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Videos work fine for me 🤔 That makes a hell of a 'thump' when the central locking activates, doesn't it? 😃

I had the car valeted this morning (and the last traces of the scrape some git left on my RNS wheel arch removed), so I thought I'd take a pic... 😎

Check the fuse panel. My old A6 had 'sided' fuses for headlamps and rearlamps...

From Kia's webpage - 10% to 80% charge in 18 minutes on a fast charger. I wasn't aware Lidl's was such a weak charger, but I'll be interested to see if the new build store has faster ones put in Stopping for 18 minutes on a major route and using a fast charger seems pretty good to me. My neighbours went from about 12% to 100% in a long overnight charge from their home charging point (the cost of which is also factored into their £300 pcm). That's where the 6p per mile was calculated from...

EVs aren't for everyone at the moment - particularly not for those in this thread determined that they're not going to be 😆 My neighbour has just taken delivery of a Kia EV6 - had it for about a fortnight. It's an excellent car, deceptively roomy and does 320 miles on a full charge. They went away for a few days recently and it cost them 6p per mile. It would have cost less if they'd availed themselves of the free charging points at Lidl, whilst doing their shopping. It charges to 80% in 20 minutes, apparently (and 80% seems to be the magic figure with many EVs - getting the last 20% in takes a while). They are leasing theirs as a salary sacrifice scheme (NHS) and it costs them under £300 per month for everything - insurance, tyres, servicing, tax etc. As an EV it attracts zero company car tax - it really is a no-brainer for their circumstances. Yes, the current dispersal of charging stations is not great, but is growing rapidly to meet demand - my town is having a new, bigger Lidl built at present and I'll bet it comes with a slew of charging slots - free for use, as they've done the maths and figure if you are going to be there 20-30 mins, you're probaby going to do your weekly shop at the same time. If Lidl offer free charging, the other supermarkets will have to to remain competitive. Also, consider the introduction of the ICE. You originally had to buy petrol in gallon cans from your hardware store - but the nationwide appearance of service stations soon sprang up to meet consumer demand. Our electricity generation isn't the cleanest, but it will have to become so to meet our carbon targets - powering cars from a fixed energy source (eg the national grid) is WAY more economical than using fossil fuels. EVs may not be the ultimate green answer - maybe the miniature fuel cell will eventually be invented, so that you pump water into the car, it splits it into hydrogen annd oxygen, combusts it and expels wateer vapour through the exhaust. But for now, EVs make great economic and environmentaal sense. Will we have to change the way we travel? Sure - but not by too much - and thats a small pricee to pay to be able to breathe in the inner cities, isn't it?

So today I got my Haldex serviced by a local independent workshop. I bought the service kit from Auto Fault Finder. This is what the old filter that came out looked like: Pretty manky looking and gummed up. My car has just over 66k miles on the odo, and has had its Haldex “serviced” by Škoda main dealers twice - the last time just after I bought the car in September last year. The reason I use inverted commas around the word serviced is because of Škoda’s corporate attitude towards this task. Despite showing the Service Manager pictures of where it was located and emailing a video link to a clip of how to do it, he resolutely maintained that there wasn’t a filter fitted to my vehicle. So, the recommended service interval for this item is 30k miles. I’ll give it to the independent to do it from now on. I wonder how many people - following their main dealer’s advice in good faith - have had Haldex failures as a result of this corporate policy? Anyway, if you have a Haldex fitted to your car, you should probably be aware of this… Cheers, Mike 😎

I had the FWD A6 2.5 just before I bought the quattro (which were/are like hens' teeth) and the difference in handing was striking. I still regret it is gone, but eventually the cost/reward ratio on an old premium car makes the decision for you. The Superb does very well, but it doesn't have the feel of the quattro...😃

My best car was my late lamented Audi a6 2.5TDi quattro Avant... ...which I bought at 160k and, over the next 10 years, did 160k of my own. During that time it did an average of 42mpg. Held the road beautifully and took me all over the place. My Superb 4x4 estate is like an updated version of it. My 'fun' car at the moment is a 2006 A4 Convertible TDi 140 - which I lavish far too much money and time on... ...but which has also taken me to some great places..

Good evening everybody, Until a couple of weeks ago I was a member of the Skoda Forum, but their website now seems to be down on a permanent basis 🤨 Anybody know what happened? Anyway, I have a 2014 Skoda Superb 2.0 TDi 140 4x4 with about 67k miles on the odo, which is proving to be an excellent vehicle. It's going in for a proper Haldex service on Wednesday with a local garage (after my local main dealer told me that it wasn't fitted with a filter 🙄). Other than that it's in good fettle. Looking forward to getting to know inmates... Cheers, Mike