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Hell will freeze over and the oceans will over top before She is ever a Prime Minister. Nigel Farage has better odds, and he is likely to do what she says she would. But this is politics / fiction.

I think many would like to see a fairer system where there are less have and have nots. Lots would like to see proper Regional Standing Charges but that was made clear as a no no. I think any region that blocks pylons being built were that region is the end user should have a surcharge imposed on them.

Over £65 million of public money in Scotland since 2011 for chargers and the administration of them for a population of under 6 million for Charge Place Scotland and much of the chargers broken, removed, switched off, gone, no longer available to the public after the first 2 years after the grants made to have them installed. So 15 years on it is back to Councils / Tax payers putting in chargers, or the need for the Commercial Companies putting in Chargers, hubs etc. They are actually managing to do that and charge the same or less than Councils in Scotland now charge for Electricity which might be generated locally and often on Public owned land, or land where land owners have already had subsidies, Aviemore TESLA 31 pence.off peak, and 57 pence peak. Charge Place Scotland Highland Council 70 pence. Geniepoint 95 pence. ForEV 65 pence. SWARCO have done very well from Installing and maintaining or not maintaining chargers (e-Volt owned by SWARCO) and replacing ones and running the back shop for BP when they ran CPS and the past few years of pathetic management.

'They' say, helping the poorest and most in need reduce bills. Well that is not those already using lots of electricity but with cheap tariffs. But then those that pay their bills and are not in debt are having to pay for those that spent their money and help they already got on other stuff and are to have vthose debts written off.

Yes it is wonderful coming off low tariff electricity like 7 or 8.5 pence a kWh. ? why should it not come off the price Public Charging providers pay? Because it is not likely to. End of, but you keep posting costs dropping. Councils that have set their tariffs for chargers are not making any reductions even if the energy price drops. This is Real World and what Martin Lewis or you or i would like does not then just happen. You need to see beyond Home / Work charging, and business users. There are those that are not getting financial incentives or payment paid towards their vehicles or fuel / energy. Like maybe half the driving public.

It is very different in countries or regions where Snow tyres are required at times or Snow Chains and not just carried but must be fitted if there are notices to fit them. @skodakodiaq2025 Which country are you driving in and how many Km might you need the chains on for?

Sorry can not help. Why are you resetting, is it set on fixed servicing 12 months / 15,000 km and you do not want to service it?

This supposed energy price reduction next April is not reducing the cost of buying electricity at public chargers is it? How much in pence is this drop on energy prices on say 60 pence a kWh including 20% VAT? £150 drop for an average families energy due to the Green levy change. so £3 a week but many are below the average and they might be £150 a month for electric and gas and are not going to be paying £150 less a year. I pay £2.30 for a 200g jar of coffee. Plenty while going charging an EV will go pay more than that buying just a hot drink. Social divide,

The energy requirements in the UK, gas, electricity, fuels for transportation etc is for industry, commerce as much as domestic accommodations. For water & sewage and upcoming is all the electricity Data Centres will require. These Small Nuclear Modular plants that are getting so much public money need building PDQ. There is a lot of steel needing imported, and the technical staff will be needing to come from someplace & into the UK to be building stuff, including erecting pylons. What a shambles the UK is really as far as energy security and training / apprenticeships and people skilled in the jobs needing done. Oil & Gas offshore workers and car workers seem not to be transitioning into jobs that pay less than they have grown used to.

45% in the UK, or the EU / Europe. Personally i think that is total rubbish as far as people able to park their car / van at their home. Time will tell just how things go. One thing is pretty certain and that is the UK not having Energy Security be that for liquid fuels & gas requiring importation and also electricity into the UK. England might be decades before it can generate it's own needs.

Skoda / VW say the DQ381 or the DQ400-e filter (40,000 mile services) just needs replaced at the 2nd service. so @ 160,000 miles with a DQ381. Nonsense. But that is what Main Dealerships in the UK follow. Worth looking what the Service Schedule is with VW / Audi in North America or Canada, where VW Group do not get away with failures as they do in the EU / Europe -UK.

@lol-lol when is it going to sink in with you that more than half the drivers of vehicles do not or will not have Home charging available & will always require public / shared charging which presently can be 10 times more expensive then 'Cheap tariff' home charging. & maybe half the passenger vehicles on the roads are not Company / works vehicles.

There needs to be more that 10 times as many built and on the roads be that by 2035 or 2040 & there is the issue that the vehicle manufacturers are very much aware of. That and people wanting to own them.

Best if you say a petrol or diesel, and which engine that it is using whichever fuel. How many miles covered and when serviced last. How long has it been recurring. If a petrol has it had spark plugs changed at some point? When?

Just a small point re the OP. A production date 2025 vehicle is very different from a 2020 because of the Legislation the manufacturers had to comply with from 2024.

Norway, also the home of Trolls is keeping it's Lithium & cobalt for future generations. Cornwall just needs to be getting on with it then. Or maybe a better idea is waiting until the value is much higher.

Skoda UK have never made a big deal if Fixed Servicing is done at 10,000 miles because it is within 1,000 miles of the Schedule. But the small print says 500 miles for the Warranty. But all cars other than the Citigo have left the Factory for the UK since 2011 with Variable Servicing showing. They get changed if they do usually at the PDI, maybe without having asked the first registered keeper, or if Demonstrators.

16" are very likely the size in the Owners Manual if Snow Chains are required to be fitted.

@MaxvdP It would be useful if you said what engine and gearbox your Octavia has, and how long have you had the 4 year old car?

Do not get ones that are then, be that in Hampshire or in far flung places in the wilds of the UK. Do you carry a full size spare wheel?

Now there are CrossClimate & Crossclimate +, & 2,s & 3,s and others, and prices are all over the place. New versions from other brands also, so last generations can be cheap. There are bargains all over for all sorts.

What miles has it done, & what was FULLY Serviced, was the Pollen Filter changed, was the brake fluid changed according to the Skoda Schedule now, @ 2 years? VW / Skoda converted km to miles and got 15,000 km to 9,300 with VW,s and for Skoda's 9,400 miles. Then a year and a week from a PDI, allowing for holidays maybe 372 days not 12 months. Variable 24 months / 18,000-20,000. Major / Minor was a decade back, then Interim / Major. Now Oil & Inspection Service and that with Extended Scope each 3 years. The Garage will know what the car needs and when for your usage surely. If you want it,s oil and filter changed at 12,000 miles, or 15,000 then have that done. It could have been left on Variable servicing and not reset to Fixed, 9,400 miles / 1 year (1 year and a week.) PS, Spark Plugs changed 4 years / 40,000 miles or sooner. Air filter checked each service, not as per Skoda / VW, 60,000 miles / 6 years.

So it is about being used on Mainland / Continental Europe & left hand drive and not the UK part of Europe or Ireland / EU Right hand drive.

VW group will not even do anything if it uses 1.5 litres in 2,000 km as they say that is within tolerances. But those saying that should be asked, show what the VW tolerances are in writing and not just the Owners Manual saying 'May use 0.5 litres in 1,000 km'.

It is clear enough, the EU / Europe does not have enough materials for building the required number of Battery Electric Vehicles or the Electricity to build them or for drivers to charge them. But then the EU / Europe has not enough materials or energy to build ICE vehicles and has to Import the Oil to Refine or the fuels to power them. The EU / Europe lacks many resources that require importation. The Ukraine was & is required for manufacturing, materials and energy and Hungary & Slovakia are essential for Car manufacturing and cheap labour and the Energy Russia allowed in to these countries. Its all a bit difficult for Germany & Austria really. They need their neighbouring countries and others for manufacturing.