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Lots of money for me who this week because of the weather could get 40 miles for £10 of charging. For those that can get 4.5 miles a kWh so 45 miles for £10 then claim back 20% VAT the £8 is not bad compared to the lower cost of liquid fuel they would use in a nice ICE vehicle. That would be an ICE that they do not get the same tax breaks on. So i have 550 miles done this month with £12 paid for charging @ 35 pence a kWh & the rest free at CPS chargers and a few kWh of 7 kW charging at Tesco,

If gluing it would be Spray Tack / Spray Mount as used by upholsters and for crafts etc. Spray Fabric Glue.

It would be handy if you said if your vRS was a TSI or TDI. With a TDI it has to be Long Life oil. Odd if a Main Dealer had not Long Life oil for TSI's though & used that. That would be VW502 00 so 5w 40 FS. For fixed service intervals only. 2019 and for a TDI or TSI the Oil Spec is VW508 00 / 509 00, so 0w 20 FS IV and there is no Fixed Service Regime oil spec shown for TSI's. TDI's require the VW509 00, fixed or variable. EDIT / PS Sorry, i see it is a Challenger so a TSI.

The given 'Kerb Weight' / Unladen weights are often odd and when you put a car on a weigh bridge or corner scales you know VW Group manipulated figures. Like a Mk2 Fabia vRS Hatch which Skoda gave as 5 kg heavier than an estate that is 9 3/4" longer. But then there was 25 kG ballast on the rear crash bar of the hatch. The VW Polo GTI 3 door Twincharger showed as lighter, and even the 5 door which was only supposedly 25 kg heavier than the 3 door. The heavier Seat Ibizia 3 doors showed as being lighter as well. Later VW had to correct the fiction / fuddle / fiddle / cheating. Funny how a heavier Audi or VW with the same drivetrain / power as a Skoda can have better economy and performance than a lighter and cheaper Skoda or SEAT. It is the same for years now with Basic cars costing less with less standard equipment but the same power can show as less efficient / quick. PS. The better balanced Polo GTI got the battery in the boot and wider tyres as the Ibiza did, and no Spare wheel or jack as standard so they were options and not included in the 'Manufacturers' given weights. So that knock 20 Kg or so off.

Perfectly legal to do in the privacy of your own home, just do not it in public with an audience.

Welcome. Try driving a 1.0 TSI 3 cylinder might be all you need. Fit suitable tyres for winter / All Seasons. The 1.5 TSI ACT engine is not a 'Hybrid Engine ' in a Scala. Active Cylinder Technology. In an Audi COD, Cylinder on demand. *There was a kangerooing issue with VW Group Vehicles 1.5 TSI, 2018 /19, that is another subject, there was a recall and software updates.* (VW GROUP MODELS, with 1.4 TSI or 1.5 TSI PHEV's Plug in Hybrid cars with a DSG are smooth moving of in Electric.) Then there are VW Group models with Mild Hybrids (MHEV) , that is 1.0 & 1.5's e-Tech's and they pull away with Electric Assist.

Here we go here we go here we go. Mid September again and cooler nights in the North of the UK and damp cars and soon the misting up threads, wet carpets, All season tyre threads, flat batteries, etc. EDIT. ASDA has the damp traps @ 4 for £4 and i have a Half cooked chicken to keep me going. Washing and waxing to do on some cars as winter prep.

@Nick_H Just out of interest, when was that tank filled with E10 then if you have had covid. (Formulation does get changed Summer & Winter.) It is more hygroscopic. Not good for having in a tank like tens of thousands of used cars have sitting unsold since last year. (Petrols & Diesels.) There was still Winter Spec E5 or E10 in the UK until March and mid October winter spec Petrol starts getting delivered in the UK starting in Scotland and the North of England. Lovely stuff at Tesco / Esso quite often in the North. Momentum 99 ron Minimum, and that can be at times during the winter from Continental Europe and 100 / 100+ ron. The same can happen with other retailers Super Unleaded that is not coming in as a Base Fuel.

@AspmanI assume we are not talking a nice simple battery type like for a Suzuki Jimny, So something more involved like modern vehicles. MINI or the like? Just been out sorting out my extension cable, greenhouse heater and the charger i used for cars and bikes and that i plug in and unplug as needed, and take the car a few miles each week. This is as the cold nights are coming this week. All pre winter stuff done yesterday & this morning, coolant check, locks, bonnet catches, door seals and hatch, windscreen wash, hinges, tyres / pressures.

@Nick_H So i take it if back to 99 ron then you will not be using Texaco. ? What happened with you running the E10, poorer MPG, or performance with the engine misbehaving?

That is something i have never seen anyone ever do with a DQ200 DSG with a manual hand / parking brake in the past 12 years of being in many cars with this. A hard slap on the back of the head would have been applied to any total muppet that did do that.

My Social Media reading has not seen much other than BEV's towing trailers or caravans with batteries and regenning to charge. I really am looking forward to hearing of those fitting additional batteries to PHEV's.

Sounds simple, get a battery pack / controller, fit / connect a battery, job done. Range Extended. I am surprised VW Group have not already done it, or some After Market Kit available or someone doing the job. *Maybe all the other Manufacturers with PHEV's and Batteries with around only 13 kWh capacity could double that, then more might charge at home and not sit tying up public chargers for hours getting just 3.5 kWh in, or less. ** Maybe someone is and we will get a link to them. ? What are Google Searches showing / other forums like a VW one? PS. The 37 miles on electric you are achieving is impressive.

@ThreeSixty We know why Premium / ECO tyres have a longer life. That is the compound, treads, & the lack of Traction / Friction / Grip. Tyres to get better fuel consumption with the poorer braking and steering and traction and more so in the wet, cold or snow. Not that Performance Sports Tyres are that good in the same circumstances if they are 'Summer' tyres.

