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Was the Vauxhall a Euro 5 emissions car & 130 bhp? Best tyres might be ones with safe grip / traction levels since it is a AWD car, rather than ones giving better fuel efficiency / lower rolling resistance by offering less grip / friction / traction.

That Worldwide Harmonised Testing is not bothered about all around the World as it is kidology and not Real World any more than the RDE2 figures are. Certainly the testing is nothing to do with vehicles having to breath air in with is below 10*oC. TSI,s do love colder / denser air. Then if the same tyres are fitted as in the summer the road surface might well have less friction. But for swings and roundabouts there is the extra warming up times and loads put on the battery if turning stuff on.

There is no benefit in idling. Get the glass clear inside and out and on your way. If you have a Gulf Filling station that sells their Super Diesel i would fill up. & give the car a good roasting once at operating temp. There is quite a detergent package in there diesel. Change the fuel filter if not done. ?When was the Air Filter last looked at or replaced?

In the North East of England i assume!

The AC is not operating if the ambient / outside temp is below 4*oC.

A MHEV is a whole different kettle of fish considering the need to use regen to charge the traction battery.

They can when the weather is cold. This is Winter, cold this week, not anything like as cold last week. AC might not be needed if no steaming up, and not that hot, and heating not needed if the temp you want in the car is much the same as outside. The beauty of Heated Seats and Steering wheels with BEV,s and even PHEV,s. & Heat pumps. Heated mirrors / wipers / lights / radio etc using battery energy and not traction battery energy.

^^^ Well that really depends on the Ambient temperature and then how much higher or lower than that you want the interior at.

Why not go for 195,s? I had 195/55 R 16,s and 205/45 R 16's. Check out the sizes available on the ASDA Tyre site. CrossClimate 3,s are probably all you need. Plenty choices in All Seasons with higher Load / Speed Ratings. XL sidewalls. ATS Euromaster. Michelin own them. MAXXIS AP3 on left, Vredstein right. Maxxis AP3,s reviewed in the AP2 thread, i had them fitted on a Fabia vRS & a Corsa Electric. Also Michelin Alpin 6 & Tigar Snow tyres.

They need their most competent tech with all the gear and more than ideas to redo the Oil & do the filter and do it right. Then consult their insurers if they want. They have co-cked up.

Officially the filter of a DQ381 is not due a change till the 2nd service at 160,000 MILES. Your Main Dealer has to sort out what ever they have done wrong. They charge a premium to guarantee / warranty their work.

Plenty threads in the Tyre section that might help. I have CrossClimate 3 on my EV. Ok on the snow yesterday. Price on them was very good. I had Maxxis AP3 on my MINI Electric last year, they were great. They went on instead of the Vredstein Quatrac Pro i fitted when i got the car. They were OK, not great in snow though. My 205/ 55 R 16" tyres are V 96 All were good in dry and wet / cold. There are Youtube tyre comparison vids linked in the threads.

If you are filling up with Tesco Momentum 99 (99 ron min) in Scotland this winter it might well be 100 ron Plus and the Same winter E5 as bought on mainland Europe. But that can be the same anyplace in the UK. The base fuels are often stored after import along with Royal Dutch Shells fuel. & is not from UK refineries. Then there is the additives, and where these depots are.

Plenty threads on here over the past years and how the Bio-Ethanol in E5 can very by Producer / Distributor or the Depots / Regions. From 0-5% Bio Ethanol. The TSI,s love the Bio-Ethanol and cold air. & the Formulation changes late October to March in the UK, starting oop north first.Itis less hygroscopic.

It is 'Expected' in the first 5,000 km to check the oil level. Another thing in the Owners Manual says about possibly using more oil than the 0.5 litres / 1,000 km. But then a Demonstraor at a Dealership might never get the oil checked in the 3,000 miles till they sell used or if a Warning Light shows. Then there are the cars with the oil low right from the PDI or the UPDI, or after a service.

Never heard of it related to Stop / Start.

Looking forward to getting a wee shoty in a Peugeot e-208 GTI. The Abarth e-600 Scorpionissma was a hoot. One issue was tyres really just for dry roads fitted.

One idiot tech doing an official oil consumption test here thought a litre of oil was 1,000 grams.That owner got a new engine. These were the infamous 1.4 TSI Twinchargers. 0.3 litres in 1,000 km was excessive oil use.

Waiting for an oil light and being as low as 1 litre really is an issue. An issue with new cars / demonstrators and these then are used cars. How is the correct Oil Level being acheived, is it the engine AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE, and checked after a few minutes, parked on the flat. Or is it the Stone Cold oil dipped? Running low oil levels like 1 litre low is working that oil hard,. & maybe using more oil.

Not much engine braking is there even with a 1.5 TSI ACT when not in 'Coasting mode'. PS Which VW Transporter engines, diesels. and which gearbox and years were these having failures. Which engine did they have that was unique to them and not in other VW Group vehicles.

Expected Real World Oil consumption is not 0.5 litres 1,000 km / 621 miles. VW Group have said for 2 decades 'May use as much as' according to conditions, and for every engine 3,4,5,6, 8, 12 cylinder petrol or diesel. This is not the 'within tolerances, it is just them covering there back end. Running solo, not in extreme weathers and not towing. 0.5 litres in 1,000 km is too much oil used.

Was it the coolant that was warm in 5 minutes. Was it near 90*oC or indicating that? The oil was not even at 50*oC was it after 5 minutes idling?

Stopping / Starting as well as 'Coasting' has been part of the scheme of things with VW group for a long time now and it was used with Bentley's way back then Audi & VW,s then Seat & Skoda. The starter system is designed for this. It is not just some after thought. Plenty stuff VW Group do get wrong that will shorten a vehicles life, this is really not one of them. Tap the brake, or touch the accelerator a bit or manually drop a gear. It is a Semi-Automated gearbox..

@ffvrs What engine does your 2025 Octavia SEL have?

How is the Oil consumption test being done? Is it, New oil & filter in engine. Then drained & weighed. 856 grams a Litre. Oil back into engine and the miles driven then the oil dropped and weighed. Did they seal the dip stick tube and the oil filler cap?