Everything posted by SurreyJohn
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Updated Karoq Specs - April 2024
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
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18" Tyre Recommendations
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
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Superb Mk4
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.
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MkII Kodiaq Order Book Opens
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.
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Considering a Karoq 2.0L TSI Sportline
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
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Octavia Mk4 Facelift Brochure UK
Appears green paint is cheaper on SEL than metallic and unless I am misreading it, vRS is not currently on sale
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Filter replacement on 24mth service
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.
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Kodiaq mk2 brochure UK
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.
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Kodiaq mk2 brochure UK
Link to new brochure 10th April 2024 https://www.skoda.co.uk/_doc/5782ef00-768c-43df-8faf-51cba9730287
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First year service
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)
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Left oil service mileage for PHEV
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.
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Time frame from Sheerness to dealership in London
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.
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2021 1.5 TSI SEL or Facelifted 2023 SE ACT
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.
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E10 petrol vs E5 petrol
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
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Updated Karoq Specs - April 2024
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)
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New Skoda |(Or VAG) wheels availability in the UK ?
One thing could try, is use the part number from the brochure I linked and google it to see if there are any online sellers
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Superb Mk4
The new Skoda wheels brochure has all the wheel options for Superb mk 4 (and also Superb III) https://www.skoda-auto.com/_doc/6d5c59b3-5d97-451a-ab78-2ef185e6e373
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2024 Kodiaq (and Superb) interior photos :)
The new Skoda wheels catalogue has the Kodiaq mk 2 wheels with pictures https://www.skoda-auto.com/_doc/6d5c59b3-5d97-451a-ab78-2ef185e6e373
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New Skoda |(Or VAG) wheels availability in the UK ?
@Mr Grump this is latest Skoda wheels brochure (even has Superb mk 4 and Kodiaq mk 2) https://www.skoda-auto.com/_doc/6d5c59b3-5d97-451a-ab78-2ef185e6e373 There is also a winter wheels brochure (wheels plus winter tyres), useful for reference as these often have smaller rims and deeper tyres https://www.skoda-auto.com/_doc/c829936c-f0c1-48a3-bd99-55a507038e8c In theory anything in the catalogues should be available for parts Dept of your dealership
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Skoda Epiq & Elroq
Perhaps this can be moved from Karoq section and merged with existing thread https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/522000-elroq-and-epiq-new-electric-models/
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Superb mk4 Launch info and video
Appeared around the same time as new brochure (on link) came out, brochure is dated 14th March https://www.skoda.co.uk/_doc/71165c49-62c5-4f74-b29a-be6ad40d7373
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20% Off Skoda Service Plans until 2nd April
On my car, the spark plugs had been changed at service before taking out All in One, so at second of the All in One services told them to change spark plugs as it was included, even though not due. They were effectively free, so silly not to have it.
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Wheels.. SKODA SUPERB SE L EXECUTIVE TSI 2019
@andrewmhmusic This is the official choice of wheels, with pictures, their part codes and the tyre sizes that fit them https://www.skoda-auto.com/_doc/a1a05a53-26b1-4278-9251-515531f22ecb
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Wheel paint code.
This might help, it is the wheels with pictures and part codes Colour is usually part of the part code https://www.skoda-auto.com/_doc/a1a05a53-26b1-4278-9251-515531f22ecb
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Potential Purchases, Questions?
The 18 inch wheels on Kamiq (and T-cross and Arona etc) are quite an unusual and expensive tyre size 215/45 R18 Will get 30k+ miles out of them, but only if you switch them around about every 10-12k miles. The front left seems to wear a lot faster (roundabouts), the rear right is long lasting. To be perfectly honest, just budget for a set of good all season tyres (Continental all season contact, Michelin cross climate 2, Vredestein Quatrac pro+) are main choices in that size, and forget whatever is already there. The factory tyres don't suit UK climate very well. Brake discs tend to look rubbish with surface rust but unless discs have grooves or pads heavily worn should last to nearer 35-50k miles (but mileage is not good indicator of brake use, live in a city or in hilly area then brakes will get used lot more than open road). Replacement discs and pads are usually better quality. If you get DSG then gearbox is also covered under warranty (unlike manual clutches), and the All in One 2 year warranty, servicing, breakdown, MOTs is currently 20% off until 2 April so can have peace of mind for not much more than cost of servicing. Remember advisories are just a subjective opinion of an individual, people get them, sometimes take no action and following year don't get one on same item. Treat them as something to allow replacement to be done within your budget, even if it is year away. Don't get too hung up on it, but do your own visual inspection.