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I've settled on a 2.0l TSI DSG Sportline, Sept 23 reg, 1090 mile, ex Skoda car, standard spec at a Skoda dealership, intending to pick it up before the end of this month. Touran will be traded in. I plan to get a towbar (Westfalia detable swanneck) fitted locally by the company that fitted one to the Touran. Thanks for all the replies.

Yes its the list price when new. So I'm am ignoring any pre-reg cars that had a list price over £40k because that continues to affect the VED until the car is over 6 years old. I keep my cars for at least 10 years, so the extra VED is significant. Electric cars will attract the Additional VED rates now, which is going to be a shock for some.

Use DLVA Vehicle check and look for the lines after the Date First Registered, if its says Additional Rate Applicable to : with a date, then it cost over £40k and the date is when the additional rater ends. The List price includes all extras on the car when purchased, including Delivery, PDI but excluding 1st year VED which is based on emissions. and first registration charge (£55). Interestingly because VED is non transferable anymore, for a pre reg the dealer gets a refund on the remainder and the purchaser has to pay the VED at the second year rate. With things that can be fitted at the dealership like mudflaps, towbars, extra mats, pay for them to be done after its bee purchased, that way they are not include in the List Price.

If I was doing a new order then my colour choices would have been Energy Blue, Moon White, Velvet Red - would have avoided Black, Greys and Silver, Jurys out with regard to the Orange! Options LED Matric lights, Heat Front Screen (without the rest of the package), Traffic Sign Recognition provided that it worked in conjunction with Cruise/Speed limiter to automatically adjust with driver confirmation, Adaptive Cruise Control, virtual cockpit,2.0 TSI DSG, because I need 1900kg towing capacity, space saver spare wheel, Vario Flex rear seats, reversing camera. However the 2.0 TSI only comes in the Sportline, which includes most of my requirements apart from TSR, Adaptive Cruise and Heated Windscreen, with numerous extra options which are nice to have but would not be on my must have list eg Pan Roof, 4x4, 19 inch alloy wheels, Sports seats, Virtual Pedal rear hatch. A new 2.0TSI DSG Sportline basic OTR is £39,245,there are very few options that can be added and remain under £40,000 OTR. Why is £40,000 OTR important to me, Additional VED charge of £410 for 2nd to 6th year inclusive on top of the £190 standard VED. That effectively makes the car £2050 more expensive over the first 6 years than one under £40K. I've been looking at 2.0 TSI DSG Sportlines which are either Dealer pre-reg's or ex Skoda management/loan cars with typically up to 1,000 miles, with an OTR of under £40k. Having said that my ability to 'customise' is somewhat limited, effectively just colour as most seem to have Space Save spare wheels added.

Thank you folks for the comprehensive replies. The tyre size information and discussion is very interesting. I feel that I have identified the right model. I have to say that after a 30 minute test drive earlier this week I was very impressed with the way the combination of 2.0l petrol, 7 spd DSG, Hill Hold and Stop/Start all worked. In addition to the Touran we have a 2015 1.2 110 bhp 7 spd DSG Fabia which doesn't move away from rest anything like as smoothly as the TDI Touran, so I was very pleased to find the petrol Karoq was even smoother pulling away than the Touran and a vast improvement over the Fabia. Now comes the harder part of actually finding one and agreeing a deal.

Having run a 2.0L TDI DSG Touran since 2013, a 'pre-reg' 2024 2.0L TSI Karoq is being considered as the replacement. Having trawled through the topics in the Karoq forum theres a few things that some advice/real world experience on would be appreciated. 1. Tyres - The Touran has been on Cross Climates for the last 60K miles, and I really like them. I notice that everyone says the Bridgestones Turanza T005 gives hard ride. I've seen both 225/40 R19 and 225/45 R19 sizes mentioned - can anyone clarify does the 2.0L TSI definitely have the 225/45 R19 size? Is it the 225/40 that gives the harsher ride? 2. Lane Assist and Traffic Sign recognition - Has anyone got either or both of these features without having the Traffic Assist Package - of the Karoqs I've seen advertised none have the Traffic Assist package but some list Lane assist and some list both Lane Assist and Traffic Sign Recognition. 3. Towbar. All the Karoqs on my short list have To bar Preparation listed, none of them have towbars fitted. I have a Westfahlia Detachable swanneck towbar on my Touran. What towbars have people fitted - Skoda Electrically folding, Fixed swan neck , detachable swan neck? 4. Map updates and Traffic information. I've used Garmin Sat Navs for the last 16 years, downloading free updates 2 to 3 times a year. Real Time Traffic information is generally good. What is the situation like with the Amundsen Unit?

The scan results you have posted look like they have come from a generic scanner rather than VAG-COM or VCDS which are VAG specific. For info I've pasted part of the VCDS scan from my Touran which had an ABS Sensor failure a few weeks ago. My Touran doesn't have Front Assist or TPMS but the dashboard warning lights were on for ABS, ESC and Steering - all functions that require working ABS sensors. The above VCDS scan clearly shows the faults logged. It also shows an Auto Trans (DSG) fault - this was a side effect of the ABS sensor initially intermittently failing which upset the DSG software, and the VCDS scan for the Auto Trans points to the ABS controller as the source of the problem.

I would advise getting the vehicle scanned to identify more precisely what the root cause is. I would be tempted to suggest it may be caused by an ABS Sensor problem; ABS light is on, ESC can't function if the ABS is not working so ESC light is on, TPMS use ABS sensors to determine if the wheels rotation speed differs from other wheels - can't function if ABS is not working so TPMS light is on. Front Assist and Stop Start are reports not warnings; Stop Start is most likely low battery voltage/charge. The battery is 5 years old - our Fabia hasn't had working SS for the last 2 years - replaced the battery and hey presto SS is working again. Front assist I'm not sure but its possible that its disabled because of the ABS error message - Front Assist will apply the brakes to stop the car - without ABS this could be dangerous.