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I know it's not PCP, SWMBO Lease co, previously offered very low prices at the ned of each 4year cycle. Her 19 focus estate has been offered to us at a price 2k above WBAC/Motorway and still more than forecourt specials of a lower trim. My conclusion, synical as it is... they give us a high price, we don't bite, they get to sell at better than expected... profit for them. A friend who passed away had a volvo xc40, only a few months into the pcp. When approached before his passing, they were only to happy to let him exit early. I've never done pcp, I'd be half tempted in the current climate as I'm sure there's a huge correction on the way... or, this is just a taster for approaching 2030 as ICE supply becomes scarse.

That was top of SWMBO list, then she tried the cx-60... then she tried the tesla y dual m, even though thats not on her list... I do like the cabins of the current line of pugs. Again I'm liking the looks of the 408 as I did the 508... Sadly it was also 2x the price of an enyaq 80/teslaMY or the Ionic5 on her lease.

True, although with seats down, bike in the back, tent, climbing gear there may of been enough space I just drove it like I owned it to eeek out the range. Only the steep hills, quite handy on the single track in the north west. Espcially since NC500 is a thing. Yes your vehicle has reverse, yes that bit of ground behind it a passing place,... tell you what I'll demonstrate... she was small but very terrier like

@wyx087 super thanks. I feel a 'test' drive of the tesla would be greatly improved with a 30mins in the car before you move session. Using ABRP on various trips I'd do, into north wales, lakes, scotland there isn't a lot in it, cost or time wise. Trade a bit of cost in the tesla charge but gain some time as faster than the public 50kWh the i5/enyaq would have to use. Little munro 4 day road trip plan. Does not account for overnight, although highly likey to be a bothy, tent, or hut with three pin max. ModelY RWD vs Ionic5 RWD. The extra range is moot once in the highlands, based on charger location. Peace of mind to have some in reserve. However I coped perfectly well with a citigo bobbing about on a 200ish mile range of petrol fuel and there are almost as few petrol stations as electric. As i discvoered in MidWales last summer, petrol stations close at 6pm on weekends. The EV sites were open, oh the irony as my fuel light blinked away trying to make 35 on the computer make 40 to a tesco.

Got a good day for it... don't forget the sun cream

Read the same article. Interestingly SWMBO, whose lease this is going to be, asked what he said... I stood there, with a erm... nothing new. We might of missed the phev window. I think me lusting after the megane I've talked myself into scalextric and dragged her in too. Perhaps it's because I'm looking for it, but almost all negatives I'm seeing now, is what I was worrying about this time last year, charger availability during a longer beyond range trip. The current front runner on paper is the hyundai ionic5. The model Y in third after either the id4 or enyaq. The model Y trump card, beyond it's boot, is the tesla network. Even though it's a lower capacity battery and costs more than say the i5 to do a trip to scotland and back, we kind of believe the chargers will be there and be working, and that matters. Once past Perth in Scotland, say a trip to the crags of Harris and Lewis, it's a zero sum game, tesla has to jump on the normal networks, and thats where I'd prefer to have a little more range, in case the one charger in Stornaway is kaput. However this is a once a year type trip. Although I do have to get my munros done, so plenty of trips, but few to the outer edges of a network. The lease/p11/tax on a ID4 Pro life Perf 4motion is less than a Mazda CX60 and only a tiny tiny bit more than a kia niro2 phev. As @Lady Elanore mentioned, her phev is a outward journey or local journeys benefit. Beyond that it's dead weight till you get to your destination. The cx60 was nice, apart from the gear changing ev bit Think I'm smitten, but still very very conscious of charger standards and really don't want to go tesla, but equally, it might be easier and it has dog/camp mode but then I need to use the screen to wash the windows, I'm not convinced. Guess it's an adaptation thing. Then to twist it all, if considering the lfp 60 model y, can also consider the aryia, megane and all the others I initially wrote off as <200 real world miles in winter.

An empty opening post. I'm guessing the title says enough. @Steel Grey 42 let us know if there is more to it.

By @Dooge request; he asked for this to be deleted, upon review I think it's concluded with some useful information/ideas and some less than helpful. So I'm locking it. There is no harm in anyone asking a question of anything; there is no such thing as a stupid question. So a gentle reminder, guidelines of the site boil down to one simple phrase, be nice. No I don't think this is a stupid question It's a repair, potentially more than was "honestly" offered. Good luck @Dooge I'm sure there are plenty of repair shops that for a small fee would give you some peace of mind, maybe even do a bit of an investigation to discover the limits. Then you're informed and you can remedy/keep/flog... love it or list it HTH.

https://ecologi.com/briskoda I cannot believe I've not done this for over a year... and a half. Where does the time go? Like honestly where did it go... Added 1k trees to cover of ffreedom subs and other stuff as outlined with a bit of rounding up quite a bit, but 414 seemed like a naff number. https://ecologi.com/briskoda?tileId=647b3e30f10746587a7353d2 Just passed 10k trees. Now to figure out the last few months...

