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@Graham ButcherSince this section started on EV,s and this thread we have all the media stories on EV fires and putting them out and the difficulty of that. Maybe the weather makes a difference in the UK and the chargers as to the reduced instances. It would be helpful if while doing your searches you could find the Local News or National News reports on which EV,s are catching fire in the UK. Surely they are there like the Vauxhall Zafira stories which were reported. like the BMW,s that were used as Police Cars and that Police Forces have stopped using. Has BBC Watchdog not done anything on reported EV vehicle faults causing them to burn? Not UK.

Most of anything that was published / put online by Skoda or Skoda Dealerships was before July 2023 in the UK and there appear to be no updates yet. Maybe even still confusion among employees at Skoda Dealerships and now they and Skoda Customer Services just keep saying something they have heard and not seen for any engine of any age or type that has a cambelt.

What it needs is an actual diagnosis and not someone saying what it COULD be and throwing out prices. Is this their Master Tech that is working on your car to diagnose the issue?

You have a lot of weight descending and scary stuff off camber and the correct gear and brake use or not might get you down safe, maybe just FWD and the right tyres might get you up slopes. Who at Skoda Netherlands do you expect to have an answer that can help? Maybe best deal with someone that works on Skodas & does modifications or software updates. Good double recovery points front and rear and a bridle for snatch or winch recoveries might be 'Simply Clever' or at least a towbar / ball at the rear.

@lol-lolit is officially 181 bhp / 184 ps, max torque of 270 Nm and that often gets mis-quoted as does 0-60 & 0-62 mph get mixed up or lost in the quotes. It is amazing how long that extra 2 mph can take. I will get it on a dyno at some point. The Corsa was better than the 136 ps / 260 Nm officially given or the the mixed up 0-60 or 0-62 mph (100 km) It was more like the figures given when motoring journalists first got to drive them, and then when they were on sale the scores on the doors changed. I will see how the MINI is with different tyres on, AC off and the battery hot as i had just gone 1 miles with it from home. The real difference is how the MINI goes down a road with bends and gets around corners and out of them without dramas and jumping across the road like the Corsa did, and humps (jumps) in the Corsa could have it landing with a crash. (crashing.) Never seen this one before. 2 years ago vid. (the new e-208 has more power now as do the new Corsa electric and a bit more usable kWh.)

@Sturmthe Advanced Grip control is an option on many of a Stallantis vehicles and has been for years, cars / mpv,s & vans. As is the option of M+S / 3 peak tyres. The system works well. Are you going offroad, or on tracks, or is it winter that you are thinking about?

Tried the MINI this morning with the original tyres & DRAGY. 18*oC and just a light wind (not me), same road i use regularly in both directions and pretty much no difference either way when no wind. Just 0-60 not to 62 mph, traction control off which mattered as tc on was pretty poor. Good surface for grip. Slower than the Corsa which even on Michelin Primacy 4 could do nearer 6 seconds when colder weather and under 6 with All Seasons on. It was just me at 115 kG sort of and some crap in the rear. So pretty much as it would be if i was having to actually accelerate from a standstill on my Jack Jones. I think a bit of a rolling start and floor it will be more useful and no need to touch the Dynamic Traction Control.

I suppose there is no such thing as a little Electrified vehicle fire. Hybrid / PHEV / BEV,s. We know there are just a fraction of EV,s in the UK compared to all the other fueled vehicles. Maybe the next time there is a report in the media of one in the UK someone can post that article.

Yet to see one of these EV fires in the past 13 years and between 12-24,000 miles a year of driving. There are lots of EV cars, taxis & light commercials about and nobody i have spoken to with one over the past 4 years that i meet at charging hubs has never mentioned an EV fire. What there is are lots of StageCoach busses going on fire but i have never been there when one of those go up. I do see the reports in the papers or hear about them in the Media. http://dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/dundee-stagecoach-bus-bursts-flames-30290342 http://thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/dundee/4499194/stagecoach-bus-fires-broughty-ferry Now that there are EV Bus services around Scotland and the UK lets hope there is never a fire with one of them.

Very good. I enjoyed even without subtitles being available in English.

Welcome. Possibly that is not the Radio that came with the car so no idea. Someone that has will be along hopefully.

