MrTrilby

Another data point: ours is. 2018 190bhp Kodiaq TDI and has not had any issues to date. 3.5 years and 72,000 miles. It’s now on its second set of tyres (I changed a bit early for some all seasons) and second set of brake pads but that doesn’t seem unreasonable for the mileage. We’ve not had any issues with door protectors (one stuck out once when my daughter wedge her bicycle in the door, but it popped back on again), and the panoramic roof has also been fine. Fuel economy is still 45mpg on a run. Less on cold short journeys. Much less when you hustle a 2 tonne AWD car with 190bhp - no real surprise. I did take the 100k miles/5 year extended warranty for peace of mind, but not needed it yet.

On my auto Kodiaq I use the manual park brake button for two things: when stopped in traffic for a while at night I manually activate it, which then switches off the brake lights - it seems a kind thing to do; when I know the car is going to be parked on the level for a while (or after washing it) I manually deactivate it - it helps reduce the chance of the pads seizing to the disks.

Warmer weather but not too warm, so quick to get up to operating temperature and low load on the heating/cooling/electrical systems. Gone are the days when I used to routinely get 45+mpg on warm weather journeys. The car seems be thirstier as it ages (probably partly my driving style), not helped by switching to All Season tyres.

I’m assuming you’re talking about a young child in a car seat if they’re sleeping and you’re too scared to wake them. In which case, as well as damaging the environment you’re also risking damaging their spine if you leave them in a car seat for extended periods. Better to get them out and let them sleep somewhere more suitable: https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/a-z-of-services/leeds-maternity-care/news/2017/08/18/useful-advice-on-baby-seats

For info, our 190 TDi Kodiaq has just had its front brake pads changed for the 1st time at 65k miles and 3 years. I try to avoid leaving it parked up with the auto parking brake engaged - if it’s on the level then “Park” is sufficient - leaving it sat for a week or more with the parking brake engaged definitely causes issues with the brake pads sticking to the disks and giving you the drumming sensation under heavy or sustained braking.

For a 190bhp 4x4: A touch over 50mpg if you want to count unusual journeys that are hard to repeat. 48mpg on a decent length motorway journey now that the weather has warmed up is fairly easy to repeat. Something beginning with a 2 is sadly also easy to repeat for spirited driving on lanes.

It is what it is. Move on. Other manufacturers do similar things with option packs.

What do you think they used to do when the heated steering wheel and flappy paddles were separate options? It’s not hard. Options packs where several options are bundled together aren’t particularly novel or new.

The under seat vents will be used more for warm air on cold days.

Wheel balance issues can cause odd vibrations at particular speeds

You will also need the hardware for self levelling and headlamp washing that your car may physically not have. Without it your install would not be legal, and will dazzle oncoming traffic.

We thought the LED lights were worthwhile. They’re substantially brighter than non LED. Your mileage may vary though. Depends what value you place on it. The electric boot is not something I’d pay extra for, but it is something I miss when I use our car that doesn’t have the electric boot. The SEL suede seats do not get hot in the sun. We effectively paid extra to get an SEL over the Edition model because we preferred the suede seats to leather, and ding regret our choice of seats. If you’re doing decent miles/hours in the car then I would consider the upgrade to electric seats purely for the additional lumbar support options. We have the factory electric tow bar to use with our bike rack, and if you’re using the tow bar frequently then it’s fantastic. I wouldn’t buy another car that isn’t DSG/auto. It’s great. I never find myself thinking it’s in the wrong gear. Ours is the 190bhp diesel, so 4x4 and slightly worse economy than the 2wd 150bhp diesel. We get 40-45mpg. 50mpg on certain runs if you’re exceptionally careful. 35-40mpg in the winter or on short runs. If I were buying again I’d get the petrol version as you have to do stupid numbers of miles (30k pa) to offset the higher purchase cost of the diesel, which we’re no longer doing in this weird Covid world of ours.

Mine was exactly the same and need topping up at around 2000 and 18000 miles. It hasn’t needed touching since (beyond routine servicing) and is up to 63000 miles now.

Have you tried unlocking the car. Moving your key far away. Then sitting in the car and trying to start it? Basically test for a key being left in the car. The few times that I have experienced weird locking behaviour turned out to be because I’d left a key in the car.

And if you don’t have the P button, you can tap an icon on the screen to switch off the camera. I forget what it looks like, but there aren’t that many so experimentation will quickly find it.