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There has been near to 2 centuries to get the electric motors and hardware / engineering in cars to this stage. They can do it. Software is the issue and even decades on they keep coc-king that up, even the biggest car manufacturer in the world does it.

The perceived quality of EV's from European manufacturers is a very important thing. Time will tell just how good European Manufacturers actually are or how those manufacturing in Europe do in the 10 years to come compared to the likes of Hyundai / Kia also manufacturing in Europe and then those assembling in Europe like MG are doing in the UK or others like this new one they will be importing to Europe. Many just want Practicality, Longevity and affordability or replacing parts and even the need to not be replacing parts. Warranty length will be important to those buying keepers and not just leasing.

Best suggestion is that the 'Skoda Dealer' or their employee gets on with taking the photos and passing onto Skoda UK and gets the go ahead for them to spend that much fixing the issue. It will cost them lots less than if you were paying for the job which you need not, and certainly mot need to DIY it.

@WilRay They could not say maybe because they do not bother with forums or reading news items on Skoda's stored clearly stored outside & covers other than the transport stuff, and we all know how well that protects some bits, and not so well others. Dealers are so generous with passing on part of their profits to those trading in or selling cars to them. They are just cars and are expected to stay outside all their life in most cases, and they are at least not stored at railway sidings, well mostly not and not for long.

So much for Scolands largest and most expensive to build EV Charging hub at Castleview Park & Ride Strirling. 70 plus connectors and only 4 rapids, and lots of visitors now setting up home at it. I will nosy in past tomorrow and try to get a charge.

Looking for this SWARCO app, all I have is my Charge Place Scotland Account that I can sign into and do to report faults which are not being given much notice to. Just downloaded SWARCO-econnect. But it is just showing Starbucks as ones locally not many others which as are CPS ones.

I have never used it because it never works but I still check it. I use a card that does not work often so requires a phone call. There are chargers with no mobile reception or internet receptions or some if you wander about trying to get it.

https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/chargeplace-scotland-why-the-worlds-largest-electric-vehicle-switchover-went-wrong-and-how-a-dundee-team-are-trying-to-fix-it https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/2480461/sponsored-smart-charging-dundee-articlesfree

I am just away to come off an AC charger. 3 times this week I called CPS and this time the Dundonian Accent as as answered quickly. He sees a Reported Fault at 3am this morning but not my reports in the past week. He will talk to his supervisor, will report to maintenance. All good but sadly maintenance come out and find no faults and not enough people are reporting when they can not charge. Some do on ZapMap or Plug Share but that means nothing to SWARCO. I am away early tomorrow and the Rapid in Dunblane is showing as still having issues as it was when I reported it 3 weeks ago, and the same at Stirling. You can not count on any CPS station as being available even if CYC shows it as available and working. 26 mph charging speed on the AC up to 99% was quicker than I would have got using the CCS from 90%. Saturday I need to be home before Sunday. So 6 hours driving, allowing 3 hours charging and an hour for what I am traveling to do. That is if all goes well.

I had no issues on the day of the change over or since any worse than the usual chargers out of commission, ones failing to authorise my card or start charging and no answer from CPS etc. Just what may experience weekly. But the Dundee Evening Telegraph as and Dundee Courier has as article concerning how it did not go well. The Minister for Transport in Scotland might now familiarise himself on just how poor the infrastructure still is despite millions of tax payers money being given over to SWARCO /e-Volt and others. They are now based in Dundee. Since 2013 the Scottish Government have spent 45 million on the EV charging network. Supposedly SWARCO e-Volt were unprepared for the size of the job they were as bout to be involved in. Surprising as they were already very much part of it and pretty bad at it before taking over control of it.

Sorry on my duff warning on the 1.8TSI from 2013/14. Re the DQ200 & the 250 Nm max. Lots of us had Twinchargers remapped and putting out over 300 Nm with DQ200's. VW put the 1.8TSI in the Polo GTI in 2015 and that had 192ps & a DQ200 DSG, they limited the torque to 250 Nm with the DSG but the Manual had 320 Nm. They say the DQ200 weighs more, so more weight, less torque, but the DSG was as quick as the manual. (real UK world side by side on a road not track, XDS, but TC off and DSG in S) The Leon 180 ps / DSG felt as quick and was more comfortable IMO, it was heavier, never tried them side by side or with a Vbox. VW Engineering, of figures.

To me it is easy to think how many miles you get per litre used. Simply being 10 miles to a litre so as near to 45 mpg if 45 litres take you 450 miles. It is a long time since fuel was shown at filling stations as the price per gallon in the UK or that road signs show the distance anyplace in km.

It's quite simple really. They will be retailing E10 with up to 10% Bio as required and if they sell Super Unleaded then the will be showing as E5 with up to 5% Bio, but that is the Max they will have of Ethanol and it could be less. This is ESSO in the UK.

They were nice in Euro 5 1.8 TSI 180ps Seat Leon FR's with DQ200 DSG, but really i have no idea how they have been over the years. I drove one for a bit when looking for a replacement for a Fabia Mk2 vRS and liked it.

Not a MG5, They are moving on lots with the Marvel R

I find that Skoda / SEAT are 'Understated' by VAG compared to a VW or Audi with the same engines, max power bhp / Nm but heavier cars and more expensive. Over the decades it is 'Performance by RRP', you can not have the poverty brands / versions getting better 0-62 or better fuel consumption figures. When they do maybe mix it up by showing the premium brands with a 0-60. VW Got caught out in the past doing this 'Accounts engineering'.

Welcome. Well there are 2 possible issues, so a DQ200 DSG from 2013-2015 should maybe have had Service Campaign '34H5' carried out, that is a Software Update, if all is well then good. But that is pretty high miles / km if the DSG has not had new clutches. More of a worry to me would be the 2014 1.8 TSI. See the Pinned Thread at the top of the Octavia Mk2 section.

Welcome to the forum. Sounds a bargain if supplied, fitted, wiring / coding done and ready to rock and roll.

@PeterCornwall Can you move your gear shifter from N to D and D2 shows and not D1 for starting off?

No reason your car should have 'Coasting'. As for moving the shifter past N to D and it indicating D2 & not D1 that is very odd.

@bubib5 Just to be clear, if you are parked be it on a hill or on the flat and with something on the tow ball and you start the car in P or N and you move the shifter to D to move off are you saying D1 is not selected and somehow with your foot on the brake or the parking brake doing its thing the indicator says D2? Or as with all others it shows D1 and goes to D2 and might stay in D2 before getting to D3. Different cars / DSG's of different ages and with or without ECO settings can have 'Coasting' which you have to enable.

There must be Civil Servants around who can update Government Websites, maybe a Secretary of State or Junior Minister with some responsibility other than being at photo opportunities. https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-plates/flags-symbols-and-identifiers

I know from when it was. & I read it at the time and posted about it then and linked it now. The Government / DfT need to be telling people stuff, too often now it comes from the RAC and is just what some Government person tells them. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/481755-green-registration-plates-are-coming-for-evs-in-the-uk United Nations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations

This was strange when it showed the Union Flag / GB plate from a Grant Shapps tweet. 'United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.' so it should be UK, not GB. http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9207759/First-look-new-Union-Jack-number-plates-EU-flag-vanishes-UK-cars.html

Reality is what can be the problem. The Governments need to be assisting manufacturers build and sell more affordable EV's, and not encourage those that are building heavier and heavier Hyper EV's that in many cases are just lifestyle vehicles .