If you never opened the bonnet in between times or even did it is likely the same as the Low Oil or Low Oil Pressure and it does 100 km sometimes before a warning, but then first time it was 110 km you did. So where is the oil showing now with a cold dip or a at Normal Operating temperature dip after stopped a few minutes?

Extended warranty and reduced servicing period and be sure the filter is done until VW group get around to doing that and at least warranty them to as long as they say the service is scheduled for. We only hear of bad ones where people get on Social Media because 'Dealership staff have never heard of issues' & if there are noises or issues, 'they all do that' even though they do not know what DSG it is.

@nicknorman Aberdeen Skoda John Clark Group, Dundee Skoda Specialist Cars John Clark Group. Perth, Thomson & Potter (Ex Burrelton) Skoda, owned by John Clark Group. DQ381,s are nothing to feel confident about. IMO.

DQ200 DSG if under 192 PS / 250 Nm & FWD not AWD with VW Engines, 150 ps with Skoda. DQ200-e with mild hybrids. Never be surprised how little car sales staff or the service desk staff know about the products they sell or work with 5 1/2 or 6 days a week. They are not employed because they are enthusiasts and even get as a perk to drive the cars and yet know very little.

Really, a 1.0 TSI with a 6 speed DSG. Best go look at your car again i think. Has the gear indicator never shown '7'. As it is the DQ250 is not at 4 years & 8 unless that is a car doing 10,000 miles each year, it is at 40,000 miles & 80,000 miles. the DQ381 is at 80,000 miles. The DQ400 is fitted to PHEV,s and is 6 speed. 1.4 TSI,s until they start them with a 1.5 TSI in a Skoda. *His obvious mistake which i posted in the comments is how are they all 1.0 litre when he says there are 150 ps 1.5 TSI,s.*

Aberdeen has Turbines right offshore and yet can not find the money to heat the swimming pools and leisure / sports centres that spent millions on. The Port / Ships / Oil supply boats are getting Hydrogen produced from the electricity to power things in port. The new built port Aberdeen South Harbour is looking at storing hydrogen underwater. Arse over elbow sadly. Time to plan is before construction started on the new port.

Sorry but you read wrong as that is not the DQ200 DSG your car has. So do not get conned or mis-informed into having your DSG serviced. There is only plenty, and i or someone else can show you if you can not use a search engine.

DQ200 DSG, 7 speed twin dry clutch on petrol VW 1.8 TSI with no more than 192 ps / 250 Nm torque and FWD. (No Oil service intervals.) AWD 1.5 TSI or FWD or AWD 2.0 TSI or TDI will be a DQ381 if 7 Speed and wet clutch. VW show as 80,000 mile Oil changes. (This should really be oil and filter) and we will see how long before they bring that down from 80,000 miles.

Neither is actual Black Outs, no electric, no heating. Location location location. Chelmsford Essex likely has very few burning peat.

Certainly should be where there is mains gas, or even where there are bottled / tank gas deliveries. Lots of places in the UK has no mains gas. or even regular deliveries of heating oil, gas or coal. Aberdeenshire Council have had the Real Fires, Coal fires (wood) removed from council houses in Braemar. (But then the GP is retiring and a new one or actually 2 new ones can not be found.) On topic. Braemar really really needs the EV charging hub improved, and Rapid chargers in Ballater. It is a farce now trying to get charged.

The F**** Manual from Skoda said 'WARM' when the same engines in the VW Group models said HOT. The Wait a few minutes, is just that, a few. a handful or less, 4 or 5 minutes. Check at a fuel fill up as it used to say. /Normal Operating Temperature is correct and 1.2 44 kW engines checked cold. There is an official UK Video that is just not right, and a US one that is nearer being correct. (There is a Skoda NZ check engine oil video that has the engine running...) Be aware what an actual US Quart is... No mention, of Warm, Hot or Normal operating temperature. Because simply 'Not Clever', or correctly illustrated.

People with a DQ200 DSG might be concerned about running a DQ200 DSG without any valid warranty, but really it is a DQ381 DSG that would worry me.

Turning might well have some power to the rear wheels, but what a rear 'differential' is for is for the different speed rear wheels turn at when turning. The Differential could be broken as others have been because someone drain the wrong oil and filled or did not fill the correct oil in the correct place when Servicing the Haldex.