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Tw,at in BMW just parked in bay for 1 hour or more because there before me. Not charging. Place mobbed but there is car parking places still. EDIT, I am charged and the BMW still blocking the bay. PPS. The lady and family returned to the BMW, she could not get it to start, and CPS said they could not communicate with it so she left the car. The other chargers at the Post Office car park were also out of order. This Can not communicate with charger for remote start is the usual nonsense from them. The mobile receptions are rubbish. One card might not activate the charger and another will, and they start the charger for me often enough, but obviously the SIM needs a reception, one minute there might be the next there is not. Then a white Audi arrived and he could not start the CCS and was giving up and i showed him how to start that. Not locking all doors and windows as CPS tell you when you phone. Just allowing the charger time between tapng card, authorisation, chose which charger, it failing and trying again. Robert the Bruce and the Spider. Try try and try again before admitting defeat. & take Charge Place Scotland call handlers advice with a pinch of salt.

@lol-lol first 70 miles today 3 6 miles to kWh. Sport occasionally but mostly in Green + with roof tilted and window occasionally open, no heating or cooling but car fan blowing in air cool enough. Cruise control on. Then next 95 miles 3.8 miles a kWh. More than half motorway. Still using Green + and CC and it moved quick still if the accelerator needs pushed. Nothing like the efficiency of your MINI E though. PS. I pushed EC0 on the Chinese MINI and there was no limited to 60 mph. Just limited power on the power needle. Give it a try please. PPS, there will be no EV grant on Chinese built MINI,s surely Shirley. I have been looking at what I want to buy. I am thinking maybe just seeing next May if Motability still have the fantastic advanced payment on the Ford Explorers. Big battery, most power RWD with a towbar fitted. Order then if available or wait and see in the next Quarter. No point buying something if I need to stop driving in the next 3 years.

@Stirling on my way south. Favoured charger at SEPA hq now no longer available to the public. 55 pence. Came to the Park and ride and the 3 rapids are all without power. I was going to the Osprey rapid / ultra rapids that even at a discount are 74 pence a kWh. But a Tesla came off the original charger which is still working. 65 pence. 40 mins max and I need all of that to 99 %. Other wise is would have been 11 kW AC chargers here which seems to be working.. 90 minutes required on them. EDIT. Done in 34 mins. Roasting here.

If Skoda / VW Group are not confirming their engines are fine run on 20% Bio-ethanol there might be a very good reason. Do they give an assurance for E10 95 ron in India?

@Aldfort Great stuff, you will be checking your cambelt very easily then as you put miles on the car.

OT, but anyone looking at used Family / Taxi sized EV,s maybe want to check out the asking prices of used Polestar 2,s. Official Approved Used & the likes of Cinch & other Car Sales / Online sellers. PCP or buying. Long range ones & much cheapness. 2 former keepers with lots of them. ?? http://polestar.com/uk/preowned-cars http://cinch.co.uk/used-cars/polestar/2 There are many thousand that have been around Scotland at the airports as hire cars in the past years. Regularly replaced by newer ones.

@Aldfort having a cambelt inspected annually is Simply Clever. Maybe 'you' can do that yourself on a 1.5 TSI ACT. No technician required . The time to change the cambelt is 6.5 hours. But that is because of the dismantling required to get it off, set up the new etc. getting to see the belt is only maybe 90 mins to 2 hours. Maybe get a quote from a main dealer on checking the belt. £250 a year might give you peace of mind.

Changing a 1.5 TSI ACT is far from a cheap alternative @ £800 to £1,200 plus at a main dealers. The Service Manager is right. The Cam belt can last the life of an engine. Belt fails and engine is dead. Maybe at 60,000 miles maybe 160,000 miles.

@MidfieldGeneral Misfires might not be logged unless there is enough happening in a cycle. So the lack of logged codes for mis-fires does not mean mis-fires were not felt when driving. The continental 95 ron might have been E5 and not had up to 5% bio-ethanol. UK 95 ron Unleaded is E10 and might have up to 10% bio-ethnol. OR Might not, well no more than 5%. Where do you get 95 ron with no bio-ethanol in the UK? Nobody sells 98 Ron petrol in the UK and have not for a decade and more, you get 97 or 99 ron minimum.

Usually the coupling at the rear of the propshaft is worse. But that can mean felt at the front of the shaft. Inspection required. More expensive leaving things longer & a good competent mechanic involved is not a false economy.

