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After an accident of that magnitude I would leave the wheels well alone. A wheel failure is not what you want.

Sorry to disappoint you but just measured ours, it is exactly 6m from the 3 pin plug to the car plug.

The DQ400e is only used in the iV so its quite simple, you don't have that box. The clue is the "e" at the end.

Don't think there is such a display. It would be pretty meaningless since the figures displayed include energy recovered and depending on the settings energy from the generator. Its easy for me, on Octopus Energy you can simply download your energy usage in spread sheet format and with a swipe of the mouse see how much the car has used to charge. From zero miles to full (approx. 33 miles on the dash) its about 11.8 kWh on average.

Mid May we went on holiday for the week in the October 2020 iV hatch. Before setting off I filled to the first click and fully charged the battery, car showed 530 mile petrol range plus 33 miles of battery. Its 430 miles to the lodge and we averaged 62 mph for the trip. Once there we did local trips but had no opportunity to charge the battery at all. I refuelled after we had done 571 and the car was still showing 90 miles of range remaining, a potential range of 661 miles and if we had had the chance to charge it would have been greater. I calculated the mpg for the week (including the cost of the charge before we went) as about 57 mpg (dash showed 57 as well) which I was more than happy with. Last Wednesday we did a 254 mile round trip to the coast. did not fill to the brim, no need, gauge showed midway between 1/2 and 3/4. Gave the car a full charge overnight. Range shown was 345 miles petrol plus 34 miles electric, total 379 miles. Traffic was pretty grim at times, only managed 47 mph for the day. Back home still had 150 miles of range left. From my spreadsheet it seems that the displayed mpg on the dash is pretty accurate (as it was for the May holiday) so it looks like the car actually did about 67 mpg for the trip, really happy with that. It appears that as with the 1.4 TSi Superb we had before the iV the mpg improves quite significantly with miles so its no surprise it did more last week than in May. But I am surprised at the size of the improvement. Next planned long drive is not until September, will be interesting what it does then. But at this time with a full tank and a full charge driving at the national speed limit I am pretty certain that a 700 mile range is perfectly achievable. If you can charge on route its going to be even further.

More to report after Nicola allowed us to cross the border. We did 1022 miles in the week so a perfectly normal holiday. Filled the tank and charged before departing. Set the car in hybrid mode with the Auto box ticked. Surprised me when the battery lasted just over 300 miles before dropping to zero and this was cruising with the ACC set at 72 mph for the whole 300 miles. Got there perfectly relaxed, just like we did in the 1.4 TSi. We were aware of several "free" charge points in the area and on day 2 went for a coffee and walk round whilst it charged a bit. Discovered whilst it is theoretically free there is a £20 a year registration fee, no way we would get our monies worth so abandoned idea of charging. The company that runs the points is changing the rules from July and changing the £20 a year fee to a once only registration but no indication what this will cost, might be better, might not, we will see. Did local trips all week, between 4 and 25 miles each time so no long sight seeing outings this time, too wet for that, and refuelled on the Thursday for returning Saturday. Just calculated mpg for the trip (including the cost of electric for the pre-trip charge) and Mr Libre Office (I don't pay for software if I can avoid it) said 55.7 mpg (the dash said 55.4 mpg so pretty close). Very happy with that considering the fact that we could not easily charge the car. Looking at the eco display when we got home showed the car had run 14% of the 430 mile return trip on battery, not bad when we started off with zero miles, shows it recoups a fair bit of power. Comparing that figure to the mpg we got from the 1.4 TSi manual the first time we did the trip is a good comparison. Both cars had covered just over 2000 miles on departure so both still not bedded in really. The 1.4 TSi managed 47 mpg for the week which I was very happy with. To get over 55 mpg from a heavier car with an auto box with little chance to charge is way better than I expected. Last year on the same trip the 1.4 TSi did 53 mpg for the week so lets hope that the iV loosens up with the miles like that did. Will it be cheaper to run over 4 years than the 1.4 TSi, doubt it but its a better drive and we like it. The price we bought it for softens the blow of course, probably be less enthusiastic if we had paid £8500 more.

The 3 pin charging cable is about 6m from plug to plug including the box that does the magic. I have screwed several large hooks into the garage wall to keep it off the floor. Umbrella slot in both doors but only one umbrella. We kept them off the previous Superb since we are tight gits. Ours is the SE Tech and no torch, the previous Superb was a SE and that did have a torch. Won't miss it, in almost 4 years we never used it. We will know for definite next Saturday when we do our first 430 mile trip but based on experience for shorter trips (up to 100 miles) it looks like the battery should last about 200 miles on the motorway at 70 mph in hybrid mode. But that was several months ago and now it getting warmer hopefully it might last longer. No idea what media the L & K has/had. We put ours in "B" mode every time we drive it. Really like the dynamic brake feel, just like driving a manual with engine braking. How much electrickery it makes I have no idea but every little helps. Just set it to charge overnight for the first time on Octopus GO. Looked at all the available deals and whilst some did slightly cheaper off peak electricity you paid way more for peak and way way more for gas. Its 5p/kWh off peak 0030 to 0430, 13.45p/kWh peak and 2.8/kWh gas. Put our expected usage onto a spread sheet and it was no contest.

