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Yes, I said if interested google it. As to the roads entering the cities and in the cities now. The lowering of emissions has not just started. There are still dirty buses around and other vehicles. There are very few crap high emissions cars about because really the areas are not poor poor places. The worst are gone. The was Ann Gloag and Brian Soutar's berry busses that started them off with 'Stagecoach'.

Geoff Buys Cars can say what he wants really as he does not stay in any of those places. Actually the roads and routes might well be there better for this. He should visit Dundee and Aberdeen and see the city centre roads and routes now. Good that the schemes are finally going to be introduced. PS. What a muppet. First with the Grey crap. Scorchio. Scottish Sun, as bad as The Sun or The Times. He has no idea really about Dundee, Aberdeen and Edinburgh and wealth. Pretty poor places! Just another ****** that goes with the usual tripe. Rishi Sunak only became a MP in 2015. As far as Scotland, pollution reduction, and Net Zero, EV,s etc. & much else. He is Johnny come lately. https://evfleetworld.co.uk/how-a-former-dundee-petrol-station-became-one-of-europes-most-innovative-charging-hubs Sorry. google it if interested.

They were sold off for parts, (Not sure those selling them were just supposed to store them, and some just disappeared, maybe intended to be scrapped but went to become proper 'trikes' & kept the reg number.

@Graham Butcher War Disabled. 'Invacar'. Later for Civilian disabled, @Winston_Woof I had 2 of them that were used as the base for trikes, They were just being finally retired when i lost a leg. My friend with a bike garage had maintained them and got them back. This was when Motability started and it was mostly Mini,s and the War Disabled Invalid carriages were no longer needed. Just a few weeks ago on facebook, Macduff & Banff when you were a kid. Someone put up a picture of one outside my dads work and a car with L plates on. I remembered my mum always said her driving instructor had one leg. I showed her the picture and it was his Invalid Carriage and her car with the L plate. He had his 3 wheeler posted in another picture and it was Metallic Blue. Maybe my dad painted it for him.

@nta16 You have a typo showing. I assume AUDI and not LIDL. Some CVT,s show gear numbers like a Subaru Lineatronic. Early Justy. A very special CVT, The Magnetic eCVT. Toyota iQ,s had CVT,s or Manuals and did not show gears. There were Toyotas with CVT and some with Automated Manuals. Manual with Auto clutch. 2 pedal cars. That was what the Smart ForTwo was an Automated Manual. (Or there were manuals.) As were Ford Durashifts. PS Audi call them S-tronic even when the same as a DSG. They come with Dry Clutches or Wet Clutches just as DSG,s since they are the same. But they also did Audi,s with CVT,s. called the Multitronic. Also Tiptronics. Skoda Fabia 1.6 petrols, pre DSG, Tiptronic. PPS I have had them all at one point.

Members here have had Warranty Replacement MCU,s (Eventually) and i read one recently that paid the cost of a New or Refurbed from VW. The MCU repairs on DQ200 ,s have been fine from various companies and there is no reason that should not be the case with a Dq381. It needs refitting correctly though. That has even been an issue with Warranty Replacement ones and Main Dealer Techs messing up doing that. There are plenty vids on Youtube on the Refurbish Companies, and the Refitting a MCU for whatever. DQ200, DQ250 or the DQ381.

He covers the stuff with the MINI ELECTRIC quite well in this vid. Yesterday i was getting 5.5-6 miles a kWh in high teens temperature still only doing 2 mile trips and no more than a 20 mph average. But i was leaving it in MID setting and high regen left on. No AC on though. Sunroof and windows open. This morning it was 8.5 miles a kWh showing heading down town and at 5.5 miles a kWh by time i got home and plugged in. Showing 95 miles range at 87% so we will see what it is when at 100%. PS Edit. Only showing 109 miles. I would get well over that on roads around here just now. 21*oC. Scorchio.

'Average prices' of EV,s often mentioned really has little to do with much as there are lots of rather expensive BEV,s on the go on UK roads and that will continue to be the case with Business users and private users that want premium cars and might have EV,s and ICE vehicles. There is going to be used EV,s staying on the roads in the UK unless they are exported and we know that 22% of new car Registrations and 10% of van first registrations will be electric. @lol-lol The sit on electric scooters are never going to be legal for use on public roads and pavements in the UK and anyone with one used on the roads or pavements might well have it seized at any time day or night.

