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Someone has had their values worth out of it, so if the servicing has been getting done then great. But are you a DIY,er and can do what ever is needed to service and maintain. First and foremost check that the Haldex Service Record / receipts - invoices are there, and the DSG servicing. Are the brake discs and tyres in good condition?

@Winston_Woof What is the benefit of the Synthetic Fuel being bought and imported to the UK which is not such a big place, is it the lower emissions that should be encouraging it being available? If economic to be in the UK then it will be available. The price will not be within the control of the UK, and manufacturing will not be within the UK. The Carbon Capture has got no place so far and will be no place further on in 11 years. The date of the Ban on new ICE cars will need to be put back again and the manufacturers will need to change their planned investments. Oil & Gas and the electricity to produce the petrol and diesel is going to still be there for the liquid fuel needed for the millions of ICE vehicles there will still be in the UK in 2035 and on. So a limit on the Weight & Power / Speed of Passenger Vehicles in the UK and proper testing of emissions from ICE vehicles is just common sense in the UK and then the Hydrogen Production from the surplus electricity that the National Grid can not cope with makes sense. If anyone wants to import or produce Synthetic Fuels and sell them at filling stations then there is nothing to stop them if there are customers to buy it.

@Paws4Thot Where do you find the 40,000 miles recommendation for ZF,s? ZF Automatic gearbox oil changes are at 80,000 / 8 years or with BMW 62,000 miles / 8 years. It is VW wet Clutch DSG,s that are at 40,000 miles, or 80,000 miles with a DQ381 or 380.

Welcome. Why are you looking at one with so many miles, is it very cheap? Servicing should show 10 x oil and filter changes done and a few DSG oil changes and maybe 6 haldex services. So has the Engine & Gearbox been serviced well enough and be fine and used ones can be sourced for a couple of thousands each. What about the rest of the running gear though, the Haldex (AWD) & rear diff? Is the suspension and brakes, steering all good? Is the windscreen OK without loads of chips, maybealready replaced. Has the servicing been done and parts replaced and the car looked after as it piled on the miles @ an average 33,000 a year..

Chile is in South America. Across an ocean.. So there we go, taking back control and energy security buying in / importing. How about England gets up the Solar and wind farms and the battery storage and nuclear and pylons. Use the land and sea of an Island Nation. Not rocket science or rocket fuel really. .................. Loads of opposition to a Solar Farm 2 miles away from me. Stupid as perfect for energy for the Cement works 1 mile away from me. http://thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/angus-mearns/4949933/forfar-solar-farm-critics-blast-30mw-scheme

It takes a lot of electricity to manufacture 'Synthetic Fuels', so you need the Nuclear or Renewables for that, or it would be Oil, Gas or Coal generated electricity. Not really that 'Simply Clever', especially for Germany or their Vehicle Manufacturers or even factories where Electricity is not something they have enough of. ................... Time that England started having Energy Security and get on with generating enough, or earning enough to buy in what is needed.

All is well that ended well. Things were going lovely, warm evening, started with 100% and 109 miles showing. Then it started peeing down with rain but i just slowed down and going down into Glasgow regened loads and through Glasgow so no Wucking furries, loads of range. Then the signs showed M8 Closed ahead and the diversion headed towards Easterhouse and the signs disappeared so i just hung behind an HGV and went near Easterhouse and towards the Showcase and parallel with the M8 that seemed to be flowing. Up past Eurocentral and back onto the M8 with more range than i had coming into Glasgow. That HGV turned off so i set the CC at 65 as the signs came up M8 closed after Livingstone. & it did, and i got behind an HGV and followed this LIDL lorry through the diversions and right towards Edinburgh and past LIDL Broxburn where he went and past the PodPod that would have been 62 pence a kWh. Got to Newbridge BP / MFG after 95 miles which is exactly as the distance is without diversions and with 26% / 29 miles range. 2 MFG chargers would not accept my CC are now i need to get it unblocked. Got the 3rd charger started, 35 minutes, 21 kWh, £16.72 & 93% / 115 miles. Went to airport, left on my Jack Jones, i only had 80 miles to go on a nice road, but i got i a bit of a little joining up with an old Porsche Boxster and i let him go and followed. So 50 miles later when we parted with a flash of lights i had still the 30 miles to go and 40 miles range. I should have just let the VW SUV go but once i knew it was not Officers of the Law, they do not Tailgate you through a 30 & 20 mph limit i just knocked on a bit. I knew i could stop at a Rapid charger for 10 minutes. 35 pence a kWh. (They are up in price in Perthshire, 45 pence AC and 50 pence DC.) Well it was broken and i had 17 miles to go and 16 miles range. So into Green + and 45 mph until downhills and i arrived having passed a charger hub 2 miles away from my destination. (55 pence a kWh) with parked up with 6% and 4 miles range. That was started with 115 miles / 93% and 80 miles later of 'Keeping to the speed limit!' / fun driving and 6% / 4 miles. A bl00dy expensive 180 miles total. On the 3 pin since 4.52 am and just got 63% and 60 miles showing. Predicted 100% @ 18.58 , charging at 22 pence a kWh. *Met the LIDL HGV Driver at BP Newbridge. He had an early New Style Mini Cooper S superchaged back when.) Looking to get an EV & can home charge or at the depot.* ...................... I watched the Video's of the New MINI Cooper S Petrol. Same horrible interior as the NEW MINI Electrics, but the plastic spats around the wheel arches are still on them. (Shiny plastic crap but they can get wrapped in Satin Black.) That is what the Electric MINI will be replaced with if not one of the last of the Cooper S or JCW Clubmans. 2 wd not awd.

