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All Tesla Superchargers in Scotland are open to Non Tesla. Pretty good for travels to Dundee, Aberdeen, up the A9 at Perth, Aviemore, and Inverness, or on the West coast Fort William or Oban.

I should have started a thread in Alternative fuels. Sorry.

@Graham Butcher local short trips from home for maybe just 5-15 miles, 30 mph - 60 mph it is 23 mpg on Tesco, Asda or Gulf diesel. 25-27 on BP Supreme diesel which is 10 pence a litre 5 or 10 miles away from my local Shell V-power. There are 2 2 miles apart and the one at the A9 side is a couple of pence cheaper. The HVO local same price as that V-power local. HVO has been constant showing 30-32mpg. Arbroath or Dundee much lower prices for Esso or BP premium diesel. PS, it was like Rolling Coal on Tesco or Asda diesel, but I might just have blown out the cobwebs and any carbon build up now from when I got the 2.4 diesel no SCR / Adblue with 113,000 miles. Done 2,000 miles since May.

I am paying 202.7 pence a litre for HVO and it worth every penny extra over derv or premium derv. Smooth running , less smelly and improved mpg. Gulf EvoUltra. Limited availability in Scotland as far as filling stations. But not at Trade / Bunkered suppliers.

There are plans for a new Fastned charging site. Between Stirling and Perth on the A9. Where there was a Little Chef then a Subway and across from the Shell filling station with it's hopeless Shell Recharger charger. There was a Little chef there in the past also. (My favorite one). So some sort of eatery to be at the Fastned site and toilets. It will be great to see a Ultra Fast charging facility right on the A9 without have to leave the Trunk Road to get charged. The sooner the better.

@IJWS15 did Skoda ask you to try E5 or was it a technician at a Skoda franchise dealership in the UK?

@Carlston might be able to help.

Electroverse have quite often taken nothing from my credit card that they have the info to charge from. I notice it is sometimes where first the CPS rfid card will not start a chsrgrer and then i use the Electroverse card and it takes an attempt or 3 before accepted. I have 2 cards from them. The one i use never shows as ever having any sessions used on it. But it has been used plenty and been paid for those sessions. I think with CPS i am up on free charges compared ti being charged for false starts and my complaint ignored.

Sadly for manufacturers the benefits of EV,s are not meaning enough are bought new and first registerd to people buying or leasing for private use and all the pounds out of their pocket after they are already taxed. Maybe taxed on pensions even. Truth is Public Charging all times needed by much more than even 60% of drivers. Real world UK wide. PS, discounts on new EV,s all over the place and still the vast majority of drivers buying their new vehicle is swerving an EV.

Last year i insured my EV with Admiral and Multicar. No NCD as that was 20 years and on my old Suzuki. Also insured house contents. Then February the Suzuki was insured from Fdbruary when due till September, too expensive but was looking forward to cheep renewal in September. May i got a pickup so van insurance till september. Not cheap, no NCD to use. Renewal came in last night. £1.880. So auto renewal cancled. Tried Confused, Compare and Moneysuper market for 3 vehicles. CONFUSED.com each time lowest quotes. Agias for the 2 cars. 9 years and 1 year NCD. Legal, ncd protection, RAC breakdown. SWIFT cover for pickup, legal and full breakdown and recovery. They MIRRORED the NCD. Total cost just under £900. ADMIRAL CALL HANDLER asked when i asked for proof of NCD by post if they could look at reducing the price of renewal. They have since emailed, called and txt,d to ask why not renewing. So much for MULTICAR. Renewal they said that my past 12 months paid excluding house contents was £1,550 and sorry for the increase.

So Mr an announcement a day PM is opening a consultation on how many EV,s will need to be first registered and by when. Let's see him and every MP receiving transportation from the public purse be in an EV, even if it is an Armoured one. And the mileage allowance for using their own vehicles set at 15 pence a mile. That's enough for their home charging or at grace and favour homes or public funded accomodation.

Everything is an issue. Everything needs thought about and blue sky thinking. OUT OF THE BOX. Places are planting trees to cool rivers because of the loss of fish. Lots of Old Coal Mines and Bings about, lots of derelict Runways and lots of land where there was nuclear plants and will be decades before ever built on.

