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@Paws4Thot Different EV,s will have difference costs as will different ICE Vehicles. There will be if done at a Main Dealer or at an Independent or even DIY. BEV,s, pollen filters, brake fluid, maybe an Oil change with some BEV,s. Inspections / look sees. Wipers occasionally. ICE Vehicles, Engine Oil & Filter, Pollen Filter and Air Filter occasionally, spark plugs if a petrol occasionally, fuel filter for a diesel occasionally. gearbox services for some, automatic or manuals. Wipers occasionally. Inspection / look sees. Some might well miss doing some servicing or go by their own schedules. How does this Major Service compare to what your car would get?

Imo horrible. Cream interior.

4*oC and lower chimes done with for the rest of this week oop north. ASR flashing light maybe more common on the wet greasy roads if booting it from a start.

20,000 miles a year done in the Electric Corsa, used most days and at least every few days it did longer journeys. I just did not use the brakes much and if i did the car stopped and rust was never cleared off the rears and not much off the front. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/485497-vauxhall-corsa-electric-2020-fault-maybe-faults-in-first-6-weeks-various-over-the-next-3-years/page/3 I have a MINI, a BMW & a Suzuki sitting and the 2 ICE vehicles have replacement disc,s, neither gets anything more than cosmetic rust which cleans off in just a few miles. The MINI gets cosmetic rust but not red with rust and scored like the Corsa,s discs were. (Brake Fluid change due in June at 2 year service.) Many many cars i have had over the years sat about and did not have brake discs as bad as i had with Fabias or the SEAT Alhambra. cars used almost daily.

@Graham Butcher Supposed to be, Should not, might not, will not. But maybe look in the Briskoda Sections. Rusty rear brakes, advisory 80% worn etc etc. Get with the real world,and the sh!te that are fitted by many manufacturers but the biggest one after taking over from Toyota have real crap discs on many models. That is VW Group. Stellantis are also pretty crap. 'Generally'. PS Chelmsford & that general area is well known for its long winters & Cold and Wintry weather and the high used of Grit / Salt on the roads.

@Haki888 Welcome. Just being nosy / curious, but what engine is it that you are sitting with ticking over, and for how long at any onetime?

Worth trying to listen to 'The Climate Question' Who wins in the electric vehicle transition, on BBC Sounds. This is one that was on the other night on the World Service about EV Batteries and cars being built in Hungary. The New Factories in Hungary,s 2nd biggest city Debrecen. Hungary plan on the Electricity being 50/50 Nuclear & Solar. Nuclear from the new 2nd plant, solar energy being increased greatly over the coming years. The new factories are huge. They are there to be near the Car factories so that the transportation of batteries can be reduced between factories. Many locals concerned over pollution from the factories, air and water. Probably with good cause. EU Regulations easily ignored in Hungary. Why German companies has so much manufacturing there. As things are in 2025.. According to these people.

All Season / All Weather. UK winter / All year maybe tyres. Not Snow tyres.

Some reading... Quantifying the change of brake wear particulate matter emissions through powertrain electrification in passenger vehicles - ScienceDirect.mhtml

'Generally' is interesting. What matters is 'commonly', & are there really that many EV,s currently and into the future with different brake pads and going through them more often than a Petrol or Diesel car does? & is lots of the wear not from the car brakes needed to slow the car, but being work by crappy rusty discs. eg, VW Group vehicles. (My Cosrsa Electric had 3 sets of Discs in the 3 years i had it, that was replaced twice, just from me not using the brakes other than to come to a stop at slow speeds and when parked they were very rusty and scored. There was a very good shifter and i drove in D and shifted to be for slowing into corners or coming behind vehicles and just hardly touched the brakes, as i have always done in Automatics. I have only one foot so i really am aware about using the brake pedal, and how seldom i do.) 2 States in the USA are somewhere towards regulations on Brake Pads and the compounds, less copper etc. This is where things are falling behind. As to EV,s it needs remembered that there are quite a few models with rear Drum Brakes so enclosed. These being as with older vehicles. Actually collecting brake dust on front brakes would not be difficult with enclosed brakes and cooling is still possible. Legislate. That is the Governments job in the drive to Net Zero. Lots of big fat EV,s being allowed on the roads, well the Governments have agencies with scientists just like those in Universities. Actually they went to Universities and did Research....

