Petra to Laura - I will never learn!!

recshenoy · 24th January 2010, 00:26

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Originally Posted by sivadas

Yesterday I was little surprised to see that my spare weell/tyre is still 15". I was under the impression that all 5 wheels/tyres got upgraded to 16''.

Checked with dealer on this and I was happy to here that this was a mistake and they are going to replace the existing one with 16" wheel/tyre.

Mind it, it is still not an alloy just the steel one

is this check not in the Team BHP PDI check list? we should add a task in checklist to have spare tyre profile checked!

sivadas · 24th January 2010, 11:53

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Originally Posted by recshenoy

is this check not in the Team BHP PDI check list? we should add a task in checklist to have spare tyre profile checked!

Good idea recshenoy.
But in my case, I had taken the car with stock wheels initially and dealer took back the car later for upgrade. So this mistake happend later when they delivered the car back to me.

Any way, couple of days back they have replaced the 15'' one with 16'' wheel/tyre.

sivadas · 24th January 2010, 13:45

Yesterday for the first time I had to drive my car on a stop and go traffic for around 20mts.
At the end of it my right foot was paining which never happened with the Petra.
I find the Break-pedal postion a little uncomfortable. May be I am yet to find a good seating position.

anekho · 24th January 2010, 15:40

Great review, Sivadas.

She looks fantastic, enjoy her to the fullest.

A quick question, can you fill her up with the normal petrol or only the speed kind?

Also, does the laura have a sunroof in any of it's trim levels?

sivadas · 24th January 2010, 20:47

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Originally Posted by anekho

Great review, Sivadas.

She looks fantastic, enjoy her to the fullest.
A quick question, can you fill her up with the normal petrol or only the speed kind?
Also, does the laura have a sunroof in any of it's trim levels?

Thanks anekho.
Yes, ideally it should be 95 octane petrol which is difficult to get.
Skoda people have specifically told not to use extra addictives. Existing premium petrol (with addictives like Speed, Power XtraPremiu etc) are fine it seems.

Petrol Laura (only Abiente trim is available) does not have a sunroof where as Diesel L&K variant has it.

anekho · 24th January 2010, 21:50

Thanks for the reply sivadas.

One more question,

Whats the price difference like between normal petrol and speed in Bangalore?

Akki_5 · 25th January 2010, 00:46

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Originally Posted by anekho

Also, does the laura have a sunroof in any of it's trim levels?

The older Laura had sunroof on L&K trim. The facelifted Laura does not have sunroof for any trims. It's available only on the Superb.

sivadas · 26th January 2010, 16:04

The auto wiper is becoming a minor irritant. This guy jumps into action with the slightest provacation. Not sure, where the whater is coming from though.

Last week at a petrol bunk, as usual one person started cleaning the front wind screen. Smelling water, wiper swung into action to the utter shock of this guy. He shouted and jumped back and started laughing, my son had a nice laugh too.

Akki_5 · 26th January 2010, 16:46

Why have you kept the auto-wiper 'on' when there are no rains around? I keep the wiper stalk on 'off' position these days. During monsoons, i keep the stalk on 'on' position and let the auto wiper do it's job.

sivadas · 26th January 2010, 21:47

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Originally Posted by Akki_5

Why have you kept the auto-wiper 'on' when there are no rains around? I keep the wiper stalk on 'off' position these days. During monsoons, i keep the stalk on 'on' position and let the auto wiper do it's job.

Frankly speaking, I was not knowing how to do this. I will disable it at the earliest. Still going through the manual to find out many things.
Thanks Akki.

AirWind · 27th January 2010, 15:56

Congrats Sivadas. By any chance you TD'ed the Octavia 1.8 TPi?

sivadas · 27th January 2010, 20:40

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Originally Posted by AirWind

Congrats Sivadas. By any chance you TD'ed the Octavia 1.8 TPi?

No, never thought of it. Isn's it really outdated compared to competition as well as siblings?

anandpadhye · 28th January 2010, 17:52

@sivdas,
Can you help me with the following:
What's your engine no. and chassis no. and month of manufacture?
I would like to confirm the month of manufacture for mine while taking the delivery...

sbraj · 28th January 2010, 18:31

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Originally Posted by anandpadhye

@sivdas,
Can you help me with the following:
What's your engine no. and chassis no. and month of manufacture?
I would like to confirm the month of manufacture for mine while taking the delivery...

anandpadhye, there is a separate thread where you can get these details from the VIN.
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/techni...dian-cars.html

You could ask the sales folks to inform you of the VIN before registration. And then get these details from wildon by posting in that thread.

sivadas · 31st January 2010, 21:53

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Originally Posted by anandpadhye

@sivdas,
Can you help me with the following:
What's your engine no. and chassis no. and month of manufacture?
I would like to confirm the month of manufacture for mine while taking the delivery...

As sbraj pointed out, you can find the month of manufacture from the other thread.
Another easy change you can check out is the omission of Cigaratte lighter & Ash tray in new set of Lauras. I mean, the available 12V socket cannot be used for lighting cigarattes.
I am not sure on the exact month Skoda started this change.

24th January 2010, 13:45	#78
sivadas BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 506 Thanked: 208 Times View My Garage	Yesterday for the first time I had to drive my car on a stop and go traffic for around 20mts. At the end of it my right foot was paining which never happened with the Petra. I find the Break-pedal postion a little uncomfortable. May be I am yet to find a good seating position.
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24th January 2010, 15:40	#79
anekho Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: . Posts: 1,995 Thanked: 684 Times	Great review, Sivadas. She looks fantastic, enjoy her to the fullest. A quick question, can you fill her up with the normal petrol or only the speed kind? Also, does the laura have a sunroof in any of it's trim levels?
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24th January 2010, 21:50	#81
anekho Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: . Posts: 1,995 Thanked: 684 Times	Thanks for the reply sivadas. One more question, Whats the price difference like between normal petrol and speed in Bangalore?
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26th January 2010, 16:04	#83
sivadas BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 506 Thanked: 208 Times View My Garage	The auto wiper is becoming a minor irritant. This guy jumps into action with the slightest provacation. Not sure, where the whater is coming from though. Last week at a petrol bunk, as usual one person started cleaning the front wind screen. Smelling water, wiper swung into action to the utter shock of this guy. He shouted and jumped back and started laughing, my son had a nice laugh too.
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26th January 2010, 16:46	#84
Akki_5 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Mumbai Posts: 311 Thanked: 67 Times	Why have you kept the auto-wiper 'on' when there are no rains around? I keep the wiper stalk on 'off' position these days. During monsoons, i keep the stalk on 'on' position and let the auto wiper do it's job.
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27th January 2010, 15:56	#86
AirWind BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 998 Thanked: 404 Times View My Garage	Congrats Sivadas. By any chance you TD'ed the Octavia 1.8 TPi?
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28th January 2010, 17:52	#88
anandpadhye Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Pune Posts: 3,054 Thanked: 3,313 Times	@sivdas, Can you help me with the following: What's your engine no. and chassis no. and month of manufacture? I would like to confirm the month of manufacture for mine while taking the delivery...
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