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That's a fair point. I hadn't thought about battery life and tend to hang on to my cars for 9 or 10 years, so could be expensive to replace the battery at some point.

Thanks everyone, it's good to see the feedback is positive.

After owning diesels for the past 25 years, with the latest 3 being a Mk1, Mk2 and Mk3 Octavia, i'm thinking my next car might be a petrol. I'm not doing big miles (<10k per year), not towing or carrying loads (90% of the time it's just me in the car) and thinking a petrol may have less potentially expensive issues (DPF, EGR etc) although happy to be told i'm wrong. I'm not in need of a VRS but on the other extreme i wouldn't be dropping to a 1.0. My latest Octy is a 2015 Mk3 SEL 2.0TDI 150bhp with 110k miles. I'm looking the same trim level and similar power/performance but not sure of the pros/cons of the latest petrol engines. Likely budget would be up to £19k and 4 years old. So far i have seen the 1.5 TSI ACT, 1.4 TSI PHEV and 1.5 TSI MHEV within my price range with the latter being on the more expensive side. Would be keen to hear first hand opinions/experience on these engines and which you would go for in the same position. Thanks

Thats one I havent watched. Think I have watched dozens in the past 2 weeks. I snook into the local multi storey an hour before closing for my Octy shot. Security guard came over and said as long as i stayed in the corner i was in that was ok as it wasnt covered by CCTV. Sound bloke!

You would really need to see the wheels in the flesh so to speak. The two blended images could've had completely different lighting so not 100% accurate.

Just wondering if anyone has done any car photography and would mind sharing. Having a couple of speedlights lying around i was curious to see what i could produce. Took some shots on my wife's Mazda and then my Octy. The Mazda came out better, as it turns out Black cars are hard to photograph. I've put the images without flash in as well for comparison.