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Looking forward to see if 48.1 usable kW is going to give that much extra range over the 45 usable kW battery & more power. Lots of figures need taken with large pinches of salt. The 3.3 second 0-62 mph graphic will be a typo. (The original cars were given a 3.1 second 0-30 mph time.) Like the sister car was / is. http://uk-car-discount.co.uk/news/2020-all-electric-vauxhall-corsa-e-prices-release-date Nice Spring upgrade... If they are up to the job. They should be. Real world. All good charging with 100 (100+) Kw chargers but not much speed for very long.

Most of us know what the story is no matter what year they do the videos. It seems it is just lots of SUV / AWD car drivers that fail to get the message about having all the gear other than the correct tyres when winter gets wintry, It was worth a try in D1 . 'What is the worst that could happen?' as he was only going back down anyway.

Lots of New bigger EV drivers seem to have their old Zoe or Leaf still in the family are keeping them for day to day family duties as they are something they have had for years, saved them lots of money and are still doing so.

Small point. Anti freeze coolant rust inhibitor. It is all in there. Once all is well. It is basic stuff. A pressurised system. Freezing Temperature and the boiling point is not that of H2O. Anti freeze / summer coolant and the rust inhibitor being what it is in there. And if H2O the right water.

Motorway and others at right time of day / night and 90 miles to 100 in 90 minutes. Then right on a 50 kW charger for 60 minutes is 30 kWh and another 90-100 miles available. If it is slower to do the 90 miles then less electric used and maybe less than 60 minutes needed on charger. When chargers are blocked, out of order, or just crap, maybe like Edinburgh with 30 mins max charging then it becomes a crap day/ night.

Yesterday set off with a Full Battery Charged free at CPS & Tesco Podpoint Chargers. Then 30 mins charge @ 35 pence a kWh for £5.32 & 10 minutes for £2.22, then 79 minutes on a 7 kW charger cost £2.04. Next was 18 mins on a 7 kWh charger free waiting to get on a 50 kW for 60 minutes. Then after midnight 38 minutes on a 50 kW at no cost and then home with 38% left in battery. Total miles morning til 2.30 AM this morning was 390 miles for £9.58. Much cheapness is what floats my boat. Just over 3 miles per kWh in peeing rain and temps between 5-8*oC almost every mile. Plugging in and unlugging done in the rain apart from at 00.30 AM, and a toilet near only at the first charging session.

OT. But as winter is here the Requested Interior Temp & the Ambient temp might be of relevance to many. If you are someone that lets Stop / Start do it's thing and has it working even when the weather is cold and the system decides it will do its thing. One thing that might 'Disable it' / Stop it Stop / Starting is a 14*oC difference between the requested interior temp and the outside Air Temp, not ground temp. It might not be 14 Degrees C difference with some models it might be 16. PS The AC Button might be on 365 days, but when the ambient temp is low enough the AC is not functioning. This might be more common in the next months Oop North than down Sooth.

Time to check all 4 spark plugs for condition / gap unless recently checked.

First can be a good sciatica cushion. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/442391-can-anyone-recommend-a-lumber-cushion Then you can try a Car trimmer and see about having them reshape your seat. They may be able to with the cover it has on or do a good match. Wheels / tyres is the other option, as is modding suspension, but if the seat does not suit that can be money wasted.

These below are 'The Media' and quote WLTP range. What we need is the 'Range they achieved in Summer clearly stated and then the Winter comparison. But they are going around and around, not stopping square wheels every now and again, going no place then setting off as you might well do in winter on UK roads because you are trucking about, just a driver, just as many many cars are when going places. Fill the car seats with people and the Heating / Air Conditioning / anti steaming up requires different setting. @7 mins 40 seconds their figures. 3-6*oC really is not that wintry / cold. -3 to 0*oC will be quite a bit different. All these will be on OE Factory Summer / ECO / All Seasons as you get them tyres. Nice if they could do a test with them all on All Weather / All Seasons / Winter suited tyres for Winters or All UK Seasons.

Damn useful for all those Taxi / Airport transportation vehicles.

