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Couple of questions regarding your figures.
a) What engine and official rated power/torque figures?
b) Were your measurements at the wheel or as extrapolated flywheel figure?

The story concludes with the car going in for its service with the original battery. They tested the battery and reported that there were now only 80 of the original 260 Cold cranking amps left.
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I think you are probably right about the source and that would explain the price.

Thanks, I had not considered buying online because I was a bit concerned whether a non AGM battery was robust enough for freight delivery and the probable freight cost.

However the Exide battery...

With the advent of colder weather my near 6 year old Octavia 1.4tsi is not starting with quite the same verve it has shown previously.

A multimeter check shows a 13.3 volt constant display and it...

I hope the stop/start on the Superb is more sophisticated than what I recently experienced on a loan Fabia which was just my third experience of a stop/start equipped vehicle.
Don't get me wrong,...

My current circumstances are complicated by a close relative in late stage palliative care so I really don't have the time or will to challenge the prices.
I have had some vicarious price reduction...

Another phone call with the dealer this morning after he had taken it home last night.
Apparently it was driving perfectly on the way home but on the way in this morning the temperature would not...

Thanks Brad,

I have been looking around myself and have this schematic which is helpful (ignore the auxiliary heating option bit though) and agrees with what you have said. The engine identifier...

So had a conversation with the dealers this morning and they have had the car on pressure test all night and no sign of any leakage.
They posit that there was an airlock and that was why it needed...

Just the housing.
But I noticed that when I drove the car back to the dealers this morning that the temperature only slowly went up to 80 deg.
Think they will replace both now.

I have a new...

Stop press:
Leak has reoccurred on new parts.
Now slightly peeved!

I was wrong (again) and I was not losing oil, the leakage was only the coolant but these days the coolant also contains lubricant so the oily residue I was looking at was what was left after the rest...

Coming back to Adelaide from a fantastic road trip to Tasmania in a fully loaded (4 people with luggage) vehicle and about 150km from home the low coolant warning comes on.
Checked the oil temp and...

Contents of washer are only really important if you live in an area where freezing temperatures occur.
Other than that my wife loves the smell of the 'proper Skoda' washer fluid.
For those who like...

Bad luck about the stolen car. I'm guessing apart from the inconvenience you will also be out of pocket.
What was the price of the RS180?

Are you keeping it?

I was in a similar situation for the potentially expensive 4th year service on my 1.4tsi manual.
I bit the bullet and booked at the Hillcrest site even though it was pretty inconvenient for me as I...

An independent mechanic advised me that machining Vw/Skoda disks was not a great idea due to lack of metal. Our brakes were smaller ones though.

Goodyear F1 or Michelin PS4 are usually recommended...

Must have been difficult resisting the temptation to rip off the protective layer.
Had our 1.4tsi manual for 4 years now and we still love driving it.

The reports on Sport Maxx, on this forum and the UK Briskoda forum, are often so much at variance that I can only conclude that their quality control is suspect and so you may get either an excellent...

Unless LED were installed by the previous owner they would be normal bulbs.
Easy enough to remove and check first though.

I thought that mode selection increased the steering weight as you progressed through eco normal and sport?
According to some Briskoda threads you can customise individual aspects like throttle and...

Nice.
Octavia mk2 1.9pd manual ambiente wagon was my first Skoda. Bought brand new in Dec 2007, it was the first Skoda sold/delivered in South Australia (I was told).
Absolutely loved driving that...

I believe the Toureg ball weight is up around 200 kg