Winter tyres: Your advice versus my Insurer's advice?

I'm fitting winter tyres to my front-wheel drive Roomster. Both the tyre dealer and my insurer (the latter checked with their technical dept) said front wheel tyres only were needed. The tyre dealer tried...

I have been offered some used winter tyres with good tread. Good idea?

I have been offered a set of Michelin Alpin winter tyres that were new last winter and had very little wear, about 6mm left, but they were fitted to a front wheel drive Octavia and I need them for a rear...

Yeti 'Engine Fault' warning

We love our two year old Yeti 4x4 diesel (or at least we did). A couple of weeks ago after a couple of hours at a steady 70mph on the A1 the glow plug warning light started to flash and the warning: 'Engine...

Does my Fabia need a replacement cam belt?

My 2 1/2 year old Fabia is due for its 40,000 mile service and the local Skoda independent garage tells me that the cam belt also needs changing. Checking with the Skoda dealer from whom I bought the car,...

A fun car with good ground clearance?

Soon I shall need to replace my 2 year old Giulietta 1.4 multi-air for something that is good on steep hills, mud and rutted tracks so will need fairly high ground clearance. What would be a good choice...

What is the ABS fault on my 2007 Skoda Octavia?

My 2007 Skoda Octavia diesel, which has covered under 40,000 miles, recently developed a fault involving the steering, speedometer and ABS. The car was taken to a Skoda garage and the ECU had a replacement...

Buying a 1.8 TSI Skoda Superb - have you heard of any problems with them?

I will be test driving a 1.8TSI (Skoda Superb) tomorrow and would be interested to know if the TSI engines in VAG vehicles are as troublesome as the TDI engines. I can't help wondering about the fact...

Does the Skoda Yeti have a dual mass flywheel?

I've been reading about the problems with dual mass flywheels on diesel cars, but had thought it was only manual models that were susceptible. However, I've since heard that automatics can also be affected....

Does this car salesman sound suspicious?

I have been looking at a 2004 Skoda Octavia Superb 1.9-litre diesel automatic. It has 90,000 miles on the clock. The original owner appears to have been a Skoda executive, since when there have been two...

Should our Skoda Fabia return lower MPG than our Octavia?

For nine years we drove a Skoda Octavia 1.9TDIs. We downsized to a Fabia 1.6TDI expecting to get increased mpg but have been sadly disappointed. The Octavia usually averaged 52-54mpg and sometimes almost...