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Hi, the easiest way is to consult your local tyre dealer to see what is the widest tyre you can mount on that size rim, for example if its 225 go for a 235 width tyre ascetically its only 10mm but it just looks that much bigger, as Gareth said any kind of wheel spacer may have an effect on the bearings and tracking, I have witnessed first hand the horrors of fitting these things on my daughters boyfriends go faster Fiesta they couldn't get the tracking right and eventually it caused cracks in the wheels, well worth the £150 kit he bought, they are nearly all made of aluminium which behaves differently under load it flexes, high carbon steel definitely does not. Steve.

Thanks for everyone’s comments I’m just going to have to wait until the next thousand miles comes round so I can see if the dipsticks gone down any hopefully not though. The reason I’m being like this is because I owned a Vauxhall corsa with 50 k on it and it never needed oil until the annual service every 12 months so you can understand why I’m ultra paranoid. Me thinking buying low mileage German with history would be a good idea anyway I’ll keep everyone posted on consumption roll on a thousand miles so I can get true result

Ah mine (2017my) doesn't have that part on the dipstick it's just the metal part right up to the handle - that's what i was thinking your was (hence my concern). I picked up my car 2 weeks ago, drove it 60 miles home and it's been sat in my garage since - spent a few days giving it a full detail and paint protection ready for winter (just bought a set of new alloys with winter tyres ready), did all my checks and found my car has just had new discs + pads F+R, 4 new tyres (budgets 😒 ) and a full service (new filters fitted) so hope it'll be ok for another year.

I'm not sure about 1.4 TFSi but have a look on this thread and the links to get some background on possible issues. Overall, the older petrol engines were designed to consume a significant amount of oil.

Hello A (Anonymous?) If you have never worked on a car before the best tip I can give you is get some instruction from somebody who knows what he is doing. Learn how to use the tools, how to immobilise the car, how to jack it up safely, and even how to clean your hands at the end of the day. To imagine you can charge in knowing nothing more than a few fault codes is the height of foolishness.