Yogi-Bear

Based on never having a car that specified anything near that high before (except my first Kodiaq, obv!). It’ll be 4 plus a couple of suitcases this time… not fully loaded, so think I’ll go for somewhere between the unloaded and loaded values.

Does anyone actually pump their tyres up to the recommended pressures when fully loaded? The chart in the filler cap suggests 2.7 bar (39PSI) for the front and 3.2 bar (46PSI) at the rear. The tyres themselves say max 51PSI, so those values are within the tyres capabilities, but they seem rather very high to me, especially the rears…

I get Bristol, but Chester!? That seems a little out of the way... Anyway, to your question - no personal experience, but both my dad and brother have had towbars fitted to Kodiaqs here: https://www.sgmtowing.co.uk

You what now?

So you expect Skoda to tell you how to do something with your vehicle that it wasn't designed to do? To make modifications that could impact on your warranty? I think you need to adjust your expectations, if I'm being brutally honest. The Kodiaq (as with most if not all UK cars) has front DRLs only - their suggestion to turn the sidelights on is the only one that they can give because that's the only solution that would give you the result you want without them advocating modifying the vehicle, which they would never do.

Whatever it is, it’s driving me nuts with how random it seems. I did about 500 miles this week (usually average about 50), and it didn’t do it once. But you just know it’s going to do it constantly while we’re driving down through France in a few weeks. 🙄🤯😤

DNPA would make sense as it's the same code for the engine in the Golf Mk8 GTi.

I think it's Gen3B. Variant code seems to be DKZA, which has been in production since 2018. (edit - forget that, that was the 190bhp TSI in the pre-facelift model) Edit: Sorry, that's duff information - think it might be DKTA, which would (as far as I can tell) be Gen4. There's so much conflicting information all over the place, it's hard to be sure!

Quite possibly none of the above. The brochure and associated price list is for the new model year cars, which will only go into production after the usual annual summer factory break - I /think/ that's usually some time in July, but I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. The reason the brochure/prices are effective from 1 June is because you will definitely get a new model year car if you order after that date - and you'll also pay new prices. If you order earlier in the year, then under normal circumstances, you'd get a current model year at the pre-June price point (except for a short period where things have always overlapped and people have ordered current model year and got new model year for pre-June price, but this was the exception rather than the norm). However, with things the way they are at the moment, anyone ordering at any point this year is likely to be waiting so long they will end up with a new model year car, but for pre-June price. In fact, those who ordered before the January price increase will probably end up getting a new model year car for an even lower price...

Pretty sure speed limit signs on the infotainment screen are a function of the sat nav and don’t require any sort of subscription. The data is enhanced if you have traffic sign recognition (e.g. it should pick up and show temporary limits etc.).

My guess would be a launch towards the end of this year / beginning of 2024, with production ramping up over the next few months and first deliveries around June/July (current models will probably be stock-only from around the time of the launch, if not we’ll before due to the current long lead times). If you order now, you will order a current model. You won’t be able to place an order for a new model until the order books open after it is launched. It’s not like a model year change where you can end up with a slight variation in spec from what you ordered…

Any updates on this? Does updated software fix it… or a new steering wheel? Again, after a period of not doing it (much, at least), mine has gone mental this week. A few days ago I was sad enough to count… it did it 11 times in a row, each about 2-3 seconds apart, before deciding it was happy with life again. Sometimes it starts within a few minutes of starting a journey, other times it won’t do it all day and then will start out of the blue for no apparent reason when almost home. If there was any logic to it, it would be far easier to diagnose!

Smartphones have an oleophobic coating.

Yeah, but the turbo is part of the tuning. It's the same 2.0l EA888 petrol engine at its core, and you could tune a Golf GTi or Kodiaq vRS by replacing the stock turbo with the larger one (and almost certainly other bits at the same time). https://www.motorreviewer.com/engine.php?engine_id=119 Loads of different variants in different VAG cars - up to the 310bhp Audi TTS (but I think it's a bit out of date as it doesn't list the most recent Octavia/Kodiaq version). Suggests to me that there is plenty of scope to tune a Kodiaq vRS north of 300bhp, if you're willing to spend enough money of course. Alternatively, I'm sure with enough expertise you could rip the engine / gearbox / drivetrain out and replace them with those from an RSQ8... 😉

It’s the exact same lump you’ll find in a Golf GTi (and Golf R, for that matter). So plenty of tuning options are available. They’ll all be a complete waste of time unless you also manage to tune the gearbox as well though, as it’s a lethargic piece of ****.

“The gearshift lever is now located on the steering column, a Škoda first.” Hmmm. That’s gonna be marmite. I will definitely have to be convinced 🙁 Edit: far too ‘Merkin for me.

Can I have mine with that funky paint / colour scheme, please…? 😁 Alas, no mention of anything that would go in a vRS, so I guess it’s either a case of keeping that under wraps for the launch event, it launching later on, or it not existing at all.

That does a whole lot of stuff - redirects the airflow to the windscreen, turns the fan up to max. Not actually sure if it adjusts the temperature, however. So it kind of makes sense to have a shortcut button that does all those things in one easy press, especially when most cars don't have a heated windscreen. It makes less sense (actually none whatsoever) to have a shortcut button for a function that is a single action anyway.

I'm no expert on this sort of thing, but my understanding is that the letter at the end is essentially a revision number for the same part - therefore, E is a newer (and I guess improved) version of the same part that C was, and once they start making newer ones, they don't make the older ones because you just use the newer version. I'd speak to a dealer - certainly in the UK it wouldn't be unreasonable to ask for a goodwill contribution to a replacement part from Skoda if it's a known issue.

Meh. Shows what I Skoda know 🙂. If Dealer B is willing to put it in writing that the belt doesn't need to be done, go for it. If they put in writing that it will be covered by the warranty if it fails, then bonus, but I wouldn't count on them doing that as it will still be considered a 'consumable' even if it doesn't have a recommended interval for changing.

Dealer A. Dealer B is talking out of his arse. Of course, you don’t have to do it… but you don’t really want it to break on you. And the 1 year warranty won’t cover the cam belt breaking if it hasn’t been replaced as per Skoda’s schedule. See also:

Pretty sure the answer is no. And there's nowhere to create/manage POIs on the Skoda Connect website either for me. I think custom POIs are a thing of the past as far as Skoda are concerned.

I might have missed it... but I don't recall that being the case?

Don’t get me wrong… the Kodiaq is by far and away the best and most versatile car I’ve ever had, and at the moment I can’t see past it for what my next car will be. Yes, there’s a lot more boot space even with the rear seats up than in a lot of 7-seaters, but it’s still not a massive space. It definitely struggles with boxes in that configuration because of the angle of the rear seats, but no, ‘soft’ things like rucksacks and the like are no problem at all. Also, 1.5 hours isn’t a long journey - I was thinking more of 3-4 hours or longer.

I count 5 people… you don’t need the boot seats at all to accommodate 5. And to be fair, the boot is pretty much non existent with the boot seats up anyway, so unless you need to seat 6 or 7, or transport long boxes home from IKEA, they’re pretty pointless IMHO (and I’m on my second bear). Also getting in and out of them isn’t the easiest, plus there’s not much of a footwell so they’re no actually all that comfortable for anyone over the age of 11 or so, and especially not on long journeys. I’d be very surprised if you used them regularly. We’ve got a TransK9 crate - it’s awesome, but takes up 2/3 of the width of the boot, so it tends to live in the garage when not in use. Probably easier than fitting and removing a guard though.