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I would love to see the communications between the dealership staff, Skoda / VW UK or the Skoda factory. Written communications. Was the Customer Assistant that branch or dealership group Warranty Manager. Regardless lying is part of the skill set.

For many all weather / all season 3 peak will do for 365 day all year. So not Winters as such. CrossClimates in the rims the car had. Michelin CrossClimate 2 as an example, but there are more sports based all weather's available. The OP,s quattro might of just had better tyres and it was not just having Haldex that made a difference as plenty AWD /;4x4,s part time awd,s are slip sliding around me today. Wrong tyres, no brain drivers. Ps, if the postie, taxis, couriers, home delivery vans are out and up and down hill ok then they are nearly all on Summer tyres. If the roads are not moving with traffic then there is a reason why. If little old ladies and men are getting about in city cars with factory tyres there is a reason. Experienced, skill, correct vehicle, not that bright maybe and one stop away from an accident.

Clear and simple i hope. 'Fast charge' the stupidest term ever used. 26 miles in an hour if getting 4 miles per kWh, 13 if getting 2 miles per kWh., I will not get 6 x 1 mile today from an hour on a FAST charger. Hybrids might sit an hour charging on a 7 kW charger and get no more than 3.6 kW in 60 minutes. Depends on the hybrid.

DC Chargers have tethered cables. the 100 / 100 plus / 350 kW are thicker than the 50 kW tethered. These are known as CCS. 45kW AC are tethered on the side of these were there are ones, type 2 fitment. For a AC 7kW, 11 / 22 kW charger have a type 2 cable with you. Sadly all public hubs in Scotland are not as this for space, cable length. choice of charger. Simplified and it can be easy and it can be damn difficult and annoying. Especially in crap mobile phone / charger sim reception areas. That can be right in cities or towns not just in the rural areas.

FREE Still exists. There are 32 Local Authority areas in Scotland, most now charge, but that is not in the areas not most populated but where the infrastructure is not the best. Perth & Kinross do not start charging until 1st January. Stirling no word of stopping. South Ayrshire still free and there are others. This is 30 min charging sessions Edinburgh @ 35 pence on 50 kW chargers. A few are on 7kW when charging up to 100% on the cheaper chargers. Then Aberdeenshire charging is at 21 or 28 pence and highland at 30 pence. PodPoint @ 40 pence a kWh for a 22 kW or 50 kW charge is as much as i want to pay to get a charge. 50 pence is getting to be too much and 69 pence - £1.00 is going to be only in an emergency situation. (Adverse weather situations which EV drivers might be seeing this today.) I could maybe live with this. But i could see this one might just pee me off , the cold range will be crap. I would want to try in days like just now. -3*oC or so driving and charging and on factory tyres on ice and snow and chargers with no ploughing or gritting at them. I need quick de-icing / heating, easily cleared of snow without the air intake blocking, ,wipers that do not freeze in place. Burttons and nobs and doors /handles / charger port that does not freeze closed if not pre-prepped. Heat to the feet would be nice will still windows do not mist up. ....................................... Happens. Too often for many with EV's. PITA. It can really mess up your day having to go get charged someplace before setting off. Crying kids, angry partner, maybe already in labour or having a stroke / heart attack or just a hissy fit.

See the charging time and kW hours from my account. **2nd from top, good charge, low battery, hot, weather not too cold and charging just to 85%.** 41 mins 54 seconds. 25.58 kW. Or Turnberry Lodge Road charger. Usually a low battery when i start charging and a good charge speed. You get up to 50 kW (maybe just 45kw) starting with a low battery and until the charger slows. That will for longer with a bigger battery. As you will see i seldom get 30 kW in 60 minutes on 50kW (Rapid Chargers). This is about as poor as EV's get though. I get 6.6 kW in an hour on a 7kW AC charger, the same on a 11 / 22 or 45 kW AC as i only have a 7kW onboard charger, not a 11, 22 or 45 kW which some cars / vans have.

Well there is weather / temperature, battery size, charger and so many variables. So last night with my 50 kW battery only 45 kW usable i was at 76%. -4*oC and plugged into a 50 kW charger. My car can charge at up to 100kW. So the charger started and gave me 15kW of a charge for a while & when it slowed down to 7 kW i stopped charging, that was at 93%. Not great. I drove home 1 mile and parked and then the battery was showing 89%. I will see what it is when i go out and clear the snow and ice and fire it up. so 15kWh for me in 62 minutes and @ 23 pence that was paying it would be £3.45 Today i might get 10 miles for that £3.45 if lucky. But i will be toasty. ................ If you got 25 kW in 35 minutes on a 50 kW charger @ 50 pence a kWh that is £12.50. If you get 3 miles to a kWh that is 75 miles. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Small battery using 50kW free or low tariff CPS / Evolt chargers and i never get more than 33 kW in an hour. Same on a PodPoint or InstaVolt 50 kW charger and i have never managed to get a 125 kW BP charger to charge ant faster if even to start. That £6.11 this week was a MINI electric that did charge to full but lost track of how long, but it was quick.

Here is your guide to sizes / comparisons. http://tiresize.com/tyre-size-calculator

Your speedo shows now with the factory size / circumference / total diameter tyres on the 16" rims that you are going faster than you are. When you fit the 17" wheels you are going lower profile tyres are you not, or a slight increase in total circumference. That will keep the speedo the same or make it more accurate. You are not fitting bigger tyres than are type approved for the car are you, or building a monster truck? http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/474054-bigger-wheels-for-a-few-days http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/195448-17s-wheels http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/211752-bigger-rims

? Which world record for the 1/4 mile has he broken? There are road legal cars that have been quicker. There are quicker production cars that were on road legal tyres which that was not on.

