Any help at all would be great. It looks as though my battery is about to die. Well its done around 5 years so I suppose thats about right. I could just pop into the garage and get them to do it or I could go Cheapskate and buy one on line (I see they start around the £35 mark with 4 yr warranty) Can anyone please recommend a good place to buy and is it easy to re-set the radio if I lose it?

There was actually an advertising banner showing when I read this thread, from euro car parts. It said they give a 15% discount if you enter promotional code BATTERY15. Also said batteries from £29.99 and free delivery available. I would check out their website. Just avoid halfords, qwikfit, national and the like.

If you have the factoty radio, you won't have to do anything. After you change the battery, the very first time you turn the radio on, it will say "LEARN" on the screen for a few seconds, and then work as before.

Oh, I think you need to have the ignition on when you turn the radio on that first time, otherwise it will ask for the code.

There was actually an advertising banner showing when I read this thread, from euro car parts. It said they give a 15% discount if you enter promotional code BATTERY15. Also said batteries from £29.99 and free delivery available. I would check out their website. Just avoid halfords, qwikfit, national and the like.

If you have the factoty radio, you won't have to do anything. After you change the battery, the very first time you turn the radio on, it will say "LEARN" on the screen for a few seconds, and then work as before.

Oh, I think you need to have the ignition on when you turn the radio on that first time, otherwise it will ask for the code.

Cheers mate I'll give that a go. Thanks for the radio info. It's good if I can avoid losing it.

Just to add you can click and collect too from euro car parts.

http://www.alpha-batteries.co.uk/car-batteries/skoda/

I have used these peeps, ok and delivered.

Dont jus go to Euro Car Parts Blindly, they are always cheapest.

Try other local factors.

If you find euro car parts cheaper use it to bargin with smaller factors as they will often try and compete to get business.

A small profit is still a profit and better then no profit.

This is how we operate at a dealer as compition from factors is tough. We really have to be on ball armt times, often sourcing non genuine parts to get sales etc.