MiniNinjaRob

Still have the roof bars and the mats! Mats are free and new but the roof bars will cost some money. DM me.

To be fair I wouldn’t pay my own money to buy an electric car, but the time filling up is a nonsense. If you had a charger at home you never need to use a public charger so there is never any waiting. Plenty of colleagues have electric cars and they all say the same, they can count on one hand the amount of times they’ve had to use a public charger in a year. Simple fact is that BIK makes it crazy expensive for me to get a hybrid (or it will be in a year or two) and this electric car will save me £1800 a year as a minimum. Even when the 3p tax comes in that’ll only knock the saving down by about £300 max to me to £1500. I get a £41k car for half the price my Octavia was costing. If only Skoda was prepared to make an electric estate car and not rip consumers off with how much they charge for extras!

I actually had an Elroq on test for a couple of days and was disappointed. Interior didn’t feel as nice as mine as far as materials go and design wise inside it was identical, I mean why? It’s a new car and it was just stuck in the past. Also the outside styling is super dumpy and dull. Screen was tiny, they took away the USBc in the rear view mirror for a dashcam, everything just felt like costs were being cut. Also having to pay extra for lots of things that are standard on the Renault I ordered seems penny pinching. Why on a 50k car do I have to pay another £1k for a heat pump??? This is what I’m getting next! Exact model and colour.

So it’s goodbye to my Skoda Octavia iV estate. It going to be replaced in the next few days by a Renault Scenic which on the lease scheme I have available is way cheaper - I can get the top of the range one for the price of the cheapest Elroq. I’ve had the car 4 years since new. First there was the software issues but I have a good local dealer that completely reprogrammed the car for me and everything pretty much worked fine after that. It’s been comfy for long journeys, it’s pretty fast and apart from the droopy nose looks decent too (I upgraded the alloys and got the nice green blue colour). Interior has held up well but I do look after it. It has been plagued by rattles and squeaks, some of which I never got to the bottom of (neither did the dealer) which was very annoying and also the fuel economy was dire unless I charged it up and even then it wasn’t great. Thing 30-35mpg round town if you haven’t charged it. I’m glad I ordered it and it’s been good overall but I’m not bothered about getting another one - annoyed I can’t really get an estate car cheaply on my scheme so have had to go SUV but it’s cheap enough so it’s ok. Anyway if anyone wants a full set of custom mats for free and can pick up from Huddersfield then they are all yours. Never been used, got them with the car and always used the Skoda ones. They are nice! I am also selling some Yakima roof bars for the car too, they are the best ones you can get (better than Thule). I would join the site to sell stuff but it’s not worth it for one item being as I am moving away from Skoda! Anyway thanks for the chat and banter and shoulders to cry on regarding the software, hope you are going to enjoy Skoda ownership for a lot longer!!

I just put it in sport mode, then it uses petrol and battery power together. My iV is pretty rapid that way. The tyres/available grip are the only weak point then cos that thing wheel spins in the first 3 gears even in the dry sometimes.

Although their system is a bit different, look at the Toyota hybrids like the Prius - they operate in a similar way and cab drivers run them to 300-400k miles with original engine gearbox etc.

There’s no strain in turning the engine on and off. It’s designed to do it, the electric system works in tandem with the ICE, if you alter that system from how it’s designed then it’s going to put forces into a gearbox it might not be designed to cope with. Driving tests and tutoring have advised not to use engine braking as a way to slow the car down for 20 years and more because that’s not how modern cars are best driven. Even manual cars, you’re best to stay in a higher gear, use the brakes until you’re nearly stopped then shift into first. There’s no way I’d want to risk damage or extra wear to a DSG box, they are insanely expensive to replace.

My 71 plate Octavia estate SEL iV is going back at the end of January and I have to say I’ll miss its easy driving and large boot. And power too! I really wanted another Skoda but anything with an ICE is gonna be too expensive due to BIK tax and when I test drove the Elroq I was very underwhelmed. It want as smooth a drive on the suspension, the boot not that big and the interior is the same as my Octavia and it’s a much newer car model, I would expect them to update it as it lags behind other cars it competes with. So if anyone sees AJ71 LVP for sale, it has the optional black alloy wheels and LED pack and I’ve looked after it as well as I could, all serviced properly at Skoda!! Also if anyone wants a fancy Yakima roof bar system for their Octavia I will be selling mine soon, as well as a brand new set of mats I never used I think. Thanks to all on here for the last 4 years! On to another brand now.

Things have moved on a lot in the world and most cars now are way more economical because they cut cylinders when coasting, the gearbox and ECU all work together to make the best of everything. If you manage to disable the function then all you would do is put unnecessary extra strain on the gearbox, increasing the chance of it failing. Modern brakes don’t overheat like older cars did, my car has done multiple very long alpine passes with no fade. Replacing brake pads and discs slightly more often is a damn sight cheaper than relaxing a DSG gearbox. If you want an old school gearbox then buy an old school car!!

A colleague has just had his ordering portal open and it seems I can get a fully loaded Elroq sport line with maxx pack easily within budget. I’m going to see if my wife can drive it and try and seek out a sport line version to test the seats I really would like electric memory seats as my wife and I use the car equally and we are very different sizes, so that’s good news.

I have the car for 4 years from the end of this year and the BIK is going up to 18% for the last two years so it will rise a lot which I have to take into account. It all depends on the contribution I have to make as well as the 2 amounts together might make sense or might not.

