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Old 18th December 2024, 12:45   #2476
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Re: Skoda Slavia Review

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Have anyone put the skoda blaunkpunt dashcams from the showroom itself? How is the product, is it too bad or just overpriced for what it offers? How is the installation quality, does it leave any dangling wires in the cabin?
I am thinking of getting a dashcam, don’t want to do an aftermarket installation as i am a bit worried about the warranty.
I have installed 70mai A510 in my Slavia 1.5 DSG by ordering from Amazon and got it installed from a local accesory vendor for INR 500. Better value for money in comparison to Blaupunkt, no dangling wires and no cuts anywhere as its connected to 12V socket.
Multiple advantages over Skoda blaupunkt dashcam like 3K recording with Starvis 2 sensor, front and rear both cams, ADAS (can be swiched off) and many more.
To ensure you dont face any warranty issues, please dont hardwire the cam, and use 12V socket for power. And since our Skoda USB or 12V socket is always on, you will need to enable this setting of switching off the camera after 5 mins of idle (if available in other model that you might go for).

But even with this you ll need to plugin the camera again once you start your vehicle to start recording. As far as I know, For Auto on and Off feature for any camera you would need to hardwire in Slavia, but thats not recommended due to warranty issues.
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Old 18th December 2024, 12:58   #2477
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Have anyone put the skoda blaunkpunt dashcams from the showroom itself? How is the product, is it too bad or just overpriced for what it offers? How is the installation quality, does it leave any dangling wires in the cabin?
I am thinking of getting a dashcam, don’t want to do an aftermarket installation as i am a bit worried about the warranty.
As long as you don't cut any wires you don't have to worry about warranty. I transplanted my old 70 mai from my Honda City to my Slavia. All you need to do is get a convertor to plug into the USB C in the front. 70 mai has dual dash comes starting from 12k. Its a simple DIY kit.

Does the seat ventilation is only in the seat part or on the back rest of the seat also? Mine seems to be coming only from the seating part.

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Old 18th December 2024, 16:07   #2478
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I have installed 70mai A510 in my Slavia 1.5 DSG by ordering from Amazon and got it installed from a local accesory vendor for INR 500. Better value for money in comparison to Blaupunkt, no dangling wires and no cuts anywhere as its connected to 12V socket.
Multiple advantages over Skoda blaupunkt dashcam like 3K recording with Starvis 2 sensor, front and rear both cams, ADAS (can be swiched off) and many more.
To ensure you dont face any warranty issues, please dont hardwire the cam, and use 12V socket for power. And since our Skoda USB or 12V socket is always on, you will need to enable this setting of switching off the camera after 5 mins of idle (if available in other model that you might go for).

But even with this you ll need to plugin the camera again once you start your vehicle to start recording. As far as I know, For Auto on and Off feature for any camera you would need to hardwire in Slavia, but thats not recommended due to warranty issues.
This is a huge help, sounds great. One of the main reasons why I was wary of 3rd party installation was the skoda's 12 V being always on. This auto shutdown takes care of that concern.

How does the camera reach the 12 V socket, is it taken through the panels or something to avoid the dangling wires. Would you happen to have any photos ?

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As long as you don't cut any wires you don't have to worry about warranty. I transplanted my old 70 mai from my Honda City to my Slavia. All you need to do is get a convertor to plug into the USB C in the front. 70 mai has dual dash comes starting from 12k. Its a simple DIY kit.

Does the seat ventilation is only in the seat part or on the back rest of the seat also? Mine seems to be coming only from the seating part.
Any reason for going for the usb-c over the 12 V socket ? Any advantages/disadvantages?

Regarding the ventilation, it's definitely supposed to come from the backrest part.

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Old 19th December 2024, 00:41   #2479
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Got delivery of Skoda Slavia 1.0 Prestige MT today.
There were two issues during the delivery:
1. The car manufacturing month is May-2024. But sales person explained that car was received just 20-25 days before in the yard. He even willing to show the invoice from factory but I did not insist on it.
2. The variant name is still STYLE in documents. I asked the salesperson about it, he said that although variant names have changed by skoda, but for registration purposes variant names are still used as old ones. He even showed the documents for one car which was manufactured in October 2024 but still uses the variant name STYLE.