Welcome. Where are you reading these horror stories, on here? Someone will be along to help you with your questions.

The Fixed Oil & Filter regime of 12 months / 9,4000 miles is good enough, and if you are doing the 9,400 (10,000) miles in 8 months then change the oil & filter but if you are not doing that mileage annual will be just fine, I would be using 5w 40 Full Synthetic oil VW502 00 with a 1.2 or 1.4 TSI FIXED Regime & not Long life 0w 30 FS III or 5w 30 FS III VW504 00 / 507 00 even though Long Life is commonly used for fixed or variable service regimes.

In the next 3 years there should be OK Hydrogen fueling stations for commercials on trunk routes in Scotland at least from just north of Inverness going south, and Aberdeen south with Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee, Perth, Kircaldy / Glenrothes, Edinburgh & Glasgow having places and then likely others. Perth might be the biggest or maybe near Harthill or Eurocentral.

Not really. Mines are petrol ,diesel or electric depending on where I am going and what I want to do. I just tell it as it is real world in my world. Bad back, 1 leg and I like cars and driving. You can't get to know stuff without trying, then it is just others stuff that you get told.

RS trim, just a diesel though. Drive it as suits you and it uses whatever it uses. Clean air filter, oil changes and tyre pressures set is all you can do. Everyone drives differently. Drived different roads and in different weather.

@Winston_Woof I am not trying to sell anything. Not even guide dogs for the stupid. & I never got the zip up the back of my head put in yesterday. Obviously it is a hassle and a bother. I started driving cars when I was 11 years old and have worked on them and been buying and selling them since I was at school. So there must be a reason I am driving one, even if it is a stupid reason. Now the last EV I had that did 60,000 miles for under £1,200 is why I am driving this one. It will be the last electric car I have but I do not regret having it. I could just have taken a 1.6 petrol Suzuki auto I have outside and got 36 mpg min with that. It so happens I like driving the MINI. Having a free choice to drive one is a fantastic thing. I have not been given one as a work vehicle and have to drive one and I will not be driving in 11 years time, but if by chance I was to be and I wanted to be doing it in an ICE vehicles I could. It would not be a Diesel Superb though unless I was doing Airport Transfers for gain or reward.

Resetting it for free is OK if you are OK with that. The thing is that is fine for them, but if anyone just wants a Service Indication reset and no service carried out it is making a joke of the Service History. They should add to the Service History, correction of an employees error on resetting at the last service. A Long Life Service Regime is wrong if the car is doing low annual mileages. ? When was the last Oil & Filter service carried out>

A waste of money and effort if it is the installation of the clutch packs that was messed up. IMO.

The Huge Elephant in the room is these high miles / km Euro 5,s when the cheaters VW Group / Skoda / SEAT / Audi had 1.6 TDI CR,s with Defeat Devices / Software that they could not get away with as Euro 6 came in. They planned on, but they were caught out. They had to release cars with new engine management before going to also AdBlue, then discontinuing some. So up to late 2015, then 2016 on are totally different kettles of fish or cans of worms.

I needed 100% in for 99 miles to airport for 4 am and I was at 97% and 107 miles which is not enough with possible diversions or weather. So I thought train station and 43 pence a kWh only. Maybe £1. No go there though. Out of service. So down to harbour and both chargers being repaired. Luckily the fixed the big charger and I am sitting to get to 100%. That is not going to be just 3 x 37 or 3x 31 pence. That is going to cost £5. Just to get maybe the extra 5 miles. 5 miles can make all the difference though. Hopefully a calm night and simple run to airport then a recharging and then return trip. About twice as much as using an ICE..

I know we are talking about cars in different countries using English. Side lights / position lights / marker lights are not PARKING lights. The Sidelights are used singularly as PARKING lights though. Ignition off. One to front, one to test. Read the owners manual PARKING Lights.

Something is wrong if DRLs, do not dim when sidelights or headlights are on. Or where sidelights sperate from DRL,s are as bright as DRL,s. ? If you do use as PARKING LIGHTS is the single front Side Light as bright as when on as a SIDELIGHT? That is 2 lights to front and rear.

Diesels are an issue for Skoda /VW group and they need to control first registration for the UK fleet average emissions. Control first registration maybe even by the quarter or half year. ? Are the cars being held up already first registered in June?

Welcome. Fairly cheap and easy, do you have an ignition coil puller? Cheap. They were due a change at 4 years / 40,000 miles. What service record is there, Has the Haldex had 2 services? The DSG is nearly due it's 2nd service.

Yes synthetic oil. Full synthetic even when not long life. VW508 00 / 509 00, that is 02 20 FS IV, or they maybe went VW504 00 / 507 00 0w 30 FS III or 5w 30 FS III These are long life oils. 18,000-20,000 miles. Is your car service indicator on fixed servicing. So 12 months. That is why the miles does not matter. 372 days or 9,400 miles. So when was the oil and filter changed,? Best not assume. Maybe read a VW website on Service Regimes. Fixed. Low daily or annual miles. Oil not often enough and engine not getting to operating temp. Condensation in the engine. Servicing is more than just changing oil.

Tell us the story of your car as far as servicing. Have you just had it the 1,000 km or so? How many km has it done and when was the DSG last serviced?