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Yeah, I used it at the highest (level 3) setting from the start.

6. Heated steering wheel: another thing I noticed was that when I turned on the steering wheel + seat heating to the highest degree upon starting the car, the seats started heating almost immediately. Steering wheel, on the other hand, only became warm after like 5 mins or so… Is this normal?

If you zoom in the above photo, you can see something in the triangle – presumably the cam? The car has Matrix LED, so is it the same camera then?

Hm, and another question that occurred to me: 5. Traffic Jam Assist: this car comes with ACC but not with TJA as far as I can see. Can ACC be used in traffic as "Stop and Go" or do you need Traffic Jam Assist for that?

Hm, I have a pic (here is a cropped version)... are you able to tell whether that is a camera or not?

Oh, and another thing: 4. Auto Hold: I noticed the car would keep crawling at the stoplight. Then I noticed that Auto Hold was not on, so I pressed the button to activate it. Do you actually have to activate it on each restart of the engine?

Hi, I'm considering getting a used mid-2022 facelifted Karoq 1.5 TSI DSG with cca. 25k mi on the clock for about 21k £ as converted from €. Today I test-drove it and quite liked it; it's a Style trim if I'm not mistaken (I'm in EU) with silver roof racks and Matrix LED, heated seats/steering wheel, ACC, front/back parking sensors, reverse camera, etc. - do you think that's a reasonable price for the car? There are a few things that bothered me a bit, though, and would like to ask for your advice. 1. The car is equipped with ACC and Front Assist, but disappointingly no Lane Assist. I expected Lane Assist to have been standard by 2022?! Is it possible to somehow enable it via vcds or something after the warranty period is over? (I know there's a fair share of people who dislike LA and are quick to turn it off, but somehow I was hoping to enjoy a quasi "semi"-autonomous drive by having ACC with LA...). Also, no traffic sign recognition fitted to this car. 2. Virtual Cockpit doesn't seem to be completely centered in between the steering wheel. It's like the right side of the wheel kind of covers part of the view of the fuel gauge. See the attached picture but with a caveat that the pic was taken from an angle so it looks much worse than in reality. I would've hoped the whole Virtual Cockpit would be exactly inside the steering wheel gap. Is this by design? (I managed to mitigate the problem somewhat by raising the steering wheel height a bit.) 3. Part of the insulation under the bonnet seems to have been eaten by a rodent (see attached photo). Should I be concerned that there has also been some damage done to the wiring where the eye can't see? It makes me anxious. See also the picture of the whole under-the-bonnet view. Thanks in advance for your advice.

Wow, that was super helpful, thank you! I'll probably go on a test drive of a used 2022 Karoq i've been considering (the above pics I posted are just random boot photos I found online - I haven't seen the boot of the Karoq in question yet) to decide whether or not to purchase it. If I indeed go ahead with the purchase, I'll post the picture of the boot here for further consideration to double-check with you / anyone else before ordering the space saver spare wheel kit.

Hm, so if I were to buy the space saver spare wheel kit (is this it?) it would raise the floor all the way up to here (see red arrows)?

Perhaps, yes… By the way, why do models without the variable boot floor have this stupid raised lip below the back seats (red arrow)? Doesn’t this lip reduce the usable boot floor length by several inches?? They should have removed it when the car is specced without the variable boot floor… Could someone please measure the length of the boot floor as per the green arrow on the below pic? Thanks

Vehicle looks well preserved and has done 2 regular maintenance service already, so from the condition standpoint it doesn't seem to be problematic. I'm worried about long-term resale value. If it will be potentially much more difficult to sell it eventually being a 3rd owner.

I'm facing a huge dilemma though: the above-mentioned Karoq I'm eyeing has cca. 20k miles on the clock, but it's already from the 2nd owner (the latter, as I was told, bought it in order to resell it). Which means I'd be the 3rd owner. I'm worried that this would reduce its resale value significantly and would make it much more difficult to sell in 5-7 (or if I'm lucky 10) years. Thoughts?

Hi, To those owners who don’t have a variable boot floor, did you manage to find a way how to reduce the boot loading lip somehow? Or it doesn’t bother you? I’m considering buying a used Karoq but the one I’m eyeing comes without a variable boot floor, which is a bit disappointing. I’m trying to find out if there are any reasonable solutions to fix that afterwards.

Thanks everyone for your replies! I think I figured it out in the meantime: as @MrAdamwoodpointed out, Matrix headlights are the ones where the daytime LED strip is split into 2 parts, while standard LED are the ones where daytime LED is a single strip. So from both @pinkpanther and @OldKaroq’s pictures you can clearly see that they have a non-split/single strip of the daily LED, which is indicative of the non-Matrix version. If you take a look at my initial post, the daytime LED strip is split, so apparently those are indeed Matrix.

Hmm, are you sure it looks like the SE-L? Would you mind posting a pic of your SE-L lights? I found this: https://www.skoda.tj/models/newkaroq/newkaroq/skoda-karoq-led-lights And as far as I can see the lights in the photos from my initial post look more like the ones on the orange Karoq from the link, don't they?

Hello, I'm currently considering getting a mid-2022 facelifted Karoq, but I'm struggling to find a full list of all its specs. Is there a place where I could insert the VIN number to get a full trim specification (with extras) for this particular car? For one, I'm not sure whether it's equipped with standard LED headlights, or is it Matrix LED? Attaching a few photos for your reference. Also, does anyone know if these cornering lights below the headlight are halogen or also LED? Thanks in advance!

Interestingly enough, I checked about the engine code of my test drive Ateca today and it's actually also a DXD one! So I guess it's also evo2? Which then negates my initial hypothesis that evo2 is superior to evo when both my test Ateca and test Karoq apparently had evo2 machines! Could it be that the Karoq one is somehow better suited for Karoq? Hm.

Doing some research, I think you may be right. Also, the evo2 engine code should start with DXDB, from what I understand. It seems it was only added to Karoq lineup as late as in 2024, though.

How can you tell it's an evo2? Does it say somewhere on the homologation paper?

Hi, Was a long-time Fabia MK3 user but now warming up to a Karoq. Today I test-drove a MY25 Karoq and a MY24 Seat Ateca, both 1.5 TSI DSG. What I noticed is that Karoq seemed to be slightly smoother and more responsive when accelerating slowly (less turbo lag?) and on the whole I got the impression that the engine/transmission was slightly better "calibrated" for the lack of better wording, than in Ateca. My question is, could this be due to Ateca having EVO while Karoq having the latest EVO2 machine? Is it possible that it would be so apparent? If so, then I'm a bit disappointed because I'm currently looking into purchasing a used mid-2022 facelifted Karoq but presumably EVO2 was only introduced in Karoq in 2023 or even 2024? What are your experiences comparing EVO with the new EVO2 machines?

Does kangarooing affect 1.5 DSG Karoq as well? I’m considering maybe getting a 2021 pre-facelift Karoq 1.5 tsi DSG….

Hi everyone, I’m considering getting a used facelifted Scala. Since the one I’m considering doesn’t have a variable boot floor, I was wondering if the procedure of fitting a variable boot floor would be the same as on the previous gen Scalas? Is is possible to order all the required parts online (avoiding a trip to the scrapyard for spare parts😀) at all? Thanks

Thanks for that. So there's no lighting strips on the doors then?

Hi, Does the new Scala come with any ambient lighting by default, or is this only a paid extra? Also, would appreciate some pics of how it looks like during the night if anyone would be so kind to post some. Thanks

Thanks, I went ahead and got an EFB one…