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Crazy prices these days but people will rent them the running costs are low. This Asking Price more than the starting price of a Coupe might give an idea of what the Coupe with options might get to. The one ordered in that might become the Demonstrator if not bought after being in the showroom for a quarter.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/484984-yeti-4x4-rear-oise-driving-me-mad

@Kobayashi Good that it sorted. Did anything posted here lead you to doing anything other than read it, like did you actually do anything other than get others check for faults. @thomasaspinback in the day when you needed help you were happy to get it, did making you aware of stuff take you further away from sorting the issues? Unbelievable really when i think of those that never bothered even to thank people for trying to help them.

They are semi automatics so changing down gear with paddles or as i do with the shifter and then knocking the stick across to D to drive on does the job well & does it on winter roads where you might not want to be braking. (A shift back to S will have the car slow if off the accelerator and then back to D as you stop or as stop works.) Dropping the shifter back to s off the throttle will have it come down a gear or 2 but then you are just going into higher RPM when on the accelerator again before an up shift. All good on good surfaces with good tyres and not what a 1.5 TSI / DSG might have on from the factory.

Still DQ200 7 Speed Twin Dry clutch on FWD ones.

When the down hill is long enough and the roads and corners good then speed is not an issue with many EV's with 90 mph or so top speeds and you can use regen braking with paddles or gearstick to give more reduction in speed if needed. Sea to the mountains and back to the sea.

@skomaz I remember dropping it off and getting £700 cash and going and buying a Fiat 132 Auto Twin Cam that i ran for quite a while then getting a Fiat Punto Speedgear. If someone has one in a barn best look after it.

@nta16I would think i am thinking 'if i hop off of here i will be going to A&E so best sit down and slide off!'

@Easytiger333 Any updates if you are watching your thread. This might serve as a warning to anyone that thinks checking at 5 years is pointless but this engine was not even near 5 years old. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/501814-car-goosed

I am guessing this is about 30 + years ago on my much loved Fiat Strada. Alcohol might have been taken at the Aberfeldy Raft race to have me practicing my surfing on the bonnet with my C&A specials shirt & shorts.

The cars seats occupied by living breathing people during Covid and the car steamed up was just a ridiculous test. With masks worn. What is the important thing to many looking at EV's is how efficient with passengers at 60 or 70 mph and comfort in the vehicle and not a car you are going to maybe park and over night the interior gets frozen glass inside requiring pre heating with windows slightly open. Wind deflectors on the windows are important as far as i am concerned, that might just be for when charging and me or others in the car and with the heating / ac on or not on but the weather being rainy or snowy.

But I could get 730 miles out of my TDI DSG with coasting function enabled doing the same trips across the Cairngorm routes back and fore but 630 more often when trying without using coasting. The same time taken. But then that was the last of the Great Defeat Device TDI,s that struggled to do 25 mpg with cold starts, short trips. No switching off was involved. You had Coasting enabled or not and if enabled keep your toe off the accelerator when possible. Same as with an EV. I find Cruise Control uses more energy on the 23 miles Perth / Stirling either direction as not the same regen as just driving and being aware when to coast. I watch the indicator showing blue or green and with CC set very seldom does it go blue. Stays Grey. None used, none gained. Same as some ICE vehicles really CC is less fuel efficient as it keeps power on to hold speed, not all are bad though..

Bloggers in the USA have tested Tesla,s on mountain routes and regen. Also MINI electrics. Pretty pathetic range with them. Still waiting to see an EV towing a trailer with a second battery pack in it to power the car. Are the losses or trailer weight greater than what the battery can benefit the car. A dynamo system on the trailer might well make the trailer less easy to roll along even on flat roads but the top can have solar panels on as some Eletric bike long distance riders are using towing trailers with batteries. Same with EV HGV,s really. Carry less pay load but more battery to get the journey done non stop.