Looking forward to anyones experience of this. Maybe make the car lighter, also put on the most efficient Eco Tyres you can get rather than adding weight to the car as it is now. Or if you add weight with the extra batteries you will still have to do that to achieve the greater range. Can you not fit a LPG kit to the car and put a LPG tank in the space and you will be getting the Skoda Technology where it is at already with other manufacturers that are not the VW Group?

We do not know if the Oil was not changed. Also no idea if it was. We do not know how many miles the car has done since Oil went in at the factory in 2019 and the car went on the road late 2020. @MATTIHOLLHow many miles has it done and when was a Service Carried out according to any Record or Record on the Skoda System? It seems that it is Skoda or a Sloda Dealership that has no Record on the System of an Oil Change done. So an assumption has to be made that No oil change has been done. **If the Australian Spec car was on Variable Servicing and has not done over 20,000 miles from November 2020- September 2022 then an Oil & Filter Service or Inspection service was or is due in November unless it is over 20,000 miles. ** If over 20,000 miles and no record of the correct Oil & Filter change done with the correct oil & filter than that can invalidate a warranty. No Pollen filter change is due on a car who's PDI was less than 24 months ago and under 20,000 miles. Not due if over 20,000 miles, it is a @2 year item. ** A 21-22 month oid Approved Used Skoda might well be sold without an OIl Service or Pollen Filter being changed if under 20,000 miles, and they often are. Also 3 year plus ones without them having been Serviced to Manufacturers Recommendations, Guidelines or Schedules, ie, Haldex, VAQ, DSG servicing or Brake Fluid replaced.** ........................... How it was with FIXED SERVICING before Skoda UK started showing Oil & Inspection Services & Extended Scope & 3 years then each 2 years. *That is 2nd Major Service stuff, at a first Major Service as they called it the difference from a Minor / Interim Service was a Pollen Filter replaced. Now at a Service that is something you get if you pay for it. Not included in the price of an Oil & Inspection Service.

A DSG & autohold and an e-Brake is a joy IMO. A Scala or Kamiq with DSG but a manual parking brake might suit people and the KISS principal but for many the new system is fine and works each and every time. Maintenance is important.

For those not doing high annual mileages or maybe business use of a car that goes back after 3 years then it is sensible to do Oil & Filter changes to a Fixed Service Regime of 15,000 km / 9,400 miles. But then Volkswagen Group are not telling anyone to leave a car on Variable / Flexible servicing just because the car leaves the factory able to do that. http://volkswagen.co.uk/en/owners-and-drivers/servicing/service-plans/service-schedules.html No idea what the 10,000 km / 6,200 mile oil changes is about unless that is maybe what is all some is covering in a year. ..................................................... Oil tests / analysis and quality checks is 'Simply Clever' In the USA there has been lots of Oil & Filter shops changing oil at short periods for decades. But in the US there are different Gasoline Fuels. Here we are talking Diesels though, so it is common sense if talking 'Oil Recommendations, Specs, Service Schedules you look at the difference between US Diesel / DERV and European Diesel / Derv / Heavy OIl road fuel.

@DampDog If under 3 years old it will not have been part of the recall on them. Even older than 3 years not all needed it doing. They are good and all should be well with those that had the snagging issues denied by VW Group as usual and which eventually they had to address. Too late for those that had been told, 'they all do that', or never heard of that and they got rid of the cars. Manuals and DSG's not just manuals. These are the cars near the price range you have given. Lots of good cars out there, just do not get a lemon. Hard to know sadly. The software update should have the car behaving properly when roadtested from cold starts in colder weather. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/506167-has-anyone-recently-taken-delivery-of-a-factory-order-15tsi-dsg

@Matanfri know nothing about your highway speeds or stop / start in the city and if you use stop start. The difference of a couple of km per litre can be a weather thing, but i know nothing about the ambient temps with you. or a tyre / tyre pressure or even a clogging up air filter thing. You are spend plenty on consumables so that should not be an issue. Just not a very good engine to have in a taxi if wanting to make good money might be the issue and why others have a 2.0 TDI.

There is a good market place for selling or buying wheels, tyres and other stuff on a Skoda enthusiasts forum. A small fee for selling and buyers might be well informed as to what a Skoda is. I think the forum is called BRISKODA or something like that.

As long as Skoda / VW UK are saying the car is legal in the UK and the DVLA then all is good for you. Maybe the issue comes up again when or if you sell it. So if all the spec you want and a lovely car and with the remainder of a 3 year manufacturers warranty that is great. If Skoda / VW or actually their Warranty business is going to be prepared to do a Warranty if you want to buy one at the end of the 3 years then great.

Not many will change spark plugs on a Sales Car @ 40,000 miles and not at a Service unless the customer gets told or asks. (often they say, special plugs, very expensive, last 60,000 miles or 65,000 miles or whatever the service desk heard who taught them saying.) Not all Skoda Approved Used cars are Serviced before sale or have been serviced to Manufacturers Recommendations, Guidelines or recently they use Schedule as a term, but they never did for the past decades. As to Long Life Oil, that is because not many of them have anything but Long Life oil. ( even if you asked for VW502 00 5w 40 FS for fixed servicing as i use with a TSI..) Long lived engines IMO. So for you they have VW 504 00 / 507 00, for fixed or variable. 5w 30 FS III or 0w 30 FSIII. That's as recommendations by VW. New cars / engines it is VW508 00 / 509 00 that is the spec and used fixed or variable. so 0w 20 FS IV. Not VW508 00 for a 2017 TSI as not back compatible.

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