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Well, I'm going to be leaving team Skoda soon. I'm expecting my new car on 1st March. I've got my order in for a new DS3 Crossback E-Tense, the electric version of this model. I had a test drive last week and thought it was an extremely comfortable, relaxed and quiet drive. A bit slower than the vRS though with 8.9 seconds 0-62 and a top speed of 93mph ☹️. To be honest, the main appeal is saving money. I do loads of short runs and overall have averaged 31mpg at an average of 17p per mile. The DS3 should work out somewhere around 3.5p to 4p per mile so I will be saving a fortune 😀. It's proving difficult to find a true dual tariff contract that's not a rip off. I'm with EDF now who do an electric car drivers tariff. I've costed it out using the last full year's consumption and adding 10k miles per annum on with the electric car. A good saving? Not likely!! It worked out at £28 MORE than my current single rate tariff! Why? Because the daily standing charges are both higher, gas is dearer and the electricity peak rate is a chunk more expensive too. I'm gonna have to widen the net considerably to try to find something better. Some of you may remember my promise when I joined the forum that I would never buy another Skoda after the experience I had with their customer service department. I've kept my word. Even if Skoda had a comparable offering, I wouldn't have considered it. I'm a firm believer that the only way manufacturers will ever change is if their order books get hit. I appreciate that one customer is neither here nor there but you can only do what you can do. I wish you all the very best for Christmas and the New Year. I've had some good banter on here and firmly believe that this is probably the best forum I've ever been a part of. Ho, ho, ho! Peter. 🎅

If you are reading this post do not despair! The horrible burning smell coming from your new diesel car is OK. When you stop and turn the engine off and the fan stays on and the engine seems to be super hot, the car is OK. The above are clear signs of an active DPF regeneration and is normal for your new diesel Skoda car. To comply with the latest emission levels diesels have to capture the large soot particles and burn them up into smaller particles which are kept in the DPF, this process is called regeneration. A lot of regenerations take place during normal driving where the exhaust is hot enough to burn the soot in the DPF and are unnoticed and are known as passive regeneration. When the temperature in the DPF is not hot enough for an passive regeneration, the ECU injects diesel into the DPF which burns up the soot and is known as an active regeneration. When you stop the car part way through an active regeneration, often the car smells like it's burning and the engine fan will stay on to cool the car. Mods could you please edit this thread (if needed) and make it a sticky or just delete, thanks