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Having a quick pee in a lay-by is a pretty common thing on roads that are not motorways, or is that just me? Many hours in a day in much of Scotland there is no alternative / places open.

Nothing special about Castrol Edge, VW504 00 / 507 00, 5w 30 FS III. Only Castrol spend lots on advertising. people recognise and pay more, or not, discount stores can stock it. Supermarket Asda or Tesco or maybe Comma to the same spec will not ruin an engine, proper oil producers produce the Fully Synthetic oil. For the 1.4 TSI i would use VW502 00 not Long Life and do fixed oil and filter changes. So that is 5w 40 FS.

Welcome. Useful to say what country the car is being ordered in and delivered to. Lots of difference if a car for the EU or mainland Continental Europe or into the UK.

Plenty are towing now with EV,s cars and vans and 5% of 30 million or what ever might be too much. There are plenty now with one vehicle, the one for work and private use and they might have that being an EV, and towing a portable accommodation is their thing. Those i have been going in the same direction as are usually nipping on. Big EV tow cars and younger drivers in the main, not those going Curling at Stranrae though. I make sure to get past them before the charger / charging hub because what a PITA they are, especially the public chargers at Stirling or the single charger at Turnberry. Unhooking the caravan or just blocking you in and then asking, 'are you charging'. No just sitting with a cable in and a blue light on the charger for giggles.

This is fixed servicing as of 2019 when Skoda changed from Minor / Interim or Major year about. The cambelts are not this now. The DQ200 or DQ381 DSG,s are not this 40,000 miles, DQ381 is at 80,000 miles or sooner. A iV / 1.4 TSI PHEV has a DQ400-e 6 speed auto, and like a DQ250 DSG is a 40,000 mile oil & filter service.

What can flash up is Inspection Service, or Oil Service. different things. Inspection Service that was something other then Oil Service was because the car was on Variable Service from the Factory & at the PDI the tech left Inspection Service as at 12 months / 9,400 miles. That was in the past. Now an iV (PHEV) with a 1.4 TSI engine is supposed to have Fixed OIl & Filter services, 9,400 miles / 12 months, because the engine might not run much. But then maybe it never gets plugged in and charged and a Fixed Annual Service is not really needed, other than for the warranty. ? So. @RevM HOW MANY MILES / KM has the car done? What servicing has the car had, when was it last in for an Oil & Filter Service, what did they set the Service Indicator at? Was it on fixed, 9,400 miles / 372 days, or 18,000 - 20,000 miles / 24 months. Did it get a Pollen filter changed in 2023. Is it getting the Brake Fluid changed this time. Do you just want to service and maintain your car and do you know what to check, and the EV system. Do you want a Service Record, and stuff actually serviced and maintained, not just showing at a Dealers? Dealers do not all do as is shown here, and it fails to shows stuff that should get done. Air Filter should not be looked at only at 6 years / 60,000 miles, check every year or service. Spark Plugs might need changed at 40,000 miles even on a car that did 30,000 miles on electric and 10,000 on petrol. The Body Inspection should be done for the Corrosion Warranty, even though Warranty T&C,s does not say that. Skoda / VW knock back claims for no inspection record even on cars with a FMDSH. A history if what might not be done.

It matters how few tow, boats, gliders, caravans, transporters, trailers, generators etc, because eventually there are supposed to be only EV,s being First Registered for these private car owners to tow with. As far as how many go across the channel to drive from the UK, that might be more than tow caravans in the UK and for those that never go, then it matters not how many chargers there are across the water. Like those that maybe never go more than 300 miles from home driving, how many chargers around London does not matter if you live in Scotland.

There is on Tiktok an EV Fire in Arbroath about 3 weeks ago. A Gold / Bronze Peugeot it looks like, at the road along to the prom. wall and grass embankment one side of the road. 2 Fire persons with hoses putting out the fire or controlling it in the line of parked cars. I never know if an EV or a Hybrid, but likely one off these. It always looks quite relaxed when people film these EV car fires that are not National or International News. Looks easy to put out, the flats / houses not all destroyed. This EV car fire is nothing to do with the very big fire in Arbroath on Bonefire Night this week only a few hundred yards away. Set off by Fireworks....

@domhnall the real EV thing is that many do not need to travel far, or have an EV that can go quite far on a charge. Does the job. Then really that 150 mile range EV, or 200 mile range if lucky, but it is not Summer / Lucky season & when you get a call to go someplace in an emergency is a right PITA. Someone has a few hours maybe to live, go visit them on their death bed. or family needs you to go look after the kids. Unexpected stuff. Car is not fully charged, so off to a charger, then on your way, usually you take your time, this time you are in a hurry and you just want on a charger and away. You get there near empty, they have no charger, the 3 pin socket is no place near your car. That is when we take the ICE vehicle if we have one. Like when you are feeling really crap but need to travel someplace in Scotland & it is where there still are not Commercial Chargers available. Luckily fewer and fewer places.

