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And I still have my 2022 PHEV despite lots of looking, reading and a couple of test drives. The new HS has side steps, my wife scraped her shin/calf on them getting in or out. I asked MG Customer Service if my Dealer removed them would it mean the car had been 'modified' and so would not be covered? Their response was to send me a link to their warranty page! Obviously too hard a question. I did test drive the Elroq and did like it, however we had a problem with our MyEnergi/Zappi set up that took a lot of emails and about 3-4 days of no charging, my wife did not then want to risk it with a BEV and suggested we went for another PHEV or Hybrid. For us not needing such a large car am now finding it hard to find something suitable. Obviously fitting a fuel tank and a battery takes up a lot of space. One candidate, despite its image was the Honda Jazz, practical, economical, well equipped and under the 40k Gvnt ceiling. The test drive when driven at tip-toe speed was great but the CVT was something else, when you wanted some power that CVT was really awful. On returning to the dealership my back said I should ask if it had lumber support, which it didn't, so that was a very dissapointed salesman! So here I am, still with my 3.5 year old MG HS PHEV with just 8k on the clock. I hope to find a good Hybrid or convince my wife having two BEV's is not such a risky decision. I take my hat off to MyEnergi who's Customer Service has been superb.

I think I got this from Auto Express article regarding the grant and that Hyundai had applied it to the Inster 02. I Probably read it wrong. Thanks for the correction, but either way £4250 off a new EV is a good discount. I like the Insters practicality with the folding front seat and sliding rear seats makes room for 4 people or lots of shopping!

Thank you John. The inster is my wife's new car and will be our run around. The Elroq is a possible replacement for my MG HS PHEV. My MG has only covered 7400 miles since March 2022 so mainly also local trips with the occasional holiday, when we both need a car at the same time. Or in the UK or a trip to an airport. It is not opinions on the running around, that will be evident on a test drive, it's more like: Top 3 things you like about the Elroq ? Top 3 things you do not like about the Elroq ? How easy or hard is the Info to use, easy to adjust the aircon/heating? How intrusive/annoying is the driver attention warning when you are trying to adjust the info screen, can't do both at the same time! How picky is the over speed warning, is there a margin of error, say +2mph. Can this be turned off? are you able to turn off the warnings you don't want and they stay off or are they active on starting and each have to be turned off in the info screen? Those sort of things. Real world on the ranges of the 3 badge options, 50, 60 or 85. I am looking for max range, user friendly, and max comfort. The 'Days of Thunder' are now a distant memory! I am aware of the 3 year warranty against the 7 years of the MG. I bought an extended warranty each year on my Octy that covered the new Turbo replacement that blew at 4 years......... Sort of real world thoughts....

Well its been a few years but back on this forum. At the moment I have the MG HS PHEV, no matter what people say this has been a brilliant car, nothing has gone wrong, the 12v is still the original, the DAB Radio still works and no stupid screen aerial glove box lash up either. 3 years and all is well. My wife has now ordered the new Hyundai Inster 02 EV and got £3.750 EV grant and £500 deposit contribution. We have a Zappi on the wall for the MG so thought I'd see what my options were. The new MG, EV3, or maybe the Elroq ? I have yet to book test drives so I would like to get a heads up on your thoughts on this car, so when I take it out of the dealer showroom I will hopefully remember what to check out! Any comments, good or bad would be appreciated. I noticed, or rather did not notice what the Elroq would attract in terms of the new Grant. £3750 or £1500. as said the Hyundai were offering a total of £4250 off a new car. Skoda does not list any value on its configuration pages.

Maybe I should have added this to the Elroq Forum.

I had a good dent in my front wing which was taken out by a firm called axi-dent. www.axi-dent.co.uk The technician did a brilliant job after about 45 min of tapping and tapping, at the finish the dent was gone, no sign at all. They only remove dents and do not do any painting. Might be worth a call.

Well its been a few years but back on this forum. At the moment I have the MG HS PHEV, no matter what people say this has been a brilliant car, nothing has gone wrong, the 12v is still the original, the DAB Radio still works and no stupid screen aerial glove box lash up either. 3 years and all is well. My wife has now ordered the new Hyundai Inster 02 EV and got £3.750 EV grant and £500 deposit contribution. We have a Zappi on the wall for the MG so thought I'd see what my options were. The new MG, EV3, or maybe the Elroq ? I have yet to book test drives so I would like to get a heads up on your thoughts on this car, so when I take it out of the dealer showroom I will hopefully remember what to check out! Any comments, good or bad would be appreciated.