@Routemaster the speed for coaches of different lengths are not the same in England / Wales as in Scotland. Best you get to know these things. Then HGV max speed limits were part of a pilot scheme on the A9 as they were and maybe still different from elsewhere in the UK. I can tell you the company HGV,s from the island of Ireland that do not stay withing the HGV speed limits on the A77 to and from Cairnryan and I expect others can. Maybe HGV drivers. The A9 Stirling to Perth is not a motorway and had average speed cameras the 23 miles. Coasting in the draft of a coach for the 23 miles saved me lots of fuel over the years and is get to the charge hub in Dunblane or Stirling if I get behind the right coach. That is the same Stirling to Perth by the way. Get behind the right vehicles and in the eddy and you might not even need the wipers on so much. I sometimes take a longer route from stating off because I will get to where I am going having used less electric and been no slower. Or have not needed to charge as long when getting onto a charger to continue.

@J.R. with the like of going around the East Coast 250 it makes a difference if going clockwise rather than anti clockwise. Cyclists doing the Cairn O Mount know,. Or in many other places where they are aware of power / energy output and routes/ climbs. This year's Tour of Britain as an example. Stonehaven to Aberdeen on the route they did were short sharp climbs, the reverse trip is longer climbs to the same heights and short recovery on the steep descents. From the south climb 7 miles and use 25 miles of range maybe in an EV but then the regen over the next 23 miles can have you recharged. Then climb again and more down hill or flat to the coast roads. Same on the A93 over Glenshee. Climb from Blairgowrie, get to Deeside, head to the coast and home and less energy used than doing it to the coast first then home. Just real world stuff that people get to know about. I he have over 5 decades done the roads by bike, moped, m/bike, car, van, towing etc and now by EV. I know which directions are efficient power wise.

Once Charge Place Scotland and BP Pulse can be bothered to have Charge Hubs and Chargers more reliable and actually able to provide a charge then Plan A or B might mean no need to go to plan C and be on the Red before getting to C and even it is Out of Service. I get peed off at being passed on the way to a charging Hub by a going pretty quick Tesla / Audi to find it then charging and they are going to leave the car overnight on that only 50 kWh charger or for many hours. * Free to charge and no time penalty.* Not where there is a limited time and a charge to charge. Not so common with those with smaller batteries i find. PS. I am not going to draft something doing 56 mph in a 60 or 70 mph speed limit road even the Average Speed Camera routes. I find Coaches and some HGV's on certain Routes are on or above the National Speed Limit for a car where they can be and especially on the likes of the M8, M9 and parts of the A9 and going faster than i would be going keeping to the NSL for a car or just below to get a bit further before charging or to get home. You get to know which Haulage Company whos vehicles cross the Irish Sea nip on and seem to run under different traffic laws and which Coaches are of the length that allows them to be getting a shift on intercity. ............... Jag drivers often rather ignorant as well. At least now there are 3 available in Auchterarder now, when there was only 1 a Tesla would sit on it all night, if not doing the same in Dunblane. Middle, seemingly a couple of these CPS 50 kWh's are now in operation at Edinburgh Airport after even the single old one was also OOO. (The lights were on but nobody was in!) Bottom, M8 Hearthill Services. Try Quick charging here with your caravan on. Actually try getting near 100 kWh charge on a 125 kWh charger, or even near 50kWh. (A caravan on trailer could stay hitched here if the car has a front / front wing charging port.) Lots of charger cables are not long enough if a rear port and there is a towbar bike carrier and bikes on and a rear port.

For a family of 2 adults and 2 children and bikes then a Trailer for the bikes might be the best plan. That will not have the same affect as a caravan has sitting high behind the car. For those thinking of towing a caravan or trailer behind an EV in Scotland they need to think and plan exactly were they can charge with a caravan or trailer still hitched as they are rather rare. I draft lorries and coaches, I do not tailgate them, i can see their mirrors and they can see me. Just as i have done for decades with ICE vehicles when hypermiling, and with DSG's with Coasting Function. Easy to see how you get a tow and the RPM drops or the energy used with a EV. With a small battery EV car like i have it makes a big difference if you get behind the right vehicle and i might be doing 10 mph faster than i would be doing if having to eek out range to a charging hub in Scotland. Pre Heating is lovely but in winter away someplace just parked where you are doing what you are doing that is not always going to be possible. Real World.