If driving an EV on one main route from general area of 1 Capital City to another in the British isles was not simple for charging what hope is there. Or the furthest North City to the furthest south. Trunk routes, or even off the main trunk routes. L Drivers or those that do not do motorways. Just driving the length of the UK mainland south or north or north south, on or to the east or the west or points in between should be simple. & maybe not twice as expensive as in an ICE vehicle for those just wanting to tap a credit or debit card without having subscriptions, deals, or any RFID cards and the likes.

Was the brake pedal being pushed hard enough when trying to shift out of P?

?Did the 2017 2.0 TSI 245 come with a DQ250 6 speed or was it launched with the DQ381 7 Speed DSG & the VAQ diff. ? How much would that cost with loom and all the bits and pieces? You would need a written off vehicle would you not, but without all the front end panned in?

Well there is the tourist and locals route like Blaigowrie & chargers, then you go up the A93 just 1 rapid in Braemar & if you go to Ballater no Rapid. If you head across the the Lecht you have 1 rapid at Toumintoul. Braemar and Tomintoul can both be down so that leaves a few AC,s Braemar, Ballater, Lecht or Tomintoul, then Rapid & Fast charging in Grantown on Spey. Pretty crap if your travelling across from Blairgowrie & Grantown on Spey maybe do some sightseeing to Mar Lodge, or Lochnagar etc. .

Try the thread in the Fabia section.

If work is getting done then changing the tensioner & chain is sensible. Timing Chains and Cam Belts are different things. 1.2 TSI Timing chain / tensioner issues was a pre 2012 issue. But nothing is forever.

Someone might be along from your region with advice. I had Michelin Alpin 6 fitted for 2 years to my Corsa Electric, they were good in snow and wet & i changed them because i wrecked the sidewalls. Driver error. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/488370-michelin-alpin-6-winter-tyres

@new_skody Welcome. Are you in the UK, if so where in the UK and where about are you driving in winter, or when there is snow? Are you going to be driving far anytime it is snowy? ? Where on this forum were those said to be the best Winter tyres in that size? Alpin 5, not Alpine 5.

Actually when doing 70 mph it is doing 70 mph. When you floor them from a standstill a you get up the traffic in front doing 60 mph it does that, and when you overtake quickly then there you are back at 60 or 70 or whatever. At Santa Pod, Crail or where ever you might well get your arse handed to you by a Nissan Bluebird or the likes.

Skoda / VW changed last year the Cam Belt replacements to that sort of km,s, well actually miles.

@domhnall The post by me and then the discussion was WLTP was it not, WAY LESS THAN PREDICTED i posted. So you tell me / us how you better the WLTP, and how much cheapness charging can be. That is one Truth of Electric Vehicles. When that is the common thing, realistic manufacturers published ranges, best and worst, a Public Charging at a fair cost and not something like double a domestic tariff to 10 times an Offpeak Domestic tariff it will maybe be easier or more economic for those not Charging at Home, or those not being paid to charge their vehicle to go EV.

@Si_Brk Why not tell the tale then and i will link a relevant thread when i am on a computer. Have you had the car from new, has it been in for any Service Campaign Actions / Recalls? How many miles has it done and what servicing has it had done, is it fixed / annual oil and filter with the engine. Do you charge the car daily / nightly or more often? Do you not have Taxi Insurance covering the vehicle needing to be off the road? http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/495746-octavia-iv-estate-flat-12v-battery http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/521281-ev-charging-issues-and-flat-battery

@domhnall now getting 4.2 miles or 3.9 kWh average is great, it takes those 5.5 miles a kWh to get an average like that really. Now getting a 5 miles a kWh average at the worst in the UK does have cars matching the WLTP figures and then Comparisons mean something. People just need to know what is what as far as the likely hood of getting the range at UK speeds over several hundreds of miles with different vehicles. As to the Much Cheapness to charge / travel and an employer or someone else paying, that is the beauty of being a business / commercial driver. Nice if there is enough being paid over and above the costs to have some money in the hipper. You and @lol-lol could get together at a nice charging hub and compare expenses.

Try a search like briskoda Octavia MK4 iV battery . Or Superb iV battery.

Sorry no help on engines. You appear to have the info on DSG,s totally wrong. Fitted to 2.0 Engines. DQ250 6 speed DSG,s are very reliable and need the servicing each 40,000 miles / 64,000 km. (DQ200 7 speed dry clutch DSG with no servicing is a different matter.) The issue is newer 7 speed wet clutch DQ381from 2018 on is another matter, growing reports of failures of these service @ 80,000 mile DSG,s,