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The key is of course, home charging.

Another good video from @domhnall . A typical use of someone doing many miles for work and personal and with a home charger & subscriptions for cheaper public charging. Plenty in his street also with BEV,s and likely home chargers. Now we just need a comparison of someone doing these kind of miles and only public charging. Maybe the same as driving a Fabia petrol car. But quite possibly more. But then there is the BIK for those using the BEV for business miles.

Makes you wonder what sort of clown production planner demands that any labels end up being placed in that zone - I've noticed a label being there in the past and thought that that was a really really dumb place to put a sticker. My main, so far, problem with alloys is, where I get mine powder coated mainly to reduce leaks and improve appearance, they hang the cleaned/stripped wheels up using a steel hook through the valve hole - so no powder coating etc ever gets on a small area "across" the valve sealing point, but salty winter road does and then after only 2 or 3 years, I'm back to having a slow tyre leak! I handed in 5 wheels but only 4 had tyres on them, so when I found that on the 5th wheel I sorted it out before getting a tyre and valve put on it. The other issue with this "specialist company" is, they powder coat the inner hub contacting face on wheels - and VW Group factory fitted alloy wheels, in my experience, never have anything on that area of new wheels, so I strip that area clean before using newly powder coated wheels.

If it is the snap in plate nuts that secure the rear on the undercover - the 3 that is snapped into the "Assembly carrier" - ie the front subframe, I can give you the part number for them, I can't remember where I found the part number as the parts listings doesn't seem to list these bits, but I will have it written down somewhere as I bought a set of 3 new ones as at least one of the ones on my wife's 2015 Polo had rusted out badly and so was not gripping the screw for the undercover. The other ones on the plastic parts are just U shaped plate washers which are listed in the parts listing on line, I think that it was just Febi ones that I bought via ebay.

Some good news, the heads not cracked! So that’s a result, “just” a HG failure. So about spend £1k on parts to put it back together and some “while im in there jobs”. I will finish this thread once it’s back up and running without issue but it’s been quite the introduction to Skodas. lol.

Yes. The set should consist of the car specific kit, foot pack and bars.

These are the fixings instructions for the foot kit for the saloon. Does your set have all of these parts? https://www.roofbox.co.uk/fitting/thule/TU5283-01.pdf

Running cost EV truth (Skoda Enyaq v ICE ) ..........

I'd think stopping after you have been running the car and the AC for a short period in time, and connect-run your scan tool, then restart the car+AC will give you the answers that you need to know, just record ambient temperature and AC running pressure while "asking for more cooling" - then keep that info for when you check again maybe at lower temperatures so that you have a range of ambient temperatures and AC system running pressure "while working under load" - and use that for the future to access your AC's current health. I realised after I had posted that you did give the date of build of your car, so guessed that it would be R-1234yf - but just left what I had written "as is" while adding R-1234yf as the option to R-134A.

Negative electricity prices from 1000 tomorrow 5th of August, Octopus Agile, thru to the 1600 hours tea time peak to charge the EVs and get super cheap running costs, heat the hot water, top up batteries etc !

