The day finally came, after a false start (http://www.briskoda....s-and-bad-news/), for my trusty SE to return from whence it came and its successor to take centre stage.

Hand over was efficient although they have forgotten to put in the mats and spare wheel from the "one that never made it" (quickly sorted) and the little tweezers that pull the caps that cover the wheel nuts were missing - pays to check the details! The Dealer's mechanics swapped the head and fog light bulbs for the the Ring ones that I'd bought.

The Dealer was unfazed by my request to put some of the payment of the credit card (http://www.briskoda....-75-protection/)

Being an SE+ (or may be an Amibition or an Urban depending which Skoda system you ask) it had a few new toys that we didn't have first time around. The DAB radio is nice and I'm starting to understand the sat nav (does anybody know where the sat nav display can display the speed according to the GPS?)

Took it for a long ride (130 miles) and managed to get an average of around 45mpg reported.

Now we just have to get used to the fact that our car seems to have mysteriously changed colour but in all other respects appears the same!

Only down side is that the replacement isn't our chosen colour - so we have what my son refers to as Ford Focus Blue (Skoda = Shark Blue)

Glad to hear you have the new motor at last; SE+ started life in Europe as the Family Edition.

Regards,

TP

As far as I'm aware the built in Sat Nav cannot display the current 'GPS' speed like a TomTom. If the maps have the speed of the road on them, it might display the speed for the road, but they are not very accurate as speed limits change frequently, certainly around where I live they do, and it always seems to be downwards.

On the Columbus I get a red 30/40/50/60 mph speed limit sign on the main display in the top right hand corner. But not for very many roads.

As far as I'm aware the built in Sat Nav cannot display the current 'GPS' speed like a TomTom. If the maps have the speed of the road on them, it might display the speed for the road, but they are not very accurate as speed limits change frequently, certainly around where I live they do, and it always seems to be downwards.

On the Columbus I get a red 30/40/50/60 mph speed limit sign on the main display in the top right hand corner. But not for very many roads.

Interestingly our Columbus seems to show a speed limit on every road we have used so far. Mostly accurate, almost to the speed change post. Where there it is incorrect it appears to be on roads where a small section of the road has been recently (downwards) restricted otherwise so far so good.

The satnav will not display your current speed on screen, think for a minute the ramifications of having a car which would then in effect have 2 speed displays fitted as standard which do not agree with each other.

The satnav will not display your current speed on screen, think for a minute the ramifications of having a car which would then in effect have 2 speed displays fitted as standard which do not agree with each other.

Exactly.

The only time I ever used Tom Tom for my speed, was when my speedo cable broke on my last BMW and had to wait for the new part to arrive.

GPS speed is only accurate on a level, straight road.

Imagine in court, 'no your honour, I was using my GPS to tell me what speed I was doing, not my car speedo, as the TomTom is more accurate.....'

:lol:

I do use a Garmin GPS to calibrate the speedo on every new car I get.

Sorry Ernie, but to be pedantic, you do not "calibrate" your car speedo as that would require you to reprogramme/re-engineer it. What you do is check it against your GPS, and as has been said, even they are not guarenteed to be totally accurate, unless you are on a consistent straight, with no height variation and with the maximum number of satellites providing a signal.

Sorry Ernie, but to be pedantic, you do not "calibrate" your car speedo as that would require you to reprogramme/re-engineer it...

So pedantic in fact that it's not even true. There are other meanings to the word 'calibrate' involving checking or correlation. The OP's post is perfectly valid English if read with that sense.

My apologies then.

All points taken. I do use a flat section of my local M1 and check it up to a junction and back the other side. I think my Garmin GPSmap 62sc is very accurate and I can pick up the EGNOS correction satellite. I figure it is going to be considerably more accurate than my speedo? I just really want to know when my speedo says 60mph it really means 57mph which seems to be typically the old Yeti 'calibration'. I also do the same when I change to the winter type set up with 16" wheels rather than the standard 17".

_{I've turn the speed off on mine it's so out of date in Worcs/Warks hardly a road left that is the national speed limit they are all 50mph.there's a road near me that dropped it's limit about 6 years ago to 40mph the columbus on my 11 Reg still says it's 60mph and every other month there's a speed trap. So travelling to the Cotswolds this summer use your eyes not your sat-nav. :think:}