I checked the car as well as I can check, couldn’t find any issue, so took the delivery. Can someone explain these two issues, is there any reason to worry?
Can someone confirm this?

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Any reason for going for the usb-c over the 12 V socket ? Any advantages/disadvantages?
12 V socket remains always ON. So as per my settings camera shuts down in 05 minutes, but doesn’t start when I start the vehicle next time unless I manually plug out and plug it in the socket.
Using Type C solved this issue, now camera shuts down around 5 seconds after the car engine stops and starts back ON when the vehicle starts.
I am using 70mai A200

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Re: Skoda Slavia Review

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This is a huge help, sounds great. One of the main reasons why I was wary of 3rd party installation was the skoda's 12 V being always on. This auto shutdown takes care of that concern.

How does the camera reach the 12 V socket, is it taken through the panels or something to avoid the dangling wires. Would you happen to have any photos ?
Yea, the auto shut off after 5 mins is a very useful feature.

Adding some photos for your reference. The accesory guy took these wires from behind the glove box and he opened the side panel near door.

The camera wires that you see could have been more closer to the connection of rear view mirror, but I already had fastag in center and I still wanted the camera to be easily accesible from driver seat, hence those are visible in my case.
Also added a photo of how it reaches the 12 V socket. Hope this helps.
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Old 19th December 2024, 21:26   #2481
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Adding some photos for your reference. The accesory guy took these wires from behind the glove box and he opened the side panel near door.
I am using exact same set up. I am now looking for L-shaped/ right angled type C cable with type-A female on other side to make the arrangement more sleek as current one has connectors protruding out.
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Re: Skoda Slavia Review

78000 and 2 yrs and 9 months done. Car stalled for the 4th time with EPC light on. Everytime they claim to repair but this happens over and over again to the point that I having been a loyal skoda customer for almost a decade now have started discouraging people from buying skida VW cars. I wonder if they have a solution to this of do I have to get rid of this car and look for alternatives.
First they said it was due to change in alcohol concentration in the fuel. Then it was about impurities in the fuel. I wonder what they will come up with this time.
Really getting sick and tired of all this.
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Old 22nd December 2024, 17:14   #2483
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Re: Skoda Slavia Review

Attention fellow members! The Skoda sale on the Slavia and Kushaq is live until midnight, December 22, 2024. Don’t miss out, petrolheads!
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Old 22nd December 2024, 19:14   #2484
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Re: Skoda Slavia Review

Hello Everyone,

Can someone help me out to know what are the latest features added in Slavia if any.

I have heard that now puddle lamps are available as an inbuilt feature.
Is this true or they are made available as a genuine accessory which can be fitted as per the customer’s wish!
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Re: Skoda Slavia Review

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78000 and 2 yrs and 9 months done. Car stalled for the 4th time with EPC light on. Everytime they claim to repair but this happens over and over again to the point that I having been a loyal skoda customer for almost a decade now have started discouraging people from buying skida VW cars. I wonder if they have a solution to this of do I have to get rid of this car and look for alternatives.
First they said it was due to change in alcohol concentration in the fuel. Then it was about impurities in the fuel. I wonder what they will come up with this time.
Really getting sick and tired of all this.
No disrespect to this Czech manufacturer but then their products are not as reliable as Japanese / Korean products. Indian climate and general conditions are not as conducive as Europe.

This reminds me when Philips used to sell transistor radio sets marked as 'tropicalised'.

I guess VW can still do more to make their products India-ready.
We, as customers need more reliability full stop.
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Old 23rd December 2024, 19:07   #2486
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It all started with the launch of Kylaq. I was checking the internet for details of the newly launched Kylaq, which many reputed auto websites considered a game changer and volume generator for Skoda.

