MickyD44

Ohh thats interesting. I have just used the standard Nextbase wiring kit. Might have to look into that later. Thanks.

I don't have parking mode enabled. It's piggybacked to the switched rear wiper fuse, so parking mode won't activate. I've always been cautious of running the 12v battery down in all the cars the camera has been fitted to (Superb and an Octavia until now). Also with all the grumblings about the Enyaq 12v battery issues, I just didn't want any drain on the 12v side while it's parked. Just in case. 😀

Yes the one just above the relay I guess it is with 646 on it. Strange it's empty though I thought all Enyaqs had rear wipers.

I have wired my Nextbase 522 into the rear wiper fuse 66. It's a circuit that only comes on with the ignition. Everything works except it doesn't do the parking mode recording if someone bumps the car as there's no power. Works perfectly well otherwise and there was a lot of space for the piggy back connector in the fuse box. I just wish they would have put the USB C socket in the rear view mirror like in my old Octavia VRs.

There's a setting in Android Auto on the phone also that says about automatically start music when driving. Maybe try turning that off? Not sure if that will sort the problem.

By pre condition I'm talking about getting the interior up to temperature, clearing the screen of frost/ice etc. If you set the departure timer on the app it will make sure the car is ready to go using mains power and you will have 100% battery for driving. I think you can set the timers in the cars infotainment screen but I never have.

Since the start of this year (2024) I have averaged 61.1 mpg, over around 2500 miles. Car is charged on a wall box at home, and sometimes at the office to fully charged. So far according to the Hive App 164kWh put in at home at a total cost of £16.16, not sure about the office charger. I only ever fill up with Super Unleaded (BP or Shell). I try to pre condition the car before I leave in the mornings while its still plugged in when going to the office (Dartford to Northampton) around 100 miles. I dont drive to try and save fuel, but equally dont drive like a nutcase. Mostly sticking to 70 mph on cruise, although I do wonder if you can get better mpg if you drive it yourself. At weekends its all pretty local and I drive around 25 miles in EV mode, rarely does the ICE kick in over the weekends.

The MPG is Miles Per Gallon, not Pounds per Mile. When it comes to a full BEV you dont measure mpg, its Miles per KwH. I'm sure there is some clever way of equating the KwH figure of a hybrid into mpg, and adding it to the actual mpg of the ICE, to give you a total figure, but I dont know what it is.

Have I cracked it, hell yeah.......no, no I haven't. 🤣 Probably very similar to yourself on a spreadsheet. Like Simon 667 says above 63mpg with charge, 55mpg without charge is similar to what I have seen as well. The way I see it is I was measuring MPG. That number is better with a charge than without, so over 12 months of noting all the miles, all the fuel used you get your MPG. I dont see the EV drive really comes into the MPG figure, except to stretch the average from 55mpg to 63mpg (ish). If you fill up in January, but manage an entire year on short journeys of 25 miles, you will end the year showing 300+mpg because you never turned the ICE on. If you fill up in January but never charge it, you will end up on 50-55mpg because that's what the 1.4 ICE will achieve. I have no idea if that's correct, but that's they way I've been looking at it. I'm swapping to an Enyaq in March, so have to figure out how to measure that's efficiency as well.

I think the Formentor and the Octavia are quite similar at the rear end in terms of battery/full tank layout. Having seen the two cars next to each other and looking underneath. One of my colleagues had a Formentor Hybrid, and got a glancing offside rear end thump while he was stationary in a lay-by. Learner driver misjudged where they were on the road apparently. It damaged the rear suspension, fuel tank and battery system The insurance wrote the car off, it was 2 months old with about 1200 miles on it. He was gutted. He now has an Octavia Iv Estate, and steers clear of lay-bys where possible.

There are 2 versions of My Skoda. The icon on the left is the Essentials and is what Ive used since I had the car. The icon on the right is the full version that has just been made available to the Octavia. I only had it as I was trying to check it out ready for my new Enyaq VRS in March.

2 years of running a VRS IV Estate, and I have recorded all my mileage, all my petrol and charging (a bit geeky I know), but based on all charging, petrol and mileage over 22k miles the car has averaged 61.2mpg. Thats on my records not what the car thinks. I have only ever filled up with Super Unleaded and I do charge from home on the British Gas EV Tarrif now so 0.09p per KwH between 12.00 - 05.30, so it cost around £1.00 to fully charge. I get between 18 - 28 miles on EV mode, depending on the outside temperature. When possible I pre-heat for cold mornings while its plugged in to maximise the battery (as long as the poxy app is working of course !!) I do a mixture of local driving at the weekends which is mostly in EV mode, but my office is 100 miles door to door, so EV mode doesnt last the distance obviously. Theres been some long trips up country and back as well. Compared to the Superb 2.0 TSI Sportline I had before, its averaging around 10mpg more over a years worth of driving. The Superb averaged 51mpg over a year. I dont drive like I am trying to save the world (sorry Eco minded people) but I also dont hack around like a looney everywhere. I have tried the Octavia in Eco Mode, and yes the mog over 200 miles was a little higher, but not enough for me to not want to enjoy the cars performance. I have tried it with the regen turned up, turned off, ive driven in Sport mode, set up individual modes etc. I find it just works best if left in Normal Mode with Regen set to Auto, and thats where the 61.2mpg comes from.

