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Memories. 2011. David Cameron / Call me Dave. More bothered about the UK splitting and Scotland having energy security and the link with Norway.

@lol-lol we have been through this for years now. Scotland and Norway have had power sharing plans for decades. 20 years late with the Sub Sea down the East coast and to Drax. The Sub Sea Connections were to export extra capacity from Norway was called for for decades. But it was not one way, export from Scotland to Norway to go south in Continental Europe since England somehow preferred getting energy from there. Orkney and Shetland wind generated to Norway, far closer than to England. The Hydro projects were just spoiled by Westminster.

@lol-lolIs it @ 16 pence though? The reason not to import from Scotland is because the contracts exist with overseas. *** You / Me and Patrick McGee are paying for that HydroCarbon power to be fired up, as we did with Coal, and we do with Diesel Farms because of the fear in parts of England, and the Hydro & Wind Generation.*** Long story short is England has no Energy Security. The French Nuclear being generated in Scotland at the 1 nuclear plant left will stop in a year or 2. England really does pretty good with overnight cheap tariffs for a country importing electric and a decade away from the chance of generating enough.

The clutch could have been done, but if no record of it then it needs done when it needs doing. Not before really. Cam belt advice changed last year but assuming it was not done then i would budget for having it done.

Welcome. Spark Plugs a few times like every 40,000 miles or in the last 40,000 miles. Oil and filter every 20,000 miles or sooner. Air Filter maybe twice. Pollen Filter. Brake Fluid. If it is good, maybe new / recent brake parts, suspension, tyres etc, and the windscreen is in very good condition and not chipped or star spangled, and it is cheap enough then maybe worth a punt. This gives an idea of what Fixed Annual servicing looks like, but the car was maybe done on a variable / flexible regime. Bottom in green was how it was back before 2020, so 2026/2017.

Real World rather than Dream World.

Welcome. Maybe an idea to say what engine the car has.

@Brenbert is it a UK car. Pre heating /departure planning is for EV,s or PHEV,s using the battery or when plugged in is it not, unless you have a vehicle that fires up the engine to provide the heat.

Can we stop repeating time after time the under 3 pence a mile to run an EV or less with home or work charging, free charging, having your employer paying for the charging, getting 20% VAT back from public charging etc. That might be half of Electric Cars in the UK, it might be more or less than half bit no way does it apply to everyone. over 50 pence a kWh public charging is getting expensive, and then up to 89 pence is just ridiculous. The Public Charging suppliers need to cover costs, get back from their investments and make profits clearly. The 20% VAT on public charging is crazy and especially while Off Peak home charging can be 6.9 pence a kWh including 5% VAT. New Offshore Wind generating electricity is happening, it is not all connected to the National Grid. It will be years before lots of the Wind Farms are connected to the grid. Years before the new Transmission comes from Orkney & Sheland to the Scottish Mainland then down the East coast & to England. Or right down Scotland from Kintore to England. While loads of excess electricity can be produced in Scotland the population can not even benefit from these days and nights of plenty. THEY, prefer to pay the Owners of the Wind Farms to not generate electricity. http://bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2ge5rxjzxo

Sorry no idea. Maybe this will help with the Production date of yours, or just ask Skoda UK when your car was produced and left the factory.

@Brenbert Welcome. Is it a PHEV / iV mk4 Superb you have?

@Tilt What car are you talking about with a type of semi auto CVT, is it the BMW with a Steptronic 7 speed? (there are also 8 speeds, not steptronic.)

Lots of Natural Gas is required over the 25 years for the Labour Governments Carbon Capture Scheme and the production of 'Blue Hydrogen'. Natural Gas that the UK does not have available from the waters off the UK now or over the next 25 years.

Welcome. Sorry no idea, but how much power is the engine putting out and what mods is it running, and is it on road it breaks driveshafts?

So pressures set cold and checked again cold were OK, but. Before having anyone checks it is best that you do. When the TPMS comes on stop ASAP / when safe and carefully feel the Wheel Centre for heat. Check the Tyre Pressure while hot, and see if one is particularly high. A binding brake or a bearing heating up the hub / wheel / air in tyre and expanding the tyre. The TPMS does not just spot a reduced tyre circumference it can also cause an alert because the tyre has expanded much more. PS Next 100 miles Recalibration is TOTAL BS from whoever. You can put on a Spare Tyre / Wheel with any pressure and a slightly different circumference and reset the TPMS and within a mile a mile or 3 it should throw no warning. Go get a new tyre or repair, reset the TPMS and again after running straight & going around a few corners again reset.

These are a joke.

@Graham Butcher Sorry, what i meant was i would not have touched it with your barge pole. It was clogging the DPF, had started sipping AdBlue and would be a liability and i had not the money to buy it, but i knew a trader that would have given me £500 finders fee if Motability had sold it to me for what i offered. My offer was the right book price and Arnold Clark paid pretty much what i offered. I had already bought another car as i was refused PIP and was appealing and had 6 weeks to return the car if PIP was not awarded. Lots and lots lost DLA or PIP and had to return cars. This 100,000 extra customers in 12 months is maybe people encouraged to apply for PIP before too old to be awarded, and the change of qualifying with mental health or other disabilities, then people with Long Covid getting PIP Mobility component.

