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How long do you keep your cars? What mileage will do before trading in or selling? What are the mileages / km,s on them? Manual or DSG? Are they both with a Fixed Service Regime history or Variable / Flexible. Both had Brake fluid changed, spark plugs changed on the 2023?

If it has a DQ381 then 80,000 miles is the service time, Oil & Filter, nit the filter waiting to the 2nd service as some Dealership Staff say. But, VW Group / Skoda as far as i understand limited those 2.0 TDI 115 / 116 PS cars with a DSG to 250 Nm. Manuals have 300 Nm. Same as happened with Polo GTI 1.8TSI 192 PS cars. Manual 320Nm, DSG 250 Nm. Funnily or as you get with VW Group the lower torque and heavier DQ200 DSG car was / is quicker.

@KinderBean Is an independent taking off the MCU to change the filter? Many UK Dealerships refuse to service a DQ200. Others have Service Desk staff that says required, but have no idea what the DSG is they are talking about.

Is it the 2.0 ll TDI 115ps? Has that a DQ200 7 speed Twin Dry Clutch DSG with no Service Regime / Schedule. 2 oils, in the box and in the MCU. Only a small oil filter in the MCU that is only changed if stripped? Or is it something else?

Loved by many Car Reviewers / Journalists / Vloggers over the years. There are some big time Youtube Vloggers that have done vids in the past couple of years bigging up the Yeti. Funnily none seem to have ever bought or owned one, just driven ones lent to them.

@Aspman E5 Super unleaded? Tesco Momentum?

I am getting 3.5 miles a kWh and am paying 55 pence a kWh. (50 kW DC charging) Getting 180 miles or so for £28. Local unleaded is £6.50 a gallon. 41 mpg would be 4.3 gallon and £28 . PS. Once home it is back to £3.50 for a full charge.

The video with Carl Cox DJ and some of his cars is something special. So many of my dream cars in it. PS. There are 2 vids. Outside with cars and a sit down interview..

@DieselMonte might be able to help. Maybe look at his build thread and 6 speed gearbox conversion.

The tyres must have gone as they did between services. A service plan is no big deal. A driver of drivers that never checks tyres or oil is common. An ex motabilty car can have had all the servicing and lots of not carefull drivers. As can cars from any source.

As long as the repair is better than factory standard because that can be terrible. As it is can you trust the dealership. PETERS & LEE.

@Graham Butcher i interesting, Ok. FAMOUS VEHICLES with manufacturing and material faults. **** materials glues. No worries with a Skoda. They havd nice pressure release flaps that might let water into your boot. If cars designed and built in the 1960,s and into the 70,s were doing it in the 1970,s 80,s then they might still do it in the decades since. They never just healed them selfs.

Have to close my windows. What a smell of BS.

'Many cars with rear windows forced out in the 1970,s & 80,s because of the pressure inside!' Love it, must be a south thing and motorways. I worked in garages in the 1970,s and 80,s and forced out rear windows was never an issue.

@Graham Butcher Pickup truck doing 27 mpg and really windows up or down or AC at coolest makes no difference for cost of running. And for an EV i have done 170 miles yesterday for £9 and still have 30 miles left. If i want the windows open or the dogs do to smell what ever smells there are then i could not care about efficiency. Hot road surfaces, all season tyres fitted. If hypermilling is the mission then yes it matters. As it is EV chargers seem to be getting even more plentiful and pretty devoid of users. Likely because of the ridiculous cost to charge at many of them.