Before this, I wasn't even considering getting a new car. However, due to the possibility of a new job assignment for my better half in NCR, my trips to NCR were going to increase. It was already on my mind that Ecosport Diesel (BS IV) might not get entry into Delhi due to frequent GRAP implementation. That along with the fact that Rapid was causing more electronics problems nearing 10 years of its life, led to the idea in my mind, while checking Kylaq, that I should replace Rapid with a similar car, which was going to be a Skoda or VW.

The Rapid has served us faithfully, except for some higher maintenance costs. But this was the car that awakened the car enthusiast in me and introduced me to the fundamentals of cars.

Although Slavia has been around for more than two years, I never got into minor details. The first thing I checked was the ground clearance of Slavia and compared it with Kushaq. Salvia's ground clearance was just 10 mm less than Kushaq which was termed as an SUV and 21 mm less than Ecosport. Kushaq was never in my mind due to the reason that it was almost the same size as Ecosport, which I realized when both were parked together one day. I was only interested in Sedans due to their superior driving dynamics.

I registered my interest with Skoda on their official website and got a call back within 30 minutes. I enquired about the Slavia Base Model and told them I needed to exchange my Rapid as well, which was bought from the same showroom, 10 years ago. The salesperson asked for a few photos of Rapid along with RC, which I sent him immediately. He took two days to get back to me. In the meantime, I also contacted VW for Virtus, and the exchange price was just 2.0 lacs with an exchange bonus. Although I was never interested in Virtus, I was just checking the price. VW also gave their quotation, and I was disappointed to see Handling/Logistic Charges of around 8000 in their quotation which many Transport departments have termed illegal.

It was disheartening to get that much low offer. Then Skoda salesperson called and told me the offer was 2.5 lacs. When I showed disappointment, he assured me they would offer more with on-table discussion during booking. With a little bit of help from fellow TBHP members, I was satisfied that around 3 lacs with an exchange bonus is a good offer. At this point, I was moved up from Slavia Classic to Sportline.

Finally, the booking day came. I went for Skoda Slavia Sportline 1.0 MT, the exchange offer was 3.0 with exchange and corporate discount.

I was getting the Sportline for around 12.45 lacs on-road with the exchange.
Then the salesperson made another offer. Salvia Prestige 1.0 MT for an on-road price of INR 13.6 lacs, which essentially raised the overall discounts including exchange to 3.9 lacs.

It was tempting but I initially refused as the features of Prestige were of little value to me. But my better half wanted prestige now. So I had to give in. So finally booked Slavia Prestige 1.0 MT.

After that, I was out of town on a personal trip for 10 days. Talked to the sales guy in between for more discounts. Finally decided to take delivery on 28.11.2024.

I took the delivery and paid 13.49 lacs in total ( including insurance (1+3), registration, Fastag, 02 years EW, complimentary 02 years SMP).

Two things arose during delivery,
  • Car manufacturing month was May-24. The sales guys explained that he got the car around 30 days before, he even offered to show the factory billing but I did not insist. I inspected the car as well as I could and found no issues.
  • The car variant was mentioned as Style on the delivery card. The salesperson told me that on documents, the car variant is still being used as Style. He showed me the delivery card of Kushaq Prestige with the manufacturing month as 10/2024. It was also written as Style. Also in the My Skoda Car app, the variant is mentioned as “Slavia Style 1.0 TSI MT-Prestige”.
Now I have driven the car for almost 1000 km. Driving is mostly on hilly roads. These are the observations:
  • Slavia is a head-turner. People couldn't help but notice its presence, especially in Lava Blue, which is something my office colleagues told me.
  • One big difference I have noticed is how different turbocharged engines behave as compared to NA. While I did not have any issue as I was already driving Ecosport diesel, a lag before 1600-1700 rpm is certainly there in Slavia which was non-existent in Rapid.
  • The virtual cockpit doesn't offer much except the graphics and using it is a little complicated as compared to Analog IC.
  • Touch controls for AC are the real pain, you need to get your eyes off the road every time you need to change the temperature and there is no dedicated control for switching AC off. You have to do it through fan control.
  • Electrically adjustable seats are convenient but too slow.
  • I haven't experienced the ventilated seats yet as I live mostly in places with sub-zero temperatures during the ongoing season.
  • The engine makes little noise at idle, which I think is due to its 3-cylinder configuration.
  • I have yet to notice the fact that there is a sunroof above my head.
  • I miss all Windows one-touch up-down and remote Windows up-down features of Rapid.
I have installed only 3 accesories namely mud flaps, floor mats and a dashcam and planning to install a Skoda Logo and TSI emblem on the rear, as I think something is missing without the Skoda Logo on the rear.
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I recently purchased Slavia 1.0 AT and was going through the owner's user manual. I found the below two points in conflict with the regular practice i have been following in other cars (albeit NA-IVT cars).

