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Less than 25 actually. 22 on a good day. mostly short trips to school, shopping, parents etc and popping on charge. rarely do much motorway mileage but then when I do it can be long journeys. I put in 18 litres last week (because I’ve started driving to work again - 50 mile trip - but not every day). the last time I put fuel in before then was in December (31 litres) and I’d done nearly 2300 miles in that period of 6 months using 31 litres and mostly electric. car takes 7.5kWh (allowing for including any inefficiencies) and I tend to charge at less than 5p/kWh because of the tariff I’m on. (I also have access to free charging which I regularly do 2-3 times a week but let’s not include that as it’s not permanent). so 37.5p for a full charge. Divided by 20 miles gives me 1.9p/mile. If factor in the regular free charging and the often sub 5p/kWh tariff and I’m nearly at 1p/mile. if I do the work commute, OBC tells me my 50 mile round trip, mostly on motorway with 50-60 speed restrictions, is about 60-70mpg. Definitely not 1p/mmile there!

That’s what I’m hoping too. This is one single example so I don’t have choice within my budget. it was registered in August 2017 so coming up to 3 years. Given its over 100k miles, I don’t think I can get an extended warranty from Skoda? Then there’s this low mileage example which is accident repaired. so I fully expect that in my budget I’m not going to get best of the bunch.

BMW 225XE. the Outlander PHEV is only in 5 seat guise and I don’t think can be converted due to floor pan containing batteries etc. the XC90 and Tesla S/X are out of my budget. so I’m looking at regular 7 seaters and the bear took my fancy over some of the others.

I suppose if I’m at the early stages of considering which version then fuel economy might just swing it. Coming from a PHEV with fuel costs equivalent to ~1p/mile, you can see why 😅

Ah, was under impression it was permanent 4WD. got to be marginally quicker going through rear tyres on that than a permanent FWD. Oh and the unnecessary weight. Been a few yea4s since we’ve seen proper winter so probably due one soon 😬

Thank you, helpful to know. I know those that had the 1.4 in the Octavia were really pleased with it. 4th kiddo on the way so that’s driven the hunt for a 7 seater. The Sport Line look would be more preferential rather than a dead certain. Probably end up costing same once you factor in parts, paint and fitting.

Interesting, the odd few 1.4 I have seen advertised state ACT. I thought it was something to do with the transmission.🙈 is is there a thread on here purely looking at fuel economy for the different engines?

Thanks, I could live with 42mpg

Also, I notice earlier petrol models were 1.4 and later ones 1.5. aside from the extra 100cc across 4 chambers, was there any other material change in the engine, either in the block or other components or perhaps it was problematic (or not)?

£280 even!!

Hi, How come you got quoted £450 and others are saying £80?

Hi all, just joined and s first post. Don’t own a Skoda but need a 7 seater. Think we’ve settled on a Kodiaq with Tarraco being a close 2nd. was considering PCH but deals aren’t great right now (missed a few but wasn’t ready to commit then) so now looking at purchasing one. my budget (£16k) won’t stretch far so I’m likely looking at a 2017 plate high mileage one. I’ve ruled out SE and SE Drive. there are a few SEL and the odd Edition around that price range. looking at spec, there’s not a great deal more in Edition than there is SEL but there’s more of the latter out there on the market than there a the former. I like the leather and the alloys on the Edition. i would’ve preferred a rear view cam but I know this can be retrofitted. had my budget stretched further I would’ve really liked a Meteor Grey Sport Line. I know Edition came with free metallic or special paint so likely I’ve more chance in an Edition. Im flexible on engine. Can’t get my head past the 1.5 Tsi in such a big car. Is there a thread purely on fuel economy? Fuelly doesn’t have much UK data but looks like 30mpg real world average. prefer diesel and rather avoid the 4x4 as it’s just more to go wrong and quicker going through rear tyres. So I have a question on engine, TSI or TDI. I’ll be doing 8,000 miles a year, mixture of very local and some motorway. I like the torque of a diesel. and I have a question on upgrading the bodywork time make it look like sport line. Has this been done? looks like front splitter, rear splitter, side skirts and gloss front grille, anything else?