SurreyJohn

Although the brochure has disappeared from the brochure page, it is still reachable from other pages, however it is dated October 2023 https://www.skoda.co.uk/_doc/c63f4efb-a760-4a48-931f-baad88d42aa6 https://www.skoda.co.uk/fleet/karoq

For the UK climate, unless you change to winter tyres, not great idea to have modern summer tyres (with their eco bias). Performance in wet falls off rapidly below +10c, and rain in UK is generally cold, depending on where you live, rain might only be above 10c for 4 or months of the year. I would go for best all season set you can find. Depending on price and availability in your size would suggest any of (no particular order) Goodyear vector 4season gen 3, Michelin cross climate 2, Bridgestone Turanza all season 6, Continental all season contact 2, Pirelli Cinturato all season SF3, Kleber Quadraxer 3, Vredestein Quatrac

Allow about 1-2 days by train to Emden, then anything from couple of days to month awaiting a ship, 2-4 days ship transit (might discharge part cargo at another port), 1-14 days awaiting a full road transporter going to your dealership. When it arrives it depends on if the have booked workshop space for PDI, there are some dealers if people call for service or warranty work told 6 weeks wait for a workshop slot. Overall If all goes well 3 weeks, typically 6-7 weeks, could be 9-10 weeks if busy.

Never quite understand how motability is allowed as a charity to offer cars that fall into the luxury (over £40,000) tax band. Something seriously wrong with our tax rules if ordinary people are expected to give tax breaks to luxuries. Rant over.

List price including factory fit options and delivery fee and PDI (but excluding initial VED and registration fee), regardless of actual price paid List price used is day before registration and taxing, not order date

Appears green paint is cheaper on SEL than metallic and unless I am misreading it, vRS is not currently on sale

Also worth remembering that the All in One has some things included that are cost options on normal service, eg get one set of spark plugs included, so even if not due, ask for it to be done as they are effectively free.

The main download a brochure page doesn't have it under list of vehicles (clearly an error by team that looks after website) but it obscurely linked within the Kodiaq 2 further information.

Link to new brochure 10th April 2024 https://www.skoda.co.uk/_doc/5782ef00-768c-43df-8faf-51cba9730287

Go onto the Infotainment, select car, then settings, should get a menu list, scroll down until you find service, click on it and see what the car says. It will have 2 entries an inspection or oil change and full service. Both will have how many miles until due (rounded to nearest 100) and number of days until due. Just because a dealer has set a diary reminder in a colander doesn't mean you have done the mileage you expect (although if it was a PCP and they sold you one based on correct mileage, should be similar to their calc)

With the PHEV the engine usage is more like a car used to potter around town, lots of short periods of use, often from cold. Especially in winter the engine block and oil sump will be very cold, and the oil in the sump will be thick like treacle, a short journey will not warm this, so your car needs fixed servicing as only part of the oil quantity is doing the work when cold and engine usage is short duration. It's not exactly like this, but it is simple way to see the problem.

Depends on other cars going to dealership, they are going to try and fill a transporter, and if few thousand cars arrive together on a ship, will need to wait for transporter, so could be anything from 1 day to 2 weeks When it gets to dealership it will need a PDI (pre delivery inspection). If your salesperson is on the ball will have booked workshop space. But as others needing warranty work or servicing have found out some dealerships have 6 week waits for workshop slots. So handover could be anything from 2 days after arrival, to many weeks before it is ready.

I would go back to the tried a trusted split the difference in specs into three columns : Absolutely essential to you; nice to have but could exist without it ; don't really care if got it or not and wouldn't ever pay extra for it. Write them down in 3 columns and see what is in first column and if you value it more than year and half's car age. Completely ignore column 3 and just use column 2 as a tiebreaker. And obviously if you share car with spice/partner get them to do same exercise before comparing overall results.

All these are quite expensive, yesterday in Trowbridge E10 unleaded was 139.8 at Applegreen and 139.9 at Tesco. I bought E5 99ron at Tesco for 147.9 (about 5% more), but I find improves mileage by about 7% upto about 13% urban, as pulls better at lower revs so DSG box changes up quicker

A lot of car companies are altering specs, because of new EU specs compulsory from July 2024. Before anyone says UK has Brexit, we have to accept UK is small part of European market and manufacturers are going to give us same specs rather than make special specs for UK. More likely price is going up, can't see anything significant happening to change the Karoq, especially if it is only few months before it's similar size electric replacement, the Elroq is due to be launched Skoda Germany sells Karoq from €32,930 (£28,177), but Skoda UK won't let you have a low price basic Karoq. German Karoq Sportline is from €39,770 (£34,030)