Climate Change. Maybe time in the UK that there are areas of solar panels providing shade on river banks, canals and water reservoirs etc. Protect the water from the sun and protect land from flooding by collecting rain with a channel like on roofs and take the water to the storage pond, lake or whatever covered by solar panels.

Re Solar farms and agricultural use for grass or animals, then yes there is productivity at some. You are not going to have sheep in regions where there are not sheep being reared. But there might be times like winter when sheep are wintered in regions with less severe weather. As happens lots in Scotland. There is also Wildlife to consider and a better use of land than just Set Aside as there is money paid for all around England to have land out of Agricultural use. Plenty unproductive land around that solar can go on, those that farm know what is the best economically for them. Lots of Slipper Farmers about earning as an energy company and could not care about feeding the public who want food cheaper than it costs to produce.

I get 20+ miles for what looks like only 1 or 2 kWh when i descend from Glenshee, the Lecht or down Cairn 0 Mount. I use quite a bit of energy climbing to the highest point before the coming down. Same as with an ICE vehicles really and the fuel use. Using less regen and coasting works better than slowing the vehicle all the time, just use the extra regen as you would the brakes or lower gear, so as and when.

Or just have to pay a higher tariff and wait longer to charge. One of these things the public have no control over. Weather, Strikes, or wars and fuel price rises or there are shortages. We might all remember various crisis like fuel tanker strikes or wars and rationing.

I read that in Hungary there are companies including Shell and Eon making restriction on EV charging because of power grid concerns. Restriction the power of Ultra fast chargers in the evening, and some are increasing the price or disabling chargers for a period of time.

Pishing down here. After the glorious 12th which was not so glorious everyplace the weather has broken. So seasonal as pretty much usual. Every summer has not been as fantastic as the summer of 1976. Kiki Dee and Elton John. Don't go breaking my heart. Motorbikes, playing pool while the jukebox played and drinking and just a time when the price of petrol or drink did not matter. And on an apprentices wage plus some freebies from working in a garage.

It is officially @3:years / 30,000 miles in the UK for MK3 Octavia, but tuners like Awesome GTI they recommended 20,000 miles. MK4 Octavia are officially @2 years / 20,000 miles. I remember the thread that got a bit heated on the VAQ diff. I remember all threads I post in. But I think it was deleted because of abuse by a member and it was not me. It was a member that did not like this forum because we bullied him. Because we did not take what he said as being fact, because it was not.

The air filter schedule as per Skoda is ridiculous. 60,000 miles / 6 years. It is simply clever to inspect at every service and replace it required as a dirty / clogged air filter can cost you in reducing the mpg. Were the spark plugs replaced already. They are at 40,000 miles or 4 years?

It is ridiculous the situation with stores like LIDL or ALDI having EV chargers where they are only for use during store open hours and people getting a penalty charge for parking at a charger while charging out of hours. No idea how common or which other companies might be doing the same. Just seen a few news articles on this happening. The charger i am on is supposedly a 22 kW, so 2 vehicles could be charging and getting 11 kW. I have never got 11 kW with a car with 11 kW on board charger. Just now with a 7kw on board charger i am getting near that. In the past on this one i have had someone else plug into the other port and it drop to us both getting only 3 6 kW or so.

Been on 45 minutes and charged only 4kWh. So £2.00. The 22kW AC tethered charger cable which would be giving me 11 KW is no longer on the Big DC charger. That was what wrongly had you paying 70 pence a kWh. The £5 minimum charge on the supposed 11 kW AC I am on means many will be like me and occupy the charger for longer than they might normally. It is pure stupidity that the minimum charge cost is not just £2.00. PS. The big / rapid 50 kW DC charger is out of service.

Only food and sauces. Shame for phev drivers with a £5 min charge .

Did you get a full pre delivery report, check sheet showing everything done under their rigorous checking procedure? Full body and mechanical checks, and safety checks! Did you inspect it closely or have anyone do it for you before purchase?. I am a former car repairer and sprayer and a trader.. It is amazing how blind some car buyers are.

@cristi_r22 how many previous registered keepers? And when did you buy the 5 year old car? A dealership selling a used car might do a visual inspection and maybe done by someone with poor eye sight. But they have not had the car from new. A new car can be damaged from the factory to the first supplying dealer or anytime really. Why do you think you can take an action against the Dealership. Worth a mention you are in Romania.