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@Redmanc99 You posted in 'Reviews'. Every other Mk3 vRS seems to get around ok without breaking the sump including lowered ones.

The OP says the Air Filter element was changed last year. (The first spark plug change i understand, the 2nd set so soon might be questionable.) Were DQ381 7 speed wet clutch fitted in 2017? DQ200,s were on 1.6TDI,s were / are they not? It is a 1.4 TSI FWD with 148 bhp / 150ps and no more than 250 Nm. They did use a DQ381 on a Kodiaq 1.4 TSI ACT, but it has Haldex. (DQ380,s for China.)

My MINI can on near smooth Goodyear Eagle F1,s and Vredstein Quatrac Pro all seasons i fitted in the same size were actually more efficient and that is very easy to check in an EV. Now i have on narrower Maxxis AP3,s on smaller rims and the same circumference and they are more efficient again and not ditch finders like the Goodyears. (Same with Corsa Electric which came on Michelin Primacy 4,s and there was not ill affect putting on Michelin Alpin 6,s. or the Riken Snow tyres.) Over the years i have always put on All Season or winter tyres on every vehicle i run and they are no less efficent for fuel than what ever the car comes on New or used. It is how things are that matters and not what someone thinks. & then actually knowing what you get in the way of miles out of 45 litres, or 55 or whatever. Not what you are seeing on a Dash Reading. Then there is winter, spring, summer or autumn and the possibility of differences. & setting tyre pressures as the seasons change or temperatures, and know of that makes a difference.

The only thing that they build is some cosmetic rust when it rains or you wash the car. No layer of anything once the newness is off the brakes. As for the Bull Sh!t from who ever the service assistant at the Dealership and 20,000 miles. That will be when they are saying the discs and pads need replaced. @Raf75 welcome, was that a Service Desk Receptionist that told you that or an actual Technician / Fitter?

? How much a change of circumference / total diameter is there and how many miles do you actually do now compared to what the mileometer tells you. Really you did not change the circumference by that much did you? ? Are they the same width of tyres. (What is on the road surface.) Tyre labels really mean nothing. Give a clue only. LIke the noise they give. nonsense often. Then there is the tyre pressures you are running. All Season Tyres are sometime not as economical as 'All Year / Summer bias' Tyres, and some are actually better, until warmer weather come,

Yes they can be a PITA, even mean you are locked out the car with the keyless entry. Then you discover what has changed, sometimes eventually. If there was a Software Update done at a dealership which changed things, that changes can end up back to as they were. Skoda Octavia MK4 owners have over air software updates as well. Sometimes once stopped. Sometimes asked to enable them.

No Oil & Filter change due at 40,000 or 80,000 or anytime with the DQ200 DSG. Which is what it has, a 7 speed twin dry clutch DSG. & the Cambelt change at 5 years, 50,000 miles has been dropped by VW Group / Skoda UK.

Best stick with dumb cars and take no mobile devices, not even dumb phones. Stay off grid other than ANPR & CCTV. Really HMRC should have no issues with Business users mileages and work or personal use, and the driver keeping logs. Digital logs, and signing in an out of work using devices is pretty standard. Like HGV Drivers and Tacho,s, or driving for gain or reward. It is time that things become simpler to keep records for anyone and everyone. Or use a note book and pencil / pen.

Welcome. The answers are in the Pinned Threads In the Fabia Mk2 section, but there are many answers. Then there are the many many threads with all the answers in the section since 2010. When a mod moves this thread there there might be people who can help.

I would not be leaving children, maybe children with a disability in a BEV or PHEV while charging with no adults around. 50 kW charger now with a 70 minute max charge time. I have not seen the Vivaro van (Open Reach) left plugged in here since the new tariff and rules came in this month.

Current MINI Electric. Almost empty say 5 miles range to full, showing 100% & between 94 & 124 miles range. 3 pin AC charger, 12-15 hours, ambient temp dependent. 11 kW AC charger 3 hours. 43-50 kW DC / CCS charger. 60 minutes maybe. For 2 hours driving say and 95 miles and into a 50 kW charger is is under 60 minutes. If getting 4 miles per kWh maybe 45 mins to 98% and able to drive another 2 hours and 100 miles +. 50KWh battery i used to count it as for 150 miles i needed 70 minutes to be able to then go another 135 miles. 150 miles was very rare from the 45 kWh usable battery, and freezing weather 110 miles was sometimes a wish and a dream. During Covid i had a Porta-Potti in the boot and a pop up tent, because i was travelling and there were no public toilets open. I never needed to use them but i was prepared incase i needed to.

Love the Mail. The Ship did not sink, but the Chinese might shut down the EV,s remotely and bring chaos to the UK roads, economy. Maybe on the day of the General Election when Oliver Dowden MP & Jeremy Hunt MP are just going to be out of a job the next day.

Google is the issue, do better research. It us a max 11 kW AC charging speed, DC on a CCS is 50 kW in a 32.6 kW battery. So 11kW AC being handy if 50 kW chargers are not available. I had a 50 kW Battery car with 45 kW usable and 100 kW max charge speed but only 7 kW AC onboard charger and i was never near 100 kW chargers and the 50 kW were not reliable. I knew the range of the MINI was not great, but the charges can be quick, and if waiting for a charger there is the 11 kW available often and maybe no need to even use the 50 kW if i can just get enough miles added. The downside is that i can not have many miles from the Home charge but then for 3 years before that i was not home charging i could charge free near to home. I brought up Orkney because as i was pointing out there are many different regions of the UK and EV,s are plentiful in different places. Or per capita there are more EV,s being driven. They can suit many people, low mileage drivers and long trip, daily drivers, people are different. Last night i read a story on how many EV,s just arrived off ships from China into the UK. Maybe some are for onward travel to the EU, but there are a good number of cheapish BEV,s away to be First Registered in the UK in the next months. Likely Partners of VW Group vehicles to stop them being up sh!t creak without enough of their own BEV,s to First Register. The New electric MINI,s with 80 or 100 kW Max charging and longer ranges will be arriving from China into the UK this year. This is from a Google search and then the papers are maybe not to be trusted.

^^^ 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.