Yogi-Bear

Works for me. It is as temperamental as ... a very temperamental thing, though.

I stole* the one remaining working umbrella and boot nets out of my old Kodiaq before handing in into the dealer... Would have taken the 360 camera and blind spot systems as well if I could have 🤣

No... the camera is what senses the oncoming headlights and adjusts the beam pattern appropriately. If it is impaired, then it can't do that and the matrix functionality won't work. I don't think it detects what is being illuminated and knows if that's correct or not.

My previous Kodiaq was a 2018 with MIB2 Columbus - same as yours. In the time I had it, I think I would have had an iPhone X, 11 and 12 (damn the iPhone Upgrade Programme sucking my wallet dry!), and all of them worked with the car, charged fine and CarPlay worked too.

I was assuming he'd had an advisory notice from Skoda saying some work was required... although admittedly this wasn't clear from his post... 🤷‍♂️

Seriously... I wouldn't complain about a 6 month wait at this point. Plenty of people on here have waited (or are still waiting) more than 12 months. Given that a 'normal' wait is 3-4 months as cars are essentially built to order, 6 months doesn't seem all that bad right now when you consider everything @toot mentions in his reply.

I think they've (mostly) mitigated those issues by removing options etc. that use chips that are in short supply.

Exactly my point... apart from the cost. If you only do limited miles, then the cost is prohibitive at the moment. I think it was the 'better than sliced bread' podcast that looked into this, and reckoned somewhere around the 50k-80k miles point is break-even between EVs and petrol cars. But, as you say, the tech will get better. Hopefully by the time we get to 2035 and we're EV-only, battery tech will be a couple of generations better, and the charging infrastructure will have caught up somewhat. Back to the original point though... EVs are the future. The future just isn't here yet, we're still essentially in the prototyping phase.

Yes, range is crap in cold weather. Also, range varies wildly on driving style and load and car and... and... and... But my point is still valid - the majority of car journeys are < 10 miles, and an overwhelming majority are < 50 miles. I'm sure there are plenty of stats around if you want to check that out. Charging electric cars regularly whilst out and about is only necessary for a small minority of people - but it's probably those people that have taken the leap at the moment and so the charging problem is perceived as relatively larger than it would be if everyone was driving electric cars. (yes, I know a lot of people can't charge at home for some reason, but that's a different albeit related problem that also needs to be solved... somehow!). An Enyaq driver leaves the heater on too. My guess is that compared to powering the motors, it uses very little energy. Oh, and while they have the heater on, they're not spewing exhaust fumes out and contributing to the environmental problems that are causing the extreme weather in the first place 😉. Let's assume 3kWh for the heater, that's ~10 hours of heating if the battery on an Enyaq 60 is at 50%. And you don't need it on constantly. But let's say you're on a long journey, your battery is getting low, and you end up stuck on a motorway in a snowdrift. Personally, I'd be questioning your planning and decision making that led to that situation. Much the same way that I would be if you were in a petrol car and had a nearly empty tank. Not everyone carries extra fuel around in their boot, but yes, that's easier in a petrol/diesel vehicle than it is in an EV.

I think that's actually us agreeing... 😉

I’m not being funny (and I’m not trying to be insulting either) - but I think you’ll find that it is the future. Whether or not it’s the best possible version of the future we could have gone for is definitely debatable… but the world is moving towards electric cars whether you (or I, or anyone) likes it or not. Also, out of curiosity, how many 250+ mile journeys, or even combinations of journeys in a single day, do you do? If the answer is none or not many, then you really wouldn’t spend any time waiting for it to charge (assuming of course you can charge it overnight). For me it’s the simple economics at the moment, they’re just too damn expensive.

Errr... if you have a vRS, then you have the 176kW (236hp) engine. So no, the weights aren't there.

This was the thread - might be useful as it is also about a 2019 vRS.

Open the driver's door, look on the pillar and there will be a plate with information on it - including towing weights. If it doesn't show weights, then you can't retrofit a tow bar and tow stuff. Edit: Hmmm, except I finally decided to go look on mine, and there is no plate. I was going off memory from comments made in another thread, so apologies. I do have a certificate that came with the vehicle that has the towing weights on it though - guessing you didn't get given that when you bought it?

Hmmm. Wonder if it's an added bonus* of having ACC? I've had it on both my Kodiaqs, so quite possibly I'm assuming something that's not actually standard functionality.

As has been said, sounds like you're turning the auto hold off instead of start/stop. Then, when you release the brake pedal, the engine is starting, going into gear, and lurching forward. The start/stop off button is under the air con controls, and you need to turn it off every time you start the ignition. The auto hold button is down next to the electric handbrake, and stays disabled. If you leave both systems enabled, and potentially be a little more patient when traffic starts moving, you'll notice that the engine starts itself when the car in front moves off... then when you press the accelerator the auto hold releases and the car moves off slowly.

Pretty sure mudflaps are a dealer-fit accessory rather than something the factory fits, so I wouldn't panic too much about adding them to the order.

There's a rather big assumption in there... 😉 It's one of those "couldn't care less" things for me - it's not like it is any noisier or anything without the cover. And I'm not really one who worries about how tidy my engine bay looks.

What format is the USB stick...? Needs to be FAT32 or exFAT, if memory serves me correctly. Having said that... does the car even recognise that you've put the USB stick in? If not, then given the original problem, I'd suggest the port could be faulty.

For the same reason shops push 'extended warranties' that aren't worth the paper they're written on, let alone the cost of them... I'm not defending the practice - but anyone who gets sucked into agreeing to extra items there and then is stupid. At the very least, if you take their word that it needs doing, you go see if you can get it done cheaper elsewhere first. Yes, they are banking on people going for the convenience* of getting everything sorted there and then, but convenience* always comes at an inflated price. If you don't want them to try it on with you, tell them when you drop your car off (especially considering you're getting rid in 4 weeks - pretty sure if you'd told them that, they would have seen the futility).

Let me get this right... you rock up to the dealer without a confirmed booking (not their fault), yet they service your car for the price only you know is the one given online (I'm assuming you didn't have any actual proof of it?)... and you're bitching because they tried to upsell stuff to you as you presumably knew they would, given it is a main dealer and they always do it? Sorry, really can't see what you actually have to moan about. 🤷‍♂️

Don't apologise... it's better than my Portuguese! 😂

All Kodiaqs, yes. All Skodas, no.

My mistake... I had it in my head 2030 was the complete ban and hybrids-only after 2025. Pretty sure it was at some point, but you're right, it's 2030 for hybrids only and 2035 for the complete ban. Time for another 2 full generations of Kodiaq yet - if they did a hybrid. But Skoda have previous said no plans for any more hybrids, and they will be concentrating on EVs. So it will be interesting to see if they've changed their minds, or if the speculation about a hybrid powertrain for a new generation is just that.

First gen. released in 2016 (deliveries started in 2017)... facelift in 2021. No surprise then that a whole new one will turn up in 2024, potentially with deliveries late next year or into 2025. But... if we're getting a new Kodiaq in the UK in that timeframe, then it will have to have a plug-in hybrid variant - otherwise they'll get < 1 year of being able to sell pure petrol / diesel versions before having to stop (assuming new rules do come into effect on 1 Jan 2025 and deliveries start in 2024). I honestly thought it would die out and be replaced by the Enyaq (or even a larger electric SUV) over here. There's still a possibility that will happen and there will be a 2nd gen Kodiaq, but it doesn't come to the UK at all.