Put mine in for its first variable service today. 18.6k miles after 21 months.

There was a black Blackline there too, either for servicing today or finished and ready to collect (West end, Uphall) anyone on here?

Mine goes in next week, millage exactly 20k shame we only put 8k per year on the pcp. means we can only do 4k next year

Just heard back from the garage.

Front CV boot (?) is leaking, to be repaired under warranty.

Rear wheels are "scrubbing on the inside edge and down to 3mm" which will need 4-wheel alignment check to investigate and resolve? Eh? At £40+ per axle for the check?

Just had the second service on my Blackline. Most impressed so far - a great mile muncher - good performace and mpg.  I did think that the feel through the steering was slightly wooden from new - finally found the time to get a full 4 wheel geometry check done by my local indie, who I trust with all the family cars - well worth the £50 - transformed the car!  I reckon this will be a keeper - as people have said - the cost to go to Mk3 at the same spec is just prohibitive.

Just heard back from the garage.

Front CV boot (?) is leaking, to be repaired under warranty.

Rear wheels are "scrubbing on the inside edge and down to 3mm" which will need 4-wheel alignment check to investigate and resolve? Eh? At £40+ per axle for the check?

I have seen posts about Sawtoothing elsewhere on the forum, so might be worth a search in the mk2 section to see if other forum members with the same issue had to pay or if they got it done under warrenty?

As above, use the search bar for 'sawtoothing',

 

A very common issue on the rear suspension on the MkII vRS, one Skoda UK deny by the way.

God I hate living in this area at this time of year.

 

We travel down a lot of country "back roads" and my Blackline looks like its been chuffing rallying. Pointless washing it as after one trip to work its back to how it was before washing.

 

Chuffing tractors dragging all the mud/cack out from the fields and onto the roads. My poor cars.

Edited 18 October, 201411 yr by Thehulkster

my skoda blackline was 2 years old in september, cannot believe where the time has gone. 

anyway ive done 43,000 miles , car hasnt missed a beat , averages 51 mpg , and seems to run better now than it did before , although it has always ran well.

first skoda i have had , and what a great car the blackline is , 

but i really cannot see myself paying the addition money for a simular specked mk3 vrs 

think i shall have to keep what i have till it falls apart around me lol.

Just got one and it is top class... 

Just got one and it is top class...

Welcome to the forum and the Blackline club. Love mine and no intention of selling.

+1^^^ I'm saving the money I would have sqandered on a mk3 and 'Investing' it next year on a new bike instead. The things we do......

picked mine up on sat and only done 600 miles but im very happy with the way it goes,just need bluetooth enabled and a mic and im one happy boy

Anyone else have rear parking sensor issues

 

Last year, I spotted that one of mine (middle right) was beginning to sink into the hole at one side. (the whole unit, sensor + frame)

Now I've just seen that another (middle left) seems to be copying it.

 

Back when this happened to my wife's Octy, about 9 months after a minor collision repair, we asked about getting it fixed

The Skoda garage wanted a couple of hours work (at the relevant cost) to remove the bumper, disconnect, re-seat the sensor and reconnect, then put the bumper back

The coachworks who did the original accident repair took 20 minutes to reach under the bumper and push the sensor back in place, maybe even gluing it in (IDK) and they did it all under the guarantee of their original work - the only hassle was they were 40 minutes away, as opposed to 10 minutes for the Skoda garage.

 

I take it there shouldn't be too much difference between the bumpers on a vRS compared to an Elegance, and that any local garage with a ramp should be able to pop the sensors back in?

Is it worth me trying to force this as a repair under warranty with the Skoda dealer ?