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Variable / Flexible servicing can suit drivers / owners that do not want to be at a Service maybe more than once a year or even yearly. They might even have the car serviced only once and hand it back. Some that own a car and are keeping it might want the car looked at by a professional or competent & qualified technician yearly and the oil and filter changed annually even if the oil has not done many miles. None of this might include using Parks if we are talking Professional or competent.

@zetzet People are left guessing what country you are in, or what you might drive. There are lots of Euro 5 1.2, 1.4, 1.8 & 2.0 TSI never got to any miles before they expired prematurely. But then that was Fundamental Design, Manufacturing, Components / Materials and VW Group bl00dymindedness. Also VW504 00 so 5w 30 FS III as they recommended, Long Life Servicing not the issue. Just lemons and Timing Chains, Tensioners, Scrapers, Rings etc. So now for the WLTP / RDE2 we have them with VW508 00 / 509 00, so 0w 20 FS IV. Time will tell how that goes, and in a year or 3 more how the VW Group GPF's are behaving. There are Dealerships /Independents, mechanics, techs, fitters etc that are using 0w 30 FS rather.

? What are you after is it a 1.0 MPI so no Turbo or a TSI. has a turbo. Which power do you want? Drive them. If it has a FMDSH / Full Main Dealer Service History what does that actually show as having been done. A History can show what was not done. Are there invoices / receipts? Main Dealer, Independent, local garage, just as long as evidence of servicing. Was the Brake Fluid Changed @ 3 or 4 years. Has the Pollen filter been changed once or twice. Recently. Spark Plugs, changed or not. etc etc. What do the discs look like. What are the tyres like. Is the Windscreen chipped. So basically is it in well kept condition or will it cost you money now to be right. Prices have increased.

You have a car go try if your has. You have done plenty miles.

Variable / flexible service intervals have been available with VW group petrol turbos and others including far higher performance engines than 280 ps ones that Skoda get. Millions of them trucking around doing just fine. Well the ones that were not lemons right from the Drawing board.

^^^^this. Then Servicing and maintenance is or should be more than just oil and filters. Waiting 2 years from the car leaving the production line or dealership before being checked over / under is just crazy IMO. Many do no checks themselves. Not even tyres / pressures Cars even go 3 years to a MOT before misalign head lights are picked up on. Even transport blocks in the 3 years. Not that a PDI and 3 serviced makes any difference about that. Another thing that is simply clever with a keeper is move wheels / tyres front to rear. But again an annual or bi-annual main dealership service does not get you that.

But not needing to even know that is lovely for those that just open a car and get in. It is hardly the latest of tech.

I am all for road safety so no longer brake test tailgaters. Instead I use my windscreen washers and turn on their Auto wipers as their lovely clean car gets sprayed with my fragrant wash fluid and their wipers come on. Good stuff with convertibles. I try to refrain when it is bikers but sometimes needs must, I have good regen on my car but the brake lights do not come on with it. Ps, re washers as standard. Check out strength of lights / heat and need for washers. LED / matrix as and other cooler lights may not have an issue with dirt being cooked on.

If Enyaqs can not remember settings for the different keys to suit what 2 different drivers might want with electric seats then that is pretty damn poor in an EV at the price they are.

Because VW Group including Skoda tell you about the milage and usage and service regime that might be better for people doing low daily milages. This might be for owners with keepers rather than those leasing and handing a car back ......That is fixed Service Intervals. 5,000 miles suggest low milage trips. But than it could be 1 X 400 miles as month you do. Or just there has been Covid. My first post in the thread had the link to the VW Service Regime page. It just so happens that the call handler at Skoda might not know anything about VW,s advice or recommendations. A NVQ in secretarial studies does not help with knowing about car servicing. PS actually when the PDI is done the car might be left on Variable Servicing but for years 'INSPECTION' might still show at or before 372 days, 9,400 miles. Or before the Service at 24 months ,18,000 to 20,000 miles. Been going on for years to confuse owners and even Skoda Main Dealer Service Desk staff and the idiots at Skoda UK who seem to have no memories or just no experience of having dealt often with the sane issues. Because they never last long working at VW group if they do know actual correct answers. Or are truthful.

Well done, great vids, filming and commentary.

A great vid from a Briskoda member. Part one is in the Enyaq Section with the 'Real World Roadtrip' thread.

Is 'Charge Place Scotland' or others providing a Gold Standard Service ? An article in the Dundee Evening Telegraph. http://eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/gold-standard-service-we-take-to-the-road-to-test-scotlands-struggling-ev-charging-network http://pressreader.com/uk/evening-telegraph-first-edition/20210827/281792812120825 http://thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/2480461/sponsored-smart-charging-dundee-articlesfree

If you top up to the MAX line and then after it has had an up to temp run it sets the level at between MIN & MAX then mark that with a freezer pen and monitor. If there was an actual 'FILL TO THIS LEVEL', line they would have put that on the reservoir.