I think replacing spark plugs might well be all that is required. When were they replaced, 4 years / 40,000 miles ago or sooner? Failing plugs can cause premature failure of ignition coils, but do not replace if not required. See what the plugs look like.

Esso 99 octane E5 is not the same formulation in all UK regions. Mostly it is distributed by Greenery who also produce Tesco Momentum 99, but some places it is not. (Greenergy & Royal Dutch Shell share / co own Storage & Distribution depots in the UK.) Like E10 95 ron being a Minimum as far as octane, so is E5, and not all have 10% bio-ethanol or 5% with E5.

First check is the Anti Freeze (Summer coolant / anti corrosion.) Is it at the correct strength and has it been changed in the past 12 years. It is not just near water being run from having been topped up with just H20 is it?

@lol-lol i have no idea where all the Zoe have gone. They used to be all around here and now i hardly ever see one.

If the OP traded in to them because 'We want your car and we have a very special offer just for you on a new / pre reg car'. they would not be replacing the cambelt before selling it. If you are sold a Skoda / SEAT / VW / Audi Approved used car and get a 2 year warranty then it is covered. Yet buy a Skoda Extended Warranty not a 4 or 5 year extended before First Registration and it very likely is not. Funny how their advice changed in 2023 when Dealership were getting traded in 5 year old or 50,000 mile 1.5 TSI ACT,s that people were not prepared to pay a quoted £1,000 or so for a cambelt. The Dealerships did not want to do them their expense before sale to have a FMDSH with everything done to Guidelines, recommendations, advice, schedule or specification.

Within tolerances was given as 0.5 litres in 1,000 km (621 miles) actually with a proper oil consumption test within a warranty 0.3 litres in 1,000 used could get an engine replacement. If it does not use oil on long runs there is not much wrong on a 14 year old Twincharger. You fit good spark plugs, do not use long life oil and do fixed servicing of oil & filter and use E5 super unleaded. Plenty have done just that and no need to rebuild the engine.

@Alistair Have you changed a cambelt on a Euro 6 TSI? I see you have various diesels showing. A 1.5 TSI ACT is £850-£1,200 done by a main dealer. Without the water pump doing.

@jazzyjeff You should ask that person you spoke to if they even know anything about the engine they were giving the advice about. Maybe ask them if all 1.5 TSI ACT Approved Used cars that they sell that are 50,000 miles or more get a new cam belt fitted before it goes off to a new owner if the previous keepers never did it. & also get a new water pump.

Oil spray Jets. Upgrade. Squirters, you might need to be 16 or over to see things if you use 'squirters' as a keyword.

Why have the compression test done unless you plan on rebuilding the engine. Did it ever get the Software Update and Breather mod done? Not worth doing now. If there was high oil use back years ago that was done, made no difference, then there was the Upgraded Oil Squirters. Worked for some, or they thought it did. Best keep the oil level up high in area A above the cross hatch on the dipstick when checked & normal operating temp. Just below the top orange blob when checked cold. I would not worry. Just be sure to be getting the oil up to operating temperature often enough even if that means taking a different way home or driving an extra 10 minutes or so. If you can use Tesco Monentum 99 then try it, maybe less Detergent Package than than the V-Power. Depends where in the UK you are, not all the same formulation. & the Twin Charger loves the ethanol. (summer time.)

Welcome. Is it a petrol 1.6 & manual or tiptronic?

Indeed. Supercharger 800 rpm to 3,500 rpm, Supercharger and turbo 2,800 to 3,500 rpm then only turbo.

@wyx087 Actually teachers and others do drive to school, and there are places where the 6th year pupils cars are nicer than the staffs. Driving instructors wait outside the school to pick up pupils. In Scotland there might be some that got their exam results the other week and will be staying on a quite possibly getting a nice new car. Or mum is an the youngster gets to use it. Around £20,000 neither here nor there to some parents. Then they might need the car for when they go to Uni. Social divide. 3 phase EV charging at home on the farm.

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It is a Twin charger. See pinned posts at top of page. Too late now to worry about oil with 2010-2012 CAVE or 2012-2015 CTHE. You just keep feeding them oil. & 3.9 litres (4 litres) is the correct quantity not 3.6 litres. Keep it topped up and use the 5w 40 FS that has it running cooler. When being used hard.