I never commented on from West End Edinburgh as i am not a fan of them. As for them and Full Main Dealer Service Histories. That can be a history of what they have not done if they are the Main Dealer. The car look nice. But as with any used car, go on condition. A car might be showing a Flexible / Variable service schedule history, but a owner can maybe have done interim oil changes. Look for the car that might not need much spending on for a couple of years. Properly serviced, good tyres and brakes, wiper etc etc. An ex fleet car might well be well maintained & fitted with good tyres, new discs etc. Arnold Clark and others might fit any old 1 replacement tyre.

@Lare111 Do we have to guess where your country is? As to removing and leaving not trace, who is it you want to have no trace? You need to declare it on your insurance do you not. If there is a fault at the roadside or an accident you are not removing a tuning box before the car is recovered are you? Just get the car remapped if you want to improve performance.

This will give you an idea of what the guidance is. This is the Fixed Servicing regime. There are inaccuracies. & leaving a Air Filter without checking for years is just crazy. The DQ250 DSG is at 40,000 miles. Not all DSG,s are. (The Water pump and cam belt might well have been changed on a TDI)

@BPL Get the DQ381 DSG serviced at the Authorised Service place / main dealer pre warranty expiring if you want. (If they will take your money and do it early.) They have to do it correctly. That will make no difference once the Manufacturers Warranty expires though. If they messed up they will deny that they did anyway. Be sure to take out an Extended Warranty that will cover the DSG in the event of failure, if you can get such a thing. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/512715-dq381-servicing

@gumdrop are you talking about a MK3 Fabia Monte carlo estate? A hatch and an estate do not have the same rear springs. Then tyres might be the same but are the pressures set the same.

Not excessive but personally i would not touch a Skoda 1.4 TSI & PHEV at 4 years old. Just get a 1.0 or 1.5 TSI Octavia. Or just a KISS engined Superb.. ? Are you able to charge at home for less than 22 pence a kWh?

You are driving, change gear when it is right to, not when some person not in the car and no idea where you are engineered it to show you when to change gear.

@Tilt Is this the BMW?

Was the DQ400-e 6 speed wet clutch DSG serviced at 40,000 miles? The engine is oil & filter services on Fixed servicing. You want a good warranty on it, i see Extended Warranty. Is that the Traction Battery covered and gubbins and the DSG?

@nta16 It is a DSG / Semi -Auto. It is not advising you when to change gear.

DQ250 DSG issues are rare. But i would have them service it. If it is a 12 month warranty they have on the car they should have it serviced as per guidelines, recommendations and schedule and the DSG is near enough that and you should not be needing to have it in for servicing in 6 months time or less. Matching Tyres, as least by pairs. No chips of the windscreeen. Full Body Inspection record or inspection now for the Corrosion Warranty. If a one former keeper car they took in then all simple enough. They must be happy with the Service Record, so have them show you it.

Lovely that the cars like his with a DQ381 has 'Autohold' so no need for sitting foot on brake pedal. @Stonekeeper There are hundreds of members on here with DQ250 DSG,s and i wonder just how many had their cars DSG serviced because it was 5, 6, 7 or 8 year old but not yet @ 40,000 miles. ? Have you had DSG,s and changed the oil by days / years rather than by Miles? The Wet Clutch DSG,s are the same oil in the Box and MCU. It is DQ200,s that has 2 oils and no service schedule / intervals, but some do change the oils. As it is would not be leaving a DQ381 to 80,000 miles before servicing.

Autohold is quite a light braking hold on all 4 discs unless movement is detected then more pressure / force is applied. Coming to a stop and applying the hand brake or e-brake / parking brake might have more of an issue with rears only. Or holding the foot on the brake pedal without Autohold enabled. But then are you really driving that spirited to be roasting your brakes (getting them really hot) if not on a Great Driving Road and you are a heavy braker. Up and down straight roads the brakes are not getting so toasty are they?

Once bitten, twice shy might be why @Bertie90 might want to avoid a 1.6 TDI CR.

The DQ250 DSG has never required servicing at 4 years. The Schedule is at 40,000 miles. The car is 8 years old and still not at 40,000 miles.

^^^ This is why owners of new cars should never delay in reporting issues and having them checked and any issue resolved. Sadly now if the brakes need servicing or replacing of parts it is down to you, unless very lucky with the technician checking the car and supporting warranty work. I would want to know that replacements are needed, and there was not just upselling going on.

@TRWood Skoda will not be inspecting your car if you take it to a Skoda Dealership in the UK. It will be one of their Techs or Fitters. You might as well go to a good VW Group Independent and have them check the car.