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@lol-lol 1.4tsi 4x4 manual 5 seat. It's a good combination with none of the DSG or adblue worries and, being 5 seat takes my daughter's wheelchair in the boot with no dismantling of it, or seat folding necessary.

1540kg Kerb Weight apparently - so just over 200kg difference - the Renault website suggested your Scenic is 1853Kg which is where my 300kg comment came from but that could be for the larger battery version? Having checked your tyre size both Primacy and Primacy-e are still rated at 70db. PS - the kerb weight of the Kodiaq surprised me too when I first saw it as it's less than my Mk2 Octavia 4x4 was, even though it's a bigger vehicle.

EV weight may be coming down but they are still heavy - eg your 'lightweight' French Renault Scenic is heavier than my 'heavy' German petrol Kodiaq by a margin of around 300kg. In terms of tyres - yes they are designed to be quiet inside the car - hence the absorbing foam etc... BUT... the drive-by noise rating remains largely the same for similar tyre sizes - eg both the Michelin Primacy 4 and Michelin Primacy-e in 235/50R19 size both have a noise rating of 70dB. I think you may be seeing what you want to see, as opposed to what is actually being seen?

At motorway speed the drive by noise is dominated by tyre noise, so EV or ice the noise levels are similar unfortunately, and can, in fact, be higher with EVs due to the harder compounds and structure of the tyre needed for their (usually) extra weight.

Glad it seems to be sorted and fingers crossed it stays that way.

Wow... A blast from the past but welcome back @mannyo . Sorry to hear about your woes and the curve balls life has thrown you but hopefully things are now back on the straight and narrow...

Yep... In intrigued to take a look at one...

They were actually introduced for a few reasons not just air quality, which is one element and caused by a variety of factors in that location, including industry, the shopping centre and the sewage works etc. The other reason for their introduction was to reduce dynamic loading on the viaduct during repairs but that rarely gets mentioned as it's inconvenient for National Highways.

As @Breezy_Pete says it's a term that refers to the properties of the material. Most materials are linear in that they stretch as a result of a load but when that load is removed they return to Thier original length. That's termed 'elastic' deformation and is a linear relationship that can be measured and is referred to as 'Youngs Modulus'. However they also have a point at the top of that linear relationship, called a 'yield point' and if they are loaded or stretched beyond that point they don't return to thier original length and the load remains constant and doesn't increase if lengthened further until fast fracture occurs and the material breaks. This characteristic beyond the Yield point but before fracture is termed 'plastic' deformation. It's made use of in in stretch bolts to provide an accurate loading. Usually there is a slight drop in strength below the Yield point that can be felt, so if you torque a bolt to it's Yield point and beyond you feel it almost 'give' a bit. (Guess who's studied materials and fast fracture mechanics 🤣)

Definitely... The cable doesn't go to the house and stops mid air.

Without any pictures I'm not 100% sure what you are talking about but looking at pictures of Roomster engine bays online I think it's similar to our Citigo... If you undo the positive terminal to the battery the fuses and plastic boxes on top that are fixed to the terminal should come away with it. They are, however, clipped to the side of the battery so you'll need to pull them up whilst releasing the clips by pulling the centre section outwards away from the side of the battery.

Any issues come MOT time or do you swap them back to halogen?

I had similar with the passenger side headlight on my daughter's Citigo and after a close look the only thing I could spot was that run off from the bonnet dripped between it and the wing directly onto the indicator bulb holder. So I took that out and used some silicon grease on its rubber seal, put some strategically placed duct tape over the top of it to the inner wing to redirect drips away from it and also ran a length of PTFE electrical tape over the top of the headlight where the glass meets the plastic body of the light unit. It's been dry with no condensation since. I'm not sure if the Fabia might be similar but it's probably worth a look / try?

Evidence please...

I've probably said this before but Skoda have effectively been screwed over in recent years by VW Group taking thier software tech in-house and making a complete hash of it and by forcing their dealers 'upmarket' into fancy glass showrooms. They were better when neither were in place. I'd consider another Skoda in a few years when they've proved they've sorted software issues out but at present I'm happy with our 2018 Kodiaq and 2017 Citigo. If they don't get things sorted I'll be back looking at bigger Dacias or Kia / Hyundai or similar. Even a Chinese brand like Jaecoo might be on the list...