I have a Race Blue VRS on the way. Hopefully March time. 🤞

2 months old, just had a wash. Love this colour. In the sun it's not 'just red' it's really quite deep.

I have a Nextbase 522gw plugged into the Mirror USB, and it's been working perfectly.

I had my Octavia IV VRS delivered just before Christmas, and twice now I have been looking at the Skoda app on my phone after parking the car up for the night. Twice the app has shown me the car was unlocked, with a door or window open. Both times neither a door or window was open, I did notice just now that the main instrument screen was on but with no graphics showing, but I could see it was slightly back lit. The app was showing the passenger was open, so I opened it and closed it again, and locked the car. The instrument cluster was now showing the dials, and I waited a few minutes incase it was a timing thing for them to shut down, but they didnt I went round and opened each door including the boot and closed them all again, and locked and held the lock button like you do on a gloabl window close and it has locked properly. I wonder if this is a problem that could cause the 12v battery to drain due to the main instrument screen being 'On' all night? Might be something to look out for if you are having 12v battery problems?

Well it arrived this morning, and has had its first wash (dont judge, it was dirty 🤣 ). Some changes it seems. It now has virtual pedal, which is interesting when washing the lower rear bumper and the boot opens in your face. The remote child lock button is not there (not desperate). Annoyingly it didnt come with a Type 2, 3 pin charger, just the type 2 - type 2 cable. This is a pain in the arse, as my wall box isnt being installed until February. Will get some more pictures at some point.

Just had confirmation that my Velvet Red vRS will be delivered Thursday 23rd. That's a great Christmas present. There seems to be a few more people saying they are getting their cars, and if you look at Auto Trader there's a lot more 'New' Octavias showing up in showrooms. So hopefully its all improving a bit.

One on my colleagues has the vRS iv (hoping mine will be delivered next week) it has quite a small tank on it, I think he said it takes about £50 worth of Super Unleaded from empty and with motorway running (M25, M1) he said he's getting about 400 miles from a tank. The battery normally shows empty after around 80/90 miles on the motorway. I believe you can set it to hold a certain amount of battery for the end of your journey, and you can set it to charge while driving (but this uses more fuel). If you are doing mostly motorway driving I can't see that much benefit tbh over the petrol. Its when you are round towns, or local trips using full EV modes for the 25 ish miles it allows is when you save the money. He said he's long term mpg is sitting at 85mpg which is pretty good, but nowhere near the claimed mpg. He has enjoyed the performance of the car, mid range is good fun, and the handling is on the comfortable side of sporty apparently. I'll let you know more when I get mine.

Apparently my vRS iv Estate is now in the country, and I should have it next week hopefully.

Spoke to the dealer today for an update, and the car is waiting for a boat to come over. Skoda have apparently got lists of cars they 'think' they should be able to deliver in December, but they dont have any specific dates. So it could be the 10th, 20th or the 30th December. I asked if any parts had been missed off the build due to chip shortages, and he said the only thing that looked different was the child locks are manual rather than electronic from the front door controls. If thats all thats changed, thats fine by me.

Whilst waiting for my vRS I started to look around and we got a good deal sub £500 (business lease 3yr 20k miles) on a Hyundai Santa Fe plugin Hybrid. Huge car with amazing spec for the money. We were considering that until the dealer emailed yesterday to say it was on the way. Kind of pleased the vRS is on the way, kind of pee'd off as I really liked the test drive I had in the Santa Fe. For a huge car, it's actually slightly shorter than my current Superb.

VRS iV Estate in Red Velvet ordered in June, I was originally given a week 34 build, then week 44, then 'we don't know' which was very helpful. Had a message from the dealer today to say the car is built and on the way. Should have it in December apparently. Which will be a lovely Christmas Present if it happens.

I am at 6 months waiting on a vRS iv estate that originally had a week 34 build. Spoke to the dealer on Monday and he still has no idea if its been started or anything. He did tell me a month ago there was a build week +10 week delay. Week 44 is now (ish). I was hoping as the only option I chose was the paintwork it might get done in a reasonable time, but I guess not. Fingers crossed its here before Christmas...but I won't hold my breath. There's no point getting shirty with the dealers they are as in the dark as we all are.

ECP Normally have some form of discount. I found a similar sitution with the battery in my Superb, and looked for a 'Deal' which gave me 50% off. Never pay the full price they show on the website. Check out Honey Coupons, its a discount code searching app that runs on Chrome browser. When you get to the checkout Honey will search the net for any discounts and apply them to your purchase.