Screen Shot shows the issue with AI and Google now. Wrong info often comes up first.

They just changed that this year or last and i only read it this year. They have asked too much in the past and not accepted my offer and then they got less from the car going to auction. It is all part of the UK Economy and Car Trade. The Alhambra i had was over £32,000 RRP / Invoice price. The day i collected it and put in the PIN number there was £24,200 paid by Motability for the car. I had paid £800 advance payment. £400 was advance and £400 my options. Dark Factory Tints, hide what was in as used as a bike carrier. Arnold Clark bought it and struggled to sell it and had to re MOT twice as Covid came and went and came and sales fell through. In the end i could have bought it as Customer going to Arnold Clark and bought it for £5,000 less than i offered Motability. It would have had the new Discs & Pads and Wipers that it needed at the MOT but it never got. (The problem really was i knew how it was driven for 3 years and Never Raced or Rallied, well not offroad. Immaculate, but abused.) I could have chosen the Top Model with everything, Leather, Electric Doors, 2.0 TDI 184 ps DSG, 18" wheels etc and paid just £600 Advance Paument. I wanted the basic car, 16" wheels, not leather, not auto headlights, no roof rails or chrome. The Lighter car that would go furthest on less fuel & i could fit good winter tyres to. Not the False Official MPG figures SEAT gave.

& out on UK cambered roads in UK weather and road surfaces be it FWD, RWD , Part Time Front or Rear AWD or 4x4 with crap on the front even people that know when they have under steer, over steer. are aqua planning, sliding sideways on ice etc if you have no traction / friction or ability to steer from the front wheels you are a passenger up sh!t creak. Waiting to see if the Electronics or luck gets you out of the situation.

@Winston_Woof Acknowledge i know what you get from Motability because i have had 13 lease cars from them. I just wondered why you think me buying the next car would mean that i would have 3 named drivers on the car i own. Customers not only can lease a new car, just now and when i changed i got £750 to change my car. & you get a 'Good Condition payment', We also got that early during Covid to help us. And 3 payments of £50 because insurance claims were low during 'Lock Down'. Back years ago you were only allowed 12,000 miles a year with a Motability car before paying per mile over that. Just using a car to work was over 12,000 miles a year and i always run other cars. Also to keep up NCB,s back then you had to have insurance running for 3 years or you lost it. The Dealers used to be able to Buy back cars before they all had to go to BCA. We used to be able to buy them, or ask how much to, up until last year. *We used to be able to borrow for 4 years to buy a Used car or 5 years for a new car at a low interest.* I did that twice. The Last car i bought with a Loan from Motability had the last 12 months of payments from me stopped and they gave me the V5 and i saved on paying that back. This was as they Reorganised Motability Finance and the Banks. Lots of stuff stopped or changed when the Government allowed the 6 big banks to get hold of the Motability Funds that were held. Bank crash 2008. Then it went from being difficult to return a car early, and strict rules to a very Commercial Charity and turning cars over and over, people getting high value cars. Then a Cap of £26,000 was introduced and that was a joke as many adapted cars were costing many times more and it was back to a free for all. There has always been cheating, family or friends getting cars and the disabled person never in them other than maybe hand over day. Cars hired out, used as taxis etc etc. Cars CLOCKED. In the first years of Motability the cars went to Auction in London & Preston and you could get a list of registration numbers and make offers or bids sight unseen. All cars got new tyres before being sold. You can extend your lease if the cars mileage is low at 3 years old and during Covid and the Car / Chip shortage we were encouraged to extend the lease, or might have to because the new car you wanted would be delayed. The reason i am saying i will buy a car in 2 years is i want a 2023 MINI from before the new ones. The £35,500 RRP Electric one i have which is 15 months old is could be replaced by a one bought today in the same spec for under £20,000 cash money or on the never never. So if i wanted the car i have the Dealer has to buy it and then sell it to me. But in 2026 if i want one 3 years old i would not buy from a MINI Approved Dealer. I will buy from BCA and the car i have now or one the same with every option. Or i will buy a 2023 5 door Mini Automatic with a 1.5 or 2.0 petrol engine, again from Auction or from the trade, likely not at a Main Dealership. Que sera sera, things happen but at the moment that is my plan unless something changes. As far as the past goes i know every penny i have spent on my own vehicles bought since i was 15 years old.

Dealers are in sales. Service Staff do not point out. Phones and keyboards are their thing. Sadly there are too many fitters and not enough technicians or master techs and then Service Managers that are just that, not Mechanical Engineers. They are still not telling customers with cars with a VAQ diff about servicing because they might not know. Many have not been serviced.

@Dooge Just so you know. The DQ200 DSG that they said from 2009 had Life Time oil, does not require servicing / oil changes. BUT, they used Synthetic Oil, did a Global recall in 2012, excluding Europe,. not in the world / globe. (2014 before tey started a Service Campaign in Europe to change the oil.) They went to Mineral oil. There is still no Service Schedule for DQ200,s.. It is 2024 now. So nothing to do with Early DSG,s. It is the same DSG,s without much changed. Twin Dry Clutch. There are 2 oils, in the box and in the MCU.

@J.R. hopefully useful, i am just a bit overwhelmed by him.

The Volvo Servicing for different generations of Haldex is at 20,000 miles / 2 years.