@Wino This time it might end up boosting Diesel car Sales, new already built and used and not EV's & Semi Electric ICE cars. The Chancellors father in law has a lot to gain with boosting new car sales and so has Boris's favoured lender Lord David Brownlow.

The Chancellor in the UK might come up with another scrappage scheme. The only way there might be a lowering of emissions might be if more older cars go off the road permently. The thing is that the over 2 decade old petrol cars often get as good or better fuel economy than euro 4,5 or 6 engine cars. They might be doing less mileage annually and are better cared for and maintained.

Best call in personally and ask the Dealer Principal if it can be done and not change what you have agreed to. Just to be sure that it is not a sales executive that can not be bothered signing in to make the change.

The Auto gearbox or Automated gearbox discussion has gone on for years. The difference is that in the evolution of humans the left foot might become redundant and the muscles in the leg might wither. If you want to use your right or left hand depending on left or right hand drive to move the Auto boxes shifter while driving you can. If all passenger cars become auto then expect drivers around the world to be nearer the average weight of North Americans. Do away with manual boxes and wider seats will be necessary.

Surely if someone is running an older car they are unsure of and worry about fuel pipes or seals and using E10 or that lay their car up for longer periods of time and corrosion is a concern with the engine then £2.50 extra per tank fill with Super Unleaded must be money well spent buying E5.

@Camarao69'just do it' unless your insurance will not provide cover or your law stops you you modifying from factory fitment because of the emission figures for the Road Tax in your country. Skoda dealership staff or customer service have a default mode of saying 'no'.

Never ever noticed any that made the cars headlights perform worse if the windscreen needed a scoosh and the headlights get scooshed. If temps are that low that the windscreen is not worth scooshing then the lights are not getting done. As it is the lights nozzle freezing is common.

If someone at the dealership is able to speak the words to tell you this it must be written down someplace so that they know this. Ask them to show you the T&C's or the document that has informed them.

As might be expected when Skoda can boast how many cars they produced in the first half of the year and increased turnover and profits. Maybe they were just getting the lower emission vehicles first registered as soon as they could in 2021 so as they are not penalised in 2022 if the average emission figure is not as needed. When they can complete cars with the chips and get them transported they will because unfinished cars are a lot of money sitting on runways. https://www.skoda-storyboard.com/en/press-releases/strong-first-half-of-the-year-skoda-auto-significantly-increases-operating-profit-and-revenue Just a shame Skoda and Skoda Dealership staff can not communicate better with customers who think their order has gone into the black hole order system.

Not in the UK since about 2011 / 12 when all VW engines other than Citigo/Up!/Mii's came from the factory on variable / Flexible Servicing. (They should ask if you want the car changed to fixed servicing, maybe because you will own the car and not lease, or you do low miles or you are on a Service Plan requiring Fixed Service Intervals.) So no need to have OIl & Filter change before 24 months / 18,000-20,000 miles. It varies with Skoda / SEAT, VW & Audi. If they charge for windscreen wash and you gave the car with it filled then they can take off the price and vat because they are defrauding you. Or i asked for 2 bottles since they are cost price to them but they were trying to defraud me of the Retail plus 20% VAT. Coolant top ups were part of a main dealer service. Very annoying when they topped up to Max and you get home and the coolant is back where it was since the last time, right between MIN & MAX. If there was a FILL TO THIS LEVEL, they would put that line on the reservoir! *** There were dealers that did 1,000 mile checks free, or gave a discount voucher for first service at 1 year or sooner with them.*** There can be right cheeky monkeys or try to be. But not only do they charge for parts not used they take 20% VAT which is defrauding the public / HMRC. That will be why now there is a Service / Labour and then parts charged individually if supplied and fitted. Ridiculous prices though.

It is so close because it is a nonsense. There is no 'Inspection Service' then a Oil & Filter Service. Even though a member was conned recently where a Dealership charged for an Inspection Service without doing an Oil and Filter change. There were Minor & Major Services, year about. Then they called them Interim & Major Services. This was Fixed Service Intervals. Then the con was a Major & then a Major service if on Variable Servicing. Only the 1st Major was a Minor with a pollen filter change, but cost the same as a 2nd Major that might or might not get parts replaced. Now we are on Oil & Inspection Services and Extended Scope as an extra each 3 years, or 3rd service. They are confused and hope to confuse customers. Then Parks of Hamilton did something different when they offered 'Special Servicing' in Bronze, Silver or Gold. Or not much, not much more and a bit more maybe at a service. EDIT. They still do. https://www.parks.uk.com/skoda/featured/parks-economy-care Silver, Gold, Platinum. 3 years and older 4 cylinder cars. (Maybe at a push they could do a 3 cylinder one, seeing how little oil is required.) EXCLUDES LONG LIFE SPARK PLUGS. EXCLUDES PETROL TURBO's. £5 Surcharge for Full Synthetic Oil.