I'm loving the new car: you can't beat that unique new car smell of reconstituted cow hide, mold tool release agent, and horse glue. One thing I'm not so keen on is the lack of throttle response, and where has all the forward thrust gone? 200 or so lb/ft doesn't really buy much forward progress! Still, it's a nice place to be, and if you drive the thing with a modicum of restraint it's actually very satisfying. 35mpg without really trying is welcome as well.

I agree it does feel a bit lethargic.. With mine i blamed the DSG and it does behave better in S mode. Mpg with 1800 miles on now is well over 44mpg.

I thought you were buying a petrol? If it's petrol press the throttle in 2nd or 3rd and redline it. I thought much the same until I realised that it's not a diesel, ie big chunk of power then nothing. However it will keep going right up to max revs very smoothly.

Might be sensible to wait a while until the roads are clear and safe.

Remap?

And wait until the engine is run in appropriately.

I cant believe you just told a person with a brand new car to redline it!

I cant believe you just told a person with a brand new car to redline it!

Best way, start as you mean to go on, a few years back two members ran two identical cars, one nursed and one caned, the nursed made about 10 bhp less and liked a drop of oil too IIRC

Do modern cars today with better engineering tolerances and oils really need 'running in' anymore?. Give it death (within reason of course) to loosen them up quicker.

Best way, start as you mean to go on, a few years back two members ran two identical cars, one nursed and one caned, the nursed made about 10 bhp less and liked a drop of oil too IIRC

The vauxhall X16XE/X14XE has oil usage issues and one theory on the worst culprits is that they weren't driven hard enough at the start of their life.

At risk of starting this argument again....... I ran mine in as per the vag guidelines, now achieving excellent mpg and zero oil usage. That's with only 1500 miles covered. Got slated on this forum by 1 or 2 members for driving like miss daisy. Had great fun during that running in period and now having even more thanks!!

Only 8k on mine but seems to have been transformed in the last 2k or so having had a gentle start in life.

I'm loving the new car: you can't beat that unique new car smell of reconstituted cow hide, mold tool release agent, and horse glue. One thing I'm not so keen on is the lack of throttle response, and where has all the forward thrust gone? 200 or so lb/ft doesn't really buy much forward progress! Still, it's a nice place to be, and if you drive the thing with a modicum of restraint it's actually very satisfying. 35mpg without really trying is welcome as well.

Have you still got the handbrake on? would explain the 35mpg

It's under warranty and should be robust, it is not a brand new car with a 100 miles on the clock, so why treat it with kid gloves? I didn't mean rag it everywhere, just give it a boot in one of the lower gears. However I didn't realise that the OP was coming down from a remapped car, I realise why it feels slower or less responsive in comparison.

I thought you were buying a petrol? If it's petrol press the throttle in 2nd or 3rd and redline it. I thought much the same until I realised that it's not a diesel, ie big chunk of power then nothing. However it will keep going right up to max revs very smoothly.

Might be sensible to wait a while until the roads are clear and safe.

Well, even if you "redline" it, it's still slow. These things are all relative of course.

And wait until the engine is run in appropriately.

I cant believe you just told a person with a brand new car to redline it!

you should visit a car manufacturing plant - the end of line VQA check tells you all you need to know about "running in". Forget it, the engines are "redlined" in each gear to check it doesn't explode/make a strange noise/etc. You can run a modern engine without oil for longer than you might think, from a lube POV - half the job is heat transfer.

Best way, start as you mean to go on, a few years back two members ran two identical cars, one nursed and one caned, the nursed made about 10 bhp less and liked a drop of oil too IIRC

+1

My outgoing TFSI had a huge oil thirst when I bought it at 46k, and judging from the previous owner history, it was never driven hard. It was remapped after 12 months, and always driven hard for periods in both states of tune. The oil consumption dropped by half in the last 12 months, and it sounded sweeter this morning than it did the day I bought it. Remember, it's a thermal cycle engine, so run it at temp, else it won't be operating at the nominal design level. There is a reason why remaps don't blow cars up, they are designed to be abused within the limits of their original factory spec. Mine has 1300 miles on its clock, it's ready to be worked as hard as the road conditions allow

Do modern cars today with better engineering tolerances and oils really need 'running in' anymore?. Give it death (within reason of course) to loosen them up quicker.

"Modern tolerances" mean they don't need loosening up. They are not tight to start with, and don't wear loose as quick. Oil spec is becomes more critical because engines last longer, and get services less often. I'd forget long life or variable servicing wrt oil changes. Your dipstick and how you drive will tell you more than any warning chime on the dash when a change is due.

Amen on the oil changes. I put mine on fixed straight away,using the longlife 507 spec oil though (DPF and all that). I will change my oil yearly and that will only be around 7-8000miles per annum. I cant understand how people are happy to let their cars go upto 2 years and possibly 20,000miles between changes. Can only speak from an agricultural perspective on new vehicles but any new tractor we get is tight as hell for the first 100 hours (tractor odometers are in hours not miles) or so. We thrash them from the word go (no other life for a tractor really) with no trouble.

Same here, all our vehicles are driven like there stolen from the word go & there still running at over 400k on the clock

My vrs diesel is a taxi had it from nearly brand new serviced every 9000 mls done 40000 mls now never had to top oil up in between services never drive it hard lot of m /way miles .

What is the "official" Skoda running in advice?