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@Graham Butcher there are various stay times on rapid chargers in different regions of Scotland. 40 minutes Stirling. 60 or 70 in Dundee. Maybe day time and not through the night. 5 hours to 12 hours on Fast chargers AC. No limits some places. 40 to 60 minutes on a charger just giving out maybe 26 kW or 39 max is a total PITA as the one at Turnberry is. And you don't know the speed till you have started the charger and you are not going to stop sooner if there is a £5 minimum charge. Many seem to not care about a £30 penalty, not them paying and they have a job to do. Time is money, and some earn plenty.

Not the case. Up to the provider / vendor, and many accept a false start. Some charging points have a 'Connection Fee'. Before the charge for electricity.

22 kW very useful or essential for many and often is not counted as a Rapid Charge and just Fast. But where there are Side Tethered AC it can be 22 kW / 43/ 45 kW. unless the cars are being scrapped that were using 22 kW then it might as well be available. Many Zoe about including with the NHS. If we do not support or explain charging and vehicles then we can hardly expect those without a clue including councillors, mp,s, msp,s etc to understand there are all sorts of BEV,s out there and facilities are needed as the vehicle might last decades.

Here in South Ayrshire the Council Tariff of 50 pence for 7/11 Kw chargers or 70 Pence for 22 / 50 chargers is a Minimum Charge of £5. When i had the Mini i might only need £3.50 worth but was charged £5. I no longer use the council chargers. Some places are £2 minimum charge, like Stirling, or it can be maybe £1.75 pence for the first kWh. Then a lower tariff after, say 55- 70 pence. Perth and Kinross, Dundee or Angus council chargers no minimum. But then if stopping at a charger like in Stirling at 65 pence a kWh then as well to get in at least the £2.00. There are plenty times I have been charged multiple £2 or £5 and had to complain to get a refund. Chargers starting and then cutting out.

Today 150 miles done in 2 3/4 hours. Half Motorway & with 20 miles range left. from a £3.50 Home charge. Charging now @ 55 pence a kWh so it will be £25 to get home with enough miles range for any diversions & hopefully no need to charge. Likely slower going home with traffic & time of day. No plan for keeping the speed down below the speed limits, or drafting or switching off the AC. Smallish battery and if even just 5% battery left and 10 miles to go i would stop and put in some charge as anything can happen in that 10 or so miles.

No @lol-lol but an Uncle with a haulage company with a few trucks and another whos business was buiding and construction with dozens of vans and lorries. Places to go, work and get home again. But then no Motorways north of Perth and few dual carraigeways back in the day.

Is this purely Motorways in England with EV drivers that are on a go slow because too tight to pay public charging? @lol-lol did the same in ICE vehicles to hypermile. I did sometimes, but i would use a fast Coach that apparently had no max speed limits and would be happy to exceed even 70 mph. Winter night time i did draft hgv,s in my Corsa E. But twice was stopped by police because tgey were high value whiskey lorries anx the drivers called thd police. ABERDEEN bypass.

@lol-lol you posted before about new pylons. These are not what are planned to run up and down and across Scotland. The High Energy Transmission network upgrades in Scotland are being planned and carried out by 2 private organisations not the National Grid. Also not a Public Organisation.

Loads of stupid radio phone in,s in Scotland over pylons and the £250 a year for the some. People seem to not understand about the substations and objections. Michael Shanks MP is a waste of space IMHO. Secretary of State for Energy Security. & Chris Stark Climate Expert is a plonker IMO. He spins some real crackers. Him and others are so keen for new nuclear in Scotland. Some how missing the point that there will still be those peed off about mega pylons. There is no Labour or Tory UK Prime Minister that will be able to force new nuclear on Scotland it needs to be the will of the people. So ask them if they want Nuclear power stations in Scotland. They might vote yes. But ask everyone who pays taxes in Scotland not just those on the voters roll.

It could be the AI has decided for the Energy Company that more people might be inside watching on the telly the Partial Solar Eclipse just before SunSet. Having a cuppa etc etc. Or outside parties. But then they might not be wanting lights on in beer gardens etc. PS, Remember the Perseid Meteor Shower a few hours after the Partial Eclipse. Best viewed outside where dark, so away from lighted areas.

@skoda998 The Low mileage makes no difference as it is getting the same as @ the 1st Service and in addition a Pollen Filter (expensive done by them.) As long as you do not take up the offer of them doing a Brake Fluid Change & the Air Conditioning service. They will likely tell you these are scheduled to be done.

@Hobron What had you done to solve the issue, and was it a lack of go issue? WAS THE OLD PETROL DRAINED OUT? Where there fault codes when you had an issue, where there mis-fires? Was the fuel OK, the fuel filter OK and where the Spark Plugs, Coils , cables? Was that what you replaced to solve things? How many miles has the car done?

