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Apologies, I assumed it might be taken that on a Briskoda Skoda Superb forum thread about Skoda Superb iV mpg (and therefore costs), that when I mentioned 'EV public charging' I was talking about the 'public charging' of EVs (in this case PHEVs) - I am really not interested in what Tesla charge.

When I bought my Superb iV, I had a 4.5 mile commute each way and a regular weekend 110 mile each way journey. So, the hybrid system worked perfectly for both journeys. At the time, most BEVs wouldn't make the longer journey without a top up en route. My normal longer 50 mile each way daily commute, may not be the ideal set up, but I find the car very impressive. But you have to interact with the system (ie choose EV or hybrid) to make the most of it, in my humble opinion. And I enjoy that! Normally once a week, I now have an 18 mile each way commute, a bit of dual carriageway (60 mph) and country roads, villages etc (at 20-50 mph) - I've managed the day once in the summer on pure EV. Most of the time I use EV to go to work, hybrid then what EV is left on the way home. Certainly the real way to win is home charging (I'm with Octopus) with cheap electricity from a proper home charger. A friend of mine who is a motoring journalist, reckons EV public charging equates to having a petrol car making 35 mpg. In Sport mode with it self-charging, it does cane the mpg but it probably evens out if you revert to EV as soon as the range-o-meter says you can get home (I normally allow a 2-3 mile buffer). The aircon/heating system will reduce the perceived range by 2-3 miles. Heated seats make negligible difference to the range forecast. It still amuses me to see adverts for the 'hassle free, no plugging it in' self-charging hybrids - as thought the manufacturer has invented perpetual energy......!

Mine averages around 70 mpg. That’s based on a full home charge and then using ‘EV’ mode below 40 mph, ‘hybrid’ above 40 mph. I always drive in Sport mode when in hybrid so it will self charge. My normal daily drive now is 50 mile each way commute with a mixture of town (10%) dual carriageway/motorway (90%). And I potter along at 65 mph (indicated) on the dual carriageway/motorway. Then I go to EV mode when I have sufficient range to get home - ideally with 1 mile range left. It gets a full charge every night. I have never bothered to see if the satnav is clever enough to choose when to go into EV mode - I normally use an Apple map and press the buttons when the road and/or traffic warrants a change. EV mode on the display defaults to 300 mpg and the times I’ve had it self charging around town can see the mpg drop to 30 mpg.

The triangular side lights also appear to come on together (at 30 mph or below, maybe higher) as you approach side roads, junctions etc. Not sure if they're 'controlled' by GPS or the camera - very noticeable on dark roads.

I bought an ex-demo Superb iV Sportline - 6 months old and 4500 miles in March 2021. Total mileage now just over 40k. Initially my commute to work was 5 miles each way, mostly on country or town roads, so 80% 'reduced' rate charge was never an issue with the daily trip. Now I'm doing either 100 or 40 miles a day, with the 100 miles being mostly on the A43 and M40, so 100% charge and at max rate to get a full charge of cheap Octopus electricity. I also often trog down the A34 to the south coast at weekend - 100 miles on dual carriageway and 8 miles at the end through town. To get the best out of mine, from what I've found with the trips I do, is to be pretty 'interactive' with it. If I'm in a 30 or 40 mph area, then whenever possible I run in EV mode. Above 40 mph, I normally go hybrid and let it's do its thing. I always keep it in 'Sport' mode to allow it to self charge (back up to 60% or so). I then try and get home with as few EV miles as possible left. The range shown is estimated as far as I know from the previous (or current) driving. It'll show less range when sitting at 60-70 mph but when you slow down, the miles hang on in there. On a full charge, it's normally 29-31 at the moment but I have seen 36 miles on one occasion in the summer - and I have got 36 miles out of it. I don't drive particularly quickly, but I'm not dawdling either! I find that running the heater/air con drops the estimated range by 2-3 miles but the heated seats, front and rear screens make negligible difference. Charging the battery with the ICE, can drop the computed mpg down to the low 30's but it soon picks back up. The car is fantastic but I do understand, some owners might think it's a bit of a faff pressing buttons to go from EV to hybrid mode - but I enjoy it. Perhaps next time I'll go pure EV, when 300+ miles are realistically achievable and affordable. The only think that irks me is having to run the ICE in town where I'm convinced it has a noise generator - after the bliss of operating n EV mode, the ICE is somewhat gruff!

The rubber wiring conduit should pull pretty easily from the plastic clip that holds in place. I used a medium sized cable-tie with the dashcam cable held to it with insulation tape to take the dashcam cable through the rubber wiring conduit. Then a bit of jiggery-pokery will get the cable to sit nicely in the conduit and the conduit should then go back into place. Pictures attached of when I did it previously on my Yeti. They should give you an idea of what holds the rubber conduit in place. Hope that helps.

Thanks, John. I’ll have a trawl of other forums. Nothing heard back from Octopus yet.

