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@disco-barry did you read the OP,s post above yours?

My New Driving Licence arrived a couple of days ago. Expires day before my 70th birthday. Automatics only. Cars and various vehicle types. (I have 1 leg) Kept my Motorbike of any power but restriction 79(3) applied, so 3 wheels only / trike can have a power output of more than 15 kW Also 'AM' 2 or 3 wheel vehicles max speed 28 mph. Also light quad bikes same max speed, unladen mass of 350 kg, excluding batteries for electric vehicles.

Their smaller EV, a small battery EV. Lots will be theirs as they First Register them then sell as Used cars.

@mischami Check for a history of the VAQ diff being serviced. If a 7 Speed DQ381 DSG the service interval is 80,000 miles / 129,000 km. I would want it serviced long before that.

@Mark156 Does your car go through AdBlue at the sort of rate you would expect it to?

There are regions of the UK where now selling a used BEV might be easier than a Euro 4 / 5 Diesel.

EV Batteries or cells in batteries look like being cheaper than a replacement engine will be for ICE vehicles. Labour might be higher for the battery replacement unless the Technical Collages and Motor Trade Colleges get more EV techs trained up and also Dealership Trained EV techs go out on their own as Independent EV Techs. Actually that is already happening.

Funnily not only do the majority buy a used car, they buy a used car that was bought brand new 100% of the time, even if by the manufacturers then sold used. Now anyone buying a Jaguar new in the UK is getting a used one. .................... WTF will the Shiny Black Plastic on these look like after use of salted / gritted roads and washes? They might be better Wrapping the Plastics as is an option with New Defenders.

The amount of shiny black plastic is crazy IMO. I wonder what it will be like after a winter or a few weeks of gritted/ salted roads and getting washed.

The Next Service is an Oil & Inspection Service by the terms that Skoda UK started using. They love to confuse, and as it is they confuse them selves. IF YOU WERE MIS-SOLD THE FINANCIAL PRODUCT THEN TELL SKODA UK /VW UK and the DEALER PRINCIPLE WHO,S EMPLOYEES DID THAT. Cars arrive from the Factory set for Variable / Flexible Servicing Regimes, Oil & Filter Service, Inspection Service 24 months / 18,000-20,000 miles. Sooner if you want. That is the Servicing in your Warranty T&C,s. Service to the Manufactures Recommendations. The changing to Fixed Service Regimes and a Oil Service at 9,400 Miles / 372 days is often done without the new Owner / Keeper being asked. ............. This below is just FIXED SERVING. That 1st OIL CHANGE was not required as the car left the Factory, but if the cars is owned and not leased so a keeper and not high annual mileage then Annual Servicing / Checks is Simply Clever / Sensible if not doing yourself. A Service and a MOT 1 month before 3 years is a good idea, and see if maybe any Warranty issues. Maybe best the MOT not carried out at a Main Dealers, where they can be Deaf, Dumb & Blind selectively. SKODA_Warranty_Terms_July_2023.pdf

TESLA must be making huge profits doing what ever TESLA does, be it selling cars, trucks, energy products, calls / batteries, power walls / home / workplace electricity storage. VW Group or maybe just VW seems to be getting things very very wrong, or is that just spin? Them wanting to pay less and make more money.

There have been posts on complaints about the Heated screens not being as good on a Skoda / VW as they used to be. No idea if yours is working. (They never have worked as well as those on a Ford, even a Fiesta.) Do not expect Front Assist if it can not see because it is frosted / iced up, there is snow on it, or maybe even H20.

Small point. All DQ200,s are not running the same Software / Management / Mapping from the Factory. Not all are the same, and they were used in 48 VW Group applicationn They have been used on 1.0,1.2,1.4,1.5 & 1.8 TSI,s with from 69ps - 192 ps. DQ200-e in the Mild Hybrids 1.0 & 1.5TSI,s. & TDI,s 1.2, 1.4,1.6 & now 2.0 TDI,s with 115 ps / 250 Nm.

I think @Gaz had or has a VW Polo GTI from 2015 on. The replacement for the Polo GTI 1.4 TSI Twincharger. The 1.8TSI 192 PS model that has a DQ200 DSG and supposedly has 250Nm while the Manual version has 320 Nm. VW Kidology like they often do, the supposedly heavier DSG is actually quicker than the lighter manual. As to an Octavia 1.8 TSI and remapping and going to over 210 bhp, or 220 i would be fitting a Quaife LSD. If remaps & just remaps really get the 1.8TSI,s to the figures posted that is amazeballs.

@EnterName Maybe just people that are WOKE, as in aware and just not in agreement with your ideas and beliefs and versions of truths or facts so not a clique, just different thinking people about stuff than your thoughts.

@Daz48 Welcome to the forum. It helps people find threads / posts on different subjects if you post a title that has something to do with the thread.

@EnterName you seem to think there is a clique that is somehow different thinking to you regarding any subject or thread that you are posting in. If there is a clique within the membership of Briskoda then they seem to not agree on everything others in the clique post but might agree with some things.

Get a ElectroVerse card and the App for starting Charge Place Scotland chargers, & for £12 the CPS Card. But the Electroverse is more reliable. & Tesla non Tesla on the phone. Perth, Aviemore, Inverness, Just common sense to get a charge at Broxden Park & Ride Perth on the Tesla Supercharger or the Council Chargers before going North on the A9.

A Concept that will not reach Dealerships or a Website to buy / lease looking that much like it.

^^^ Heated screens defrost the glass quicker and you can nearly drive straight away without idling the engine for ages waiting to get heat as in 'The good old days'. With EV,s we can use the phone app and pre-condition from the comfort of a building and no tail pipe emissions.

@Gabbo I had forgotten about this until the other thread, so still ongoing and them monitoring.

@AlexNec Hopefully others that can help will be along as far firing up the engine. (typo) Which country are you in where it is recommended to warm up fluids before you actually start driving, and what sort of ambient temperatures are you talking about ? If a car is clear of snow and ice and ready to drive in the UK even in cold weather starting the engine and driving off taking it easy is absolutely fine rather than sitting idling and warming up a petrol or diesel engines coolant / oil.

@Gabbo I would ask for the Specification shown in writing that 5w 30 FS III can not be used because it is to VW spec VW504 00 / 507 00 just the same s 0w 30 FS III. No way should it void a Warranty on a Euro 6 TDI. Sounds like 'he' is repeating something he heard someone else say and they heard it from someone that knows nothing.

I would be concerned with a PHEV that has done 30,000 miles a year. I would want to know if it did get plugged in and charged much or just run on petrol averaging 82 miles a day. As it is i would not be wanting a 30,000 mile a year car if just a Petrol or Diesel let alone a PHEV. The DQ400-e DSG should have been serviced at 40,000 & 80,000 miles. Spark plugs at 40,000 miles as well. Servicing of the 1.4 TSI PHEV is supposed to be a Fixed Service Regime so Oil & Filter every 9,400 miles but if the engine is doing the 30,000 miles powering the car then likely it was on Variable / Flexible Servicing.