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Hi Rooted I think a friend of mine who had an Octavia first mentioned Victoria Garage then I think you did but it was very close together.. Sadly they only sell second hand cars not new....They did offer to buy my last Skoda and offered an extremely good price.. But they have serviced the last two of my Skoda s coming up to 6 years now . The sales man at "a certain garage " was going to get back to me last week to give me a rough price for my car........ but has not bothered... mmmmm nothing changes...

Rooted.... It was going through the first MOT and they phoned to say that it would not pass the MOT without back brakes /discs being changed.. I told them to do the brake change although puzzled as have never even with a hard driven company car gone through brakes.. (Skoda don't make brakes of quality like they used to I was told) Then another phone call to say front needs done .£750+ ..Thats when I stopped them... went to another garage, never went back to them and bought two new Skodas since... The VRS has had most likely 6 or 7 MOTs with same front discs that were needing replaced.. I do drive an hour away from them to service the car to a Village Skoda garage as lost faith in the dealership. Thank you for all the replies...

Thank you Guys for the info.. Re Service.. I had a VRS Octavia went for first MOT they claimed the back discs needed replacing £400 then hit me with the front discs needed replacing at £750 six years ago.. I refused to get the front ones done..Took it to another garage who found NOTHING wrong with the discs ......My son has the car now and has had seven or so MOTs with same brakes /discs and they are not needing replaced... So I never went back to them inc any service my Skodas required or bought from them They said discs were made of poorer material than old cars which I argued about. ......

Just looking at the best way to buy a new Octavia Estate in May. My Octavia Estate fully serviced almost 20000 miles/perfect condition is due its first MOT in May but would like to change/order another before that date and realise their my be a waiting list for a factory order? .. Only two changes required , would like an electric tail gate on the Estate and don't see me buying a Electric 13amp/Electric charge from power station model ... So a petrol /Electric. I think may be the best way to go.....I was thinking of Car Wow and local dealer, although not too happy about the local dealer in the past ripping me off on a service.... Any idea the best way to go about this guys?.

Thank you guys for the info.. Flyingscot, Just for info I am not getting 33 at all.. I did get 37... With a 5.hour 20min full charge off the 13amp I get 24 to 27... Skoda should just say the range is 100 miles as all dealers and Skoda staff I have talked to dismiss the 33 miles and you should just expect 24.... So why did I buy a car that will not give the glossy range that Skoda and reviewers gave it..... If I go for a new Skoda I do not see any point in going for the latest 40 mile claim.. as it won't do that due to ambient temp, wear and tear etc etc.. Thank you again for all the advice ..Sadly may have to look at a petrol or other manufacturer which is sad as I love the Octavia.. al

Hi Guys its been a long 2 years as had to wait till they opened a service dept for Batteries in Stirling 2.20 hours drive from me. Had loads of issues with being put to the bottom of the list for getting a fuse recall and them looking at my loss of mileage.. (Won't go into it as it would take too long) . I bought the Octavia having been told it would give 34 miles on a charge. After six months and a breakdown it went down to 24 miles. So have been fighting Skoda since then. Today... Went to the local dealer who charged it on a fast charge, with a more powerful charger, and the car read 30 miles in this warm day read out. Still 4 miles short. I did get easily 34 to37 plus for six months before the break down. So it would appear Skoda and the various You Tube experts claimed 33... That is why a bought it..... So looking at the future if I were to buy another Octavia Hybrid is it worth it? Customer services were good thanks to a young girl called Shama, but in reality nobody offered any solution to the loss of mileage on a 13 amp charge.. I know I live in Scotland but the weather is not below zero all year... So not sure what my next move would be re sticking with Skoda.. Love the Octavia, but feel somebody lied to me and feel let down with the hassle with Skoda, selling a Hybrid with zero workshops or trained technicians to work on these batteries for over a year. al

Gerry Actually we did have in the last month two exceptionally very warm days in Aberdeen... Thank you...Think I will end it here as I take on all your points and hope in Summer it improves?Thank you all al

Yes the slider is at 0 as per garage instructions although I have tried it at 0 10 20 30 40 and 50 with no change to range after a full charge.

Hi J caff No it comes up with 23 to 25 range after a full charge.. It used to be 33 to36. Mileage test= 22 actual road miles... A month ago I used to be able to go daily 12 miles to an airfield and back (25) and still have almost 10 miles of charge left... Now even on a warm sunny day I am on petrol on the way back 3 miles short as no power left...22 miles. al

Thank you for the info I very much appreciate it... Its just, within 45 seconds of unplugging after the overnight charge ...with No engine load, no heater, no air con on etc its lost a third of the potential mileage range,and not all days last month had cold temps... #At the end of last month I travelled down from Scotland to Worcestershire. Stopped overnight....In the morning my info net and sensors would not power up..... 24 hours later it came back, only difference is a reduction from 33/35 potential range to 22 to24 mile potential range....The ambient temp in Worcestershire was not cold.... I am just trying to see if its a fault... ? AL