Odd this, haven't been on this forum since March 22 and noticed this thread! I had the exact same car LT15 XYB from 2015-2022 and loved it. Mind you I only did 24k in that time. for some reason I changed to an MG HS PHEV and always regretted P/Xing the Octy. ( I'm on here reading up on the Elroq EV) The only real problem with the Octy was the 'Turbo Actuator Rod' on the 1.4 which failed a number of times, I think I had 4 failures that left me with a car that just did not want to accelerate and just went into limp mode. If I remember correctly the T.A.R fix would have been over a £1k each and the actual Turbo was replaced at 3 years, that would have been a £3k dealer fix. Luckily I had an extended warranty so didn't pay a penny. Its a great car, as long as the service history is complete and it drives well then why not?

It is a Karoq. (Not mine) He will take it to our Skoda dealer as I think he has the extended warranty which may cover it. Thanks for you help.

I think the wipers work but not the washers, front or back. Are there any other related fuses somewhere?

Hi. A friend of mine has a 2018 1.4 model and the windscreen washers have failed, he has checked the fuse behind the glovebox and that appears to be okay. I was hoping someone here may have a solution, or if this is a dealer repair, or something that can be done by the owner who is very practically minded.

I am on holiday until early October, if your not in a rush. I regret I will be an ex-Octavia driver later this year so am fairly sure I will not need it. I have 217 credits on my Next Gen Pro Pack. I only used to code a rear view camera.

I am thinking of selling my OBD11 purchased in November 2020 that came with 200 credits, I am not sure if I used one of the credits or not when I installed a Rear Camera. Anyway, are the credits attached to the unit and available to a new user, or, are they only available to the original purchaser? Couldn't find anything on the OBD website.

The Kona has about the same amount of scratchy plastic as the Octy, I'd say the quality was not dissimilar, she wanted a smaller hybrid about the same size as her Fabia which has covered just 8k miles since march 18. she liked the way it drove and to be honest I thought the infotainment was much better than the Skoda one, far more intuitive and it had actual buttons for heating and fan etc . She looked at many similar cars and choose the Kona. Better value than most and a far better deal. If she's happy so am I .

Am wondering whether to order a new 1.4IV or not, if it takes 8 months to arrive. My wife was also thinking of going hybrid and selling her 2018 Fabia, she was offered £10k P/X on a Hyundai Kona Hybrid, the dealer asked what colour and model she wanted: 30 seconds later she was advised that the car was already built and is confirmed for delivery in the UK in November. Hyundai do not offer pages of options, you buy the one with the options installed. Come November we will see if it does arrive as promised.

I have been thinking of changing my 2015 Mk3 1.4 DSG Estate and after much thought I am nearly decided on the new 1.4 TSI iv PHEV Estate. There are a few questions I am sure a current owner could answer. I have on my mk3 MIB1 satnav, and music from a USB drive, and hands-free phone via Bluetooth. Radio I use very rarely. The configurator states ‘Skoda Connect Remote access 1 year and infotainment online 1 year'. 1 .I have a Samsung Android running #11 software. The config’ also states under radio, telephone and navigation : Bluetooth and Wireless smartlink for apple carplay only (Wired for Android Auto and mirror link) I assume by this I need to plug a cable into the phone and the car in order for the car to see the phone. And: 2. Does this mean that hands-free Bluetooth will no longer work after the 1 year, likewise no satnav after 1 year? 3. To use the online function in my Samsung when out and about I have to use ‘Mobile Data’ and on my BT deal I get 4gb of data but I have no idea of what that means in real life usage, I see many people using mobiles for Google Maps and satnav, but for how long is that possible on a 4gb deal? A 2hr, 10hr journey or what? 4. The Config’ also states a ‘Columbus satellite navigation & 10” touchscreen’ so that seems to say navigation is by satellite and so not by mobile data and not with a 4gb restriction. Clarification would be helpful! 5. Also under Radio, telephone and navigation it lists 2 x USB C ports for charging and data transfer, it that one port for charging and one for data or can both ports be used for charging or data transfer? If I have my music USB connected to one port can I connect my Android to the other port and use Google mapping? 6. I have noted there seems to be various pricing for this Connect service, from £36 to £80 a year for, err, what? The config’ is very vague and uninformative. Services may differ according to Country, car , model, year, technology, weather, mood of the car, and similar ‘get out of jail’ cards. Okay, maybe not all of those but it feels like it. Seems most services these days are now only available on subscription, just more ways of screwing more £ notes out of the user. Thank you in advance.

Could not have put it better myself, totally agree. Was thinking of changing last year just as Covid caused a lockdown. Been trawling YouTube reviews ever since, Lots of cars, quite fancy a Tesla Estate but they don't make one! Or an A4 Avant or 3/5 Series or similar but the Octy 3 Elegance Estate with ACC, RVC and Park Assist is a hard car to beat, Economical, £30 road tax, etc, if I could swop the beam for IRS and add some more sound deadening to cancel out the tyre noise it would be nearly perfect.

