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Guess you'd have to say it's ok, not a rocket ship - although I've got the 2.0TDI 200 4x4 instead - couldn't quite make the numbers work for the VRS when I ordered my second one. Video here from CarWow, although I'm fairly sure they didn't realise it's got launch control, which they normally use on these videos. That said, it's a lot heavier and less aerodynamic than the new Octavia VRS next to it, yet still holds its own reasonably. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyxs2hVUiuw

I was less concerned about the teeny-tiny dash. When I first saw it I did think that it was small, but it's only small in comparison to the much larger 13" infotainment screen (well compared to my Kodiaq at least - any Tesla or the Ford Mustang Mach-E both have even larger screens). But then if you compare it to the maxi-dot display in between the dials on a Kodiaq without the Virtual Cockpit, then it's actually larger. I find in my Kodiaq I generally keep the maxi-dot display on speed and rarely if ever look at either the analogue speedo and never look at the rev counter. On that basis the Enyaq isn't so bad. I would also have added the HUD on an Enyaq (not an option of the Kodiaq sadly), so it starts to become a bit of a mute point.

Ordered a Sportline 2.0TDi 200 in Race Blue with plenty of options on 2 Oct 21. Was quoted 28 weeks for delivery, so quite a long wait, but have my current Sportline 2.0TDi 190 on a PCP until Jan 23, so plenty of flex for any possible delays to the quoted delivery. I've loved my Kodiaq, looked at an Enyaq but just a bit too compromised and just a bit too expensive for me to justify it, but maybe in 4-5 years? Who knows, time will tell.

I'm trying to do this after my car came up with a message on the Navigation page saying that an update was available and did I want to start downloading. The message on the screen said it would be just over 500MB but as I've only got the free Three sim card that only allows 200MB/month, I thought I'd do it via an SD card having downloaded at home. Download and unpacking of the files went OK but the car just won't recognize that there's an update on the SD card. I even tried taking the SD card with my music out and having only the SD card with the update on it but still no joy. My SD card is a 128GB micro SD card (in an adapter, obviously) and it came formatted to exFAT and I can't seem to change it from that, but from what I've read above that shouldn't be a problem. I've loaded the following unpacked folders onto the card: HIGH12_P175_EU_2019 which then contains a single file metainfo2.txt and two folders, Mib1 and Mib2. Total size is just under 30GB. and GBR_20181213 (for the DAB radio logos). The car spends about 5 minutes searching when I select the update from SD/USB at the bottom of the navigation version page but then says no update can be found. I can see the DAB station logos files, although it's a right pain finding the one you want and a lot are just missing (no Classic FM, no Absolute Radio, no Heart...) Anybody have any idea what I've done wrong?

Just after I decided to buy my car (but before I collected it) I specced a LR Disco Sport to as close to my Kodiaq as possible - no LED headlights (not even an option), slightly less power and the pano roof doesn’t open and yet it still came to £56,600!! And what would I get for the extra £12k (before discount)? Answer: a little more leather, slightly better off road ability (which I don’t need), a much smaller boot (no boot at all with 7 seats in use) and chronically bad reliability!! No thanks JLR!!

...for the Adaptive Cruise Control afaik.

Not found anywhere you can get the chrome bits, but you can get silicone covers for the black plastic ones in various colours. Try here: Skoda Kodiaq Silicone Key Cover - Amazon BTW, I picked my car up on Saturday as well - loving it so far!

I was intending to order a Kodiaq Sportline 2.0TDI 150 DSG in Quartz Grey but ended up buying a 190 version in Meteor Grey as the offer was just too good to pass up. The dealer I went to (Blade Skoda in Weston-super-Mare) also had a 190 in Quartz Grey that was already registered and I got to drive for 40 minutes or so. Having seen one in the flesh, I'm actually glad I haven't ended up with the Quartz Grey - it's a bit bland and as mentioned previously, not enough contrast with the wheel arch plastic bits. I would say that I'm a little disappointed in the lack of choice of colours for the Sportline - I've previously owned an Audi A5 coupe in metallic black and I vowed never to own a black car again. Lovely just after it had been washed, but it was very prone to showing water marks if you washed it in the summer and in the winter it would appear dirty within the first 5 minutes of driving! For the same reasons I wouldn't have a white car and I've previously always avoided having one of the '50 shades of grey' that all manufacturers seem to offer but I've ended up with Meteor Grey and it's definitely growing on me!

