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Seats out and no people in just your household stuff likely would count as lightly loaded so that would be where you would not up the tyre pressures up near the ECO / high weight / load pressure.

The Long Life Oil, VW504 00 / 507 00 is the 5w 30 FS III or 0w 30 FS III & yes the Service Interval is 24 months , 18,000-20,000 Miles. There was the change of Service / OIl Service code in 2010 i think, before that the 1.2 TSI was Fixed Oil & Filter service regime. VW had changed that in the Polo earlier to suitable for Long Life Servicing, Variable / Flexible. It is not about the price of oil being different, long life or not. Changing the oil annually is under £30 for the Oil & Filter & if the car is a Keeper then IMO worth changing.

With a 1.2 TSI with a so low annual miles i would be changing the Oil & Filter annually , at 9,400 miles or less. It is more about the length of cold start journeys though and is the engine getting up to heat on the trips. That would be using the VW502 00, Fully Synthetic and not the Long Life VW504 00 oil. The Air Filter needs replacing when you think it is dirty. The Pollen Filter as well, and with a vacuuming, cleaning / washing / sanitising of the area.

? What age / miles is the rear suspension, springs / dampers?

Bump again. Worth being a 'Pinned' thread.

77 kW 1.2 TSI CBZB & the Oil Capacity changes as does the Filter Type by 2012. See the threads on the Oil Filters. a good one by @xman

I would give the Washable Performance Filter a miss and get in a Nice Clean Fresh new Disposable filter. ? Do you know when the spark plugs were last changed? ? Do you even know if the previous owner / owners had ir remapped?

The correct oil for fixed or variable service intervals is to VW504 00 / 507 00. So 5w 30 FS III. Or 0w 30 FS III. For fixed regime oil and filter changed ,VW502 00 which is 5w 40 full synthetic. Castrol was the VW / SKoda Recommendation, and dealers used Quantum, and now maybe Quantum from Fuchs Oil. No Performance boost, even if MOBILE 1 for your 1.2 TSI. Try E5 97 or 99 Ron Minimum petrol & see if any Performance boost over E10 95 ron Minimum.

Same same old. 3 new chargers playing up. The people on them had to call CPS to get chargers reset. They had tapped card or used app and charging started then cut out. Min £2 charge each time. The one started for me twice but viy out twice so the is 2 x £2 I will dispute . 59 pence a kWh. I should have put in £2 worth and got to Tesla Supercharger Perth for non Tesla and cheaper but that might be a very busy place so charged enough for getting home and maybe any diversion.

@skodud your posts here might allow others to understand the history to your post yesterday in the About to buy a Skoda section about a possible Gagging order.

We know what you mean, Then there is the customer hands in oil to someplace that will use customer supplied oil and it goes away into a staff member car and other oil is used. There is the wiped clean and not replaced oil filter and a dirty mark put on the filter. (A KwikFit special.) There is the Vacuum the oil and then supposed replace the Sump Plug and refill etc. Just the sump plug is charged for and not replaced, only a couple of quid taken by false pretenses there. Customer robbed and VAT fraud and Mony a mickle maks a muckle. All these sump plugs still in stock for the staffs own jobs. The Motor Trade is as it has been since a long time now.

^^^ So 'Simply clever'. Others can see the possible issue.

If customers asking at dealerships about noises or other issues were not regularly told 'They all do that' or 'Never heard of that before' more people might put trust in them. @Blue8793841 Are you a Master Tech or Technician at a VW Group Dealership?

I was not looking at the pictures but I have now. When they break up it is more than a PITA. So the OP can say if the mechanic noted it.

Well it is not normal. Because those that do not do it are not abnormal. @Blue8793841are you a technician, fitter or an apprentice at a dealership?

No point having a dog or paying out on one and wagging your own tail. If a mechanic, technician or fitter over fills the engine oil then have them or their boss confirm they did. If they can not be trusted to do that correctly then the other work they did needs checked by a competent person.

