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@wyx087wonderful, fantastic, tell that to some of the Tesla drivers in Scotland, of which there are plenty and many not all will believe you. My family members in Norway are more than happy, a tech pops out and fits the roof bars and ski box and then comes back and removes them.

@wyx087Leasing is someone else buying and you rent it, and servicing & maintenance is just part of it as you get a new car for a few years and you have no idea if it is total sh!te and will be needing a main dealer often. For Warranty work or Recalls which have to be done. Like Stellantis vehicles or VW Group ones & especially like TESLA. ? Did you buy your Tesla?

Earlier this week a Mk2 Octavia. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/513781-help-please

@lol-loli now only accelerate like cars around me if just out driving a city car with a passenger, & will only be getting a new car leasing from Motability. & a small comfy fuel sipper. I will see what is available from the next quarter starting in July. So only from dealers near me and certainly not an Arnold Clark Dealership. So that is Kia, Ford, Renault or Toyota. All friendly and helpful and within 10 miles of me and not likely to close down in the next 3 years. Disabled class vehicles are fine for taking into LEZ,s so not in any rush really to get another car.

@Lady ElanoreI am waiting to see & drive the new Clio hybrid when they come out as i managed to get one of the current ones to do over 60 mpg driving for 90 minutes & just so i can buy a naff personal plate with the likes of CL10 S** or CL10 *** for only £250 Then i started looking at what were on sale in the way of quickish older Clio Auto's and there were some real 'Demon Tweaks' specials up for sale & i remembered i am looking for a fuel sipper but not a Yaris.

That the thing with choices. Plenty are retired or have cars for mostly local trips with occasional long ones and home charging on near by public chargers and are more than happy with a PHEV for their daily. Away from home they might charge a while stopped off and might even just do trips as far as home to charge place for regular outings. EV Servicing and Maintenance an even PHEV servicing or lack of availability of getting booked in is proving an issue with more and more people that i have spoken to at chargers.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/503475-836-mpg

@Graham ButcherI ran a 2016 2.0 TDI SCR DSG Alhambra for 3 years. 66.9 MPG Average was a common reading i got when using coasting mode.

Down around 136.9 in many areas for E10 95 Unleaded.

I used to run LPG when it was 50 pence a litre and petrol was £1. But then it started rising and i gave up when it got to 70 pence and ASDA were taking out the LPG pumps. VW Group /Audi were going the right way with TDI Hybrids, they built the cars, built the factories to build the engines, they spent billions and then were found out as 'Dirty Devils' with TDI's. Actually Hybrid TDI's are 'simply clever'. http://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/03/electric-vehicles-early-adopter-petrol-car-ev-environment-rowan-atkinson

Mk2's were engineered and built for driving regardless of emissions because VW Group could just cheat the test regime at their chosen facility. Same through Euro 5 emissions. For 2016 they had to get their act together because they were caught. Then they had to do SCR, & then for the WLTP it was all change again, get the results for the tests but if the cars run a bit crap then tough. That then was and is an issue so they have had to work more on engine management. They actually have the economy about right and emissions with Mk4 TDI's and just stuffed up with IT.

The thing with the K&N Lifetime filter is how poorly they perform unless cleaned and treated properly. Police & Emergency vehicles that get them fitted get new ones at services and the ones fitted are binned.

You will notice your wallet is lighter. Have you ever noticed a performance increase with a K&N filter or do you maybe wade with the car or drive in a very dusty environment?

