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Today on the news i heard it said that the list is currently 17 EV,s that qualify and more models will be added in the near future. What a half arsed scheme. The scheme must have just been hashed up for a quick announcement when they needed to get a story out.

If i had a PHEV 1.4 TSI and had not serviced it to the Manufacturers Guidelines, Recommendations, Advice or Specification they would tell me the Manufacturers Warranty or an Extended Warranty was void. So, get in Writing that the Service Regime for the particular car was not to be Fixed Service Regime as the VW / Skoda service sites showed. VW said @ 9,300 miles & Skoda @ 9,400 miles. Servicing is one thing. Oil & Inspection Services. Brake fluid at the first 2 years. Oil & Filter Servicing is fixed service regime for 1.4 TSI PHEV,s is it not. VW / Skoda said so. Maybe someone asked it to be put to Variable Servicing due to miles annually & charging regime. 1.5 TSI PHEV,s seem not to be 'Fixed Oil & Filter changes'. . But this should surely be on how used. ie, is the engine fired up much in 9,400 miles / 372 days. If not change the oil regularly even though it is Long Life oil. Some might run on the engines lots and some mostly on Electric. EDIT. I see VW Have changed their advice. Maybe since 1.5 TSI PHEV,s though. So 18,000 miles was when first service was due according to them. That was before 2 years.

@MAKAKI Welcome. I see you are in Turkey and you show a 2012 car, so a Mk2 if a Fabia. ? Can you not just get the part from a Skoda / VW Dealership?

Welcome. Good thread revival.

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Sorry i do not know the answer to the oil on your engine cover. Are you running the car with enough oil in. When there is the low oil level and you check cold who much oil do you then put in so that there is the correct level when checked ' At normal operating temperature' a few minutes after stopping? A few is 4 or 5, and the oil at an indicated 90 *oC.

Horses for courses, and what suits some will not suit others. I would like to spend the hundreds of thousands he does on Porsches, then mods them. How much per mile they cost him during his ownership must be a huge figure. Actually the BMW,s have such a price difference, and he shows these. It is not such a difference between the 3 types of power train from other manufacturers. Carwow has their article to read on the Cons of the PHEV,s and how you pay a premium to get them. Actually you have to look at each case, and buying new or used can be very different. RELEVANT can be what you pay if buying a used version, what depreciation was on a PHEV compared to the ICE. & That is OK, about driving in pure electric because many do just that. You might get a Used PHEV that has never been plugged in, or one that was getting charged daily. That is a lottery.

The Formentor is not available in this quarter from Motability. EDIT, Sorry, my bad, it is. Quite a choice, and there are Ateca,s as well.

As to the 95 ron unleaded, E10 in the UK but maybe the car got E5 on continental Europe. But then 95 ron is the Min octane, just as 97 or 99 E5 is in the UK, Then they might not have 5% bio-ethanol or 10%. It is a location location location thing in the UK and by the seasons, summer formulation and winter. As it is across the English Channel. Sometimes the issue can be a higher octane or just more Additive / Detergents and doing the job and giving the system a bit of a clean out. carbon dislodged. Sometimes a poor spark plug / poor gap that never shows with misfires can once the engine gets a nice Italian Tune up and nicer petrolum. This was common with 1.4 TSI Twincharger, one dodgy plug and oiled and suited up. Then use 99 octane E5 and the Exhaust Emissions or EPC light shows or both. Likely not relevant, but it can be for some with issues. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/522389-e10-petrol-vs-e5-petrol

The Karoq Advance payment is high compared to VW models. £2,999 - £3,999 on a 1,5 TSI-ACT DSG. There are petrol high seat / cross overs that are as good as a Karoq. The Kamiq suits some for easy in easy out.

@lasthope Is an EV out of the question. Skoda Enyaq..

XL (Reiforced sidewall tyres) have no down side as far as i am concerned. At any tyres changes on any vehicle be them with low profile or not as OEM i go for XL,s. Location location location and potholes, protuding iron works on roads, and often unseen in adverse weather, flooded roads, slush / snow. Run with an appropriate pressure for comfort but not underinflated.

@Yorkshiremidge Is the Octavia part number 2014-2017 for DQ200 DSG,s? Not for Octavia with DQ250 DSG,s before they went to DQ381,s.

I do like the low rear entry (dogging) not many BEV,s like that i know of available new. Berlingo / Rifter / Combo life. They come in 2 lengths. (or non BEV) Ford Tourneo. Detachable Tow Bar fitted is £695. Tows 750 kG or for a bike rack / cargo box rack.

'Massive Tax Breaks' Is totally irrelevant for a private driver paying for their car from their after tax money. No business user, salary sacrifice or such stuff. And the person that pays for their own car and fuel and drives to and from work each way from home and can charge at home, (The 6.7 pence, not 30 pence a kWh) Home to work & back which is 40 miles (maybe 45) and charges the PHEV is doing 200 miles and can for £4.50 in electric for 5 days.. The petrol car will be £6 a day or so. £30 a week. That is why there are many that have a PHEV and might work or not work. Like retired people. They drive local cheaply. They are no worse off paying more for a PHEV to buy if it is more expensive, maybe bought nearly new. They know they can go further when they do occasionally and charge or not when going further. Everyone is different. And not everyone drives motorways. 45 weeks a year doing 200 miles on electric 9,000 miles. £4.50 a week £202.50. Even is you add in £6.50 a week for a gallon of petrol. Or 52 gallons @£6.50 , £338. 40 mpg. 2080 miles. Total miles 11,080 for £540.50. Car used for going back and for to work. No HMRC / Tax payer assistance or payment from others. 11,080 miles @ 45 mpg, 246.2 gallons. @£6.20 = £1,526.50

The adjustment I would make is forget the 0w 20 FS iV with a 2.0 TSI or any even with a GPF and going to if stull using Long Life oil even for fixed servicing or sooner and go 0w 30 FS III. So VW504 00 / 507. Not VW 508 00 / 509 00.

Maybe I need to ignore much cheapness and just wait untill more sweetie money saved up and get a Raptor or whatever. Maybe a Ford E or PHEV commercial even.

Every 6,000 miles might be OK for the likes of those not doing 12,000 - 20,000 miles a year or more. @Robbo12 how many miles has your 2018 TSI done, and how many oil changes has it had?

It is worth keeping to the original post / thread and adding to it. Just in my opinion.

The accelerator pedal. You control that.

Trouble is they think the oil & gas pipes are going to be used to put the carbon out under the North sea in the east. Yet more billions going the way of those on the gravy train and in the end there is to continue being just as much emissions from dirty industries. How much has been spent in the past 2 decades of never even getting the scheme underway?

@Robbo12 Is it long between oil & filter changes because you are only having it done on Variable servicing, 24 months, 18,000-20,000 miles? Doing it and using a vacuum pump and more often would be simply clever and simple enough.

Many Vehicles, VW Group / fleet / lease etc are PDI,d at Distribution Centres in the UK and not at Dealerships.

Best it stays where it is then until economically viable. Just as Norway are doing where they have lots. Its for future generations to benefit from. Just as the more difficult to get out oil and gas is left until it is more valuable. Only the UK Government is greedy. Not taking it out from under England though, rather be sure it is the north seas that gets sold on the global market.

^^^ Showing 20" Alloys on the vRS. So are the 21's now a no Extra option cost. Standard fit. How are they for the availability of All Season tyres if wanted?