The production period of 1.6 TDI's with SCR (AdBlue) was not long. That is a good thing. No idea why a 1.0 TSI is considered not good for long motorway journeys. Perfectly suited to doing those in the UK with the 70 mph speed limit, no extreme routes for hills. It would depend on how loaded the car will be though.

VW do not produce or manufacture oil. No point buying Castrol unless you want to. Quantum / Fuchs supply VW UK / TPS, Anything is fine as long as the correct spec, Comma, Tesco / Asda or anyones as long as to VW 507 00.

Full beam even better for car park manoeuvres if there is none about to annoy / dazzle.

It was 2018 and pre WLTP Certification that VW Group / Skoda went to VW508 00 / 509 00 so 0w 20 FS IV for TSI & TDI,s. So for the Euro 6 TDI's before then it is VW507 00 so 5w 30 FS III and for fixed or variable servicing. Some and dealers are using 0w 30 FS III.

I always use Super Unleaded petrol in a TSI. In Fabia Twinchargers it was essential as standard or mapped if you wanted them to behave. It was £2.25 a tank more expensive than Tesco 95 unleaded and cheaper than other Branded 95 ron.) I also use in any petrol car that benefits from it and that can be just normal city cars with small engines. Like my Citroen Saxo i had for 11 years Kia Picanto for 7 years, or my Suzuki SX4 that is 11 years old. Suzuki Jimny's i had over 18 years did not care what petrol was used. (If buying a petrol car i drop the oil and get rid of Long Life oil, put in new plugs and get in Tesco Momentum 99, i even use Momentum or Sainsburry Super unleaded in a loan or hire car.) E10 was only introduced in September 2021 as standard for 95 ron in the UK and last winter might not have been so cold, and it was and is up to 10% bio so some might not have that, or did not last winter. It is what the more additives does that matters really. I doubt the petrol has anything to do with how your car is behaving as the Kangerooing is a well documented issue, and not for all the earlier or later 1.5 TSI ACT,s. Personally i would be getting the 4 spark plugs out and inspected and the gap checked and since out put in new ones and know all is well with that. First off is as well to get in 99 ron minimum super unleaded since you need to run on petrol anyway. If there is an invoice showing the 4 spark plugs part number maybe post what it is they fitted. 388380a097b04fe693a8c27db8bb4974 (1).pdf 6ca06d648b9541e78fa838fece4a1a23 (1) (3).pdf

Parts, labour & VAT @ 20% unless not being charged might well be a bit more than £112.50. @Lynn67 Did the mechanic not give a guestimate on how much the job would cost from how much a job like that costs their customers.

They are shagged and cost near nothing. Some might not even bother with a tyre fitter, lay the wheel on the ground and drive te tractor over to break the bead if you have no bead breaker but tyre leavers. Or just tell the garage next time the tyre pressures are fine, leave well alone.

All 95 is E10 now regardless of Super Market or brand non supermarket. Not all will have 10% bio. Shell fuel saver 95 ron is just that, nothing special. The octane matters, we should not need to clean the engine, the oil also has detergents. More issues will be from bore wash than anything else over time. We are on Winter Spec Petrol now, Mid October til April. Less hygroscopic over winter. Probably less ethanol, nobody is say that. Well i am. It is Super Unleaded that can have up to 5% Ethanol. Swerve the Shell v-Power Nitro / Nitro + pinches of salt, as that is what detergents are. Tesco Momentum 99. Lovely stuff for us and you in the North of England. Detergents as well, but more likely 99 + It might well be 100 Ron or 100+ European Import. Shell & Greenergy import together, Greenergy produce / import Tesco fuel as Tesco Partly own, and for us the ESSO. So do not bother about Shell's extra detergents, we want that 5% ethanol if it is there, it might not be. The whole of the UK is not the same.

Has the Air Filter been replaced or even looked at? Check it is dry and clean, just so that you know it is.

You have a DQ200 7 speed twin dry clutch DSG, no clutch fluid change for that. There can be a software update for DQ200's with the issues, & the 1.5 TSI's as well as the engine software update. Even though dealerships might say there is not.

They should all run great on e!0 / e5, 95 ron. (Except those were VW prescribed 98 Super for GTI / R but forgot vRS & the UK stopped having 98 ron, that was said to be better for lower emissions.) http://volkswagen.co.uk/en/need-help/need-help-faqs/fuel.html The WLTP / RDE & RDE2 are done using 95 ron Unleaded. Under a WLTP regime, not at temps below the teens *oC ambients temps though. But then they do not all run well and VW co-cked up the engine management and had to find patches and still some had issues and since they fixed things people are still having issues with some newer ones.

Spark plugs changed that early is odd. Did someone think the car had issues? I take that the plugs were changed by them with a pinch of salt. Full Service History of what done? , there was just Oil @ Filter at 1 year and look see, and then that and a pollen filter @ 2 years Brake Fluid @ 3 years.

MOT Examiner would never know then. They do not take off valve caps. They do not even check behind under body protection / sump guards.

Enjoy the car. Have you checked the tyre pressures as the car was handed over, reset if needed and reset the TPMS. Check where the oil level is when cold and again when at normal operating temp so you can know before trips. Coolant level when new as well. Wheel nut security socket.

PS. If E5 97/99 is only going to cost you less than £3 extra for Tesco Momentum 99 or Sainsburry Super Unleaded 97 then why not try a tank or 2. 97 or 99 ron is the Minimum, it might be higher than minimum