Sadly not - just picked my car up and thought I'd head out once it got dark to see how good the lights are and they are indeed very good, but the "High Beam Assist" does not block part of the main beam, it just turns the high beam off automatically if it detects another car. This is the same as I had on my Land Rover Discovery Sport that I traded in today, however I would say that the Skoda system is much, much better. The LR version would often ignore other cars and it would even "flash" other road users as it selected the high beam ON-OFF-ON-OFF when someone is coming towards you - it was rubbish! In comparison to the "Intelligent LED Headlights" on my wife's 2015 Mercedes C220, they Skoda system is not as good, as the Merc system does indeed move the lights around side to side and can have one light on high beam and the other not. The effect is that it tries to draw a dark box around other cars and it very rarely gets caught out. It can't really deal with cars sitting side on at a T junction, but mostly you can just leave it on high beam all the time and the car will sort the lights out for you to give you the best light along the road without dazzling other road users. It really is fantastic, so a little disappointed the Skoda system isn't quite the same, but the lights are overall very good.

So getting really excited now - electronically signed all of the finance paperwork last night, sorted out the 5 day complimentary insurance, cleared my old car of all the junk collected over the past 21 months ready to hand over and just looking forward to Saturday to get my shiny new Kodiaq! In answer to my own question, I'm paying just £3,500 deposit then 47x £520.50 with a final payment of £14,170.50 which adds up to £42,133 which is £2,346.50 less than the original list price. Not bad (I reckon) considering it's over 4 years with 15k miles per year and includes GAP insurance, Autoglym Lifeshine, accidental cosmetic damage insurance and the service pack. Is this a fairly normal discount on a Kodiaq?

Hello all, I've been lurking around for a little while with the intention of getting a Skoda Kodiaq once the PCP on my Land Rover Discovery Sport HSE Luxury came to and end at the beginning of May this year. However having gone to Blade Skoda in Weston-super-Mare on Saturday to test drive the Sportline version they have as a demonstrator (I wanted to know whether the seats would be comfortable for me), I ended up buying the one they have unregistered in their showroom! I had intended to order a 2.0 diesel Sportline with the 150 engine and DSG, aiming to keep the list price under £40k (for tax in years 2,3,4 on a PCP) but in the end the offer on the car they had in stock was just too good to pass up. Combined with an early trade-in on the Disco Sport and I decided to just go for it! Pick up my new car next Saturday! Details of the car I've bought: Skoda Kodiaq 2.0 TDI 190 Sportline 7 seat SCR DSG 4x4 in Meteor Grey with the following options (already fitted, so no choice!): Rough Road Package Front and Rear Parking Sensors Personalisation of Drive Mode Select Driver Alert and Fatigue Sensor Electrically Adjustable Front Seats with Lumbar Support and Memory Dynamic Chassis Control Panoramic Sunroof Tri-Zone Climate Control Temporary Steel Space Saver Spare Wheel Electrically Folding Tow Bar and Adaptor Electrically Operated Boot and Virtual Pedal Heated Windscreen and Heated Washer Nozzles Adaptive Cruise Control Traffic Sign Recognition High Beam Assist Rear View Camera with LED Rear Lights CANTON Sound System Quite a list! Total list price is £44,480 which has blown the £40k limit clear out of the water, but never mind, I'll pay the road tax from year 2 by Direct Debit anyway, so will spread the cost. Personally I could easily live without the more expensive options (pano roof, DMS and DCC would not be missed and the rough road package is totally redundant for me) and I'd have preferred to have the heated steering wheel and the kids would like the heated rear seats (they use them in the Land Rover), but as I said, the deal offered was just too good to pass up so it's finally goodbye to my desperately unreliable Land Rover and back to the VAG fold having had 21 years of owning Audis and VWs prior to the Land Rover. Also included in the deal is GAP insurance, Autoglym Lifeshine, Accidental Cosmetic Damage Insurance and the first two services. Finance sticker in the window of the car in the showroom said £9k deposit then 47x £540/month for 10k miles/year. Anyone want to hazard a guess of what I've actually paid for the car for a 4 year PCP? (Clue: I'll be doing 15k miles/year!)