Generally across the UK this winter it has been quite mild so far. Those that monitor their fuel use and know how the tyres / pressures / weather etc affects their fuel use from November to now sort of period might know if using E10 has made any difference to how much they have had to buy for their regular usage. Also if their vehicle has been affected in any way, cold starts, smooth running etc. There might be those that usually used E5 but when 95 went to E10 they changed to Super Unleaded E5 and have noticed a benefit in using that or no changes in any way that they are aware of. Others might never have even given it a seconds thought. It has been different for many still from a pre Covid winter with changed driving habits.

Cold weather really does not have as much of an affect on an ICE vehicles range if not just doing a short cold start trip. & once having an ICE up to temp keeping the cabin comfy and the windows not steamed up and the interior maybe getting damp by use of Climate / AC before stopping means after the car is parked up and even more steamy or the interior glass frozen at the next trip is not that much of an issue. It is good to see some Vlogger actually showing the difference. The best figure he gets is not as good Miles per kWh as other show they get. Good to see that with People in the Car the drop was not too much but if 4 or 5 in a car it would be good to see 100kg in the boot as though they were on their way to might a flight or ship and off on holiday / transported, and with AC on. 2 or 3 bikes on the roof or rear rack & 2 or 3 people in a Family Size car and the efficiency is the type of figures people do need to know and not just the WLTP and use common sense that when colder or a heavier load the car will not go so far. Not everyone has common sense even when looking at ICE vehicles. There range per tank is reduced, maybe just not to 3 hours of travel before needing to get more in. ...................... I would like to see, what might be some peoples real world in a good winter. 4 people in the car Ski / Board rack on the roof with skis / boards, all gear / luggage in the boot for a days fun on the slopes, temperature outside about freezing, winter tyres on, cars AC on, no steamy windows. Maybe someone has driven in that circumstances. So drive to a Scottish Ski centre, maybe charge before getting there depending how far you are travelling and the car parked all day with people maybe in the car at some point / lunch break, damp stuff / people back in the car at end of day and then trip home / to apres ski or accommodation. ? What miles per kWh did that get?

It is in the Electric Car Section but might help members if here. Passengers carried and steamed up interiors is just pure stupidity IMO but how some do seem to have EV's as they drive about.

@thomasaspin Nobody said including me that the fuel quality was to blame just look at it and consider it. The obvious and common stuff that goes wrong was there for the OP to check and they posted about the 1/3 full tank. You are so clued up now, what a change from 2014 when you were clueless and asking advice & happy to get any. Good to see you sharing your knowledge now and being so humble. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/337497-purchased-skoda-vrs-red-service-history-log http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/337700-oem-spark-plugs-vrs

Have you looked for any companies offering good deals for Young Drivers where there is a Black Box fitted to the car.

@dimitrit. I read what you posted. So was it a 4 wheel alignment check done by someone actually trained to know what they were doing. Just curious, but what are the tyres that are ok, size and make? Did the mechanic take the car out for a drive? There are some tyres that even with good tread still just become horrible with age. Then there is tyre pressure and weather conditions / cold where some older or even newer Summer / ECO tyres are horrible.

Tonight the news is that Toyota expect to have stop production at the 3 plants in North America & Canada for the rest of the week as with the highways / bridge blocked the just in time deliveries mean production is disrupted. An article from under 1 year ago about Europe. https://automotivelogistics.media/oems/why-just-in-time-will-remain-the-way-forward-for-toyota/41826.article

Welcome. How long have you had the car and is this a new issue. What tyres are on the car and what pressure are they at? Was it the Tracking that was checked or 4 wheel alignment?