Buzzlightear

A cold & frosty morning all. Have had an issue with my internal driver side door handle. Got in car happily enough from outside to warm up and defrost windows, but when I went to get back out no response from internal handle pull. Window opened and external handle pulled again from outside to escape. AA recovery stripped door apart and confirmed cable retainer broken at handle. Temporarily reset cable to resume function but left with instruction to ‘be gentle’ and visit dealer to resolve under warranty at first opportunity as only 17mths old. Waiting game now for first available appointment, but not an issue my local dealer recall seeing before on a Karoq. So, a rare fail perhaps, but one I thought worth recording on here in case others experience same. cheers, Buzz

Another vote for ‘why bother?’ from me. Aside from adding drag to the car and taking up space you may actually benefit more from by carrying a standard roof box full of supplies, bike racks and/or other outdoor adventure gear, I really don’t see the point/benefit of these roof mounted tents - especially for use by kids. They’d be more than happy with a 4-person quick up tent currently on offer for £45 at Halfords I’m sure, and there’s less risk of a fall from height during a sleepy head nighttime toilet run... If you’re feeling flush on savings made by going for a standard tent option they’d probably thank you more for buying some decent self inflating mats (Exped Megamat 10 thoroughly recommended!) and perhaps a portable projector for some outdoor movie night fun ;-)