Yep Tesla in flint and crops up often. I think it’s a better route planner setting for the rwd. Ie it has more range than they have for that model. I actually didn’t think it was that stiff. I have DCC on the superb and almost always have it on sport firm setting. The comfort, I don’t get motion sick, but I feel less connected. Not driven the 5 yet. the enyaq, gets the job done, but even swmbo said it was a bit meh about getting going. we’d get used to all of them. A small part of us are thinking what if we step of the lease wagon… problem is it’s a subsidised scheme, to good to give up, despite choice restrictions and timing, ie do by month end.

Sadly no Dacia or many others available. although there is the Nissan and Renault. I do like there google entertainment setup. im not in the far north often so reckon I can stand the odd overpriced day. However the costs do mount up. But then again I run super unleaded and had a good few £100 plus tank fills. the model y is as far ahead as is it behind. I’m not convinced on the button less screen, however it possibly took me longer to find something in skoda setup and I should have a degree of familiarity with it. I agree the twin motor is fun, I would get tired of it on a longer journey, or bumpy ground. Although we did test a dual in chill mode to get an idea of rwd go. 6k pays for a lot of electricity. the enjaq and 5 cost less to run than the y, for our typical journeys, ie the once/twice a month trip to wales, lakes. Purely down to starting with more power. the y however in rwd form has this new battery chemistry where you can charge regularly to 100% vs the classic 80% daily. we’d also not be waiting 6Plus months for the enyaq. im in in the ev. The phev, just felt wrong. Nice, lovely place to be. But just a heavier ice with a tiny tax break. Bit mad though as she’s in a 1.0t focus estate atm, so anything is a big step up! tesla might be edging it, if only for the storage. The rest will fall into place I’m sure.

The other discovery is Suzuki. Sister cars to Toyota and cheaper. Look at a swace, it’s nearly identical to a Corolla. Same factory identical! yes a tad bigger then the fabia. Guessing the swift sport is a bit too small?

We took a real shine to the Kia Niro. Available as ice, self charging, or phev, or even full ev. we got quite a long way before finding out the phev version has a much smaller boot. All the others are fine, similar boot size, bigger. Phev is in the region of 348l, 451 for self charge and a bit more for the ev. plenty of good used ones and the facelift isn’t mechanical in principal. im still tempted as hunting for a fabia like estate and we’ll all of the above typed out makes me think I should just do it. Seven year warranty too

Back to the edge of going for an ev. swmbo has to make a choice on a new lease. Gone are all her small engine pure ice. So it’s bigger ice/PHEV or pure electric. totally first world problem of course. Having the choice is lovely, albeit limited. currently the melting pot is: mazda cx-60 PHEV skoda enyaq 80 tesla y rwd ionic 5 77 a few others but those are the front runners. No self charging hybrids sadly. I feel the phev is a it of a conn once depleted which we did from a half charge around town test with two motorway junctions. the PHEV is because… why not, although more than the ev’s due to tax… although nice it’s a bit weird, combined ev and ice into gearbox, so ev mode changes gear. Although it picks up ok, normally aspirated, so no second surge from ice, just noise. I still have a bit of a hang up on more esoteric destinations, like in the highlands, wales etc. places where there will be no destination charge, or the car parked up for a few days while off exploring. None are 100 miles from a charger. A broken charger in the highlands though… that’s why we’re looking at the larger batteries. However I know we are going to pay a higher price (weight) day to day though. range anxiety as such isn’t actually there. It’s much more charger anxiety. That’s why the tesla is there. Sadly no dual motor option. phev for fuel dinosaur approach, tesla for some peace of mind. then the enyaq with all the toys on, we’ll only want adaptive cruise and adaptive lights… but you need to have everything else too. Still less than the backup phev’s. ionic 5 because I’d take the 6, except it’s a saloon 😞 Ok, so wow, that’s the backstory… anyone feeling on the edge of electric? Or settling on one more round (48months) of phev? Sadly my superb 272 will be going, likely turning into a fabia, or a Renault 5 if I dither long enough. The cx60 is a nod to keeping 250plus like overtaking, less danger time etc. thoughts?

