Should I idle my Octavia TDI before switching off to allow the turbo to cool?

A few months ago I purchased a Skoda Octavia L&K 2.0 TDI with which I have been very pleased. This is the first diesel that I have run and have been receiving confused messages about whether or not it...

Which small car for my 17-year-old daughter?

My 17-year-old daughter has just started driving and I think it would be more cost effective to buy her a small car rather than try to insure her on the family car. Safety and reliability are definitely...

Spare Keys for a Skoda Yeti - can you help?

I am currently buying a new Skoda Yeti and would like to have spare keys for the additional drivers (2) listed on my Car Insurance. The Main Dealer is quoting £250-300 for each new key. Is there a cheaper...

Ear raid warning

Having reached an age when my hearing now requires aids, I find these in fact distort extraneous sounds so that it is quite useless trying to listen to the radio on long journeys. Also, because of the...

Reversal of misfortune

I was interested to read of a Volkswagen Golf automatic suddenly accelerating. I have an automatic Skoda Octavia and it is virtually impossible to reverse smoothly at low speed, particularly when reversing...

New or upmarket used?

I am buying something to replace my ageing Volvo. I was looking at the Hyundai i30 or Skoda Rapid when it occurred to me that I might be better off going upmarket and used in a similar price range. The...

Skoda Fabia or something else?

We are currently looking for a new car for my wife, she currently has a Nissan Note 1.5 dCi which she is very happy with but she does 24k a year and the the mileage is getting rather high now. We are...

Van over-bored

I am looking to pension off my Renault Kangoo van and would like to replace it with a small used estate because of the ease of loading compared to a hatchback, maybe something around 3 years old. Any suggestions...

Should I buy winter tyres?

For the last 30 years or so I have been driving 4x4s, but now managing on a pension and not doing the mileage I used to do I am moving to something smaller and more economical: a Skoda Fabia SE Plus 1.2...

Low profile tyres - can I replace them for something higher?

The 17-inch rims and 225/45 tyres on my Skoda Superb are giving me a hard ride. A tyre fitter has suggested replacing the tyres, when worn - soon, apparently - with 225/50 tyres on the same 17" wheels.