Yogi-Bear

Sorry - missed this one... you do need to keep to the service schedule, or that's when you may well run into issues with any warranty claim. It may also impact on the resale value, it may not. And just like the log book - I'm not sure anyone but a Skoda dealer can reset the service interval thingy, so even if you do get the car serviced, it will carry on complaining.

Yes, as long as they use "OEM equivalent" parts. As long as you can prove you have had the car serviced at the appropriate times and following the manufacturer's schedule, then no, it shouldn't cause any issues. However... the only note of caution (that's probably a bit strong) is that the log book is electronic, and as far as I am aware, only Skoda dealers can 'stamp' the electronic logbook - so just make sure you keep all the paperwork etc. if you do go down the non-dealer route. Out of interest, have you got a quote from both to see how much they're charging? I've found Skoda dealer servicing to be pretty competitive, and for the added peace of mind that it removes any possible arguments about who did what and when, should something go wrong and a warranty claim is required. But that could just be me!

About to pass 2,500 (and I've had it just shy of 4 months). Still absolutely loving it when I get the chance to drive it, rather than just using it as a taxi for the kids and their friends - but on the rare occasion I do, it really doesn't help with the average mpg 🤣.

The 1.4TSI was the same... definitely very sensitive to driving styles, and also much better on longer journeys when the engine has warmed up (which is also probably why it's better in the summer). Don't buy a VRS then... doesn't matter how light-footed I'm being, if the journey is less than a few miles, it's impossible to get the mpg out of the high teens 😳. On longer runs I'm happy if I can get it to the high 20s, and I might even break 32/33mpg on a motorway run. But I didn't buy it for fuel economy...

No, it's a VW Passat. It may share the platform and other things with the Skoda Superb, but it's not a Skoda.

Skoda haven't sold cars in the USA for quite a while.

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Good point, well made 🤦‍♂️. It’s still foobar expensive though…

And it doesn’t even have all-round disc brakes to go with the all-wheel drive.

It's up on the configurator... £52k base price!

Yes, but you run the risk that your next new car will turn up first 🤦‍♂️.

Totally agree with you - but the new models are electric cars, and they have to sell those to get the average emissions figures down. There are a whole load of factors at play, but Skoda are shooting themselves in both feet when it comes to communicating (or, more precisely, not) with their customers. It's actually starting to look like a massive Ponzi scheme, where they take in more and more orders and money, but deliver less and less cars. Out of interest... a question for everyone who is currently waiting for a Kodiaq - if you could swap your order to an Enyaq and have it delivered in the next couple of months (guaranteed), would you? (Edit: sorry, I know there are new Fabia + Karoqs as well, but I was concentrating on completely new models)

Nice motor... but what are all the bags in the boot!?

You too.

Let's have a bit of context to this - where do you live? This is not typical behaviour from truck drivers in - dare I say it - most countries. So you're not trying to tell everyone else that they need more than 150PS... more than 245PS... in their Kodiaq? I'm pretty sure that's what I've been saying, yes. Different people need different things, that much I think we can agree on. Some people may not actually need a car, that I agree with too. But this is about whether a certain amount of power is sufficient for a car to be practical and safe. 150PS is sufficient for a Kodiaq. You may want more power, so did I... but there is nothing wrong with a Kodiaq that only has 150PS.

Thank you. I like how you're trying to prove that 150PS for a 7 seater isn't enough. Yet I've given (anecdotal) evidence of why it is enough, and yet you are happy just to claim that it isn't without providing a cohesive argument as to why. I'm not supposing anything of the sort. If I was, I'd be the biggest hypocrite in the world, having bought a Kodiaq VRS. I'm simply asserting that a Kodiaq with 150PS is powerful enough to be both safe and practical, even when fully loaded. You seem to be arguing that even 245PS isn't enough for a Kodiaq to be those things - apologies if I'm misrepresenting you, but that's the impression I get from what you've said. There is nothing wrong with wanting more power - again, I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't agree with that - but as I said in my previous post, wanting and needing are two entirely different things.

Is that a separate dedicated eSIM? I was under the impression that it all ran from the one eSIM... and (in the UK at least) the eCall stuff works 'for the lifetime of the vehicle' (it may specify an actual length of time somewhere, but I've never seen anything that says 15 years - although I seem to remember 10 years being mentioned at some point).

Those two statements are contradictory. If you don't see that, then never mind. No, you really don't. My fully loaded 150PS Kodiaq didn't have any issues going all the way down to the south of France, including the ups and downs of the A75 through the Massif Central and over a couple of steep, twisty mountain passes in the Pyrenees. Wanting more power is one thing... needing it, however, is entirely different.

My old 150PS Kodiaq had enough punch for overtaking - even when fully loaded. My new 245PS Kodiaq has more than enough. If you rely on excessive power to make up for poor driving skills and road sense, then that's a different problem entirely. As for merging lanes... yes, more power is always going to be the answer as you always have to get around those extra few cars and dive in at the last possible moment 🤦‍♂️.

Unless the point is to make you jealous and/or annoy or upset you, in which case I'd argue it has proved its point 😜. On a slightly more serious note - isn't any car that can do more than 70mph pointless in this country? Or any car that has less than 5 seats? Or any car that has less than x litres of boot space? The point of the Kodiaq VRS is to give middle aged idiots like me something that's pretty decent fun to drive, but can still carry around the entire family + dog + bikes, and/or a boot full of crap from Ikea. It's a jack of all trades, and even if it doesn't quite master any of them perfectly, you can't really argue that it's pointless.

That's because the built-in zip handling is utter crap and useless at big files. There are plenty of alternatives on the App Store... I use Keka.

You might want to check out BlueHarvest... (available direct from the author as well as through the App Store): https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/blueharvest/id739483376?mt=12 Automatically keeps removable drives free of dot files, which macOS still insists on polluting things with. Been using it for years (not the App Store version) and it's brilliant - a must for ensuring things like a Skoda SatNav system doesn't get confused by lots of extra files it wasn't expecting! You could... but I'd try the USB route given the state your system is in. If that doesn't work, I'd find another dealer who should be able to reload the system software completely.

The SEL came with Columbus as standard in 2018 (and still does / always has done, as far as I know). @ColinCattle - It sounds to me as though the data has been corrupted. If the dealer can't sort it out, I'd find another dealer. But it definitely doesn't need an SD card (the unit in the glove box will have 2 SD slots, both empty unless you put something in them, and a SIM card slot, also empty unless you've provided a SIM card).

Week 8 of 2023, yes? 🤦‍♂️

If you think any Skoda VRS is a 'performance car' then you need your expectations resetting. And no, I don't consider a Golf GTI to be a 'performance car' either. A VW 'R' or Audi 'S' gets you a bit closer, but a 'performance car' is a BMW 'M' (a proper one, not an M330d or whatever you see around) or an Audi 'RS', or various others of the same ilk. A Skoda VRS is a mildly sporty car, which just happens to be decent value and quick enough to have a bit of fun in on your daily commute. Usually pretty damn practical as well, like most Skodas.