I never knew that about the different materials of the brake pads with an EV compared to maybe performance ICE Vehicles. Are the BEV,s actually going through more brake pads than other vehicles, similar or heavier SUV,s / 4x4,s. COULD.

This might interest you.

SOS / Emergency call buttons very handy once there there are more and more having a Cardiac Arrest at EV charging hubs. Calling up mobile toilets would be useful for Tesla Superchargers and other hubs near no other facilities, those not near Motorways.

Worth looking at the various threads.

Is that the level when checked as the oil level should be? Oil at normal operating temperature, stopped on the flat for a few minutes. Not checked cold / warm, checked after the oil getting to around the normal 90 *oC indicated. Checking cold to see there is enough oil is OK, then checked properly to compare so that cold checks can be done before a journey. Only 1.2 44kW VW engines with 2.8 litre capacity are cold checked.

It is how it is with every vehicle i drive with any way they are powered. The thing with a BEV is that many once stopped a while or charged then have the range showing based on 5 miles a kWh, or 4 miles a kWh. As much as many say what they get it looks pretty much that many in the UK get around an average of 3.6 miles a kWh. 64 kWh battery x 3.6 is just 230.4 miles, where the 5 miles a kW/h is 320 / 4 miles a kWh is 256.

Reported / guesstemated range can easily fall once a passenger loaded, the AC maybe on etc. The estimate being just that based on the recent miles covered before stopping, or coming off a charger. You could cover 7 miles and then it starts to improve and maybe another 20 miles further you are back to the reported available range. It is a bit like with any cars, even diesels.

Did you not get an invoice with parts used, Fluid, new plugs/ seals, filter? ASK IF THE FILTER WAS REPLACED WHERE THE DSG WAS SERVICED. Get the filter changed. VW Group / Skoda were the ones that showed not until the 2nd Oil Change Service. That is a nonsense. Messy job though doing the filter. ............... Dq200,s are 7 Speed TwinDry clutch DSG,s. No service Interval / Regime / Recommendations / Guidelines. But the 2 Oils can be changed. In the Box and in the MCU. A 1.6 TDI FWD does not have a Wet Clutch DSG. A Kodiaq with FWD & not AWD does not have a DQ200 DSG.

@AlbaZeus Welcome. No video but no matter, easier for someone that knows engines to listen with the bonnet closed when at the car. Only 32,000 miles, but maybe get the spark plugs replaced at next service.

@SeeJay Just ask the Service Desk person to show where the DQ250 service interval is other than at 40,000 miles, or sooner if someone wants.

Tyre cracking posts over the years on here with all sorts of the brands. Often someone posts saying the Tyre Fitter says 'We see that lots with Michelin's'. Or Dunlops, Pirelli, etc etc. It can happen with any brand / models of tyres in any location world wide. If it was common with Michelin that could be just because of the number of vehicles fitted with them. They are no more liable to cracking than any others tyres.

@Graham Butcher Look in the Mk3 Fabia section. the likes of 'high RPM'. threads. 1.0 TSI,s with a GPF and cold starts, cold morning, morning icy / snowy maybe. Drivers concerned that they need to use brakes to hold the car back as they set off and try going slow and the car is running away with them. Newer Technology, can catch people out, as 'Coasting' does with some. & that acts differently with different generation / models of vehicles.

Different EV,s Different form of getting Regen Braking / Regening the battery. The Renault 5 EV is different from the Alpine A290 EV. Then Stalantis and B mode or D, now cars with C and doing it in an opposite way from the Starting off mode. MINI Electric Oxford built has a Regen Toggle. Other cars have Paddles. As it is one pedal town driving and one pedal out and about are different things @Graham Butcher. One pedal bringing you to a stop and putting on Brake lights is hopeless if you just want to lift off the power to slow for a corner. As to regen and cold. If COLD WEATHER happens to be an Icy / Snow covered road then as you drive easy and maybe use the brakes with care, or you would use the gear box to slow, or shift D to S with a DSG, the last thing you might want is the EV doing a one pedal LOTS of retardation.

For anyone reading with a Mk4 with a VAQ front diff. The Service Intervals show as at 2 years / 20,000 miles now. Not that many Main Dealers even tell owners about the 30,000 / 3 years, and some Service Desk Staff say Optional.