Yogi-Bear

Can't help you directly, but worth bearing in mind that order books for the new Mk2 have just opened, so unless Motability can still supply a Mk1 (no idea when you'd be ordering it...), no-one will yet have experience and/or photos of what you'll get. However, the boot is supposedly bigger on the Mk2, so if someone comes along and says they can fit everything you're on about in their current Kodiaq, you should be good to go. That is if you can stomach the rather high prices Skoda are charging for the Mk2 - which I would expect (all things being equal) to carry through to the Motability scheme, at least to begin with (new model demand and all that).

I’ve got older ones that are still going strong after 5 or so years - the 66 and original Mini. The app does all the magic of syncing & overlaying the rear image onto the front one when you export saved videos. In my old bear, I ran a USB cable all the way from the rear through the boot and under the bottom of the door trims on the left side, and the front one down the windscreen trim, hardwiring them both into the fuse box. With the USB port in the mirror on the facelift bear, I just use that and the 12v socket in the boot.

Yeah... I think it's Amazon's silly pricing algorithms gone mad - probably lack of supply pushing the price up as there is a new version: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-BoostCharge-Wireless-Charging-Compatible-Black-dp-B09F8RLBQY/dp/B09GRJ2S8X/ref=dp_ob_title_ce?th=1 Edit: or the non-powered version: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-MagSafe-Magnetic-Holder-iPhone/dp/B095Y6M8J2

Wow. Can’t believe that’s from Amazon and not a third party rip off merchant. It shouldn’t be anywhere near that. And I have it on the middle vent next to the screen…

I have Garmin webcams - they’re not paired in any way to each other, and the one I have for the rear is a small one with no screen. The only wires are for power. The app on my phone connects to both of them for config, downloading images etc.

It's never been /that/ bad when properly raining... it's when it's a bit damp and so it wipes across an almost-dry rear window that's the biggest issue. Anyway, sounds a million times better than the original (not exactly a challenge), so I will have to overcome my lethargy and replace mine at some point.

If anyone could reprogram a key to open another vehicle, that would be a major security hole. I’m not even sure dealers can do this, and they may well refuse or be unable to reprogram a key and only be able to supply a new key preprogrammed somewhere else (the factory).

Wowzers… 1.5l mild hybrid SE L with options to match (and, admittedly exceed in some cases) my current vRS costs near enough £48k, which is more than the list price of my vRS was with its options. I completely understand why they do these options ‘packages’, but it does mean that if you want one thing, you tend to end up paying through the nose for it because you also have to have options you don’t want. All manufacturers seem to have cottoned on to this though - it would seem the old a la carte menu of options is a thing of the past. (Incidentally, a fully kitted out new Countryman JCW is the same price as that)

I’m actually seriously considering the not-so-Mini Countryman to replace my bear next year… the new version is getting rave reviews, is considerably bigger than it used to be (still more Karoq sized than Kodiaq, though). As long as the dog crate fits, it could be a serious contender, especially given it’s considerably cheaper. Also, still really not convinced by the looks of the Mk2 Kodiaq… it’s a bit fugly IMHO.

See also: https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-official-pictures/skoda/kodiaq/

Given JLR's continued reputation and regular positioning in reliability surveys, I'm going to go for: no.

My iPhone 14 Pro Max is, apparently, 240g. I use a Belkin MagSafe vent mount, which is another 160g according to the Amazon page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-MagSafe-iPhone-Magnetically-Mounted/dp/B08LQVD6ZR I've had absolutely no issues with it or with the vent, so I don't think weight is going to be the issue. You just need a good quality mount that grips both the vent and the phone properly.

Aye - I was reading 'cancel' to mean 'settle' and was guilty of conflating the two things, but it is an important distinction to make as they are two very separate things. With one, the 14-day legal cooling-off period applies, with the other, it's irrelevant.

20% is for wimps. Try North Wales (Harlech)…

Check the terms and conditions carefully. VWFS provide the finance on new cars, but not sure about used ones. Dealers will often provide their own finance deals for used cars, which have nothing to do with VWFS. Regardless, you should have 14 days to withdraw from any credit agreement (legal cooling off period), but you may lose any credit incentives like free services / warranty etc. that comes with the finance. The T&Cs could be completely different to those that VWFS have for their agreements.

I may be talking rubbish here, as I’m no expert on GPS… but my understanding is that 3 satellites are required for a 2D fix (long + lat), and 4 or more for a 3D fix (+ altitude). So if the GPS has a 3D fix, it can measure changes in all 3 dimensions, and can therefore show true speed in whatever direction you’re going - even if it was vertically off a cliff.

If you have a drive mode button next to the gearstick (the one top right in the picture, highlighted yellow because a mode other than ‘normal’ has been selected), then press that to cycle through the modes, or press then select the mode you want from the infotainment screen. If you don’t have a drive mode button, then you can’t. Edit: but as others have said, this adjusts throttle repsonse and when the DSG ‘box changes up/down (and a few other things). It doesn’t permanently engage the ACT / 2-cylinder mode - there is no way of doing that.

Yes… it does it occasionally in normal under the circumstances you describe, but in eco mode it will coast more often and at times it wouldn’t in normal.

No, it doesn’t. The online bit also applies to the over-the-air map updates that you can do, instead of downloading the whole 20+GB bundle and farting about with a USB stick. Given that the OP was asking about ‘automatic map updates’, that implied to me the functionality that requires an Infotainment Online licence - it still isn’t completely automatic (as in it doesn’t just update in the background without you knowing (unless that has changed and it now does)), but it does at least ask if you set a route and updated maps are available that cover some/all of the route.

Both of these have 'Online Map Update' listed as being under the 'Infotainment Online' licence. Also, I didn't renew, and my maps are now woefully out of date (don't care as I use CarPlay). https://www.skoda.co.uk/owners/skoda-connect https://www.skoda.co.uk/apps/availability#/

From: https://www.skoda.co.uk/electric-hybrid-cars/electric Thats a bit of a disappointment.

Hi… this is the Mk2 section, and as they’re not even available to order yet, I’m guessing you’re in the wrong place… But to answer your question, you need an active Skoda Connect licence to update the maps. The car will have come with a year free, and will be relatively up to date from the factory anyway. If memory serves me correctly, the map data is from here.com, so you could check their maps to see if your house is on there yet… https://maps.here.com

Heh. Never mind… not an issue anyway, as Apple backtracked without being forced to for once! https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/01/apple-walks-back-decision-to-disable-eu-web-apps/

What makes you think you can’t? If it’s displaying the spider web of recent destinations, just hit the little arrow (in one of the corners, can’t remember which one as I don’t tend to use the built-in nav) to close that and show the map.

<off-topic, slightly> A by-product of turning this on seems to be that Safari on macOS now displays the Briskoda logo when you have it as a favourite - Safari on iOS / iPadOS has always done it (albeit with a white background, not a black one), which suggests something I've long suspected - Safari on macOS looks for a different favicon than on iOS / iPadOS or at least does something odd / different when looking. macOS: iOS / iPadOS: Anyway, if for no other reason that it fixed the favicon on macOS, thanks @Dean!