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^^^ While this might be an actuality so is the Millions and Millions that the UK are giving to France to enable this very thing. To Albania to supposedly have them discourage their citizens from doing it after they are back from being paid to leave the UK.

Welcome. Is there a record of the VAQ Front diff serviced each 3 years / 30,000 miles, & the DQ250 DSG each 40,000 miles. The 'Factory Trained' Skoda Main Dealers certainly should be able to service them properly. If you do not trust them then use who you do trust. As long as they know what they are doing and when Servicing and Maintenance is required.

That is why the DSG has not been serviced then. I would be more concerned about the VAQ diff if not already properly serviced. You will need that doing if no record of it. There have been failures / leaks. There are a couple of threads i posted info in. Now Mk4 Octavia are @ 2 years / 20,000 miles.

@Graham Butcher Many people are commuters and Sales Reps / Commercial travellers and using EV,s, but that is a known known. Many people have many miles to get anyplace all around the UK. You might well be right about people from Orkney, but then you are not always right. So they might not leave taking their car, they might fly or go by ferry and then hire / borrow cars. Maybe BEV,s since many are used to them. Point being. Lots of people in the UK are only going driving in a 25 mile area. Local people using local shops and doing local miles. Go to public chargers and you might not need to guess. Maybe go to Orkney, Sheltland or other Island Communities. Local renewables and chargers & people that know the cost of things and the value.

@varaderoguyit is over a decade since Skoda had a 4 year / 40,000 miles Service Schedule. That changed after VW went to 30,000 miles and then Skoda went 30,000 miles / 3 years.

Thankfully the Petrol in the UK is lovely stuff with 95 ron min, or super unleaded 97 or 99 min and detergents. The oil as well, detergents. I would want to be able to buy an extended warranty, especially with a DQ381 so getting a warranty that covers it is important.

As to the BMW tech. I think they might need to Phone a Friend, or watch a Youtube Video. There might be all the gear and not really the idea. Oil & Filter, not just oil, regardless of what they say. ? How many miles has it done?

It is an odd one with the Taycan guy in the vid. PodPoint at the house not working but does not get another 7 kW AC charger installed to charge the car in 10-11 hours or half the battery in 5-6 hours, he gets a 3 pin AC Cable. EV Charger required to work 99% of the time. Well the ones in Scotland mess that up if it is UK wide. Actually BP Pulse UK wide must with their reliability or lack of.

The SNP / Scottish Green party coalition is over in Scotland. Now the SNP are a minority government. Tara to the Green Snouters and Ministerial Cars for their Co-leaders. Not very Green Transport being used by them and entourage. 'Get on yer bikes.'

Is it a DQ381 7 speed wet clutch DSG with a Service Schedule of 80,000 miles? Sensible to have the DSG serviced before that miles, but those doing it need to know what they are doing, do they? ? Has the VAQ front diff been serviced at 3 years / 30,000 miles? so Twice now. Have the spark plugs been replaced, and the Air Filter? Has the brake fluid been changed? Actually has the Servicing History so far been to the Manufacturers Guidelines, recommendations, specification or Schedule?

There is a looking crisis in the UK. Already obesity and Type 2 Diabetics. The Governments are not helping with the drive to EV,s. So many with EV,s seem to think Public Charging involves eating and drinking and that cost at fast food places. There are chargers at fitness centres and they are also expensive but Rapid Charging at Fitness Centres might not suit Centre Users as you might be training for an hour and the car does not need that long, and after all you will spend a lot of money if you need a big battery car filled up at 75 pence a kWh or more. More Public Charging Hubs & Park & Rides with Bike hire at them are needed. Maybe using Hire Bikes and parking hubs from Failed City Bike Hiring which has been common around the UK. Millions spent on bikes people never used because the costs were ridiculous. Going walking is another thing EV drivers might want to do if they have 40-60 minutes to spend charging the car. Not to go walk to some eatery though. Or go have a 5 mile walk round a Golf Course hitting a ball while people are needing to get their car charged and on with the day. Money not a problem for many though when they do want Luxury vehicles, big battery cars etc. Maybe they have a wind turbine or 3 as part of their pension plan.

@Graham Butcher They actually have Ferry Services and get off the islands and might even travel to your 20 and further. The vehicles actually get there on a boat. Do you know that many people all around the UK only drive locally much of the time and maybe take occasional longer trips and do not always need long range big vehicles for day to day use. Then there is the servicing and maintenance for those where there are no MAIN DEALERS around, or even a choice of garages or mechanics. Like on islands and rural areas. Not everyone is within a spitting distance of these.

@Stuart231 Welcome. They were not Tyre Garages were they, were they Tyre & Exhaust Fitting Centres with 'Fitters' or did the MOT tester have a look under the car to see if any work was needed? Best get any work done by a mechanic / Garage before and Checking or Adjustments are paid for. Adjusting worn suspension or steering is no 'simple clever'. Work first if needed. As to ATS Euromaster, First you best check their equipment is actually working. Then the trained staff member is available, then that they can actually make the required adjustment. & you need a new tyre or 2 or 4 most likely.

@Lee John McDonnell MP if it was him is the Ex Shadow Chancellor but very much a MP. So just another one guessing and if his lips move you know it is likely because he is blowing smoke up Jeremy Corbyn MP,s back end. He is also not an Ex MP. They stay on the gravy train until kicked off.

I would be pricing up new discs and getting them on. Not just chipping the edge off of those i see in the picture, ? What does the inner side look like?