Motoring Abroad; Avoiding Damage To Your Vehicle - Skoda OCTAVIA - 05-2010 Owner's Manual

180 Driving and the Environment
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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.
Note
Detailed information about the trade-in and recycling of old cars is available from a
Škoda Service Partner.

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
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Subject to fulfilment of the national legal requirements.
happy to provide information about technical aspects of the vehicle, required mainte-
nance work and possibilities for getting repairs done.
Unleaded petrol
A vehicle fitted with a petrol engine must always be refuelled with unleaded petrol
 page 176. The automobile associations can provide you with information regarding
the locations of filling stations which offer unleaded petrol.
Headlight
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.
In order to prevent the dazzling of oncoming traffic, it is necessary that an adjustment
of the headlights is carried out by your authorised Škoda Service Partner.
The adaptation of the headlights with Xenon lights* (applies only to vehicles which are
designed for driving on the left and on the right) is performed in the menu Setup
Lights & Vision & Travel mode in the main menu of the information display*
 page 22.

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.