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Another thing is that I've never found any advantage to MPG by using 99 RON. I lob in the E10 from my local Tesco and it performs exactly the same as far as I have been able to tell.

I drove Reading to North Manchester last month in a 1.5 Tsi eco. One person in the car and set cruise to 65 and over the 210 miles the trip computer showed 66.4 MPG because it spent so much of it in 2 cyl mode. With the inevitable jams around Birmingham and Manchester my average journey speed was barely affected. Was one of the faster journey times of late ironically. What is interesting though is that increasing the speed by just an indicated 5MPH the consumption will drop to high 50's, and at indicated 75 it goes to low mid-50's at best. Journey times barely affected by lowering the speed, it's just the psychological boredom and staying out of the way of faster vehicles that tire.

Yes a software update, but it was only a partial fix and VW/Skoda aren't releasing anything else. If you have one you are stuck with the issue. Speaking to Skoda UK they said other people also complained it didn't fix it. It's the reason why this Skoda (the 6th I have) will be the last. Good enough cars but too many issues, and usually not resolved.

I've run a 1.5TSi eco on a 68 plate for 40K miles, and it has always used a litre every 4K miles. Never had a car use so much or flash the add oil warning before. With the kangarooing it makes it all in all the worst engine I've ever had, which is a shame because out of town it runs well and I like the quietness of it.

I've been using a 2018 1.5TSI eco Octavia 3 from new to its current 37000 miles and it has used a litre every 4500 miles or so consistently. It's the only car I have owned or used that has done this. My previous Skoda's (1.9 TDi PD, 2.0 TDI PD, and 2 CR 2.0 TDI's), have used a litre max every 10K miles, if that. Even my near 15 year old Toyota 2.2 D4D engined Corolla only uses 0.2-0.3 litres max every 10K miles. Like said already, the 0-20W oil is very thin. The only positive is that if you get caught out at least the add oil warning is before it reaches minimum. Shame it doesn't have a oil level display on the dash like some French stuff does on start up. It's also the only car I have ever owned that has almost zero engine braking effect on the motorway when I let off the accelerator. I guess that's low friction for efficiency.