Root toot..No I won't buy a car from Aberdeen John Clark after they ripped me off re a repair that was not required. so never went back..Two cars later from new, even went a distance to pick up the new cars. .. Ok get the point, but amazed as the ambient temp these last three weeks was consistently not cold enough to drop the mileage 13 miles I would have thought.. Also it happened just after the info unit crashed? ...But obviously I am wrong. So thank you everyone for all the feedback. I use lipos when I was worked, and with my RC helicopters....I expect in really cold winter days to be careful re loss of power but never a third of power? Thanks again guys al

Sorry to go on about this. A month ago I could plug my car in overnight and expect upwards of 33 mile elec range... (35) ...I had a failure of the info panel, and managed to get it back by changing the fuse to get the system backup and running, however after this failure charging only now gave me 23 miles range... Took it to the garage who said there was nothing wrong with it only the settings had been adjusted due to failure of this known fault and it was reset.? I tried setting 0 10 20 30 40 and 50% setting on charge and it still on a overnight charge gives me 21 miles... The garage sent me the email below today ... Surely losing a third of mileage when not running the car or lights, aircon etc ...basically the car not started shows 24 miles range directly after the overnight charge, this is before anything is turned on....can't be right can it? Can this be right or is it passing it off...After all the power supply could be faulty, giving less of a charge so I don't think the email addresses the situation ? al watt Here is some information I have received regarding the electric drive range for your Octavia. • The NEFC (New European Driving Cycle) is a legally required method to calculate the consumption of a vehicle model. A precisely defined driving cycle is performed on a chassis dynamometer – i.e. under driving laboratory conditions – for example the average speed in the NEFC is about 33 km/h. The consumption measurement is monitored and verified by the TÜV experts. The overall conditions are exactly specified and the same for all manufacturers, e.g.: ‒ Ambient temperature ‒ Load/special equipment ‒ Starting emissions measurement ‒ Cold engine start ‒ All (electric) equipment is switched off. • This is why the driving cycle cannot give the customer precise information about his actual consumption and the related range. The reason is that every journey and every vehicle type are unique. • The official catalogue information is not necessarily suitable to precisely predict the customer-specific consumption because every customer has his own driving style. The range of the vehicle with the electric drive very much depends on the driving conditions. The driver can actively influence/increase the range. • About two thirds of the energy consumption of the vehicle is determined by its design or by external factors that cannot be influenced. The remaining third can be influenced by the driver himself – by his way of using the vehicle and the personal driving style. • The environmental factors such as weather, temperature, topography or road surface cannot be, of course, changed, but they sometimes significantly influence the range achieved. • Every driver can positively influence the individual energy consumption by achieving lower air resistance (i.e. by reduced loading) or by increasing the efficiency of the use of additional (electric) consumers. Greatest influence on the range in the electric drive mode Range loss in % Heating/air conditioning: Up to 30 % Additional equipment (seat heating, heated rear window, radio) Up to 10 % Influence of tyres (dimension, summer/winter tyres) Up to 10 % The calculation/the display of the remaining range in the electric drive mode is not reproducible/plausible. • The calculation of the displayed remaining range is based on the last driving cycles. • The remaining range therefore depends on: ‒ Vehicle speed ‒ Driving style (e.g. frequent strong acceleration) ‒ Switched on (electric) equipment ‒ Outside temperature ‒ Load ‒ Topography Please note where it states the displayed range is based on the last driving cycles. It is not actually based on the power it has received from the last plug in charge but on previous usage of the car including consumer settings ie heating etc When the vehicle was in last week all battery cell voltages were checked and are all ok. Hope this clarifies things for you and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Oh really so sorry to hear that....Thats bad. I would not have thought lipo batteries would be so badly affected by the ambient temp as its not that cold yet....I fly rc helicopters with powerful lipo batteries which are more or less exactly the same and they don't lose that much power in winter. not a great advert for the car....A friend has a full electric MG SUV so I wonder if his 200 miles range will be less also

Thank you so much for your help Beasty and J caff very much appreciated.. I got no help from the garage I originally bought the car from....I don't think they knew what to do.. For your info...The slider I was talking about is in the sub menu which I never knew existed.....till the garage checked it for a fault not the Main info screen layered green one which is what you are referring to... I will set it to zero and see how it works out...Thank you again guys..The Skoda book is awful... When I lost the info screen a month ago..My son and I tried to find the fuses using that book.... It was so inaccurate...We found them at the back of the glove compartment passenger side, and almost impossible to get to them to change a fuse. Thanks guys al

Thank you both very much for your help... So to be clear I set the horizontal slider to zero then charge and I should after a full mains charge get over the 22 miles available after the charge... It seems strange that I was getting 33 to 35 now 22 to 27 ?