If you look at the BIK rates you can see they go up to the same as petrol cars in 2 years and I have the car for 4 starting end of this year plus I might get dragged into the 40% tax bracket soon so the tax could skyrocket

I have an Octavia SEL iV and will be ordering a new car soon through my work. I have to have an electric car because of BIK reasons, I would like a Superb estate otherwise! First of all I think the size of the boot is really good which is a big thing for me as I play bass guitar and need plenty of space for instruments and amps. Also in general the space inside is really good for an SUV - I loathe SUVs but there is not really any other choices if I’m going electric and need a decent boot. Most SUVs tend to be big on the outside and small on the inside. So, overall, it’s ok. And that’s it. I would not complain at all if I owned one. But….. why is it so flipping dull? The interior is the same as my Octavia which is 5/6 years old in design. The screen is a little bigger and it has the little dash (a downgrade to me but hey ho). It just doesn’t feel like a modern electric car - again it’s one of those electric cars which is trying to pretend to be an ICE car. Also, looking at the prices, why do I feel like the £45k version I sat in is a downgrade from my SEL Octavia? The seats arent as nice (mine is leather and alcantara as standard), there’s nothing that really feels quality about it compared to my car, even at 4 years old. Little things like the levers to fold down the seats when you are at the boot? Why are they missing? And no USB port for my dash cam? Still the same levers for the seats which are a weak point on my Octy. I know Škoda aren’t Audi or BMW premium cars but it just feels like a step back from 5 years ago when Škoda were moving things on in leaps and bounds. I don’t know how much an Elroq is going to cost me so haven’t decided what to get yet but it’s still the front runner if I go for a car that big as all the other options have tiny boots but I had hoped for more. I also really want a Škoda as my local dealer is amazing. The final kick was that I went to the nearby Renault dealers to check out the new Renault 5 as I was intrigued. Boot was too small obviously but WOW the quality was amazing, better than the Škoda, and the design was fresh without it being childish, the screen and controls were amazing and overall I was amazed. Very interested in the Renault 4 when it comes out as they will be probably £10k cheaper than the Škoda and the boot is only slightly smaller. Yeah range not as good and not as fast but I don’t need a 6 sec 0-60 car. I really really want to like the Elroq but it just feels like a decision to buy a new fridge.

You can get it to save a certain percentage of charge. Deselect auto and you can go up and down on how much percent to keep. if I’m going on a hundred mile round trip I’ll get it to save 50% for the way back.

I find the instant MPG function useful to see how your driving affects the MPG in a new car but otherwise I just ignore it once I’ve figured out how best to drive it.

If you are using the car display to figure out your mpg you’re dafter than you realise. After a couple of years of tracking MPG I have the following conclusions for my driving, bearing in mind I live in a hilly area. 1) I can do solely electric miles if driving locally but recently it hasn’t been worth it due to the price of electricity. As prices are coming down I am doing the math to see if it’s worth it again. 2) Long motorway journeys keeping to the speed limit without a full charge of electric gets me 45mpg average 3) lowest mpg I ever got was 30mpg, no charging and town driving only (might have had a heavy right foot for a couple of weeks) 4) General MPG for me with a lot of town driving and 20 mile journeys is about 35-40mpg with no electric charge. All in all I’m happy, it’s not too much less than my previous Toyota Auris mild hybrid and it has nearly twice the power and is a lot bigger.

Yes the lower powered version is pretty slow, I had an Auris with that power train. I test the newer more powerful version and it was pretty quick but not quite as quick as my Octy I reckon. The electric to petrol transition in the Skoda is ok but the Toyota system is amazing, I’ll give them that.

I’ve had 3 Toyotas before my Octy IV and I won’t have another. Their hybrid system is pretty good but the quality of the cars is poor compared to 15 years ago, the styling is old fashioned and the dealers terrible. I won’t have another one and when I chose a new work car it was between the Corolla hybrid (the more powerful one) and my Octy and the Skoda was miles ahead. Doubt I’ll ever have a Toyota again, at least not a new one.

How do you wash your car?

I’d love to know how they can diagnose a problem on a very complex bit of machinery without ever seeing it. 🤔

For short trips just leave the heating off. In 3 miles you aren’t going to heat the car up properly so why bother trying? I noticed soon after I got my car that putting the heating on absolutely decimated the range immediately so for short journeys it’s off for me. I have found having the heated seats on uses far less electric than the main heating system - if you have a heated steering wheel it’s even better. They both heat up quicker than trying to heat the cabin as well.

I went to the Huddersfield showroom when I went to choose my car and was upfront that I was ordering via my work lease company and they were very helpful indeed. Very different from all the other dealers I went to. They also were good and sorted me out with a new tyre inflation kit after I used mine, they quickly charged it to my lease company within a few minutes no problem. Not much experience I know but it’s been good so far. Certainly better than the Vauxhall/Kia/Toyota and Citroen dealerships nearby which put me off choosing one of their cars! I’ll try and remember to report back when my car has been for a service. I used to work in retail and I won’t accept bad service so hopefully DMKeith will continue to be good.

My SEL iV wheel spins quite often when going for it off the line, and when it’s wet it’s worse. Slightly embarrassing sometimes but the electronic aids aren’t over enthusiastic and it soon hooks up. I’d say if you want to do some enthusiastic driving more often then the 4x4 will be better for sure. But if you want a proper decent handling car get a Ford Focus instead as mine handled way better than my current Octavia. The Octys aren’t great in that respect but they aren’t the worst.

I’m the same - most of my journeys are on electric. I do use the car a lot but I’ve not put any unleaded in since June 15th and I still have 2/3rds of a tank left. I am on a fixed electric tariff until January and it cost me about 6.5p a mile on electric and about 15p a mile on unleaded. One advantage of the hybrid is that I know my electric cost will double and probably triple in February - I have the choice of just not charging the car (unless I can get it charged for free) and using unleaded instead!!! I feel slightly sorry for people with full EVs being forced onto expensive tariffs which will make their cars very costly to run.

Mine seems pretty sturdy, opened it hundreds of times now, I can’t see how you could break it as you press it to release it and push it shut.