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@frankdonato You do not say you have a DSG but you have another post about paddles. So it it a DSG with an e-brake but you say there is no 'option' to enable the Autohold?

The issue or elephant in the room with PHEV,s and bigger batteries and greater range on electric and no need to fire up the engines. Reported problems for some. ICE and GPF. Petrol engine not running often enough or for long enough. Maybe not a worry to those leasing and company cars. Maybe not a worry to many who just keep cars for the time there is a warranty or there is a setvice plan. As to used PHEV,s. Then it might well be a lottery. Was the car low mileage, or higher and FMDSH, but only did a few hundred or thousand miles with the petrol engine each year.

Some of them, maybe many are competent, then there are the likes of Halfords / Kwik-fit and a different matter all together....

Over the past 15 years there are plenty instances in threads / posts where the Turbo pipe and O rings have not been correctly reinstalled by a hashy tech / mechanic. or a pipe burst at the top of the engine. Was it the Coils replaced and the Spark Plugs also? Correct gap, not just put in as Pre- set gap. They can get knocked while fitting.

I read a few days ago that New cars in China from 2027 (typo) will not be allowed with hidden door handles or ones just electrically operated. They have to be able to operate mechanically from inside and outside. Not just an BEV thing.

For more than a decade and a half and even much longer, so 2 decades it was Minor / Major Servicing, then Interim and Major Skoda / VW Group UK showed Spark Plugs as 4 years / 40,000 miles. Pollen at 2 years, Air Filter at 4 years / 40,000. Then about 2018 they showed Air Filter @ 6 years / 60,000 miles. Then 2019 they Go Oil & Inspection Service fixed and at 3 years Extended Scope the Extended Scope each 2 years,. Never has any SKODA UK Servicing recommendations, advice, regimes or Schedules ever shown SPARK PLUGS @ 6 Years / 60,000 miles. There have been Dealership staff that said as an Excuse. They are Long Life Plugs, special and are good for 65,000 miles. Pure guff. as is the Cost of replacing 4 spark plugs as shown in the OP.

@DibDibScout I was not referring to a Dacia Sandman SUV, or a Bigster but an actual Dacia petrol estate due for launch in 2026. a C-Neo. I think this might be my next car if it feels comfortable and drives well.

There is something far wrong in the UK. Sir Keir Starmer messing about in China and getting a lower tariff on whisky, fair enough. (Single Malt Whisky they don't care about blends.) the Prime Minister or Energy Minister or Trade & Industry are saying nothing about the 2 Wind Turbine yards that need approved in Scotland, Ayrshire and on the Moray Firth. Seemingly fears of Spying etc. If the yards are not built where they want in Scotland they will be built someplace else in Europe and then transported to British Waters and erected anyway.

@Stuart-h Really then it is get done what you want doing or needs doing. What did the Skoda Specialist do and when was that? Best if you say what your car actually is, engine and gearbox, rather than people needing to check your profile. So what service history has the car, and how many miles a year do you do?

What service, how many miles or years old is the car? What was done last time? So UK there is no actual INSPECTION SERVICE. That is just the Service Indicator showing Oil Services and Inspection Services. At the PDI or the last Service they could have been set at the same time. So Variable / flexible services or Fixed. So it is an Oil & Inspection Service. Annual or do you want Variable? Extended Scope & 3 years then each 2. Be sure though at the Service they do a Body Inspection, for the Corrosion Warranty. That is not the INSPECTION Service though. . Extras cost. Pollen Filter, Spark Plugs, Air Filter, Brake Fluid, DSG Service etc etc.

1.5 pence a mile tax in the UK from 2028 really ruins things, especially to PHEV,s with not that big a battery or for those that can not do Cheap Tariff charging @home or work. So say 20 kWh of electricity costs 20 X 50 pence. £10, but only takes you 60 miles and then there is the £1.80 to pay to the HMRC. £11.80 is just a joke.

