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I'd have to get the paperwork out but it can't be much over 5,000 to 8,000. Mostly motorway & A road miles. It had an oil change "inspection service" last year. Now the car says "inspection" due in x days. Then, looking in the main display it says "inspection" due in x days or 12500 miles and (something like ) oil service due in 380 odd days or 12500 miles. So now I've delved deeper its not wanting its oil changed, just looking at. It's now over three years old so the warranty will have expired. It passed an MOT! As I say, it's a lease car and going back next year. I'm not going to spend 'just in case' or as if it were a car I was planning to keep for a couple more years. (sorry for delayed reply, must turn alerts on...)

Sorry, should have posted in Mk 3 sub forum. If it matters!

Car on PCH with variable service. Serviced last December at 24 months as expected. When's the next service due? I'd thought at 48 months providing I'm driving nicely. Car says it wants a service in December. (My previous PCH cars have been on 24 month contracts and I've not had to service. This one is on a 36 month deal and I only expected one service. I've got a Covid extension for another year and I thought I'd only need an MOT and get away without a second service.)

I think I sussed this. If you go to Skoda and build your own spec car you can see how the different numbers for the same model work. A stock car may be 119 g but add a spare wheel and you'll also add a couple of grams. Make sense, more weight, more fuel, more CO2. I need to know before I lease! Adding a gram can add a fiver to the monthly VAT due on fuel.

If I look at the specs for an Octavia SE Tech, Skoda says it emits "119 - 138" g per km. So which is it, 119 or 138. Its important because the Fuel Scale Charges for VAT are quite different for 119 and 138. For fuel economy its 53.3 - 43.3 mpg. Back in the dayz before WLTP there were three figures, urban, something else and combined. Take your pick. But which number do I choose now? (Yes, I know, not real figures, but they are a basis to start from.)

Skoda dealers will get you a PCH via VW Finance. Other companies may charge an admin fee to do the deal, VWFS don't. Money wise some cars are good to lease, some are not. Do the maths! You can end up paying a lot less on PCH than PCP.

Have you replaced it with another Skoda? Did you get paint!?

Have a PCH Yeti which has to go back shortly. At the time all the contract hire cars included metallic paint as standard. I get the impression that has changed. If so it adds £25 a month to the cost. Someone say it ain't so...

Does Smartlink enable Apple Car Play, or just mirror your iPhone screen? My understanding is that Apple don't allow other map apps such as Tom Tom to use CarPlay. But if it mirrors your screen then all apps would be available. That would be the best option...

Many thanks, so many replies! I have an iPhone and use Macs. Wonder if the complex update via SD cards works on a Mac. Often they can be PC only... I heard from someone who did their research last year that the Smartlink either didn't work with the iPhone or if it did it was unreliable. Apple CarPlay may be an option but then you can only user Apple Maps, which is nice and simple but lacks 'safety' cameras. Currently I use a Brodit holder for my iPhone and Tom Tom which, as I said, despite recent updates, provides the best routes of all the iPhone apps and spookily has accurate traffic reports.

Looking at buying a Yeti, like the idea of built in sat nav. What's it like? I'm used to Tom Tom on my phone. I have traffic and safety cameras both of which are useful. The traffic is really accurate. How does the Amundsen system compare? FWIW, Tom Tom recently 'updated' their phone app and made it much worst! I tried three or four others and none came close to the routing or accuracy of Tom Tom.