1. User manual asks the user to avoid engine warm up. I personally found this to be counterintuitive.

2. I have been regularly putting the gear selector in N while waiting for signals. But the manual asks the user to leave the selector in D/S with brake pedal. In fact, as per the user manual, the only time N is to be used, is while towing the car.

Is this the standard practice? Has this got something to do with torque converter gearbox?
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1. User manual asks the user to avoid engine warm up. I personally found this to be counterintuitive.
This is just an advise to save fuel (Drive economically) but since its a turbo charged engine you should run the engine at idle for at least 2 minutes after starting the car as well as while switching it off.

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2. I have been regularly putting the gear selector in N while waiting for signals. But the manual asks the user to leave the selector in D/S with brake pedal. In fact, as per the user manual, the only time N is to be used, is while towing the car.

Is this the standard practice? Has this got something to do with torque converter gearbox?
It seems they just copied the advise of DSG transmission where the clutch gets disengaged the moment you press the brake pedal. Whereas in torque convertor transmission there is a fluid coupling which is always trying to push the car irrespective of the brake while in drive mode. So its advisable to put the car in Neutral in torque convertor transmission cars so that the torque convertor as well as brakes last longer while burning less fuel.
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It seems they just copied the advise of DSG transmission where the clutch gets disengaged the moment you press the brake pedal. Whereas in torque convertor transmission there is a fluid coupling which is always trying to push the car irrespective of the brake while in drive mode. So its advisable to put the car in Neutral in torque convertor transmission cars so that the torque convertor as well as brakes last longer while burning less fuel.

Thank you very much. That explains a lot. For an average automobile layman like me, it took a while to fully understand the functioning explained above

Before asking in this forum, I tried to search the answer for this query across all available options on the internet. Ended up being even more confused than I was when I started. Looks like, experts on the internet have different opinion on when/if N has to be engaged for temporary halt. May be the answer depends on the underlying gearbox transmission technology (TC, DSG etc.)

As a newbie in T-bhp, I am in awe of this community. For a question asked just an hour ago, a fellow member can convincingly answer/explain in such a short time is a big deal. Thanks again.
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Old 26th December 2024, 13:21   #2490
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Sound Decibel Test Before and after installing Hood Insulation in Slavia 1.0 AT

I really enjoy the roar of the TSI engines, but lately, it has become a bit too loud. So, I decided to install a hood insulator to tone down the engine sound slightly, while still preserving some of its character. Results were surprising.

Product Name – SOUND ABS
Product Code – 5JL-863-831
Product Price – Rs 958/- Inclusive of taxes
Installation time – 5 minutes

A. Sound Test done BEFORE the Hood Insulation was installed - Image 1.

a. (Exterior) - Phone with Sound decibel meter was placed on the center of the hood.
b. (Interior) - Phone with Sound decibel meter was placed just above the infotainment system

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B. Sound Test done AFTER the Hood Insulation was installed - Image 2.

a. (Exterior) Phone with Sound decibel meter was placed on the center of the hood.
b. (Interior) Phone with Sound decibel meter was placed just above the infotainment system.

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Observation

Heat transfer to the bonnet has significantly decreased or I can say completely gone. There is no noticeable change in engine noise levels, either inside or outside the car. As confirmed by the service centre staff, that the hood insulator is primarily designed for thermal insulation, it can sometimes help reduce engine noise, though this is not its primary function. Quite silly that the product name says “SOUND ABS”.
I assume Dampening will only reduce the engine sound.
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