Hi @Buzzer, moved it to the Karoq forum, hopefully more eyes. It was in the forum help section, confusing I know. If in doubt, turn it off and on again; I work in IT and roll my eyes to this too But in all seriousness, often easier to delete the phone in the head unit, then repair/connect. I dod this almost every time in my wifes ford... then one day it was just happy to have both phones in the car. Not had an issue in the skoda's yet. However did help a relative the other day with his kodiaq and iphones not doing airplay over bt. Others might have a less hassle way

Welcome, Edited the post to remove the reg photo as requested. I had an old pd170 diesel in a superb MKII. I had a stg1 remap on it. It was enough Previous tinkering days it's a slippery slope, change one, another suffers, or you begin to think it is and so you swap it out. I'd do a mild stage 1 remap and leave it at that. DPF only really an issue if you do lots of short journeys. I had it block once for limp mode, bizarrely rolling onto a ferry from Ireland on a bank holiday. fun wait in north wales. Could not clear it, rac and tuner at the time said ok to drive it back to sheffield gently. Came to it the next morning and nothing was wrong, popped it down for a checkup and yep all was fine. I'd not delete it as it throws up a whole raft of issues on MOT and potentially reselling.

Hello I have such a problem that I have a Skoda Octavia 2 Sedan 1.6 petrol Elegance car with engine code BSE. (of 2005). When the weather starts to get nice, sometimes half of my electronics go off at some point on the way, but sometimes I turn it off, go into the store, come out and it works. (window regulator, mustache switches, the radio doesn't show the temperature, I don't have an index, the main beam doesn't work either). When I stop the car and start it, there is a rattling sound as if something is locked... But it only happens when the weather starts to get nice, but especially in the summer when I'm standing in the sun. Never once in the winter.... Has anyone had this problem? Aksi is good and so is the Aksi body cable. Safeguards are also good. @GabZkp welcome to the community. we have members from all over the world. The community language is english. We know this isn't the first language, or second of many people. I've added a google translation for your 1st post. It might not be totally accurate, but may help another member resolve. If you can post in what english you know, or if none, please use the translation tools. @GabZkp üdvözlöm a közösségben. a világ minden tájáról vannak tagjaink. A közösség nyelve az angol. Tudjuk, hogy sok ember közül nem ez az első vagy a második nyelv. Hozzáadtam egy google fordítást az első bejegyzésedhez. Lehet, hogy nem teljesen pontos, de segíthet egy másik tagnak a megoldásban. Ha olyan angol nyelven tud közzétenni, amit ismer, vagy ha nem, használja a fordítóeszközöket.

Hi @George87 I've moved your topic from the forum help; more for how do I use the forum than car stuff, to the model forum. Hopefully another member can shed some light on this for you.

Private sale or from a garage? If the latter, pop it back to them. If the former, I'm guessing the heic file is meant to be an image or similar. I can't view it so can't offer much more on that. Going to guess diesel by reference to glowplug lamp. Anyone else got a hunch, first steps for @Oakley33

That’s great. the last line says it all. thanks to all who have contributed. Threads like this make me happy inside that this place exists

My fault I moved it to mkIII when in my phone.

Hi, what kind of noise is it? Electronic, mechanical? Grinding or thumping? I'd be taking it back to the dealer/seller to check. Hope it's resolved for you.

Hi, welcome to the community. that’s a good age of car and if structurally sound, just run in. if uneconomical to repair was heeded more often, we’d have far fewer classic cars of tomorrow. vested interest of a dealer to say this imho. The choice is yours, many of us have thrown good money at bad, sounds like you have an otherwise good l&k Octavia. Second hand prices are really high atm. Would not surprise me if they did the repair and flipped it. Loads of scrapped / reconditioned parts out there. What’s the estimate to repair? Is it with new or like for like? Can you get a new(er) car, one you know every creak and rattle for the same, that won’t have a big repair bill? try a local independent garage. The main dealer prices will be excessive for such an age of vehicle. Continuity at this age adds nothing to the car value. Some peace of mind maybe for you. At least get a second opinion/quote. Let us know how it goes. I’m hopeful a future classic can be saved, and enjoyed.

Haha yes this. I did it on the a55 when blue lights appeared. Actually for the near hypersonic Tesla a few moments before. I only wanted to tap the clutch to kill cruise. Shed a good 20mph and cost me a beer for my mates distress at my ineptitude.

Split the topic to the right model fora and I think it stands on its own. The creative in me says some contrast/colour. Be that plastic or stickers. thats the limit of my creativity. I like the naked look of this version though. She owns the curves with a happy yeah I ate the eclair what of it? Stance.