So... A couple of weeks in and how are others finding it? Perhaps someone can tell me if Im doing it wrong, but I've switched off all timed charges on the car, MySkoda and my EO charger. It appears to me that Intelligent Octopus assumes you are charging at the max rate - I normally leave it on reduced unless I know it needs the max rate to get the charge in over night. Normally (and as I did with Octopus Go), I charge to 80% which is fine for my massive 5 mile each way commute. That means charging at reduced rate from around 40-50% to 80%. Then 90% or 100% if I know I'm on a longer trip the next day. I sussed that now, at reduced rate, I wasn't getting the requested charge, so I selected max on the car. That nearly works but it seems to stop at 70-75% when I want 80% and 95%, when I want 100%. The charging plan seems not to be the full 5 hours (4 hours with Octopus Go) but in half hour bites that aren't enough. From what I can see, they offered me 6 hours (1130-0530) but then I only get what they think is going to be enough by 0530 hrs. I'd have thought that they would just charge it from 1130 hrs until it's charged to the requested amount. I have emailed Octopus but that was only on Friday and no response yet.

Mine was plugged in, not charging and at about 14% with it set to charge to 80%. I haven’t used it today so it shouldn’t do anything tonight…

Well the car is showing at 80% which it was set to charge to. I switched off the ‘off peak’ hours option on both the EO charger app and the Skoda app, as instructed by Octopus. I’ve also had a confirmation email from Octopus saying I’m my Intelligent Octopus tariff is ‘live’.

Just tried again via the Octopus app and mine appears to have worked this time. I’ll find out in the morning….!

Similar for me - invited by Octopus to join Intelligent Octopus as my Octopus Go deal is about to finish. Got all the way through the process fine (Superb iV was on the list) and when it got to the test mode, came up with the same screen as above. After it said it was all fine. Email sent to octopus but nothing back yet.

I may have posted a ‘few’ of my Velvet Red Superb with Supernovas fitted…. There are probably more in the picture thread.

Hi I've been to look at a 2018 (67 plate) Octavia III 4x4 SE-L with a friend who is thinking of buying it. Can anyone say whether the fuel tank (and associated area) should have a plastic undertray covering it? There is an undertray forward of this and the step in its trailing edge looks as though it is designed for another panel behind it. Thoughts?

I was just having a bit of a Bank Holiday surf and I was pleased to see that the Enyaq configurator now has a half decent description of what the heat pump does. Shame Skoda UK haven't proof read their words and sussed that 25°C is not exactly 'freezing'.

It’s Skoda’s interpretation of a G-Meter… The trouble is, you have be ‘eyes in’ watching it to see it move, whilst applying G - which isn’t the best time to not be looking at the road….

Mine was bought as an ex-demo, so substantially below the £42k list price it would have cost when new. That list price being above £40k means I have the pleasure of paying £480 this year and it looks like £510 next year and a similar ridiculous amount until its 6 years old . Oh how I laughed....! I was well aware of this and in fact the first payment was included in the purchase price of the car. My alternative choice of car was an Octavia vRS iV (well below the £40k extortion threshold) but I was concerned about the Octavia's software issues and so stuck to Plan A and went for the 'older generation' Superb iV - with no regrets. Further justification (if needed!) was the insurance for the Superb was £100/year cheaper than the Octavia and both were cheaper than I was paying for the long range/short range Yeti/Citigo combo I had before. You're only I was only young once...

I posted previously on a black badges thread - I removed the S K O D A from the boot lid and went for front and rear colour matched Skoda badges from SuperSkoda (Kopacek). Looks fantastic - even if I do say so myself....!

Well, I won't be seeing this function, as I'm in Sport mode whilst in hybrid mode, as I prefer the ride and handling. I've mentioned on other threads that I think that the benefits of operating a PHEV are very mission dependent. For me, it's perfect - Monday-Friday, the work commute is 4.5 miles each way in EV mode, charging on cheap rate electricity with a home wall charger. Pretty much every other weekend through the year, I have a 105 mile journey to the south coast and back. That journey is a mile of town to start, then 8 miles of 30/40 urban at the end with the middle bit on dual carriageway A-road and the M3/M27. No charging when away overnight. EV mode used for the M3 traffic crawl and the urban bits, then use whatever battery life is left for the last few miles on the way home. I, too, use EV in 30/40 mph environments but hybrid (ICE/EV doing its own thing) above 40 mph. In the way I operate, I also think you have to engage with the drive system more to get the best out of it - unlike petrol, diesel and BEV where you only have one 'fuel' to use. Again, this isn't for everyone but I enjoy it!

Well, I’ll do some more experimenting but I didn’t get the feeling mine was planning ahead at all! I normally drive in Sport mode, as I like feel and ride and it recharges to the set level. I did suss the other day that I can use my individual setting (basically Sport mode for suspension and steering) when running in EV which I much prefer. Only took me 12 months….!

Is this actually the case? I haven’t seen such a capability from my Columbus (MY2020), for sure. Can I ask where you found out this info from?

Alas no - it came with a space for a triangle. I had one in each of my two previous Skodas - they didn’t go with the cars when I part-ex’d them for the Superb….

Just in case I haven't got enough pictures of my Sportline iV - I took some more today after fitting the summer Supernova wheels.

Weekly wash today, summer Supernovas fitted (winters on Vegas) and suspension given a quick spruce up whilst I was there....

I feel your pain - mine was an ex-demo, too and had a few minor issues (I bought sight unseen due to lockdown internet shopping...) but the supplying dealer went above and beyond to sort them out, so more than happy. I'm sure a dealer should be able to source a boot light for you, can't be that expensive.