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But, the Chancellor and the Government on purpose fail to see the bigger picture which is, if people have more money left from lower costs for transport they spend it on something else. But if the are higher than average earners with more money than needed it could be on foreign holiday, or even 2nd homes. Tax the frequent fliers then and tax holidays homes x3. It is like Benefits and allowances, people spend and money stays in the economy. As it is with car buying it is the Chinese economy benefiting the most now it seems, be it BEV,s PHEV,s or ICE Cars.

Michelin have RFID,s implanted into tyres at manufacture now for their sake in handling, stock, traceability for scrappage / recycling. There are TPMS,s now that can identify the tyres with the RFID.

Re E Fuels. While there are Energy Issues globally then producing E Fuels required lots of Electricity. Good if there are excesses of Solar, Wind, Wave etc. Like in Scotland, renewables going unused because of the National Grid. Time to have E Fuel production in Scotland then.

@Graham Butcher EV,s have onboard AC chargers so not being able to unplug a tethered cable from an EV,s charge port is not going to be old connections if cars are brand new or nearly new. Or even getting your own cable uplugged from the car.

Good, warranty for faults on both and degredation guarantee just on Full Electric.

That is an Electric car battery. EV,s can have a green flash on reg plate A plug in hybrid is not an Electric car. But if the PHEV,s battery is covered the same then they will show that someplace. PS. Next year 3 pence a mile tax on EV,s. 1.5 pence a mile PHEV,s

Drive a 130 and see if good enough. VW are not going to make the error again that they did with Fabia vRS twincharger which was actuallh lighter anc quicker and cheaper than the Polo GTI, Ibiza Cupra anc A1 185. Meant they sandbaged the hatch as also lighter and quicker and cheaper than the Fabia Estate. 177 bhp, but feed it 99 ron and dyno it and that is the min not max.

Eon Next brought the Offpeak night rate down the same pence as the day tariff.

There is a huge difference in climate /ambient temps with the UK and Bristol area and Finland.

@lol-lol That link is a good guide. Pity that after TESLA and until recently Stellantis was the other major BEV manufacturer with so many brands but basically the same platform but no mention. ? Did you not get a chance to fix your tariff for 12 months and your low rate?

Skoda dealt with the issues of Octavia PHEV,s and cold weather or engines not being run much. They discontinued manufacturing them. But still there is the Superb and Kodiaq. Time will tell how these go.

No idea if correct. Just a post off Facebook. The issue is you can nit trust the AI answer on a Skoda PHEV as seems to be for an BEV not a PHEV or MHEV. But then an answer from Skoda Customer Services can be as wrong as an AI answer. Skoda website info should be easy to find and correct. Pigs might fly.

What might be relevant is how often the car was charged and used on Electric and then the engine fired up. Or just driven on petrol & engine getting to temperature, GPF doing its job. It is a pity there is no indicator of miles / hours engine run, and how many Kw/h or electricity charged in the cars life. OR, maybe there is a way with the car plugged in to have these showing, and get a battery condition check. How many % of battery loss. Hopefully others can comment. Personally i would not touch a 8 year old or so PHEV with someone else's barge pole.

Maybe best in the Octavia section. I will ask a mod to move it. The DSG is a DQ400-e. Requires Oil & Filter services every 40,000 miles. The Engine Oil & Filter service regime is supposed to be fixed. 9,400 miles / 372 days or sooner. Not all get that.

@BabyDog Was there an engineers examination & report for you or from VW / Skoda UK carried out and VW UK accepted this conclusions from that & accepted the rejection, or what happened? Nothing to do with the fuel consumption then, just mandatory features the car had which you did not like, or were there actual faults?

Were the tyre pressures checked after collection & readjusted if needing, and the TPMS reset. Incase still at TRANSIT pressure. Car needs checked that the Transit blocks have been removed from the suspension.

Bump for the OP. @OccyVRS

Almost every VW engine went to 0w 20 FS IV other than the ones that stay recommended as 0w 30 FS III. There are repeated posts since 2018 on the matter. Good oil, maybe better than Castrol / Quantum, not run as much as 1/4 lower than oil capacity, and Super Unleaded E5, sorted. EDIT. Sorry could not link thread. But easy to find.

It might take as many years as the millions that have it functioning and not wearing out. But then over 20 years it might matter how many times a day the car starts off after you or people get in and out of the car. Lets say as a guess maybe OK for another 15 years.

Simple. Put your foot on the brake pedal with this generation of DQ200 does the same as any generation of dry or wet clutch DSG. It disengages drive. Leave in D with hand brake in D or more in S with the higher RPM it wants to go. Put in N while stopped since there is no stop / start. Hand Brake so no Brake lights annoying people at longer stops. If you have no Hill Hold Assist then your DQ200 is as simple as it gets. PS. DSG / Semi-Automated as Skoda / VW call them.

Coasting is not an issue on the longevity of a DSG (DQ381 if you have that.) It has other issues. As to what we used to call RUNNING in & Skoda / VW refer to in the Owners Manual as 'Driving in'. That is settlining the drive train, bearlings, brakes etc, newness off tyres, adjust pressures, maybe increased OIL consumption in the first 5,000 km. That oil that is in from the factory even if 0w 20 FS IV / VW508 00 / 509 00 is to assist the Breaking in. Its not rubbish oil. Not that replacing it early is likely to improve efficiency or economy.

@leolito Please remember this is a Global Forum. Bulgari might be similar to the UK but not the Middle or Far East or Australia / Newzealand etc. So location location location as far as 0W oils. Climate / Temperatures.

Long Life oil is VW504 00 / 507 00, 0w 30 FS III or 5w 30 FS III, then VW went for most other than some engines in time for the WLTP Certification to VW508 00 / 509 00. 0w 20 FS IV.. Not backward compatible. Non long life for TSI,s was and is VW502 00. Usually 5w 40 FS. @gav_is_con For decades since Skoda / VW recommended Castrol and put a litre in cars boots. Unopened. Dealerships in the UK used Quantum, now TPS supply Quantum in the UK, from Fuchs Oils.

@Ed-hunter If 1 reversing light or 1 Rear Fog light is a safety issue then millions of vehicles in the UK are unsafe. Who told you it was a Safety Issue? Time they told the DfT / DVSA in the UK and those that Type Approve passenger cars.

@Graham Butcher The i-Pace was a long way from home. The golfer went back to Preston and took the keys with him. The Frontera driver had only just had a brand new car delivered. I doubt he did anything wrong but sadly seems to know nothing what so ever about EV,s other than they get a car and a card and free charging. Half the fast chargers there now with local Carers MG,s left charging and collected at the start of the shift, the other half are out of order and have been for weeks,