superluminal

Ive got a 2020 petrol VRS and that seems to spend about five minutes making all sorts of gurgling whirring and clicking noises once the ignition is turned off. It sounds like its transforming itself into something else. Its done it since new so just assumed thats what they all did (plus its my first modernish car)

Is there any preventative maintenance that can be carried out to this mechanism to stop that happening - any parts that need cleaning / greasing etc? Or is the part just a bit of rubbish design?

Good points! It took a concious amount of effort to drive with that level of economy. It was only curiosity (combined with commuting boredom) that I thought Id try to see what I could get out of it if I actively tried drive economically. Its actually quite taxing - ive never used the eco setting before but noticed it was switching the engine off when I could lift off the throttle and coast for a bit which I found a bit disconcerting so disabled it. I dont really rag it but do try to drive with a sense of purpose normally on that commute and would typically average around 38-39mpg on the run in "normal" mode. I'd be interested to see if anyones averaged 50mpg over a similar length run of say an hour and a half as I think I might be able to eek another .5mpg if i really tried and kept the auto stop start thing on.

Not sure if theres a more recent thread on this but on my commute to work this morning I thought I would try and drive a bit gentler. I put it in Eco mode but switched off the auto stop / start as i dont like that so much and got 48mpg. Was cross country with a short section of motorway (three junctions of the M11) The rest was country roads through Cambs with a few junctions and roundabouts. Car is a 2020 petrol VRS 245 with DSG. I was really impressed with that fuel consumption!!

Is that what those blocks are in the pic, over the exhaust? Can they be removed without affecting the handling?

Will add myself to this as have been lurking for a while. Just before christmas I bought a 2020 Octavia VRS estate, TSI, DSG in metallic blue - had one previous owner on 28k miles before I picked it up. Think its a fairly base spec and its a bit noisy inside compared to cars ive owned previously but other than that enjoying it so far.