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If driving and actually getting 60 mpg (4.546 litres) and the reserve message came on showing 60 miles you might well get 70 miles even 80, or if your driving style changes or you then need to climb lots before the filling station maybe only 50 miles. No need to run out of fuel in the UK is there unless north of Inverness during the festive season.

There are those that use more electric or fuel to negotiate up hills and get efficiency back with regening down hills. There are those that want AC in certain summer conditions, and winter temps can very much be about location location location. Getting the engine fired up and the engine / oil to efficient temps are just 'simply clever'.

Very true @Graham Butcher you never ever pick up on every word in others posts and debate them endlessly even typos. Well not often, not yesterday. As to forced soon to have a new EV if you want a new car, we will see, there will be a General Election and it can be all change. Not that it should bother those that buy used cars normally. Advances in BEV,s over the past 5 years are really pretty good and that might well be even more so in the next 5. PS I have not a Downer on Vloggers / Youtubers, but since they are on a little earner it does help boost their income when there is a 'Crisis' or an 'Issue' to get out a vid about when everything else is just So so. Following their experiences of getting on just fine and getting cheap motoring does not get so many clicks maybe. Then there are those that just tell a story from the Media or someone else's experience.

@Graham Butcher Why do you not get it? They will have been ICE owners and might still be. What they might find irksome is guff from those getting 2nd and 3rd info, and often just Anti-stuff. Are there many Canadian members on here? Plenty UK members who were not born yesterday. 'Poor Canadian owner'. Is that 'Unfortunate' Owner in Canada, or Financially POOR.? A Vlogger, another money maker Youtube poster. What a sad sad tale he tells about his Canadian Insurer, and the Postal Service. @Graham Butcher Are you an EV owner / user or did you mean to post you are not a EV owner / user ?

A Manager, Service Person or a Technician can say anything. They are not the Warranty Provider. But if they are not going to report Software or Hardware not Factory Standard or Approved if there are Warranty Claims then that is good. Not likely they will put that in writing and with their name and job title next to it though.

? Is it a car built during the Covid years? So common that there are things that you might expect to be standard missing. (Not fitted) PS. What would Skoda Customer Services know about cars.?? They are Call Centre Workers. Obviously a glove compartment light could be fitted, it just needs a little bit of common sense. & Wires, switch, bulb, holder, fuse.

Nothing new then. No revelations. Just the same old same old. & those that have issues with BEV,s like Just Get a Tesla or The MacMaster and the Guitar man will likely keep on getting EV,s. So the Truth of Ev,s is if you do not have one then that is a choice and if you do have one you might get more in the future.

@Graham Butcher Actually i could only scan through the dudes vid as his greeting face ands voice did my head in like the Ausi / Brit does. Moaning like that got him no place and his video tells nothing not already known and that i expect he knew before getting a BEV. My point, are they not paying out on a car they are writing off because they say an Uneconomic Repair? Be it a BEV or an ICE that is maybe how they roll. Poor Estimating, assessing, loss adjusting. Yes they are paying out. Postal Strike has him including in his rant... The Sum of the parts of vehicles are far greater in cost than buying a complete car. As scrap that Pick Up will have a value Broken for parts including a totally usable battery pack for re-sale. Supposedly $60,000 Canadian or so if purchased New from Ford. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Europe / North America. Easy come easy go how they operate. Compulsory Insurance.

@Graham Butcher Re the Ford BEV Pickup in Canada. Was the truck not fully insured including off road or off main highway use? Is he not getting a new truck out of it? How much are the trucks anyway new, for the sake of easily written off. It is like the Dudes in Edinburgh that had a Tesla in wet roads that needed a new battery supposedly, or the famous Fish & Chip eater that kept on about the price of new EV batteries even though one was not needed. Were they not insured properly for a BEV being written off due to weather / road conditions and new batteries required?

Hardly a recent discovery or revelation. Well not in this section of Briskoda or on Social media. In the UK you often get those that are unhappy with insurers what ever the vehicle. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/512702-insurance-is-it-legal-robbery

@skomaz Tongue in cheek or tongue out they are very easy to drive, but like some other cars with ICE,s the IT / Software can be total crap. Top candidates are from the VW Group / Brands.

The DQ200 DSG is not actually 'Sealed for life', both oils can be changed, but there is no Service Regime, guidelines, advice or schedule from VW / Skoda. The Air filter should not be left till 6 years / 60,000 miles as per the Skoda / VW schedule. Checked at every service and replaced as required is 'Simple Clever'. No fuel filter schedule.

