Looking to buy a plugin hybrid estate. 15k miles a year seems a lot in 4 years. There are lots of these available with these milages. Has anyone run these at these miles? any common issues?

 

 

 

 

 

I intended to use it for short journeys only with the occasional motorway. I also got a greyhound and lot's of other hobbies which I need to haul around. Kayaks, bikes, possibly a boat etc.

 

Was the DQ400-e 6 speed wet clutch DSG serviced at 40,000 miles?

 

The engine is oil & filter services on Fixed servicing.  

 

You want a good warranty on it, i see Extended Warranty.   Is that the Traction Battery covered and gubbins and the DSG? 

I don't have any info apart from what autotrader shows. 60k miles in 4 years. I'd imagine these are ex fleet or something. I'm wondering if it's excessive.

Not excessive but personally i would not touch a Skoda 1.4 TSI & PHEV at 4 years old. 

Just get a 1.0 or 1.5 TSI Octavia.  Or just a KISS engined Superb.. 

 

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Are you able to charge at home for less than 22 pence a kWh? 

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You could also go for the All In from Skoda too, available up to 6 years old - 2 years warranty and other stuff for £37.50 a month.

Yes a friend of mine has something similar for his Audi and has saved his ass a few times with some expensive repairs.

 

It's not really about the cost of electricity, it's more to do with the fact that some of my journeys are less than 4 miles long and the engine doesn't even warm up. With these plug-ins you can fire up the heating and AC without the engine being on via an app. I've researched the VW forums and nothing stands out as of yet regarding the 1.4TSI and the battery pack. But as I found out through own experiences, anything can go wrong. You just need a bit of luck and perseverance (and maybe a good warranty).

Read the warranty details.  At some point (maybe with the passat update and superb release) the warranty changed to first owner only for the battery.  Absolutely mental given the habit of people to change cars after 3 years and battery having 8 years / 100k miles warranty.

If you’re only going to do short miles do you really need such a large car and pricey?

 

I guess you won’t always do roughly 4 miles but have you considered an older and much cheaper car?

 

I’m hardly one to talk only doing 3k a year but if you can save loads of money might as well, if money isn’t really a problem then no problem paying to fix things if they go wrong

Continuing what @Danoid said, do you currently have a car that can cover the lugging around duties?  If so then a cheaper electric car might suit as a second tool for local jobs.  We have my passat GTE (basically the same as the superb iV) and a hyundai ioniq.  The ioniq gets most of the weekend local duties to save running the engine on the big car.  Plus it's smaller so easier to park etc.  The boot is more than big enough for a doggo or shopping.