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@AmusedMussel They might well do, but a Dealership fitted them because someone wanted them on, or somebody did because they never came from the factory with them.

@AmusedMussel A previous owner must have put them on as the car does not come as standard with door protectors. You might find that there has been paint / lacquer spaying / repainting before or damage under the stips. Just beware of that. Plus they might not have gone on using the trim tape.

I was amazed earlier this year to see that that there was still a Mahle Factory in Kilmarnock Scotland as ever second year for a decade they have been threatening to strike and there seems every few years to be news stories of cuts in the number employed. http://unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2020/february/unite-moves-towards-industrial-action-at-mahle-engine-systems-after-pay-talks-collapse The filters got manufactured in my plants and seemed to not actually show the manufacturing plant on the boxes. http://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-49279017 I pay under £4 for Mahle filters at my local Motor Factor with a trade discount. Nothing to do with getting at much cheapness, I preferred them to the Silver VW/Audi filters that they started using.

Give the oil and filter change a miss if you want. Do not give the DIY inspection of the tyres / inside walls, steering, suspension, wiper blades etc etc a miss though. http://volkswagen.co.uk/owners/servicing/regimes

240,000 km / 150,000 miles might mean they would never be getting inspected then. Maybe just failing sometime after the car is over 10 years or 20 years even.

@Paul52 Is it a 2013 1.2 TSI with a timing chain that you have, (so the updated chain and tensioner) and not a nengine with a cam belt?

Maybe some Motoring Journalist might catch onto the cars they are driving needing a software update or having had it done. Do the Peugeot's and the DS EV's need a Software Update of cars already registered and new ones that are being held back the same as the Vauxhall and are PSA being a bit shy in actually saying why and what for? Dealership staff can not say, but are going to have to find out and come clean on what it is all about. So she has a car more expensive of 2 e-Corsa trims on 17" wheels / tyres, Matrix headlights, with a 10" screen, privacy rear glass, heated front seats, steering wheel and electric windows front and rear. He has one of the 2 cheaper of 4 trims for a e-208, so on 16" wheels / tyres, no heated seats, or steering wheel or electric rear windows and whatever sparse trim he might have bothered to check out. The regen braking is designed/ engineered to be just were it can be before the rear brake lights would not need to come on.

@lol-lol Bit of a ****-up on a Renault site though.

@lowedb When did this EU Legislation come into being and what does it say?, as brand new cars now still can arrive into the UK with a chirp from locking them or activating the alarm.

TMC / Bluespark Tuning boxes on CAVE engines have never been reported as the cause of their demise on this forum. Sh1tty engines OEM were. There were issues reported when they were used on CTHE in the 2 years or so no remaps were available and member used them.

There is no issue with the APR remap, there was with the REVO with a CAVE Engine. Shark before going into receivership were not doing Twinchargers but maybe they are now under new ownership. AmD or Darkside might well do a custom map for you or one they have. The Stage 1 maps are better than the VW Engine Management / mapping. & a good remap better than a tuning box. If you are worried then just leave well alone, but tried and tested engine management really is not an issue, apart from the crappy REVO for a 1.4TSI / TFSI Twincharger.

You do not need a service slot. Call SKODA ASSIST, say you are not wanting to drive the car as you feel unsafe and you read the T&C's of the Manufacturers Warranty about warning lights. They can have a 'responder' / RAC come out. Diagnose an issue or not, and arrange the cars recovery to a Dealer and the courtesy or hire car can be delivered.

It is good to see that Skoda / VW can be proactive when faults / snagging issues do occur with models. Vorsprung durch technik Learning from past mistakes of panning owners off and giving them the run around. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/482129-campaign-60e3

@lol-lol I assume the person doing the website mixed up the 135 PS and 135MPH Max Speed. Unless that is Vmax speed when falling off a cliff. 87mph = 140 km/h 93mph = 150 km/h 135mph =217km/h

A Remap of a CAVE Twincharger would be the best plan. APR Stage 1 and not REVO even if you could get a REVO stage 1 now. The TMC Tuning box did plenty of people rather well with CAVE engine cars, that was the 3 cable ones and not the 2 cable that because available and suited the South American cars and fuel and not UK / Europe and Unleaded or SuperUnleaded. The Blue Spark Tuning boxes also did well for those on here that used them. The guys selling them were helpful to the members that bought them. For anyone interested if they do a search they will see the numerous threads from 2010 on about TMC / Blue Spark tuning boxes used with a 1.4TSI 132-136kW twincharger. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/209657-14tsi-14-mile-leaderboard @VRS-Powered & @apmaman were running the TMC tuning boxes for quite a while.

£10,000 is £10,000 and does not grow on trees and many need to borrow to drive a 10 grand car.

? Does SEAT build them in Spain and is it no longer VW building them in Slovakia? The boot would be small, as with the e-Up! he so liked. Put the Fat Uncle in the front passengers side, or in the back behind another passenger. Head for thinking, feet for dancing. Why not put the shopping in the front footwell or the rear if on your own, or with just another..

This is 2020 & we are talking modern engines / vehicles. Cooling fans and pumps come on with the ignition off and the engine not idling if necessary.

Indeed. But i suppose you have no children that lives at a major roadside where there is constant gridlock traffic when no lockdown. Each to their own if they feel it is for others to bother their backside or not. I run a stinky diesel without stop start, but tend not to use as a city car. I also have cars with stop / start and use it when it suits me, it is certainly not the spawn of the devil.

@Insearchofaskoda OK if you do not get it, someone will explain, 'Presumption' is an issue, you can cancel in 14 days and be better off not worse.

With Autohold and an e-brake and DSG never had a starter motor or battery issue and if it is taking a long time in gridlock traffic through Edinburgh, Glasgow or Aberdeen then no issue having it working when it suits and off when not. It takes all kinds of drivers i suppose, but cutting pollution does not cost anything in extra fuel or car components IME.

A bl00dy marvelous creation. If you do not want it functioning then push the off button.