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Good news according to AI which looks on the ball for once.

Plenty TDI,s (Millions) are on long Service / Variable / Flexible oil and filter changes and used with the annual mileage and usage to suit that and do not use excessive oil.

How about a friend or hire that vehicle to get the trailer and boat and all the gear weighed before getting a Tow Bar fitted? Has the Estate got 'Towing Prep' from the factory? and what tow bars are available to you in Australia for the Octavia Estate? ??? What height does the tow ball need to be at to have the trailer level?

You find the Warranty when you look at Skoda Warranties. Internet / Google / Search Engines. You are supposed to get a copy of a Warranty from Manufacturers or Dealerships, and they are supposed to know what a Warranty Covers. It is their full time job. They do not sell household appliances.

Welcome. What engine is it, a 1.4 TSI with the 8 speed auto. Seems sensible to get the car and loaded trailer on a weigh bridge. Or at least the trailer and boat on scales.

There is nothing about a Service Record or Annual or periodic inspections in the Warranty T&C,s. Ask the Service Manager or Warranties Manager where a Service History is required. Your Used Skoda should have had an Inspection Pre Sale. So there is a Record of That and who and where done by. Someone on the phone can be anyone and have no knowledge or training other than from some other monkey. I imagine they can read, or can phone or ask as friend who knows what is actually what and not what they would like things to be.

Personally i would not risk it for a biscuit no matter how little petrol is in the diesel from your misfuel.

First thing is get the wheels off the ground and check if it is the wheel bearings bearings.

Eon Next EV tariffs Next Drive or Next Drive smart are showing Offpeak back to 7 hours midnight to 7am for those going on these tariffs. It had been 7 hours and then reduced to 6 hours.

@Ooopnorth You asked best oil, pitty you never said 'Topping up'. If 0w 20 FS IV was used at the last Oil & Filter service then you should really top up with that. Not that a little different spec of oil will make a difference, just a diesel engine after all. At next service 0w 30 FS III might well be the way to go. As to Brand, matters not a jot as all to the Recommendation Spec does the job. Just a diesel engine after all. IMO.

TDI is VW 508 00 / 509 00. Same 0w 20 FS IV, but VW 508 00 is TSI Fixed or Variable. TDI VW 509 00 is even if on Fixed Oil & filter service. Same with the 0w 30 FS III or 5w 30 FS III. 504 TSI fixed or Variable. But 507 00 is a TDI even if Fixed Oil & Filter servicing.

@TSIspirit Is there a sticker in the spare tyre well to show that Service Campaign / Recall Action was ever done since May 2014. '34F7' DSG oil changed from Synthetic to Mineral and a Soft Ware Update?

@mistac Are the Giti tyres slip sliding and misbehaving? http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/539227-new-elroq-just-arrived-at-dealers-tips

Just came home 160 miles in torrential rain and was getting 2.8 miles a kWh. I stopped at 80 miles to charge a little as showing only 50 mile range. Charged more than I ment because I only wanted £3 of charge and ended with £12 as busy talking chargers and how bad they are. Left charger and no rain and average speed cameras and 3.2 miles a kWh. 75 miles range left, so money wasted from gabbing on.

Misleading people getting an EV into believing that a 50 kW battery car is going to go 250 miles or more is pure misselling. When 200 miles sometimes might be possible in the right conditions. Sadly people believe brochures and sales staff.

The real answer is trained sales staff and trained management. Motability sales people were specialists that had knowledge. The whole selling and leasing of EV,s is a farce with many places. Even at Arnold Clarks multi million EV sales establishments where they are supposedly Pure dead brilliant or GENIUS as their ads went. As to PARK,s the ever growing business in Scotland they excel in hopelessness. Autocar, Auto express, Which or just Motability need to get secret shoppers in to these establishments.

@Joel_S. Which country are you in or which country was it delivered to? Not that it matters but best to say IMO.

Welcome. It is a MK3 Fabia. Averaging 35 mpg is maybe alright depending where driven and how. If mostly short drives around town then does it ever get to 40 mpg plus? On runs at UK nsl,s does it ever show 50 mpg and plus? Has it a nice fresh clean air filter and spark plugs that were replaced sometime in the past 4 years, and are the tyre pressures ok?

I just meet a lovely couple with a brand new Suzuki Vitara EV. Supplied by a dealer 30 miles away and they live a further 12 miles from here. The have 60% charge in car, no home charger fitted yet and they came to charge. Parks salesperson explained nothing. Motability car and no Motability card for charging yet because nobody told them to get one ordered at time of car ordered. They know nothing about AC and slow chargers or AC and home charging. They know nothing about kWh,s or kW and charging speeds. They are now off to try the charger at the Farm Shop and using a credit card. I showed the lady Apps and tried explaining the various providers. I checked where they are and there is 1 AC charger a couple of miles from them and it is out of order. Real world EV,s and Dealership providing disabled people and EV.

Same crap. Charging AC at Girvan harbour. CPS and Electroverse card no access. Got phone answer quick and no Messing about with Liam. ID checked and remote start done. I waited till I needed 11 kWh as £5 minimum charge. Hopefully just a 90 minute wait as I listen to the radio and a full charge for early tomorrow start. PS now going to leave the car untill I see it has charged enough for a fivers worth. 20 minutes and only got 1.5 kWh of electric. 75 pence. PPS. Back at car. Still 36 minutes till fully charged estimated. There have been 4 cars turning up to the DC charger with no idea if the area but have already been to other Ayrshire chargers not working and unaware of Dowhill Farm Fayre,s charger.

PS Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon lead the SNP and filled their own pockets and advanced Independence not one little bit. Like Cuckoos. There are plenty Champagne Socialists that earn well from the public purse and were happy for true supporters money to fund their lifestyles.

There is another story. My mum went to school with him & worked at St.Cuthberts Bakery & Tam Connery at the Milk at the Coop. They were the same age but somehow all his life after body building and boxing and being an artists model he had a DOB making him younger. He said he lost his virginity to an older women. well considering he tried them all on and an 18 year old was older than his supposed 15 year old. Once at Downfield golf course in Dundee my pal shouted and asked for an Autograph and he told him to get to ****.

SNP Supporters that do not live in Scotland and pay taxes or even in the UK can say and do as they like, but not even having 1 vote is something, but their 1 voice might impress some but really it counts for nowt. Good that he impresses you @lol-lol

We used to buy single fire lighters for a wee sit around at a fire at the beach from his brother at his shop in Monifieth & we got single fag there. He was a real character that knew the price of everything and the cost of everything and the value of giving tick and being generous. No shop lifting from Charlie's. As to his brother i could not care less what he promotes or supports. I lived on Ferry Road and worked on the pumps at the Milton Garage when i was 15 and earned to buy my Moped. (My mum was Neil Forsyth,s baby sitter. He wrote the books and the screen play for the part Brian Cox played as the Burger Seller in Broughty Ferry. Neil Forsyth credits my mum with letting him read comics as his parents both doctors did not allow him to.)

Yes Millions of people if this is true about balcony solar will be the haves not the have not.s getting it. People need money up-front to purchase. Or on tick, Klarna, credit, buy now pay later and default later and be deeper in the sh!7.