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That was costing you £8.50 or more for every 42 miles though. If you were paying 35 pence a kWh for electricity then getting 4 miles per kWh then it would be £3.67. 50 pence a kWh then £5.25 If you were getting electric free you would be £0.00 for 42 miles. 357 miles divided by 42 = 8.5 gallons, so 38.64 litres @ 167 pence a litre = £64.52 (190 pence a litre x 4.546 = £8.63 x 8.5 = £73.40) 357 mile divided by 4 = 89.25 kWh @ 35 pence a kWh £31.23. So sit charging for 90 minutes, or charge while not waiting @ you are £33.29 in your pocket.

That box is to tick and then you can set the Winter Tyres Speed Warning at the speed you want it to warn at. You have another speed Warning as well as the winter tyre one you can set. There are countries that require the warning by law, that might just need a sticker, but it is standard on VW Group cars.

I have had on my winter tyres for over 20,000 miles in the past 18 months and they are as good at 25 *oC ambient and much hotter road temp as they have been at -10*C and on snow and ice or in the rain. No wear on them and they will likely stay on for the next 14 months until the car goes back with the original ditch finders back on. The best driving roads are 60 mph speed limits anyway during the summer and winter and all season tyres are just fine IMO in Scottish Summers.

I will be replacing my car before the new MINI Electric comes out but if i can hold off to get one then it will need to be capable of twice this range with All Season tyres on and 2 or 3 in it in Scottish (UK) Winters. & parked outside and not pre conditioned.

But you know where you live or are driving and you know if you need to use your car. You know if the postie, the busses, the home delivery vans and snow ploughs and gritters are out and about and probably 80 % or more vehicles are on the tyres they have on all year. So location location location and each to their own. If the roads / snow gates are closed then they are closed and when they are open then the traffic will drive on. This is generally the UK I am talking about. Check the weather forecast before venturing out in London you might need public transport or Uber.

To remove the covers I would probably do as an opportunist thief will. Put my hands into the gills, be sure no sharp edges to cut my hands. Pull off the wheel cover hoping it does not break. That is what will happen at tyre fitting centres as well. Unless the owners hand book says otherwise.

The no 2nd key at hand over has been an issue because of the chip shortage, 'allegedly'. http://enyaqforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=607 This is a cracker... http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/497110-second-key

@feebs77 Are you sure that your 2009 1.2 is a TSI? If you had an owners manual you would probably still have had to asked here about oil because it would of told you to ask a Dealership. 5w 30 FS III for fixed or variable servicing, but your car was maybe not a code for variable. VW 504 00 / 507 00. So best use 5w 40 FS & fixed Servicing so VW502 00. Coolant was G12 i think back then and now we are at G13 / G13 plus. It is pink VW stuff. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/267003-what-coolant-do-we-use http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/420043-12-tsi-fabia-105ps-coolant-type

Cars with batteries with good capacity / range are not charging back to 80% on 20 or 30 minutes on a 50 kW charger. That is assuming you get on a 50 kW charger as soon as you arrive at one. Then cars with a 50 kW battery usable means you would be at 40 kWh and if you want some safety of 5% when getting to an anticipated charger means you have 35 kWh. 35 times 4 miles if you get that is 140 miles maybe until you go through this again. 35 x 3.1 miles is only 108.5 miles. Its all a ball breaker for many right now. ........................................................................ Amazed at what he got a MINI to achieve. Just a driver and warm weather though. (I could not get 100 miles from one doing motorway / dual carriageway but then i can not get 140 miles from a 45kW battery in the Corsa-e) A 32.6 kW battery usable getting 4.2 miles per kWh would be 137 miles run to empty. http://autoexpress.co.uk/mini/mini/352323/new-mini-elkectric-level-2-long-term-test-review *** The USABLE CAPACITY is 28.9 kWh unless they updated, so at 4.2 miles per kWh that is 118.9 miles.*** 28.9 kWh x 5 miles = 144.5 miles.

It is Summer Coolant / Anti Freeze & Rust inhibitor and has a different freezing point and boiling point from water in the pressurised system so simply use the correct stuff and to the correct ratio (strength) None of it is complicated.

Except where others have been doing tests in a real world with them for the past few years on the likes of Teslas. But the Engineers must know best and it might have worked better in a wind tunnel or on a rolling road for a WLTP / RDE etc World Wide Harmonised Testing for the EU and not actually the whole world.. Mony a mickle maks a muckle so maybe worth trying with and without, but if it costs £50-£60 to get Bolt Covers and Centre Bore covers then maybe not worth it. Unless you can not stand the uglyness.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/490663-buying-goods-from-europe-post-brexit http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/494081-kopacek-issues