How long have you had the car? Are you overfilling the coolant and not allowing for it setting it's own level. Bottles have MIN / MAX on them and not FILL TO THIS LEVEL. Is this Coolant going in which is at the correct ration. Coolant is Anti Freeze / Summer Coolant & Rust Inhibitor all in one and has a different freezing and boiling point from water. Be sure what is in the Coolant System is strong enough Anti Freeze if the weather gets cold / freezing in your area.

Thank goodness that the top half of the UK can easily produce electricity. Obviously not all EV's are as inefficient as mine when it is cold, but in the last few days i would be lucky on local short trips to get 90 miles out of a 45 kW usable battery. Storing electricity in my battery would be hopeless. There must be many more like mine that are not happy when cold. Thank goodness i am charging at no cost to me still.

Sounds simple. It should be with Electricity. Cheapest public EV charging i can get now that is not free is 16 pence a kWh for low charging anytime and most expensive is now at £1 which some might pay. Quicker charging locally is 23 pence to 79 pence. That is quite a difference as far as i see it. So even Super Markets are currently overcharging for Petrol & Diesel by what the market price is and what they bought it at and the HMRC / Treasury is taking the Duty and VAT (Tax) on the higher price. It is all a **** Up in a Brewery. Actually Tax on that is also a total Horlicks. Then people are taxed and as a business claim back VAT, even on buying Electric for their vehicles sold to them at Public Chargers.

You don't. You select P, N, R, D, or S with the shifter, use the paddles to shift gear if you have them and want to, or the shifter goes to Manual & use that for changes or the paddles.

@stuupnorth what Karoq / engine so DSG are you getting? Yes paddles can be fitted after the correct wheel purchased. Maybe fitted by A N Other. Lots of different drive styles in the posts above on several different engines and DSG,s.

There is a mk1 Octavia vRS in the Cars for sale on BRISKODA. Worth keeping a look there. Often Skoda enthusiasts selling stuff.

Registration plates in the UK are the biggest joke. Stick or screw on to any vehicle from any other vehicle. The ANPR will read numbers at some cameras. Big deal. It might or might not be that car. Plug an EV into charge and it could be known where it is or was. The tech could be easily installed and 'tamper proof'. Well as far as anything is tamper proof, which it is not. My car thinks it knows where it is an where it is parked, and where and when charging. Well that never worked, it is my phone that it knows where it was last with. I can leave the car in the UK and leave the country with my phone and it shows the car as where i am. It also did OTA updates and went back to factory settings and lost miles off the Digital Dashboard, ECU and Phone App. The thing with Tech in the UK and RoW is some is pretty crap, thankfully.

Bump for @chalkstorm

Bump for @chalkstorm Just incase just this, and not the secondary thermostat.

It sounds like the secondary thermostat. The relevant thing is the DSG. Quite common, not an expensive fix, often missed and it should be easy to find the threads and posts on this forum. Sorry right now i can not link them. EDIT. Bumped the Water Pump thread in the Kodiaq section but not a 2nd Thermostat thread.

Welcome. ? Is 'She' who is selling it the registered keeper on the V5. & Even the person that drove the car? You must assume that the Defeat Device Recall Action was done and the Air Flow Device is in the air intake and the Engine Management / software update applied. Unless you know otherwise. Check if it shows outstanding, http://skoda-auto.com/services/recall-actions It could have been done and then someone had it 'Rolled back' and a remap done. All a lottery. Service stamps are nothing. That is Oil & Filter / Inspection services. It is what else gets done you want to see on an invoice. So Brake Fluid changes, or you get them done, fuel filter changes, pollen filter, air filter etc.

Surely (Shirley) you try and find what it is fitted for and can it work. Then disconnect and leave that switch doing nothing and fit another where you want it and functioning, or just leave that one to do it's job. Really who cares what it looks like other than the driver. Wiring done by a professional or diy and run to were you want the switch.

A 1.6TDI with a DSG would have a DQ200 7 speed twin dry clutch one. That behaviour would and should not happen as far as the gears.