Simple manufacture date check

I got mine at January 2011, but I know it was build at November 2010, so that was dots says on this plastic cover.

Parts store suggestions

Heard about two more good parts stores.
One in Tel Aviv at Hamasger 8 - General Brakes.
Second in Hertzliya at Maskit 5 - branch of Masika from Hadera.

Need to check some day.

Valvoline SynPower MST 5W-40 oil

When I was near Hadera two days ago, I drove to Masika parts store on Friedlander 12 - the recommendation from Valvoline warehouse - I was need 1L of SynPower anyway.

4 liters cost 220 NIS and production date was 2010-12-21.
1 liter was old design bottle SynPower MST (note small letters) with production date Jan 2010 for only 40 NIS. (Last week I was in Herzliya and saw same bottle for 70 NIS).

Valvoline SynPower MST 5W-40

Math lesson: old production line oil 4 x 40 NIS is only 160 NIS, when 4L of new is 220 NIS.
With lubricant advisor MST is not listed, but I think it can be used for topping as their specs are almost the same and it has 502/504 approvals.

Valvoline SynPower MST 5W-40 sticker

I liked the store, nice people.
They said in Herzliya on Maskit 5 they have a branch. At Maskit 15 there is another store, not related to this one where I was and kinda not liked - they didn't even knew what is VW 502/504 approval after all.

Fuel gauge

Skoda Fabia's fuel gauge on dashboard

With help of Multitronics I was able to find what are these bricks mean in liters.

As we know from manual, full tank is 45 liters and last two is below 7 liters (low fuel turns on with beep). Using that and recordings I made, we have the rules:
- first one is 11 liters
- next big bricks each of 5 liters
- small ones before last two are ~1.5 liter each
- last two about 3 liters each

If you interested in precise numbers, go to GDocs spreadsheet.

Update (2013-03-28)
You can get exact results with VAG-COM while monitoring following values, but I have no time doing this ;-)
It also says how many graph bars to show on dashboard.

Washing tip

If you interested in washing you Fabia by yourself, here a tip from experienced friends.

After washing a vehicle, it's a good thing to dry it off - remove all extra water and keep paint and glass from stains. Instead of buying expensive chamois leather, go to local supermarket and get this perfect microfiber towel for floor cleaning for just 10 NIS. It should be Sano make and exact name as on picture. They have several colors (i got yellow) and also a smaller size 30x30 cm too (this one is 80x50 cm).