Water based has been applied to passenger cars for a long time now, so the late 80's, solvent based paints were covered under a EU directive in 2007. So if they are soft, hard brittle or what ever then that is what they are. So coatings, paints, lacquers if water based or acrylics are a huge subject and many are perfectly good. If VW Group / Skoda are not the best then that is the VW Group. Lots of In Transit repairs on cars is the paint that just flakes off cars when someone power washes them. Kerb side autos / man in a van/ on the forecourt (round the back) and no record on the cars history because the 'dealership' never logged damage. Google. briskoda paint hard soft hardness etc several threads. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/452620-paint-peeling http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/447732-paint-clear-coat-peeling-or-flaking-off

They will be to cool the disc brakes. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/504905-mk4-colour-edition-wheel-caps

Every building getting planning & going up residential or commercial would need to start having solar on now regardless of if any vehicles park at them as the energy will be required for the parking in the area. The amounts of money required are never going to get spent in the next decade. Kilmarnock. http://emtecenergy.co.uk/case-studies/halo-hub Edinburgh Airport. http://solarpowerportal.co.uk/news/solar_plus_storage_plus_ev_charging_to_be_installed_at_edinburgh_airport A wind turbine at a car park is simple. Girvan Community Hospital. http://e-architect.com/scotland/girvan-community-hospital CRAZY but no battery storage, & no EV Chargers there yet but there should be as plenty other areas near have EV's for staff / employees. Police & Emergency Services areas and such should all have solar and wind turbines on site. Simple, every village or town, housing scheme, development should have one or more of these. They will all need them very soon.

They just make it up as they go along. There are specific conditions and it is not that guff that Dealership employees are supposed to spout to owners.

Boris Johnson knows because someone told him that the Green Fuel stuff is guff and crops / food for people and animals is what matters. I can not link the Bio-Fuel & slashing net-zero target stuff just because it is in the Daily Fail and the Tele load of guff publications.

http://bbc.co.uk/news/business-61905276 Materials, batteries / components, and so much more being an issue for a long time into the future. If another car was not built for the next 5 years there are plenty sitting around the world for everyone wanting a car. People own some or many, even collections of hundreds of cars. There are super rich and just mega wealthy that will always get by, and people with money to buy even the the rarest of anything. There is still no shortage of weapons of mass destruction being manufactured. Or oil & gas coming out of the ground.

The question is concerning a leak. KISS, find the source of the leak. Use UV dye / ultravilot if need be. If the pump is gubbed then yes the Coolant Gauge would move, as will with a thermostat or other things.

Welcome. Find the coolant leak. If the water pump needs replace then it needs replaced. ? How many km has this 10 year old car done?

That is not the paint being soft or hard. That is the keying of the undercoat with the plastic then. This is from me, a time served ex Spray painter, industrial & vehicle.

@MPGwatcherHave you changed anything since Wednesday, even if just tyre pressures and are you noticing any difference? Do you know yet if you have a 60 or 69 bhp car. (You insured it & have the V5) ? What is the tyre size fitted and the brand, and how many miles has your car done? http://www.hypermiler.co.uk/hypermiling/hypermiling-techniques I take it you use E10 95 Unleaded from the cheapest place you can get it. E5 97 or 99 ron is unlikely to make any difference what so ever with your cars economy, but if it is only £2.25 extra for the Super Unleaded then maybe try a tank full. So Sainsbury Super Unleaded 97 ron (minimum) or Tesco Momentum 99 (99 ron minimum) ? Is the car well serviced so has it had spark plugs replaced as far as you know and a fresh / clean air filter in it? ? When was the last oil change done?

DQ200 loss of gears need not be the MCU or the Clutches it can be a selector or an accumulator. There are repair kits. But then a diagnosis needs done. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/478089-ebay-dsg-repair-kit-for-7-speed-dq200-gearbox Just a selection. There are many many threads since 2010. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/469385-7-speed-dsg-gearbox-repairfix http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/400979-lost-gears http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/491711-dsg-problem-no-reverse-and-only-1st-and-3rd-in-d http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/444617-7sp-dq200-dsg-failure http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/498084-after-changing-dsg-clutch-skip

@Mark2LTDI? Is the car at an Automatic Gearbox Specialist that has all the gear and more than ideas? First and important is it a Wet Clutch 7 speed DSG or a DQ200 7 speed twin dry clutch dsg? A DQ250 DSG is not a 7 speed Dry Clutch DSG. *6 & 7 Speed Wet Clutch DSG's have one oil and it is in the box and the MCU.* What car / engine does your wife have? What age is it and how many miles has it done? http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/502781-gearbox-in-emergency-mode-no-reverse-gear So does your wife have with a DQ200 DSG 7 Speed Twin Dry Clutch DSG? These DQ200 DSG's have 2 oils in them in the Box and in the MCU. If it is from 2009-2012 was it part of Service Campaign '34F7' done since 2014 and did it get the oil change and Software update, or if a 2013-2015 service campaign '34H5' started in 2017 and a software update. Done because of possible heat and pressure issues and leaks / failures. http://skoda-auto.com/services/recall-actions '34H5' if outstanding does not always show here.

Very strange driving in B all the time other than in a village or town IMO.