Full Service History. were the spark plugs changed. Air Filter as well? The 1.4 TSI PHEV engine oil & filter changes as to VW / Skoda servicing schedule, regime,. advice, specification were FIXED Oil & Filter changes. so @ 9,400 miles / 372 days or sooner, not Variable / Flexible. Re the Linked car for sale. I would be asking if OK to do a 50 mile road test, with the car charged to 100% before the test. Do the first 15-20 miles with the Engine. probably need to do the last 10 as well.

The DQ400-e is a 6 Speed Wet Clutch DSG with a filter. Fitted to 1.4 or 1.5 TSI PHEV.s. Not fitted to 1.4 or 1.5 TSI,s or TSI ACTs. non PHEV. DQ400-e DSG,s might have Skoda Dealerships say change at 2nd service as they do with DQ381,s. Total nonsense. ........................ As to DQ200 7 speed twin dry clutch DSG,s with no Service Schedule but 2 oils which can be changed. The Filter is in the MCU so not getting changed unless the MCU removed.

My best added miles is on the M77 into Glasgow from the South and down through and out and in less than 10 miles i have 30 miles added range that gets me to Striling which i had not enough range to get to until heading down hill. Actually my 160 miles heading north uses much less energy than the 160 miles going south. The journey time being exactly the same. For the Cairgorms & the Snow Roads Forfar to Braemar & back to Forfar doing the 120 miles is done using loads less electricity doing it Anti Clockwise. The same going 40 miles into the Glens from home. Much less efficiency climbing away up to Glendoll than the journey back. 250 meters above sea level back to 90 feet above sea level.

Thankfully what goes up usually goes back down and regenning can make up for hauling a vehicle uphill. Just not too much regenning that has braking so slowing down when you want to keep going. Not using any energy can be as useful as generating some.

The Expensive tool as in as was @ £3,000 back in 2019/20 & when even some main dealers did not have it is no longer that expensive. & they can be hired. It is involved removing parts to replace the Cam Belt 1.5 TSI ACT. The belt can be inspected without all the work...

Sorry can not link thread. But the similar repeats over the past years.

One very early demised clutch thread here was a Ex Demonstrator that was driven for the 3 Months / 3,000 miles by a family member of the Scottish Dealerships employees. Mother in law of Dealer Principal as i remember. Skoda Approved Used car and the Dealership said, No Warranty, not us gov. Driver error, not the Mother in law though. There are various cases like that i remember. Scottish Dealership Groups.

The DQ250 DSG oil & filter change is due at 40,000 miles unless you want done earlier. The Air Filter needs looked at and replaced if dirty.

Pity the Cam belt was not done then. Did the place you have the quote from now do the water pump?

If they are doing the cambelt and water pump i would say go for it. If they are not suggesting the water pump at the same time then walk away. Is the service Oil & filter, pollen filter, air filter, fuel filter, brake fluid. Then the whole thing a bargain IMO. The Cam Belt and water pump was a 5 year / 50,000 mile schedule item. Fantastic if never done and all well, no water pump failure.

Appropriate tyres fitted. Even with all the electronics functioning if legal in the UK one would not behave like that on the OEM tyres the car would have fitted when delivered in the UK.

If a 7 kW charger is giving 6.6 kW then 66 kW takes 10 hours, and 89 kW will be maybe 14 - 15 hours. If 7 hours Cheap tariff and actually getting 7 kW then that is 49 kWh.s charged.

Changing the Water Pump is purely the Driver / Owners / Keepers choice when getting the Cam Belt replaced on a 1.5 TSI ACT. Those paying even £1,250 at a main dealership are not getting the water pump replaced unless asking and paying that additional cost.

The TSI,s get the Catalytic Converter up to temp quickly, and also the GPF, as designed to, even though it might be several miles before the oil ever gets to the efficient operating temp and this being well behind the coolant is up to temp.