We had a 2017 1.4 manual for 3 years 8 months and had no issues whatsoever. Averaged 45 mpg (calculated) over that [period but on a 1000 mile road trip in Scotland it would average 53+ for the week. Brilliant car. When we were changing ours last October we wanted another Superb but an auto this time, and despite looking almost nationwide could not get a drive in a 2 litre. So we had a 1.5 DSG for 24 hours and I have to report it was not a car I would buy. In drive the car was very slow to pick up and changed up very early, put it in sport and the pick up was better but it hung on to the lower gears far to long compared to the revs I could use in our manual. Not the car for us. Out of interest we tried a Passat estate 1.5 DSG and it was much better but it still had its moments. Quite by chance our local dealer just happened to have some pre-reg Superb IV's in, drove one, loved it and bought it. In that the DSG integrates perfectly, very impressed and happy with the car. Paid less for it than the 1.5 Passat would have cost us. If we had not bought the iV it would have been a Volvo V60, the auto in that was way better than the DSG (but at the expense of fuel economy).

Perhaps the mileage the car has covered has something to do with it. If its running fine just carry on driving it. A litre of oil or 10 is way cheaper than engine work.

The list price of the 280 hatch is indeed over £40,000, actually its £40,405. But for the purpose of calculating the VED the first years VED is deducted from the list price which reduces it to £39,510, below the £40,000 and no extra to pay for 5 years. Add in any extras such as paint and you would be above £40,000 so pretty academic, who wants a crappy solid colour on an expensive car.

The prices quoted by CarWow normally include any finance contribution and tell you to add £££££'s if you do not want to take out finance. I have bought cars in the past from Carfile.net and their prices do not include the finance contribution and this can make them look more expensive unless you realise it still needs taking off if you wish to save even more money. Carfiles price on a 280 Sportline is £35,718.60, a saving of £4661.40. There is another £3000 to be saved by taking out a PCP and the service offer at £159 is also available. Brings the price down to £32718.60, one hell of a saving.

They cannot stop you from paying it off despite what some lying salesmen will tell you. The law allows it, if they stopped you (other than being unable to meet the requirements to pay it back) they would be in breach of the finance laws. We bought a Leon in 2013 on a PCP, paid it off within a week and kept the £2000 thanks very much. We bought a Fabia in 2018 on a PCP and kept the £2500 paying it off with the week. In between those 2 we bought a Nissan on a PCP and kept the £2500 contribution, free 3 year service plan and £1000 for being an existing Nissan owner and kept the lot.

We got our iV last October, it replaced a Mk 3 Superb TSi 150 PS. We had to pay for ours and I do not feel let down at all, even the wife likes it. I have not used the heated seats but the wife has and loves them. Only has them on the lowest setting and turns them off once her bum is toasty to save electrickery. Infotainment seems OK other than we do seem to get fewer traffic alerts than we got with the old car. Perhaps because we have been in lockdown and not used it a great deal but if it does not improve as traffic increases it will be one for the dealer to check. Charge ours at home on the 13 amp plug. Changing to Octopus Go next week so once they get us a Smart meter it will be 5 p a unit charging, better than the 14 p we are paying now. But even that is cheaper than petrol. I have worked out that with a full charge and the car in hybrid mode we should get about 200 miles max (in summer) before the battery runs out. Longest trip we have done so far was about 100 miles and near home we switched to electric to make the most of it. Last weekend started a trip with a full battery and when we got home we had covered 29 miles with 7 still showing. That is way better than it was doing in the cold, dark depths of winter, 25 was good then. The petrol mpg is working out at about 70 but its not as simple as that since we have to pay for the electric. Factor in the cost of the electric and it drops to 55 mpg. Very happy with those figures, at the same mileage in the 1.4 TSi it had averaged about 43 mpg. If Nicola will allow us across the border next month it will be our twice a year Scottish road trip, anywhere between 1000 and 1200 miles in the week. Don't expect much opportunity to charge, no points at the lodge and only 9 points in a 20 mile radius, will have to plan our afternoon coffees very carefully. That trip will show how well it does in the real world. In truth we never bought it to save money (if we break even I will be ecstatic) but because the other cars we tried were not to our liking. My calcs showed that another 1.5 TSi made more sense financially but we wanted an auto this time and the auto Superb 1.5 TSi we drove was dreadful, slug like at best. Interestingly the Passat estate with same engine/gearbox was much better but still not to our liking. When we got the opportunity to buy a 3 week old pre-reg iv (10 miles) we tried it and loved it and now just hope that the sums work out.

Our September 2020 reg (August 2020 build) iV SE Tech was fitted as standard with leather seats, exactly the same ones as the SE-L ones.

I have had loads of experience with the 1.4 TSi 140 and 150 versions. Bought the first in 2013 in a Seat Leon and was very impressed, only 100 yards into the test drive I knew I had to have one. Kept it a very happy 3 years 8 months and during that time it averaged a true calculated (not the dash figure) 45.04 mpg. But despite still being happy with it the car had become just too small so looked around and despite never really considering it (thought it would be too big) bought a Superb 1.4 TSi 150 hatch. To be fair its not as quick or as sharp to drive as the Leon but it did us proud for 3 years 8 months during which time it averaged a true calculated 45.08 mpg. Despite the extra size and weight I think the shape is more aerodynamic than the Leon and despite my misgivings with cylinder shut off I am sure it did help. Saw an average of 54 mpg over a week in Scotland (1000 miles). Both those were manuals and for our next car we decided it had to be a auto. Never really liked them but after trying some we found them to be totally fine. We had more or less decided on a Passat Estate 1.5 TSi 150 but after 2 test drives I was not totally convinced. None of the much reported kangarooing but unless you were in "sport" mode or using the paddles it just did not seem very sharp. Pretty sure the 2.0 would have been better but the mpg penalty was worrying. If you were buying manual I would say 1.4/5 but if you are going auto I would suggest you drive both the 1.4/5 and the 2.0 before deciding. What did we finally buy, got an iV yesterday.