Baldur73

I really don’t want to read that having opted for the Hyundai over the Skoda 😂 Come back with some stories about it falling to bits or getting 5mpg instead so I can feel justified 🙄 I have wanted a Skoda since we used to sell them in the eighties after being DAF before that. Lots of memories of my family driving down from Fife to Bolton / Coventry in a Skoda Rapid. I have a vague memory that it had a plastic louvred sun shade on the back windscreen but my mind might be playing tricks on me.

I just got a CYC card - is the chargeplace scotland card different to that? only had one free charge and most of the chargers on my routes are pay to use in Fife or Tayside. To be honest I don’t mind paying and think the free charging may have stymied private investment in infrastructure. It is bizarre that you cannot use your phone to start charging via NFC…

Wow! You are an old hand at EVs!! I looked at the e corsa, leaf and Peugot before opting for the ioniq as it ticked more boxes for me. Any tips for a new ev owner?

Thanks, guess I will have to start braking occasionally!! What EV do you have? as this is the Skoda forum I should say had the enjaq been out longer it would have tempted me. I have wanted a Skoda for years ever since my family used to sell the old rapid back in the eighties..

I was warned to use my brakes occasionally as there are EV drivers whose brakes have rusted to death due to lack of use as they use the generator to brake.. I don’t know if that is an urban myth though?

What car did you have that averaged 70mpg? That is seriously impressive and the 320d GT would never manage that. The best I managed was 60-62mpg which isn’t great compared to the standard 320d saloon. I absolutely love Cornwall, probably one of the nicest parts of Britain.

I wouldn’t entirely see that as a disadvantage as being late adopters of EV infrastructure will mean you don’t pay the early adopter premium for everything and benefit from the experience / lessons learned in other countries. what is interesting in the ev field (and something I am surprised wasn’t initially introduced) is the use of swappable batteries to negate charge times. I cannot understand why a standard interchangeable battery format wasn’t agreed apart from a competitive “our batteries are best so buy our car” or handing a good battery back and getting a duff one in exchange. I think one Chinese manufacturer is introducing this though.

I had a bmw 320d GT automatic and the old Skool “official mpg” is 59mpg and WLTP of 56mpg whereas on honest John the average is 49mpg. So 54.3 mpg is pretty respectable. That is with coasting enabled which I had to code in my self which increased the mpg by maybe 2-3mpg. I live in northern Britain near the original perth and have a 36m commute on twisty, hilly roads with 4 villages/towns to pass through so it isn’t really a great run for maximising mpg. my alternate route is +10 miles a day but only has 2 towns to go through - but 10 miles a day is 2000 miles a year and even with better mpg it does cost more in fuel and added wear and depreciation. Concerning range my maximum daily mileage is only 120 miles and average is 90miles which is comfortably within this vehicles range. Otherwise we have two cars so can use the petrol for longer journeys. The range on EVs will no doubt improve during the three years I have it and another matter is that although EV is the current “future” power source it doesn’t entirely rule out some other green tech popping up and changing the landscape entirely.. I do love the Scala though and it is the car my heart wanted but the 320d gt was what my heart wanted and it emptied my bank account faster than a Hollywood housewife 😂 lesser Britain? Pfft never.

As much as I like the Skoda I actually am going with a Hyundai Ioniq Premium Se electric over 3 years PCP. I calculated the all in running cost (tyres/service/tax/insure/fuel/pcp) makes the Hyundai cheaper over 3 years (despite costing £7k more to buy). I ran my calcs on 52mpg at £1.27 litre fuel costs and both are optimistic whereas the el cost I used 19p/kWh and %100 self funded - whereas I may be able to get some free charging done at work.. just have to cope with a maximum range of 193 miles which will possibly be nearer 130 in winter..

Well your early mileage is promising but I don’t think any ICEs are good at those type of stop start short trips. My partners mini only toodles about and she gets about the same. is the stop / Start bad or do you just not like the feature in any car? I have heard mixed reviews about the infotainment but it has CarPlay so if it is gash then I will use that. Compared to the 2015 Bmw pro system it is bound to be better although I still like physical buttons and twirly bits. Interestingly my bro had a Beamer (after a golf and Audi) and hated the infotainment in it and much prefers the VAG system?! what are the speakers like? Oh ACC is one definite good feature and I am going to code it to pACC and add adaptive lane assist.

Thanks, thanks - that relieves my fuel cost anxiety 😦 as for the hill I probably will notice a difference from a 320d but I think the things I gain from the Skoda far outweigh my fanboy attachment to BMW… Service costs compared to what I am driving will no doubt be very reasonable 😂😂 I thought Seat would be the cheapest though as I thought Skoda were above them in the VAG group “premium” scale? I am probably going to dump the 18” alloys as soon as I can, despite having 19” alloys now I don’t see the appeal of big alloys - poorer ride / more cost / worse fuel economy / I kerb them!!

It comes with 18” vega aero alloys so needs 205/45 R18 tyres on the Scala. The 17” standard spec wheels are much more desirable imho. I am thinking of buying 16” steel rims buy winter tyre set and would probably buy summer tyres to suit. The car is on PCP so it will be one less thing to worry about (I am drawn to kerbs)…

Hi i am looking at a 2020 SEL 1.0 115 DSG to replace my 2015 320d GT but am worried about a couple things. For information I am averaging over 3 years 54.5 mpg according to the computer in my car at the moment against the manufacturers stated 57.6 mpg. 1. Fuel Economy- my commute is 32-42 miles each way so 72 or 84 miles per day. What sort of MPG can I get driving frugally on that trip? 2. The car has 18” vega Aeros and tyre options seem to be rather lacking. What tyres do other users go for? 3. Will this car cope with a 20000 a year mileage and what are servicing costs like for that? A local “stealer” said £140 per service and roughly 1.5 services a year 4. There are a couple steep hills near me, how will this cope with them? 5. how easy is it to activate adaptive lane guidance?