If the service desk reception person had an issue and thinks they are the Gate keeper of knowledge and awkward ask for their Service manager and if they are gods gift to the world of secrecy then the Dealer Principal is the best person to ask for. Then it seems fair to give them a big up online / on the socials if very helpful and a mention if not.

The Skoda record that is wanted is the PDI, then any and every action so the service and inspection or extended scope might not be much, but the brake fluid change, dsg service ect should show. Pollen filter. Air filter maybe not. But you want to know if warranty work or recall actions have been done.

Call in and do not offer to pay and do not pay if asked too. The System is online, has been for over 12 years, ask to see what information is held on the servicing. Data Protection does not stop them from telling you. Your car, your responsibility and they are not the keepers of Top Secret Information, on a need to know basis and Car Owners / Keepers not needing to know. PS. Sorry, welcome to the forum.

Is the oil not already a little bit colored? Even though not easy to read can you when the engine is cold and the oil is see there it is wet up to above the cross hatch area. Or is it higher than the flat bit above the cross hatch. Then check again when the Oil is at a Normal Operating temperature and after the engine has been stopped a few minutes.

I went to charge on the 11kW AC because the 50 kW charger is broken. There was a couple couple in a Corsa. They had been on it 72 minutes and only got 8 kW. They said they were just going to be 5 mins more. I asked them did they know they were paying £5 for less than £3 worth. He said he was getting 11 kW. That was what the salesman said he would get. he would have had 12:kWh. If the car Also told not to rapid charge. Not to go over 80% charge . I will now be here till about 3.45 to get to 100 % and ready for heading off later. Get my fivers worth. Ps. I had £4.25 worth of electricity to be full, charged £5. But so far my last charge here that was £5.09 is not on my account. That was when charging and reporting the CCS charger out of order and being told I could not use the AC but I already was. Must not have registered .

There seem to be people around with Family, In-laws or even very close people like partners that do not want EV,s charging from their electricity when visiting Nice if they say it will only cost a fiver and that bill payer says fine, have that on me or whatever. Many have no idea what it costs for someone to plug into the 3 pin socket and charge a BEV or PHEV and if their home might be destroyed by fire and they might invalidate their property insurance. Then there is the Selling of energy to others that the property owner or energy customer is getting at a cheap or standard tariff.

The issue over and over again is when the destination is back to near to where people live and park but not their own parking just roadside or near parking place. This is where they leave from to maybe just be a short while where ever. Set off & 15 mins @ supermarket, maybe to someplace else for a few minutes here and there and then return. Even 11 kW AC is 1 hour to get 10-11 kw. So maybe 35-40 miles of range / miles into the battery. I am away to sit the car 90 minutes again to get 16.2 kWh in at 31 pence a kWh to get my £5 minimum charge worth of electricity. That is OK as far a price goes if 16.2 kWh gives me 57 - 65 miles for that £5. The next charge will be 59 pence a kWh though on a rapid and 20kWh, £11.80 for maybe 80 miles, because that is to get me to my destination where the nearest charger is 1/2 a mile and an InstaVolt, 85 pence a kWh, or an Angus Council 55 pence a kWh be it 7, 11, 22, 43 or 50 kW charging. Luckily i can put the car on a 3 pin charger so 22.2 pence a kWh. That will be 30 kWh,s for £6.66, 112 miles worth.

Cheaper and cheaper for those that can charge at home or maybe at a workplace. Who can use Private / workplace charging and those with Smart meters. Is that 60 % or more of EV drivers? Is it ever going to be 50% of EV drivers in the next 5 years if more do go over to driving EV,s. There are classes of EV drivers. Business users and private users. That can be the same people. Then purely private users. Then the home / work chargers and the no home or work charging. Lots to happen before running an EV gets cheaper and cheaper across the board. If non home charging could even cost the same as running a petrol or diesel that would be a big mover.