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I still have two wheel for sale if anybody wonders :).

how much, if you do not mind asking?

I'd say same to you. At the moment you just copy and paste some links but not a single one showing that fuel additives are: snake oil, damage your engine, make you poor :). You have a right to your opinion, that is fine. I can see that you liked when someone showed me how to use "think" word. Sadly non of you applied this rule to yourself. I strongly recommend to edit your post and add "I think". I do not feel like I have to prove here anything, this is a discussion, and we are free to our opinions. You think that winter grade fuel is a marketing slang, I beg to differ. And I believe a lot of guys here from countries that see a bit lower temperatures than Scottland, they are happy to use winter grade fuel as well. And yes, in my early 20s we did put whatever we could in our Ritmo to get us to the uni. Still, when it was cold we would always fuel our trusty Ritmo with winter grade diesel, and it never failed us. I am off, so keep on posting 5 posts a minute with random links and screenshots Good luck

You got it very wrong. I purchased "cheap" car to save as much pennies as possible. So why would I be spending extra money on fuel? I never bothered with 99 in Sandero, for this exact reason. It was until last year when I had to do emergency trip to Europe, and decided to fuel my cheap and cheerful car with 99. So I do remeber and have notes of its fuel economy prior to June last year. On avarage I have 4-5 better mpg in similar conditions. Bear in mind that the car is 17 plate, so you can do the math for how many years it was fed with 95 and how many months with 99.

And what is wrong with Winter Grade Fuel?

Fair point. However 2-ethylhexyl Nitrate is a common additive to diesel fuel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetane_improver - and I doubt that Shell/BP/Millers/Fuchs, etc. manufacture this stuff themselves, they simply buy it and add to their fuels. It is a very similar story with people buying Nurofen, and others Ibuprofen. I know some farmacist and they say that purity and quality of Nurofen is far superior to cheap Asda/Tesco Ibuprofen. Still, not a single Nurofen farmacist saw the manufacturing process in person. I have been involved into manufacturing, design, etc. for many years and have seen many things. And I understand very well that buying in bulk is way cheaper than manufacturing. I cannot prove anything, just like those who are against. It is just common sense. You can do what you are comfortable with.

Yeah, I can see that the Momentum is 99, fair enough. I am not sure where 97 came from, my mistake, you corrected it. You can crucify me now. Still, this has nothing to do with additives. In regards to 95 vs 99 - I do not give monkeys if it adds octanes, boost or magic ponies. I can see and feel the difference in my 90HP Sandero, car drives differently, has better fuel economy. As for the Superb - I simply cannot tell, however 41mpg on long runs is seen often. Bear in mind that on similar runs, Sandero can achieve 56-58mpg easily. Pretty good for a small petrol engine.

You see, maybe 20 years ago, I would have agreed with you on the first one. But I doubt that any of the "additives" that fuel manufacturers add nowadays is manufactured by them. So I chose to use additives from the guys, who know what they are doing (when it comes to oils). And take my word for it - if something goes wrong with the engine, because of fuel, you will end up with a ping pong between car and fuel manufacturer and you won't be able to prove anything. Some guys were lucky in the past but they were not many of them :). Additive cost me £1 per tank of fuel. Full tank of fuel is ~£95 - not sure where your 50 euros come from...

But the "fancy" fuel is "a standard" fuel with additives. What difference does it make, who adds additives? Fuel from different manufacturers come form 1-2 sources anyway. That is why there should be no difference if you fuel your car at Tesco or Shell/BP, etc. I personally fuel at Shell because of VPower 99, whereas Tesco and other garages provide 97 Octanne fuel. My tiny Sandero does see thedifference if I fuel it with 95 or 99 Octane fuel. Still, I fuel it with 99 plus Millers. Also, what matters to me, is less ethanol in 99 octane fuels (E5 vs E10) and only for this reason I would buy the more expensive fuel but not because it has some additives.

I use Millers one (but for petrol) - https://www.millersoils.co.uk/products/petrol-power-ecomax-2/ - they do for diesel as well: https://www.millersoils.co.uk/products/diesel-power-ecomax-one-shot/ I cannot see a reason why not to use it, other than to save some money.

I mean that non of these cheap 4k dashcams is real 4k, they are uprated to 4k. Secondly, resolution is not everything (but deffo helps). I would recommend to watch just thease youtube videos to explain things in more detail and show the difference 1) this will give you some more understanding of the "technology" and why it makes no sense to overpay: 2) but this one will give you in depth review of Starvis2 dashcam and explain in details why it is so good and why it is worth the money. Again, do not take my or other users word for it - just watch some dashcam channels, and pause some videos to read number plate, signs on the side of the road, etc. Oh, and check how many number plates you can read at night. If money is tight, get whatever you want (as per video (1)). But if you can spend a bit more look for a dashcam with Starvis2 - front and rear. Do not waste money for inside cameras IMHO.

I would strongly advise to get something decent - no point in having mediocre camera, as last thing you want is to be a part of an "event" and then you are unable to read number plates. I am quite happy with Viofo A139Pro (2ch only) - it aint cheap but check reviews online and you will see why it's worth paying extra.

As per this article, https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/actualites/A14389?lang=en - well, it is not so clear. It says either winter tires or chains. Similar here (see the sign with chains but with a text below - it allows winter tyres) https://www.eurocampings.co.uk/blog/listing/regulations-winter-tyres-in-italy-and-france/

Also, if I remeber correctly you are not required to use snow chains if you have winter tyres. I may be wrong on this one thou. I do not mind 6.5J on winter tyres , as there will be more rubber to protect rims. Summer wheels are 7.0Jx17 ET40, so 1mm offset per side is nothing. Only frustrating thing is that Skoda does not mention anywhere in their User's Manual what wheel size I can use with 206kW and I have to seek help on such a "silly" thing on the forum.

Just to double check with you - you had no problems fitting 17" on your MY23 280PS? I am leaning towards 17" for winter as well, but need to make 100% sure they will fit over brake discs/calipers...