Skoda can only supply an EFB and an economy version at that. Halfords changed the serial number and then cleared a large number of light faults on the dash. Once they were cleared no problems. Oh, Skoda EFB has a 2 year warranty and Halfords has a 5 year warranty. No brainer in my view,

Just had a new AGM 096 fitted instead the EFB one supplied by Skoda, fitted by Halfords at £184 fitted at dealer or £159 On its own, you fit, Skoda do NOT supply an AGM although they said they could, but they had fitted an EFB instead so I had this removed by Halfords and took it back to Skoda who then said they did not do a AGM so had fitted the standard Economy EFB. I asked if it would impact on the warranty or not. They said it would not as it was the same as changing tyres from that factory fitted. So if your dealer cannot supply an AGM cancel the order and go to Halfords! By the way Skoda dealer said the EFB Economy battery from Skoda should have been £215 fitted but they priced matched Halfords, so they price matched higher quality? battery with a lower? class of battery. Or you would pay the same but not get what you asked for. Hope that makes sense

Had mine tinted from B pillar back and the rear window, didn't cost anything extra. Also advised them I had the DTUK Pedal Box installed, this was on a chat box on their website, after a little delay they came back and said it was classified as an 'interior modification' and again no extra charge. I thought this was a bit odd so I printed out the chat in case at some future date the insurer tried to dismiss a claim because of it, I had written proof they were advised and it was accepted along with the tinted windows. Your choice entirely but I would certainly do some insurance comparisons, I shaved over £500 off our house cover in one go and certainly a lot more than that on our car insurances over the years. They are not loyal to you so why be loyal to them, your cost most likely goes up a bit every year, over 15 years that could be lot. I pay under £300 a year for my octy comprehensive cover from a 5* defacto insurer with high repute. We are pensioners, wife and I to drive, cars not garaged, no points, and no claims for so long I forget. Worth a few minutes time and could save you £££'s (Martin Lewis and MSE are my gods!) Was a company buyer and my wife reckons haggling is in my DNA.....

Found this one as well. gives you the idea.

Mine is an estate as well. The biggest problem I had was getting the leads from the tailgate into the roof itself. the attached photos may help. The camera came with an jack plug, I found that a drain unblocker cable - a long spring wound rat tail - had an internal measurement that fitted perfectly over the prong on the camera connector. I then insulation taped them together so I could thread it through the rubber joint of tail gate and side of upper body. You cannot get the lead through very far into the roof space but I found if you pull it across the roof lining a little you can then thread it forward along between the roof and lining which is attached to the roof by what looks like double sided tape. You can then access this cable by gently pulling the roof lining down by the rear then front doors.

This may give you some ideas: Do you have the estate or hatchback?

Spooky, I had the same 096AGM fitted today at Halfords. Changing is quite straightforward just a spanner job. The fun came after fitting as the battery needed coding into the car, seems if not coded the car thinks it still has the old dodgy one. Oh, by the way the mobile fitting that they advertise does not include the time it is fitted which varies between £3.50 to about £15 I think in the evening. I thought about a morning fitting but that was £7.50 and as their branch was only a 10 min drive away took the car to them. Okay, the battery was fitted and coded in, the dash lit up like it was a Christmas tree, all warnings lit, chap kept pushing buttons on his coding tool and cleared a few but some still remained. Did it again and said "All sorted" I got in and saw some errors still showing, back he came and tried again, no change. Another guy comes over to help him. "Try this, clear the faults then turn the steering full lock both ways, even if some faults are still showing, then remove the key" Then I got in and started the car and no faults appeared, so off I drove. Got home still fault free. The guy said he had no idea why the steering turning lock to lock seemed to work but he had done it on other VAG cars with the same problem and it worked. I had asked my Skoda dealer to fit an AGM battery but when I checked they had fitted an Economy EFB one so that one will be going back, they had kindly matched the Halfords price of £184 fitted but fitted a lesser class of battery with only a 2 year warranty, Seems Skoda do not supply an AGM so that was why they fitted the EFB. I asked how much would the battery they had fitted would cost without the price match, £219.00 fitted was the reply! You do the sums..........

Well, good news, Skoda has covered the whole turbo and actuator unit and this has now been replaced, the extended warranty has certainly saved me a fortune. I asked my dealer how much would it have cost if I just walked in and had it all replaced, he reckoned about £2300. Okay, probably a lot more than an independent or a repair/exchange unit but that would be expected, main dealers are normally the most expensive. This is one job I did not have to get price matched either. The pedal box did not make any difference I am of course very pleased to say! I emailed Skoda Customer Services last week about this, not heard anything yet.