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Around £200 maybe at an independent, maybe £250 plus at main dealers.

Only if the driver allows them to be removed while their car is locked. Different cars different ways. Most Merc, Jag, BMW, Porsche, Tesla or Audi that seem to think parked and no longer charging are locked in. Kia Niro has a button near the door to choose locked in or not at the end of charging. PS. Golfers seem to like to leave cars charging while having a 5 mile walk and maybe something to eat and not just get the cable out or usd a AC tethered charger.

Welcome. The 2nd DSG service is due at 80,000 miles, is there in the history a record of the 1st DSG service,,? As my record of the spark plugs replaced? Due again at about the same time as the DSG service.

Filth. Got home and went shopping. Car park high street and supermarket full. Because 1 day storm coming. Bl00dy BMW,s often taking up chargers and not charging.

90 miles motorway and through Glasgow speeds and arrived with 10 miles range. 12%. Weather at freezing or just above. Max power available 80%. But that does not as vtually reduce acceleration on max speed if needed. Ok. Speed

Just never use a high pressure washer and you best deal with the rust sooner than later and not let the metal go to holes behind the paint. The rubber in the back door at the bottom of the window is bad for rusting. Not sure on the AC sorry, never had issues and my hearing is not great. The oil VW 502 00 is 5w 40 FS is the oil that suits fixed regime reducing and is not long life. If the car has had VW 504 00 so 5w 30 FS lll up to now then no problem if that is what the dealership has and uses. Shock boot can wait. Have fun.

SWARCO are putting in more powerful chargers in England. The issue is they have the Charge Place Scotland contract to run it. Then maintenance contract with most of the 32 local authorities. Also they own the company manufacturing e-volt chargers. It is something that the Competitions Authority should have been into looking at. But we are where we are. To close Government and Government Agency and Contractors. Public money. It will come out in the wash.

@Kt1966 obviously the car is worth more than any trader / dealer or bulk buyer offers. They intend selling it for a profit and likely expect more than £800 after taxes paid. £1,500 on more expensive cars.

? When was it serviced , oil changed, time or miles ago? When does the service indicator say due an oil service?

What engine. What gearbox?. Anyway. The oil temp would be right to take that time to get to an indicated 90 degrees C, ambient temp and speed dependent. The coolant should not take 10 minutes to show 90 degrees C if driving even if the temp outside about freezing.

People are on a hurry to get to ferries and sadly the chargers between Glasgow and Girvan are not reliable and are just single rapids near the route, then Ballantrae that is next is unreliable. The SWARCO employee asked me if it was working and he if on his way to Belfast . Coming off a ferry or just heading north on A77 just the same crap. This route should be a Scottish Government priority but is not. Just the same as the terrible road with a terrible history for serious accidents is not. That was even the same when getting EU funding and all that was done was a couple of locations with crawler lanes and lovely road side walls. Landscaping. A favourite with public money..

Wind turbines and Wind farms all around me here just not the required battery storage to make use of the electricity that can be generated. Calm here in the harbour and the turbines are turning just up the hill. @wyx087 I would not use a 7 or 11 AC to save money if going someplace and a working 50 kW is available. But I need 100% later not now. And I got a small battery car so that if need must then plenty AC chargers about and usually ok just for an hour or 3 to have a full battery. But even 42 pence a kWh is too expensive. But this 22 kWh has cost nothing and the refunds are coming in the false starts. The chargers that might have issues are the ones that sometimes end up giving free charges. This has been a very cheap trip so far. 550 miles from the £2.50 charge at home and another that cost £11.45. but tomorrow I will need another charge before home at about £9.00. 50 kW charger.

Actually this is the first morning that there has not been a car sitting having been on the charger all night and a teacher then plugging into the other side and leaving the car from early until afternoon. 47 pence a kWh. There was the DC working for getting a charge and there is 1 hour max time on it now but then a higher tariff to use. Bad enough now at 62 pence a kWh but going to 70 pence in July.

VW mostly Haldex. Audi mostly Torsion. Still needs appropriate tyres be it FWD or Part Time AWD to get out of slippery fields. Haldex Servicing every 3 years / 30,000 miles or sooner. Probably best at 20,000 miles.

Refunded for the last false starts charging. This morning freezing cold, wanting to slow charge to 100%. 3 false starts and was going to try the DC and no reply on phone from CPS and up rolled a SWARC employee to charge on the DC as on his way to a ferry. He started a charger last summer for me that cut out once he left to go for lunch. That was first time I paid minimum charge and never refunded. He is ordering a part for the tethered AC charger and started the 11ac for me using his laptop. What as carry on as per usual.

These people that call handle etc think they are the gate keepers of secrets, even from the people they are acting as agents for. I love the Data protection line sometimes given. Especially when it is your data and have the right to know.

Maintain the spare at a high pressure when stored maybe 60 psi, and if you have to fit the spare then you can let some air out. Easy to have a tyre pressure gauge in the car even if you have no means of inflating a tyre.

Simple @Graham Butcher production plant or recycle plant fires in the scheme of things small fry. Firing missiles or killing with drones and everyday happening around the world. People die.

Tens of thousands dead in countries where the big nations want the control of oil, gas, minerals and resources that countries have. As it is the Nations / countries that are building batteries and other products have to take responsibility if there are industrial accidents. Like Nuclear disasters, like Refineries leaking or polluting, like train crashes were oil or gas explosions happen. Floods from burst dams, or just floods. Fired because of weather or lack of controlled burning etc. What a world we live in. Maybe even trampled by horses once we get back to using them for deliveries, or the evolution and electric milk carts.

Surely a subject for the General Automotive Chat section or some other section maybe. It is not just about BEV,s is it,?

1.5tsi ACT,s were quoted as between £900-£1,250 in 2024. £1,500 would be ridiculous and a cam belt and water pump. There were those that say quoted at £550. By someone that knew not what engine obviously.

You surely want to know what you can get for the car as a straight sale and no trade in, at least the WBAC offer, or Motorway or whatever, or do you not?

Just for those getting Free ones and feeling superior for green credentials i thought from your previous comments. Anyway, get out and about and see just how many nut jobs there are in EV,s, usually on the dash to get to the chargers after driving without tail lights or headlights to eek out range, all dressed up for the cold weather or cars interior.

@EnterName that is how the Green hippy and Woke tribes are, chilled, considerate and just get on getting on.

Maybe get the cars issue diagnosed. Plenty have helped here. I just asked about this full servicing as often people say done and it might not be. People just assume.