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Best stick with dumb cars and take no mobile devices, not even dumb phones. Stay off grid other than ANPR & CCTV. Really HMRC should have no issues with Business users mileages and work or personal use, and the driver keeping logs. Digital logs, and signing in an out of work using devices is pretty standard. Like HGV Drivers and Tacho,s, or driving for gain or reward. It is time that things become simpler to keep records for anyone and everyone. Or use a note book and pencil / pen.

Welcome. The answers are in the Pinned Threads In the Fabia Mk2 section, but there are many answers. Then there are the many many threads with all the answers in the section since 2010. When a mod moves this thread there there might be people who can help.

I would not be leaving children, maybe children with a disability in a BEV or PHEV while charging with no adults around. 50 kW charger now with a 70 minute max charge time. I have not seen the Vivaro van (Open Reach) left plugged in here since the new tariff and rules came in this month.

Current MINI Electric. Almost empty say 5 miles range to full, showing 100% & between 94 & 124 miles range. 3 pin AC charger, 12-15 hours, ambient temp dependent. 11 kW AC charger 3 hours. 43-50 kW DC / CCS charger. 60 minutes maybe. For 2 hours driving say and 95 miles and into a 50 kW charger is is under 60 minutes. If getting 4 miles per kWh maybe 45 mins to 98% and able to drive another 2 hours and 100 miles +. 50KWh battery i used to count it as for 150 miles i needed 70 minutes to be able to then go another 135 miles. 150 miles was very rare from the 45 kWh usable battery, and freezing weather 110 miles was sometimes a wish and a dream. During Covid i had a Porta-Potti in the boot and a pop up tent, because i was travelling and there were no public toilets open. I never needed to use them but i was prepared incase i needed to.

Love the Mail. The Ship did not sink, but the Chinese might shut down the EV,s remotely and bring chaos to the UK roads, economy. Maybe on the day of the General Election when Oliver Dowden MP & Jeremy Hunt MP are just going to be out of a job the next day.

Google is the issue, do better research. It us a max 11 kW AC charging speed, DC on a CCS is 50 kW in a 32.6 kW battery. So 11kW AC being handy if 50 kW chargers are not available. I had a 50 kW Battery car with 45 kW usable and 100 kW max charge speed but only 7 kW AC onboard charger and i was never near 100 kW chargers and the 50 kW were not reliable. I knew the range of the MINI was not great, but the charges can be quick, and if waiting for a charger there is the 11 kW available often and maybe no need to even use the 50 kW if i can just get enough miles added. The downside is that i can not have many miles from the Home charge but then for 3 years before that i was not home charging i could charge free near to home. I brought up Orkney because as i was pointing out there are many different regions of the UK and EV,s are plentiful in different places. Or per capita there are more EV,s being driven. They can suit many people, low mileage drivers and long trip, daily drivers, people are different. Last night i read a story on how many EV,s just arrived off ships from China into the UK. Maybe some are for onward travel to the EU, but there are a good number of cheapish BEV,s away to be First Registered in the UK in the next months. Likely Partners of VW Group vehicles to stop them being up sh!t creak without enough of their own BEV,s to First Register. The New electric MINI,s with 80 or 100 kW Max charging and longer ranges will be arriving from China into the UK this year. This is from a Google search and then the papers are maybe not to be trusted.

Welcome. Is there a record of the VAQ Front diff serviced each 3 years / 30,000 miles, & the DQ250 DSG each 40,000 miles. The 'Factory Trained' Skoda Main Dealers certainly should be able to service them properly. If you do not trust them then use who you do trust. As long as they know what they are doing and when Servicing and Maintenance is required.

That is why the DSG has not been serviced then. I would be more concerned about the VAQ diff if not already properly serviced. You will need that doing if no record of it. There have been failures / leaks. There are a couple of threads i posted info in. Now Mk4 Octavia are @ 2 years / 20,000 miles.

@Graham Butcher Many people are commuters and Sales Reps / Commercial travellers and using EV,s, but that is a known known. Many people have many miles to get anyplace all around the UK. You might well be right about people from Orkney, but then you are not always right. So they might not leave taking their car, they might fly or go by ferry and then hire / borrow cars. Maybe BEV,s since many are used to them. Point being. Lots of people in the UK are only going driving in a 25 mile area. Local people using local shops and doing local miles. Go to public chargers and you might not need to guess. Maybe go to Orkney, Sheltland or other Island Communities. Local renewables and chargers & people that know the cost of things and the value.

@varaderoguyit is over a decade since Skoda had a 4 year / 40,000 miles Service Schedule. That changed after VW went to 30,000 miles and then Skoda went 30,000 miles / 3 years.

Thankfully the Petrol in the UK is lovely stuff with 95 ron min, or super unleaded 97 or 99 min and detergents. The oil as well, detergents. I would want to be able to buy an extended warranty, especially with a DQ381 so getting a warranty that covers it is important.

As to the BMW tech. I think they might need to Phone a Friend, or watch a Youtube Video. There might be all the gear and not really the idea. Oil & Filter, not just oil, regardless of what they say. ? How many miles has it done?

