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@AravindY As above. Just checking though, at the last oil & filter change was the correct oil used so to VW 504 00 /507 00 which is 5w 30 FS III (Long Life for fixed or variable oil changes) or if just doing Fixed Oil service regime VW502 00 5w 40 FS ?

Where is the spiralling upward petrol price? Yes the USA wants to rob Venezuela's oil and the price of Brent Crude is up. Back a few decades a gallon of petrol cost an hours wage of a low paid worker in the UK. Now a gallon of petrol is half the minimum hourly wage in the UK. for someone 21 or over. @lol-lol Even if half of all BEV drivers in the UK can charge at home there is no figures that would even half of those have or will ever have solar panels.

Skoda / VW Group in the UK and the 5 years / 50,000 miles was unique really. Their nice little earner for UK Dealerships. Then people were not paying £800-£1,200 and trading in cars and Dealers did not want to have these cars with the Manufacturers Schedule, Guidelines or advised work done at their expense and a techs day spent on them. So Simply Clever, drop this nonsense. Not all Dealerships had the time or locking setting tools / qualified yechs.

No Mk4 Fabia EV,s or diesels so why relevant here? There are the First Registered and then the yet to be registered but imported and not in the DVLA figures. First gen Porsche Taycan coming up to 6 years old now. Many offroad are they on SORN while awaiting what ever, even breaking or export.

Was this @ Hawco? Now in Peterhead as well. Simply Clever is avoid their ridiculous prices. Best get the price from Victoria Garage Maud. The thing is it does mean the car needed all day if you have it done. Get a B&B and still cheaper than the rip off that is Hawco. They have all the gear and more than ideas at Victoria Garage Maud.

My cars plugged in now and started to charge. Then i unlugged the extension cable in the bedroom. Midnight i will go plug it in and then unplug at 7.00 am. It has just become a habit as i like to know the car is charging. When it starts the Smart meter device in the house changes from Green to Orange.

Did they actually sack him then or let him leave their employ?

They are not looking for older wealthy drivers in the UK are they? Younger higher income wanting something they fancy will do. As it is the amount of power available is just wasted on UK roads.

@CapDin Welcome. Is it a TDI you have bought? How many miles has it done? Was there a Full Skoda Service History showing not all servicing to the manufacturers schedule, guidelines or recommendations carried out?

There are EV experts / techs around. Arnold Clark have sometimes to get a Contractor in. Maybe VW group dealerships should. Maybe some youngster or there will be very experienced sacked staff from Rockstar North.

@Aspman Is that into a Dealership for their Tech or Master tech to look at? Not actually away on a covered vehicle top VW UK for the 'Technical department' to look at what they already know is gash software and hardware not 'Fit for purpose' put out to paying customers.

Jaquar's future must be reliant on tariffs in the USA, China and rest of the world more than anything to do with sales in the UK. They are not British owned or financed.

So there is going to be cars built using greener steel & materials, energy etc, and smaller cars / EV,s that will mean credits for the manufacturers. More manipulation of the figures as happens now with partnering and buying credits from EV only manufacturers. Smoke and mirrors and kidology as usual for the EU manufacturers. A proper version of the WLTP would be a good start as far as showing how much energy the BEV,s will use to do journeys in European weather / seasons would be 'simply clever'.

There is a filter to change with a DQ381, and if a Service Desk person or a tech said only needs doing at each 2nd service which if they were doing by the VW Schedule would be at 160,000 miles i would not have them touching the vehicle. I hope the Haldex servicing is being done correctly at 3 years / 30,000 miles or sooner and not just an oil change.

@Sailfast How do you know the Servicing was due at 40,000 miles if you do not know what DSG you have, who told you it was?......... As far as Hawco Peterhead or even Inverness that says it all. Best visit or speak to Victoria Garage Maud's technician.. So all of 15 miles to travel (30 return) , & Proper mechanics with all the gear and more than ideas and they charge realistic prices. People travel long distances so as not needing to go to John Clark Dealerships. or Arnold Clarks or HAWCO.

@Lee Hungary & Slovakia get away with what they do because Germany use them for breaking sanctions of all kinds. Imports & exports of many goods and products at various times broken by Germany. VW Group building vehicles and components there & Hungary & Slovakia having plenty energy.

There is an announcement now from the European Commission on the watered down plans over the ban on selling petrol and diesel cars. It is not to be 100% 'Zero emission' vehicles only available. It is to be 90% sold from 2035. That could obviously change again if German Car makers keep on moaning and getting their own way. After all Germany dictates what happens in the EU. Time will tell what happens in the UK once the government think on.

? What year is your car and what engine and gearbox does it have?

Keeping on servicing, spark plugs will have been changed twice by now i assume. I hope the air filter gets checked at least at the 2nd year services. Has the brake fluid been changed? Having a proper clean underneath and dry then rust inhibitor then a coating is a very good thing. It would have been best done before now.

@elryko1992 I apologise for confusing you with the other new member that posted the spam. I see you have changed the vehicle from the one that showed and lead to @nta16 post here.

@elryko1992 Why waste Mods time with the spam?

Did you ever remove all the fuel from the tank?

WTF with EV drivers. All the gear and expecting Auto Lights to put their Side & Headlights on in Freezing fog. Or they are just that stupid as to not know what is on. I know the same applies to many ICE vehicle drivers, but i do wonder if EV drivers are worrying about losing some range by just turning the lights on. I do not mind the Red Tail Light the full rear of the car, but the ones full length front certainly let you know they are there, sometimes right up your jacksy.

VW might have taken decades to get timing chains and tensioners sorted, still tensioners with chain or belt can be an issue. The Cambelts this decade are not as the ones last decade and before. & fortunately they are not Wet Belts.

Taken them long enough. Looking forward to their amazing low purchase price small BEV,s they have trailed for quite a few years now. PS. Thomas nice as he is needs to walk back from the car a bit and see the 'Barely visible indicators' at the rear of the car. Quite common on vehicles now.