Smokeyjoe

If its the same as mine its Meteor Grey. Great colour for not showing the dirt.

Personally, I would be a bit wary of the 1.5TSI as it seems that a lot of those models are still causing trouble but I am sure some will say they are now fine. He would need to do a longish test drive on various roads with roundabouts and junctions to fully test out the various situations that problems may occur. I think that most people would imagine that the 1.0TSI would be gutless, but it isn't! Its worth a test drive to see. It all depends on your sons driving style and where most of his journeys are, but I have absolutely no regrets with mine. Also it has none of the problems associated with the 1.5TSI. I wish him well in finding a good one as they are brilliant cars.

I've only got a 3 cylinder 1.0 litre engine and I think that works really well. You need to test drive any you fancy and see what makes you happy.

A couple of ideas: Does the glow plug light come on with the ignition and then go out before you turn it over? Is there an immobiliser fitted that may be faulty? Dave

My wife has a 2004 Fabia VRS Mk1 1.9PD in red, which she has had from 6 months old (belonged to the Skoda dealers wife before she bought it). She has decided to give up driving due to poor health and eyesight, so we are reluctantly looking to sell it but have no idea of what value to put on it. It has just over 36000 genuine miles on the clock and has service history. We are getting a new MOT on it next week and it is absolutely original as it left the factory. New tyres fitted recently and a new battery last year. It has some scuffing on the alloys and the paintwork is not perfect but there is absolutely no rust. There is an unused set of VRS floor mats to put back inside. Oh and the drivers door microswitch needs replacing. If any of your guys could give a view on what price we should put on it, I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance. Dave

Personally, I would walk away and look at others.

I feel your pain. Accidentally had petrol put in a diesel car a while back. Here is the advice from the AA https://www.theaa.com/breakdown-cover/advice/wrong-fuel-advice

It will have to be an early Auto as they stopped making DSG's about 2019 if I remember correctly

The outside temperature will make a large difference. On my 1.0l the engine reaches 'normal' within about a mile of home in the summer, but during the last cold snap i did about 8 miles before it got anywhere near 'normal'

OK. So its actually dead easy. Take the SD card out of the reader in the glove box and slide the switch on the side to allow the card to be written. Put the card in a laptop and copy the contained MAP file into a folder on the laptop to keep as a backup. Download the new .zip Map file from Skoda and extract it. This will give you a new MAP file. Fast Format the SD card to clear the data on it and then copy the new Map folder onto it. Remove the SD card and move the switch back to write protect the disk. Put the card back in the car and turn on the Sat Nav. After a short time the screen will display the new maps. Job done!

I am going to try this on my 2019 Karoq with MIB2 Amundsen unit. Can you be a bit more explicit about what you actually did please. I don't want to be left with no maps!

On my 2019 model, the rear wiper will occasionally wipe once when the front wipers are switched on despite the rear wiper being switched off. It only happens every minute or so - I have never timed it. Changing the settings made no difference to this 'feature' but I have now got used to it. Bosch wiper on the back and you will not even notice it happening.

You are spot on with the diagnosis - mine is exactly the same. I haven't managed to find the cause yet and have just learned to live with it. It could be described as a 'feature' of the engine to which there is no cure, but if your mechanic does find a cause, please share. Mine has done it from new and it has not got worse or better in 4 years of driving.

Think this would be a better question in a new thread with appropriate title to the post.

I always used to do my own servicing and repairs until my work supplied company cars which were serviced for me, Upon retirement I bought new vehicles with a service plan, but my current Karoq was recently 4 years old and I used a local independant garage which I trust and have used for other vehicles over the years. I booked their oil change service and MOT which I reasoned would inspect all the items that needed to be checked for safety purposes. As the car was low mileage, I did not get the spark plugs changed or any of the filters this time. The total cost was £195 including VAT.