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@Aspman My error, i thought she was gathering up the cable and putting in the car to take with her. For home, just a wheeled tote box / karty does to coil the cable into. Keep the gloves in it as well.

Who was it with VW Finance / Leased. Ask them selling it, they have to tell you what they know. & they will know. Law, sales. used vehicles, UK. Was it Owned by VW / Skoda or some Fleet / Lease company. As it is there are thousands out there just like that. So remainder of Warranty! Are you getting any extended warranty with it? Is it getting just an Oil Service now and a Pre Delivery Inspection for a used car?

Possibly normal for a Car For Sale sitting doing not much, brake discs rusty , so a Demonstrator / Management car, ragged to death then left sitting. Maybe E10 95 ron sitting in the tank from before November. Ask the History, is it a Skoda / Dealers car., or is it a Rejected car back into the System? Be Sure to have the Sales Person show you the V5 and the First Registered Keeper. If in doubt have a witness and them put in writting their known history of the car. Any Warranty work so far, or Software Updates etc.

£2,000 to change the Chain would be something, but since there is not a chain and tensioners where or who are quoting £2,000 for a Belt & Tensioner & no Water Pump replaced?

It is correct that the warning Yellow Oil Can light or message will go out if the bonnet is opened and even no oil added, and will stay out for 62 miles / 100km. So you have a fault somewhere. As to your half up the cross hatch, how much oil was that you put in? Still too low really. When was it last at a good level, miles ago, or weeks?

I will be getting one for me. Green not Orange.

Maybe getting a Fiat Panda EV with its coil / spiral type cable that pulls out of the front of the car and goes back in. No idea if the coil cable will be like land line phones were and the coils go wonky.

The Cam Belt recommendations on replacement are on Dust Rich or Not Dust Rich regions, not actually on climate / temperature, but then Dust Rich is more likely where it is hotter climates. PS. Something was not right in the first place that Replacement Clutch Packs were required. I think the Tech is at it as far as a common noise, if that is what they are saying.

I expect there will be plenty orders going in for KIA EV,s and MINI Countryman EV,s this quarter from customers of Motability.

Doomed, all doomed. Never going to catch on. They can just try to encourage more to buy or lease while also discouraging others. Lets see how 2026 goes with more choices and lower priced BEV,s and maybe more getting interested in them. & 3 year old Company cars & Motability ones needing replaced.

@Carlston might be able to show where you might get rims, or Tyre / Rim sets.

@BeeTee You are right, the manual now has that the Headlights can act as Position Lights / Sidelights.

The UK MOT requires the Sidelights front and rear to operate without the headlights being on.

Simples really. You do not use the left foot on the brake unless maybe like me and you have no right foot. 1 foot, 2 pedals. So foot from brake to accelerator, takes no time. While foot on brake the drive is disengaged. The car holds a couple of seconds, brake to accelerator, and then you still have a Parking / Hand brake. If you have Hillhold assist then read up on that, or watch a youtube video. Does your car have 'Coasting' mode which can be enabled? There are 2 oils to change if you really want that done. Best leave well alone if all is good with the DQ200 DSG.

I have never seen a hatchback Mk2 with roof rails. Can you post a picture please? Just being nosy.

I have had CrossClimate, CrossClimate +, SUV & 2,s Alpin 6 (Great) etc etc. OK, but last winter i used Maxxis AP3. Great in Snow and cold / wet. The CrossClime 3 are OK, just not anything special. If the weather was to be worse and i was travelling more i would be putting Snow Tyres on. For all year and south of Perth CrossClimate 3,s probably perfectly good but so are CrossClimate 2,s. . ATS Euromaster for the Pirelli. They are Self Sealers. & Michelin own ATS Euromaster. But the online prices can be cheaper than the Fitting Centre offers.

I was a car sprayer, i had access to facilities, ramps & washers. My keepers were looked after. Silicone spray, wax / Waxoyl etc. Leased cars i could not care about. The body without damage is seldom the issue now. It is the little bolts / fitting of dissimilar metals manufacturers use. VW group famous for guff cheap parts... Poorly coated.

Location location location. Where are you, and are your roads salted for many weeks over the winter? If the weather is staying cold with winter temps do not be spraying any more watter about underneath. Let the grime layer with salt in it having slush and ice fall off under the car. If the weather is warm enough then do rinse underneath. But not an power spraying or getting water into connectors. Not that there should be an issue. Old days i had Burst Oil painted under my cars. I no longer have cars that need that. A clean underneath in the spring will do. PS, for Skoda Corrosion Warranty which Skoda UK / VW UK often will say there is no Record of a Body Inspection, even though the T&C,s do not say required annually, bi-annually or periodic & they know Dealers do not all do them. BE SURE AT A SERVICE THEY DO THE BODY / UNDERBODY INSPECTION, and put on the system. It used to be on each Major Service Page of a Service Book. Their Service websites says Bodywork Inspection.

Yes so the car giving the charge is not surprised!

4 necessary these days of e-Brakes and not only drive wheels locked possibly all, But just the say it is such with an ICE and a hand brake if you can nit get in the car. BEV,s that are bricked or PHEV,s might be front and rear wheels locked. So skates are just Simply Clever.

Ye proper Jump Cables. Not what many might have from a Super market or even Halfords that cost around a tenner maybe even less even years ago.

This is just as many have done for decades. Now with modern electrics doi not be surprised if there are Faults / Warning lights, steering etc, which may require once the car is going to turn the steering to each stop. A starter pack is by far a safer way of boosting and starting.

The reason was simple. They were not fully aware of what was being recovered, the weight, the no keys and the cable in originally and then as was. I can only say what happened not why it eventually was lifted. As i pointed out with the Corsa, the guy arrived only with sliders and they were not much cope as he worked alone. . I had to block the road and direct traffic that were trying to cross the cable as it lay on the road. At least the Jag would have been a straight pull out backwards. But many recovery do not want to use a rear tie down point. No proper rear recovery point...It was not an Accident damaged vehicle. Even experienced recovery drivers are concerned when jacking up vehicles to put on trolleys, especially EV,s. But good trolleys slkide in and then lift the vehicles with the tyres held and no need to jack the car up. just pump the wheel trolley to have it rolling. PS, lots of vehicles of many types should not be on the roads. Millions with Out of date Air Bags and other safety parts but that is ignored still as long as no warning lights on at MOT,s where mot,s are needed. Rust used to be a major reason for MOT failures. well other than lights with cars maybe just 3 years old. Electrics are a cause of many ICE vehicles being scrapped. # You might expect the likes of these would be standard equipment on any recovery vehicle.

@Graham Butcher Re your 10 years and car parts. It is a Reasonable time in the UK. So 10 years is a reasonable time. But that is not given in the code of practice or a set time. Not that it matters really. But no point giving out the wrong info.

@Graham Butcher We know how many old ICE vehicles there are. So no need for proof. We have our eyesight. Re Jag EV,s. The charge point and getting the flap open is one of their faults. then getting the Charger head unlocked. I was following the one stuck at the charger in Girvan over a long weekend. The driver went away to Preston taking the cars keys and 3 recovery attempts failed because none of the drivers could release the charger head. Then someone took the cable out of the charger and left the cable in the car, but the car was bricked and the car needed lifted as it could not be dragged / slid onto a recovery truck. Eventually a tech from Edinburgh got the cable out, the car open but still it needed lifted on to the vehicle.