I don't actually know your real name)

ATB

Rob

Excellent, glad it was something simple. Must admit I've bought some cheap microfibres in my time but it's always turned out to be false economy

It's Alastair by the way, all the best.

Welcome great car choice almost went for one myself but opted for a petrol one in the end as I was unsure if I'd be able to do enough regens with my normal driving.