Motoring Abroad; Avoiding Damage To Your Vehicle - Skoda FABIA - 03-2010 Owner's Manual

146 Driving and the Environment
Manufacture
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Solvent-free cavity protection.
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Solvent-free protection of the vehicle for transportation from the production plant
to the customer.
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The use of solvent-free adhesives.
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No CFCs used in the production process.
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Without use of mercury.
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Use of water-soluble paints.
Trade-in and recycling of old cars
Škoda Auto meets the requirements of the brand and its products regarding environ-
ment and ressource protection. All new Škoda vehicles can be utilized up to 95% and
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always be returned. In a lot of countries sufficient trade-in networks have been
created, where you can trade-in your vehicle. After you trade-in your vehicle, you will
receive a confirmation stating the recycling in accordance with environmental regula-
tions.
Vehicles with special built-on types
Technical documents regarding changes carried out on the vehicle must be kept by the
vehicle user, in order to hand over later to the old car user. This ensures the recycling
in accordance with environmental regulations.

Motoring abroad

General
Other circumstances may exist abroad.
It is also possible, in certain countries, that the Škoda Service Partner network is limited
or has not been established yet. This is the reason why obtaining certain spare parts
may be somewhat complicated and specialist garage personnel may only be able to
make limited repairs. Škoda Auto in the Czech Republic and relevant importers are
happy to provide information about technical aspects of the vehicle, required mainte-
nance work and possibilities for getting repairs done.
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Subject to fulfilment of the national legal requirements.
Unleaded petrol
A vehicle fitted with a petrol engine must always be refuelled with unleaded petrol
 page 142. The automobile associations can provide you with information regarding
the locations of filling stations which offer unleaded petrol.
Headlights
The low beam of your headlights is set asymmetrically. It illuminates the side of the
road on which you are driving to a greater extent. If you drive abroad on the other side
of the road, you will dazzle oncoming traffic.
Halogen projector headlights
The adaptation of the headlights (valid for vehicles which are designed for driving on
the left and on the right) must be performed by switching over a bezel by a specialist
garage.
Halogen headlight
When using Halogen headlights, it is necessary to stick a sticker over a certain part of
the headlights in order to prevent the dazzling of oncoming traffic.
You can purchase headlight stickers from the range of the Škoda original parts.
Note
You can obtain further information regarding masking over or converting the head-
lights from your specialist garage.

Avoiding damage to your vehicle

When driving on poor roads and lanes or when driving over kerbstones, steep ramps
etc., you must pay particular attention to ensuring that any low-slung parts of the
vehicle, such as spoiler and exhaust, do not touch the ground and get damaged.
This particularly applies to models with a lowered suspension (sport suspension) and
also when your vehicle is fully laden.