BP Super Unleaded E5 is 97 ron min, and Shell V-Power 99 ron min. Tesco Momentum 99 (99 ron min) or Sainsburys 97 Ron min are maybe even better running fuels. Around the UK Esso 99 might have no Bio-ethanol in in some regions. TSI,s love Ethanol. No 98 ron Unleaded has been on sale in the UK for over a decade. VW FAQ,s say '98 octane' R / GTI. Your 1.5 TSI ACT does not mention 98 Octane does it? Does no harm using the E5, usually does good, higher octane, more detergents, but best you know what you buy... PS The 'Anti stall' seems to be faulty..

A 2.0 TDI should have had the DQ250 DSG serviced twice then, oil & filter.

Best go drive them and see. 70 mph is the same no matter what the BHP, how quick you get there might not be that much different. The smaller capacity engine might be not that much more fuel efficient, it depends how you drive. TSI is the engine be it 1.4 or 1.5, or 2.0. The DSG with the small capacity / power is a DQ200 DSG 7 speed dry clutch. The 2.0 with be a Wet Clutch DSG of 6 or 7 speed depending on age.

Really important if looking at a 2.0 TSI or TDI with a DQ250 7 speed wet clutch DSG. @40,000 mile intervals. (1.6 TDI CR will be Cam belt, water pump, but DQ200 DSG with no Servicing schedule.) But are you looking at 1.4 TSI,s with a DQ200 7 speed Twin Dry clutch DSG also with no Oil or Filter Service Schedule for the DSG. Some might have had 1 or both oils replaced, maybe had Warranty work, a MCU or Clutches. (There is a Service Campaign on 2013-2015 DQ200,s, '34H6' started in 2017. A software update., 2009-2012 DQ200 DSG,s a Service campaign from 2014. Synthetic Oil changed to mineral and a software update.

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Apps & Over Air Updates can be total PITA. Great for Pre Conditioning, and knowing state of charging, or locking / unlocking vehicles or tracking. When they go wrong or are not available just so bad. This is why a went for a Simple BEV without any App or communications with a Smart Phone. Previous experiences so frustrating.

BRITCARD. Maybe sometime and maybe just first for people getting first jobs or changing jobs. The UK can not organise a p!$$ up in a brewery. Can not get IT right or protect it. Can not actually procure at the right price. As for the DfT, DVLA, DVSA, HMRC, not fit for purpose. Decades of no ID cards in the UK or even the ne3ed to have a Plastic Driving Licence yet or actually produce one when asked by Officers of the Law in the UK. Politicians will be among those that will not be wanting to have every movement of their vehicles tracked. High time actually that VED / Insurance & MOT, Registered keeper was on a Card or Bar code on a vehicle for when being filled up at Filling Stations, or when entering car parks, official properties etc etc. All vehicles, Royals, Diplomats, Civil Servants, Politicians, & Joe or Jane bloggs.

For those with newer cars, Check for the Service Campaign Software Update.

Since in the UK maybe best use the terms in UK English and not USA / North American English. Or other European terms. 'All Season / All Weather' 3 peak / Snow Certificated tyres. Not 'All Season' as in the Summer Bias tyres cars and vans get imported into the UK with, even AWD,s / 4x4,s in many cases. Winter, Snow, Studded, All Terrain, Wet Weather other terms or type names. PS Some of the All Season 3PMSF tyres sometimes come as Run Flats and some are Self Sealing. The Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF are 'sel sealing'.

Both Oil & Inspection Services, but there were Extras that were part of the Service Regime as on what is called Variable or Flexible Servicing. If doing to Manufacturers Recommendations, Guidelines, Advice, Specification or Schedule. Spark plugs changed which are a 4 year / 40,000 miles schedule item. Were they replaced.? Pollen filter is at 2 years / 20,000 miles. So has it had 2 filter changes. Has the Brake Fluid been changed @ 3 years / 30,000 miles?

I splashed out £100 on bagging first dibs on a Twingo EV with the R-Pass.

Obviously not confirmed pre Budget announcements or Leaks pre budget. May well happen or just more flying of kites to see what responses come. Articles being published or written by the Anti-EV journals or journalists and repeated by anyone. How much more can the UK,s Labour Government do to have even more people less interested in getting a BEV and in the journey towards Net Zero and lower emissions targets? Getting the 20% VAT rate down on Public Chargers is something that 'may well happen'. Bring the social divide a bit closer and maybe not have private drivers hit more than they are already while Business / Commercial BEV drivers are getting the incentives and VAT rebates.