The difference with an UpMiiCitigo on petrol is that you can stick 2 x 10 litre cans of go go juice in the boot. PS 1 Unreliable Rapid @ Lairg. but then there is also another CPS at Ardgay Regeneration just a bit south. http://chargeplacescotland.org/chargeplace-scotland-live-map

Charging at home is the boy, public chargers with tariffs around the home tariff, public chargers that are reliable are just all fandabydozy. Charging at home is £13.20 for 40kWh compared to an ICE getting 50 mpg and costing £18.45 But go on a 300 mile trip and need to spend 40-60 minutes charging after 140 miles and paying maybe £25 or more just to charge on a 50 kW charger is real world. In Scotland if you want to just pay the same or a bit more than the home tariff that is the luck required to get on a charger, and it working, starting. There are PHEV,s and Hybrids now that getting 55-60 mpg and plus is easy and no stopping after only 140 miles or even less. These PHEV's or Hybrids are the size of the BEV's or larger that have batteries with around 30 or 40 or even 50 kWh batteries. Running a PHEV & charging on a Home Tariff standard or reduced / offpeak is what there are people going to, even those that have had EV's. The reason being, they go places and have no intention of heading to places they do not want to be at just to get a car charged to continue their journey. Heading to places they do not want to be at for 30 minutes to 1 hour where there are no toilets of facilities or maybe even good mobile reception, which sums up many Public Charging Hubs in Scotland. Even Park & Rides with 1 Charger at them and maybe even that out of service.

If the Warranty T&C,s say to the Manufacturers Schedule or Specifications then good. They said Guidelines or Recommendation in the past and more recently they said Specification. Ask at a Main Dealer and they seem to not know the actual Schedule or Specifications at the Service Desk. Actually are all Skoda / VW approved cars at 5 years serviced with a FMDSH getting a Cam Belt replaced? SKODA_Warranty_Terms_November_2021 (1).pdf VWFS_11815379_SKODA_AUW_Booklet_0922E.pdf

@Donweather it might be an idea to show what country you are in. http://034motorsport.com

The belt lasts it's lifetime. be that a 5,10, 15 or 20 year lifetime. Maybe it would be the time the queen lived. The tensioners, bearings etc also last a lifetime, but that might be many years less than the belt. They will cover the parts (& labour) for 2 years.

No. You get to drive a vehicle and wear big boy or girl pants and have a vehicles serviced and maintained. Loads never get the Manufacturers guideline or recommended or scheduled maintenance / servicing within the manufacturers warranty period so a FMDSH means nothing, after that time owners need to consider what and when they want stuff done & not rely on someone somewhere else's ideas on it. They know nothing about who drives a vehicle or where or when and if an engine ever actually covers 120,000 miles or does that within 3 years.

@wyx087Obviously it can. But millions will be like me and not have a smart meter or a 'offpeak / ev tariff' or solar or anything and maybe can use a 3 pin charger or not even that and only can 'public Charge' So that is where the issue is at now with the cost of vehicles and the cost of Public Charging and why the likes of Fiat have offered a 'Grant' to get overpriced 500 EV's flogged. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/504974-domestic-charging-points-a-new-social-dividing-line

@domhnallthe car has been plugged in at home since 11am on a 3 pin charger, So that is at 33 pence a kWh. 40 kWh will be £13.20 and that is ok for 135 miles or so. Angus Council chargers are now 41 pence a kWh so £16.20 Tesco Podpoint for 7 kW charger is 44 pence. £17.60 Aberdeenshire now 47 pence, £18.80 Tesco Podpoint 50 kW charging is 62 pence, £24.80 Lidl Podpoint 65 pence, £26.00 Highland Region Rapid charging 70 pence, £28.00 Regardless of how crap a fossil car might be when paying your own money for getting about for private use 50 mpg is OK with me. Business use / HMRC generosity and bigger vehicles are a different kettle of fish or toasty machine. 135 miles @ 50 mpg =2.7 gallons. (12.3 litres @ 150 pence £18.45)

With the Kodiaq as with other models and TSI's when asking for quotes or booking in you really need to be sure that Service Desk staff know if it is a 1.4 TSI, (or 1.4 TSI ACT with cars with those or 1.5 or 1.5 TSI's. ) Prices and quotes are all over the place.

I pay my van monthly on the drip with Lloyds Van Insurance and last year it went down to £19 a month from £24 which was nice and this year it went to £25 a month & that was them brokering it & now with Ageas and with key cover.