bryanc

Yes, happened to me a few times and the last time it happened my wife noticed me bending over to tie my shoe laces at the exact time it opened. It is pretty conclusive that the button got pressed while in my pocket. I am a musician and use the car to transport equipment. It would be an expensive fault if the rear door opened at the wrong time! I have therefore obtained one of the key covers recommended by micloi - thanks! https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00PVYHNQY/ This will have to do until Skoda fix the problem, if indeed they do.

Thanks - that sounds about right. I tried letting it control the steering (with my hands on the wheel though). I thought that it might be more active in keeping me in the middle of the lane. Interesting option but I'm not sure yet about how useful it will be. It does seem to do some steering but I'm not sure when it decides to stop and when it decides to steer.

Ordered a car via Carwow last September and drove down to Newcastle to pick it up two days ago. The price was excellent, well worth the 500 mile round trip to pick it up. Buying and pick up process was very painless and I was even sent videos every so often, including of the car coming off the transporter. The salesman, Kevin Fawcett, was good to deal with and it was good not to have any excessive upselling. Pleased with car and experience.

I picked up my new car on Saturday and here are some first impressions The experience at the dealer was first rate. Kevin Fawcett at Lookers in Newcastle made the process as painless as possible and I have no complaints. We went on a 500 mile round trip to pick up the car but we had an enjoyable weekend and it gave me a good chance to try out the new car. The very good discount we got on the new car made travelling that far worthwhile. I traded in my mk II Superb that was actually driving superbly at that point. I hope whoever next owns it enjoys it as much as I did. The mk III L&K is a step up from the mk II and it is a good move. Moving from a 105 Greenline to a 150 is a noticeable difference but the old car was extremely smooth and had the power that I needed. My reason for moving to the 150 was to get a 4X4 model and to get something slightly higher off the ground than the Greenline. I found the previous car was a bit too low when filled with passengers and/or music equipment. The most immediately noticable difference inside is the new infotainment option. The new Columbus has an 8 inch screen that is presumably capacitive touch (as per modern phones/tablets) whereas the mk II required a rather too positive action. The media, navigation, and setup options are really comprehensive and a significant upgrade. I just love the adaptive cruise control. It made the journey back more relaxing and I think safer. Fatigue is definitely reduced. I set the distance option to "far" as I was more comfortable maintaining that distance between myself and the car in front. I haven't folded the rear seats down yet and will have to look into some form of protection for when I am carrying musical gear. There was a good thread on that some time ago and I will have another look. The previous car only had rear sensors and I found them really useful. I like the front sensors and reversing camera of the new car. The park assist seems fun but not sure how useful it will be. I can't see the point of the perpendicular parking option as it is pretty easy and there is no advantage in getting into a small space - you wouldn't be able to open the doors! The parallel parking option sounds more useful but I will have to find somewhere appropriate to practice using it. I can't really get to grips with the lane assist. After 10 seconds of letting it do its thing, it beeps and tells me to take over the steering. The smart lights are potentially good and I look forward to trying them out on the A96 - a road where I find visibility not quite good enough with dipped lights and there always seem to be cars coming the other way. There seem to be Laurin and Klement logos everywhere and I wish there weren't really - seems a bit tacky to me. The audio sounds pretty good. I could probably have done with the space that the subwoofer uses for other things but it does sound good. Next stop for me is winter tyres and a boot protector.

Picked up my car on Saturday (17th Dec) and very pleased with both it and the service received from the dealer. Will leave reviews of both later.

He didn't hang around!

Video of mine coming off the transporter at the dealer. https://video.citnow.com/vtXqb3ZX7y0

Update - now at dealer and sent a video of the car coming of the transporter. https://video.citnow.com/vtXqb3ZX7y0

Actual build week 47 and due to be delivered to dealer on 9th Dec (Will pick it up on 17th Dec) 11 weeks from order to build and a further two weeks delivery (plus another week for me to get round to driving down to dealer) Looking forward to this.

Presumably this is the car that was in the showroom some time ago (Petrol Blue - beige leather). It was an extremely good looking car and I was definitely tempted.

My original build date was week 43 and this was moved to week 46 and then 48. I am told that this is because of specification changes that are due to be made in week 45. Has anyone heard what these might be?

I was originally quoted week 43 but this has now moved to week 46. Dealer says that is the week after they make some minor updates, hopefully not removing something useful though.

I bought my current car from Specialist Cars Aberdeen and was happy enough with the sales and service experience that I helped my mother buy a care there a few months ago. I was grateful to Brian Rendall who worked there who delivered my mother's car and did the handover and paperwork at her house. I got a free service plan when I purchased my car three years ago and there has not been any additional costs associated with that. In all, so far so good. Unfortunately they were not able to go anywhere near the price quoted by Newcastle Skoda for my new Superb but they will get the business for service work and any warranty that comes up and I will probably give them first opportunity to quote for any future car as I would like to use a local dealer if possible.

I have ordered a Superb III from Newcastle but would hope to get the car serviced and any warranty work, if any, at my local dealer in Aberdeen. Has anyone ever had any problems with this? Do dealers try and discriminate against those who bought elsewhere?

Many thanks - that is pretty reassuring!