3 years since the OP,s logged in about the issue 4 years back.

The Sensors can be a PITA. I had a new sensor fitted front passenger side yesterday before a MOT. It was already showing before i broke the valve as being on the drivers side from the last fitting of All Season tyres as the fitter put wheels to the wrong side. Anyway the MOT tester who fitted the New Sensor pre-mot coded all 4 sensors. Supposedly. After the MOT and a pass he took the car for a road test. When i left the place the Drivers Side was showing 2.4 Bar & 36*oC and the other 3 wheels / tyres 2.2 Bar and 24*oC. I carried on a few miles & thought the new sensor on the Passenger Front would re-set. But no. I stopped off and let them know, but it was closing time for them. So once i have time it will be going back to get coded properly................. Re Setting low pressures. On my BMW you go on the cars screen to the Tyre Size on the Car and Summer or Winter tyres and it recommends the Tyre Pressure range. Then it asks if you want to set to a pressure different from the recommended range. If you do you accept then Set the TPMS as you have inflated the tyres.

@nbramwel Is that a place that is not VAT registered you use? Fluid & a very very low hourly rate, very low if there is VAT included and only £35.

@Coral-C Dundee has a Courtesy Transport Driver, or a Courtesy Car. Victoria Garage good for a stay over and maybe a Courtesy car.

John Clark Skoda Dundee are considered by some including me much better for Customer services than they are in Aberdeen or Perth.

@Coral-C Are you in a part of the Scottish Highlands too far from the excellent Victoria Garage Maud, Peterhead. (Skoda) Aberdeenshire? http://victoriagarage-maud.co.uk

^^^ No you need to have them fitted. I broke the valve top off of one on my EV, not a Skoda, i got a repair valve and it coded it,s self and then the sensor stopped working. For the MOT in the UK this month none of my pals could code it, so i went to Halfords Tyre Centre who take £100 to fit a new one. The MOT station i am going to is charging £80 to fit one before the test. You have to be extra careful when you have the TPMS Sensors / Valves fitted, i broke one once before on a BMW and it was £150 to replace.

If traffic is in near gridlock and just creeping along for mile after mile then that is what you need to do. Google and AI is wonderful but neither have to drive in the real world, A720 Edinburgh City By-pass or the likes. Foot off brake pedal and clutches engaged, light accelerator or no accelerator. Just not accelerator and brake pedal. Maybe into S to keep the RPM up.

@lol-lol You just do not get it do you? . All those that do not stay at street level or one level up in a property. High rise flats in blocks etc. Multi Storey living. Streets of houses, tenement housing where you might never get a vehicle near your property or a lamp post or pavement side charger. These are in towns and cities and some might have a charger or 3, but dozens of residences and both sides of the streets lined with parked cars. Re a Highland 500 mile loop / North Coast 500. With a 200-250 + mile range you only need a TESLAS charge in Fort William or Inverness then 1 or 2 charges on a 50 kW charger maybe costing 70 pence kWh. (Highland Region, but there ere EVolt from 56 pence to Osprey @ 89 pence, PodPoint and others.) No issues there, just find a working one that is available.

@mattbacon Who ever told you the DSG you had was sealed for life? Wet Clutch 6 speed DQ250 DSG,s were never sealed for life. They were @40,000 miles. DQ200 7 Speed Twin Dry Clutch DSG,s had no Service Schedule. They were and are not sealed for life. A 7 speed DQ381 DSG schedule is at 80,000 miles and Skoda / Skoda Dealers say the Oil filter needs changed at the 2nd Service. A total nonsense really. Best you decide if you want to have done sooner and the filter changed at each service.

Tesla sells electricity @ 28 pence in the Northern UK far above the North / Manchester. during the cheapest hours at some hubs but then there are only 8 hubs north of Edinburgh and those can be along way away from where people live and drive. Yes regional tariffs that have lower tariffs for near to where the electricity can and is generated might be simply clever. That is certainly not the Midlands or the South West of England. As far as Scotland many Tens of Millions has been thrown at there being Public Chargers that are now out of service or no longer fit for purpose & now the regions are leaving Charge Place Scotland and some are away from Swarco. But that is another story. The point i made was it is a nonsense to keep on about peoples ability to get CHEAP HOME CHARGING or BUDDY up with someone to use there property to charge. That might well suit some. But it is THE SOCIAL DIVIDE. As is Business / Commercial users.

@lol-lol So we have those that can Home charge, those that can maybe use others charging locations & the many many millions of drivers that might never ever be able to have either. There is no getting away from facts and real world. Location location and people way they live and where they live.