It is an odd one with the Taycan guy in the vid. PodPoint at the house not working but does not get another 7 kW AC charger installed to charge the car in 10-11 hours or half the battery in 5-6 hours, he gets a 3 pin AC Cable. EV Charger required to work 99% of the time. Well the ones in Scotland mess that up if it is UK wide. Actually BP Pulse UK wide must with their reliability or lack of.

Is it a DQ381 7 speed wet clutch DSG with a Service Schedule of 80,000 miles? Sensible to have the DSG serviced before that miles, but those doing it need to know what they are doing, do they? ? Has the VAQ front diff been serviced at 3 years / 30,000 miles? so Twice now. Have the spark plugs been replaced, and the Air Filter? Has the brake fluid been changed? Actually has the Servicing History so far been to the Manufacturers Guidelines, recommendations, specification or Schedule?

There is a looking crisis in the UK. Already obesity and Type 2 Diabetics. The Governments are not helping with the drive to EV,s. So many with EV,s seem to think Public Charging involves eating and drinking and that cost at fast food places. There are chargers at fitness centres and they are also expensive but Rapid Charging at Fitness Centres might not suit Centre Users as you might be training for an hour and the car does not need that long, and after all you will spend a lot of money if you need a big battery car filled up at 75 pence a kWh or more. More Public Charging Hubs & Park & Rides with Bike hire at them are needed. Maybe using Hire Bikes and parking hubs from Failed City Bike Hiring which has been common around the UK. Millions spent on bikes people never used because the costs were ridiculous. Going walking is another thing EV drivers might want to do if they have 40-60 minutes to spend charging the car. Not to go walk to some eatery though. Or go have a 5 mile walk round a Golf Course hitting a ball while people are needing to get their car charged and on with the day. Money not a problem for many though when they do want Luxury vehicles, big battery cars etc. Maybe they have a wind turbine or 3 as part of their pension plan.

@Graham Butcher They actually have Ferry Services and get off the islands and might even travel to your 20 and further. The vehicles actually get there on a boat. Do you know that many people all around the UK only drive locally much of the time and maybe take occasional longer trips and do not always need long range big vehicles for day to day use. Then there is the servicing and maintenance for those where there are no MAIN DEALERS around, or even a choice of garages or mechanics. Like on islands and rural areas. Not everyone is within a spitting distance of these.

@Stuart231 Welcome. They were not Tyre Garages were they, were they Tyre & Exhaust Fitting Centres with 'Fitters' or did the MOT tester have a look under the car to see if any work was needed? Best get any work done by a mechanic / Garage before and Checking or Adjustments are paid for. Adjusting worn suspension or steering is no 'simple clever'. Work first if needed. As to ATS Euromaster, First you best check their equipment is actually working. Then the trained staff member is available, then that they can actually make the required adjustment. & you need a new tyre or 2 or 4 most likely.

I would be pricing up new discs and getting them on. Not just chipping the edge off of those i see in the picture, ? What does the inner side look like?

There are a higher percentage of people getting an EV on the Orkneys per population than elsewhere, and in Scotland compared to regions in the RofUK. There are authorities and organisations getting ready to buy or lease maybe their 2nd or 3rd fleet of vehicles. Lots of used are going into the trade again this year from ones that were rented out cheaply / loaned during the Covid years. Those that own cars might actually hold onto them if they really can not get a good sale price or trade in and the car is suiting their needs. Time will tell how it really goes and as for spin from the SMMT or whoever that is how they operate. Loads and loads of Ev,s oop north, that is in northern bit of the UK, not the north of England which is not far north in the scheme of things. & that includes very new registered ones & not just demonstrators.

You will find plenty threads or posts on Briskoda. Various causes.

Motability are certainly trying to make them look good with the low advance payments, that comes from the low cost to them from the manufacturers and the chargers installed where they can if they can. Anyway, what does it matter to anyone that does not want a BEV? Unless they might want one really and are looking forward to 'Much Cheapness'. They are going to have to punt them somehow, first register them, lease / rent them cheaply.

@Andre1984 Do you mean it had an Oil & Inspection service & the year before that and the Extended Scope? Or was that a 2nd Variable / Flexible Service. ? Are you saying the spark plugs have not been replaced then? So no idea how they are looking.

Heid yins of various manufacturers importers wanting grants again for plug in's. The Government not going to cut the VAT on Public Charging. Even wealthy people with an understanding of money on the likes of Wake Up to Money on Radio 4 have lost half the value of a new Sporty BEV. There are now Porsche Taycans available for £40,000 grand. Senior citizens having to check if they have tax to pay or a bill coming because of a little increase in income. The Government could not give a monkeys, they are jumping ship anyway from front line politics and have nice new jobs lined up. The Manufacturers & Dealerships need to be using area of land they have to get more chargers in and get the Zero Emissions cars at the prices to sell or lease because if not they will be missing the percentage of first registrations and paying huge penalties. The kidology of Partners that had BEV,s built and selling to get the Fleet Average Emissions has not helped them now. There are still shortages of some of the electric cars people actually do want to drive.

@Andre1984 Did the car get new spark plugs in 2023 at a service or at 40,000 miles?. (Misfires, not enough to log a fault code maybe, but have the EPC light on.)

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