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Regarding the oil, I commute around 60miles in total to work each day. I'm not sure if that has an effect on the oil situation? Dealers have been quoting around 130 currently.

Well, I thought I would update this thread. Since purchasing the car in sept 2013, I have now just clocked over 8000miles. I can see from the maxi dot that the car seems to be on a variable servicing schedule. That's not for me, to be honest. I would prefer a once a year service. So as the car is coming upto 9400miles, I need to look at getting the vrs serviced . Still in two minds if to use a Skoda dealer or an indipendant garage. Slight problem is, I can't seem to find any indi's around my area (kent). Apart from that, the car has been great. No problems, oil has been checked every 1k odd miles. Used around 1.5 litres since new. DSG is fine, no real problems. Only slight grumble would be in manual, it seems abit slow on the downshifts (could possibly be me asking to much to quickly). The current tyres are ok. CS2. Not a patch on the Goodyear F1AS2. That's the next tyre choice Brakes are ok, not as good as the Clio 197, but I'm sure that can be improved.

I know you are not trying to argue. And I agree with that you said above. And if that is the case, I need to find one .

I thought even if you took the tmc off, dealers could still see that something has been removed?

Any modifications to the ecu / engine would cause warranty issues. The revo / apr remaps would be the better option. As they are tailored to the car. The tmc is more of an generic device that plugs into the engine. Which you could remove, if needed. Having said that, im sure if you had togo back to the dealer they could see that the ecu settings have changed?

Maybe we should organise a rolling road meet? Then we can see the difference in the cave and cthe.. (If any)

Interesting

Sounds like you are having fun already. I would agree with the handling comments. Comming from a clio 197, the skoda just lacks the confidence. But im sure that can be changed. Still unsure what todo, what about you. Are you going to leave it how it is?

Hopefully tomorrow morning will go quickly then. Which dealer you getting the car from? Yea, the car is going well. No problems currently. The car does need a good detail though, just need a the weather to be kind and stop raining.

Looks nice Wrighty. I like the shark fin radio aerial, shame mine doesn't have that. I have had to take the aerial off, just so no one nicks it ha ha. Make sure you get some pics up

Anyone know of a good specialist vw/skoda dealer in the south east?

I shall create a thread . Need to give the car a clean first.... Thanks George for the infomation. Now, to find a good garge in the south east.

Thanks for the info. I have seen your thread, looks like your having fun on track . I shall first have to find a dealer / Indi Dealer within the sout east that I can trust with servicing the Vrs. The TMC box looks like a nice option. Also looking at the Skoda Approved spings...

I hope you get yours soon.

Is the TMC box detecable if the car went back to a dealer?

From reading the manual, it says to read the engine oil at normal operating temp. (So go for a drive, park up and wait for 10mins with engine off) Then check the oil. From reading on the forums, the twin charger engine uses more oil than some other cars. I would suggest to check the oil at least once every 2 weeks.

thanks, thats good to know. The car is currently on lease, so there is a fine line to be drawn with modifactions at this time. But you never know. Currently on the hunt for a good indipendant vw / skoda specailist in Kent. I would prefer to use them than a run of the mill dealer (for servicing).

Thanks Noggy. Fingers corssed.

Hi all, As I have been abit of a forum ninja . I thought it was time to introduce me and the new car. I recently made the move from a Renault Sport Clio 197 57 Plate, Great car, great brakes. But, It had its flaws, brakes used to freeze and bind in cold weather. It did not like the cold, and the MPG wasnt the best. Not to mention the Tax bracket. Don't mention the Gearbox I was offered a new job in Sept 13 and thought about the daily trip on the M25. I knew i wanted to change the Clio, but what too. Following a series of phone calls to different dealers within Kent, I found the car. A few calls and visits later.... I picked the Vrs up with a smile on my face and the trip showing just over 400miles from new (Sept 2013 CTHE). Over the last few weeks, I have been getting used to the DSG flappy stuff. Its abit of a change from the Clio, but its great!. The Vrs, is easy to drive and its not a chore to overtake if needed. The clio was great, but it felt like it was always on edge, buzzing just under 4k at 70mph. Where as the Vrs is 2.5k I wanted to see what could be achiveable from the 1.4 TSI. That was at 600 miles... Now the Vrs is at 4217 Regarding the oil consumption... Well, this came up whilst doing my research and even though it read for some worrying reading, im glad it didn't put me of. (You should see the amount of threads regarding the Clio Rs 197/200 gearbox (Or chocolate gearbox they are known as). I checked the oil before leaving the dealer. 400 miles - 100% 1650 miles - 75% (Top'd up to the max line) 2735 miles - 100% 3479 miles - 75% 4217 miles - around 60% from the max line. I try to check every sunday evening. Always filled with Vpower + There is a few bits I would like todo, I shall probably put a thread up soon. Matt

Did these sell in the end? Matt

Im enjoying it!. I came from a Renaultsport 197. So the handling is abit "different". But the power delivery and easy of driving is much better.

Wrightcnc2009, Sorry to say but the new owner of the car you posted was me. I collected it with 400 miles on. I should really start a "newbie" thread

Thanks for the info George

When i first brought the Clio, it was great. Gearbox was awful, mpg wasnt that great either. But as I am now traveling further for work and in need of a 5 door. I hope the skoda is a viable opition.

I currently drive a Renault clio 197.