Well folks, it's time to resurrect this thread for our second attempt at taking delivery of our car which, this time, we are calling Rosie 2. My dealer has been in touch, sent across the VIN and a photo of our car sitting in the compound, pre-PDI. All being well, we hope to collect her in early-September. Since we sold our Range Rover Velar back in February, in anticipation of collecting Rosie 1, we have made do with our two seater MB SLC200. Cozy! However, we had to take an Avis Hire car last weekend because there were five of us commuting to Novara from Como, Italy - about an hour each way mainly on 130kph autostrada. Avis gave us the keys to a BYD Seal 6 PHEV saloon. You can get these in Estate body too. Hence, we wondered what the Seal would be like in comparison to the Skoda Superb. For about 30mins following pickup of the hire car our hearts sank. The Seal 6 has a cabin almost as big as the Superb, a load area that in Estate form is just a few litres shy of the ICE Superbs, despite being a PHEV and it was so quiet running out of Como towards the autostrada choosing itself when to deploy the battery or 1.5 engine (are all Chinese cars running a 1.5 engine 😅). We spoke to each other and asked how the Chinese can deliver such a car for the money - between about £32k to £38k approx in the UK). Needless to say, we are paying considerably more for our Superb. But then reality began to emerge. If it's too good to be true it probably is. And it was. Although many of the cabin plastics look okay they are really cheap to the touch. Worst offenders are the internal door release handles, an object you touch frequently, and the centre console between the two front occupants, grey plastic that reminded me of my 2001 Vectra or the central dashboard of a Ford Focus during the 1990s, minus the buttons. Really cheap. The auto climate control has a mind of its own. It is so noisy that you need to raise your voices above it. The booster fan is not the culprit. It seems like the air ducting is poorly designed because the noise is from the airflow, even though the flow is nothing exceptional. We ended up having to set the fan speed ourselves to reduce the airflow because of the noise. The two front centre vents are set below the iPad screen, low down and weird. I guess it doubles as cooling for the wireless charge pad for mobiles, except wireless charging is only available on the next trim up. The suspension is unsophisticated and unsettled, especially at motorway speeds. The autostrada from Como to Milan is extremely smooth but somehow the Seal managed to feel fidgety and we could sense vibration through the floor of the cabin into the soles of our feet. Speaking of feet, they get tired in the Seal. The reason why, for a PHEV, the boot is so large compared to the Superb PHEV is because the battery seems to extend under the cabin floor. The floor is therefore raised but the seats are set too low to the floor. You sit with your knees pointing upward at an angle with a lack of support under your thighs. Much of your weight remains on your feet which is why they feel fatigued after a while. The two outermost rear passengers complained that the ISOfix covers were digging into them after a while. However, the middle seat passenger was happy because the floor back there is completely flat. Every cloud has a silver lining. I won't even mention the intrusive driver safety systems, other than the fact that they are time consuming to switch off (where allowed) and just looking at the screen generates a driver attention warning. A yawn triggers a driver fatigue warning. You get the picture. To be fair, the money has been spent by BYD on the PHEV system which is impressive at this price point, very impressive. And the kind of toys and cabin elements that initially impress in the showroom or on a short test drive. It is an 'almost but not quite' kind of car. Not the car you look forward to jumping into for a lengthy journey. I have nothing against using a metal stalk to prop up the bonnet - it's reliable and lighter than hydraulic struts - but in 2026 this alone tells you where BYD placed the emphasis on the budget for this car. The more expensive R&D for the suspension is not where the money has gone. The Seal impresses initially but the Superb is a better long-term companion, for sure. There is a depth and sophistication to the Superb which is absent from the BYD. While I would welcome the extra money saved remaining in my building society account, I would need to cling to this thought throughout my ownership of the Seal. Quite reassuring really. An MHEV petrol or entry level diesel Superb in SE Technology or SE-L trim is around the same price point. Of course, they are not PHEVs and the Seal boasts that tech. But my money is with the Superb and I sincerely hope Rosie 2 works out over the upcoming months. I will keep you posted. Best wishes.

I read on another news site that he claimed he wanted to reject the car and get out of his lease, and Jaguar refused, and that was why he concocted this event in order to get out of his contract.

^^^ If getting only 6 hours offpeak tariff then with a 3 pin AC charge cable you can get near 15 kWh in that time, so maybe 60 miles of range. The normal home tariff might be near 1/2 that of the cost of a kWh at public chargers.

I think a test drive before purchase would be mandatory (maybe you can wrangle an extended test over a couple of days since you are a long-time Skoda owner). It may have the herbs you require but consider that it is a two tonne vehicle and driven enthusiastically will probably wear through the tyres quicker than an RS. Surely some sort of home charging would be possible even if at a nominal 2400 watt. That should be enough to provide most daily local requirements and avoid the hassle/costs of regular public charging. I can't believe that warranties on Skoda are still only 3 years in the UK as they are 7 years here is Aus and have been for a while.

Just got to deal with the Grade I I* listing issue though

Sorry I meant to reply to this earlier.... If your distribution board is full there are alternatives. For instance my supply is split after the meter via a Henly block with one set of tails going to the board and another to a weatherproof mini fuse box to feed my charger. All extra wiring is in the existing meter cupboard. There are ways and means.

Did JLR really spend an extra £50 million in marketing because of the adverse publicity? Was this over and above publicity for free from their New Design of car & the Jaguar Dealerships no longer selling any New cars? (Not to mention the potential issue of them going on fire.)

You say you were locked in ! Have you not got a button on the dash to unlock the doors ?

Remember this story from 2024 https://news.sky.com/story/man-jailed-after-falsely-claiming-electric-car-was-out-of-control-on-motorway-13569458

Our Monte Carlo Edition is finally working pretty much as is should following Skoda replacing the ECU and thoroughly testing the car. The only thing that was still annoying was the throttle response especially pulling away from stationary. After some investigation and checking with my insurer I have fitted an IOPedal pedal box made in Germany. It has a good range of settings and now the response is spot on making the car a joy to drive. It can also improve the security on the car by disabling the throttle so the car can't be driven.

Yep, try screwing on/off any tyre inflator including the Skoda one, you let more air out, even if you have smaller fingers. Have to use a manual pump with the lever type connector .

Version 1800 No warrenty your own risk https://mega.nz/file/Mi0QjBAZ#TqU-7_tkt9Zu4LlE4FVA78FABUH2fYqGyOWx-tpR0pc

I haven't had anyone in the rear complain about sharpness of bumps, to be honest. And I've ridden in the back myself, I can say it seems comfortable. What tires and pressures are you running? PS - there are two types of subframe bushings for the rear. Do you maybe have a list of PR codes for your car? I've sent you a PM!

Maybe overfilled at some point and canister is clogged/fuel in it plus check hoses are secure. It could also be a bad evap purge valve but on a 2025 car ?? Alasdair

Unfortunately I have no firmware for MEN3 units :(