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This sums up my personal position perfectly (and I wish I could have said in my original answer!) For better or worse I have lot's of cars to compare it to, so would always be underwhelmed.

Apologies to anyone if I have offended them. That really wasn't the purpose of my post. It's a diverse world and everyone wants something slightly different from their cars. I get that. I was just throwing my reasoning why a "fast(ish)" SU V is pointless.

Drifting off topic but why would any choose an SUV if they want performance? Firstly you won't get anywhere near the traction of a lower car and secondly even if you are going at a certain speed, it will seem much slower as you are high up. Maybe it's just me. I drove quite a few "fast" cars (the best one, not the fastest, by far being a Honda Civic Type R but I digress). You could drop a 6 litre V12 in the Kodiaq and it would be worse (well obviously you couldn't, but you get my drift).

This is the issue the VW Group have. Ideally they would like the perceived branding hierarchy to be Audi->VW>Seat>Skoda However, the reality is very different. The last 3 brands cost virtually the same, depending on what deal you can get. Quality is subjective, but imo Skoda is generally the best out of the last 3, the same for practicality. Audi does indeed have better materials, but whether they are worth the massive like for like premium is up to the individual.

1.5 Tsi

Well I am totally confused now. I think I will get some 0W 30 and top it up with that.

Don't buy a Land Rover then!

What oil are you putting in it? 0w-30? 0w-40? 5w-30? I prefered it when all cars used Castrol GTX in a white tin whether they needed it or not!

It could be the reflection of the snow but your car seems a lighter shade than mine. Was it bought as graphite grey?

I have the Graphite Grey and it's very nice in the flesh. Nicer than it looks in the mock ups. It's somewhere between the old Business Grey and Quartz Grey and as a result is neither dark nor light. It hides the dirt well but still looks smart. Of course all this may change as the car gets older and the gloss (quite literally) wears off, but for the moment and having bought it "unseen" I am happy.

I appreciate it's frustrating for some (especially those who ordered Sportlines it seems) but to balance things up (slightly....) I ordered my car in early July was given a 5 month lead time, and a warning that it may be later due to chip shortages etc. I assumed it would and expected delivery anytime around now (Jan-Feb 2022). In fact it was delivered early Dec, pretty much bang on the 5 months. In terms of the experience, it was like no other car buying experience I have known. Communication was patchy to say the least, and it seemed to go in fits and starts rather than the normal smooth progression from wait to build to delivery. There were times that I was more in the know than the dealer, through a combination of speaking to Skoda UK, interpreting the facts from here and tracking the ship out of Emden (though that wasn't as much fun as it normally is). To summarise, these are not normal times, and it seems pointless to try and establish the delivery date through normal timescales. One month it's nowhere on the radar, the next it's on the drive.

I used them to their full effect earlier this week around a country road. It is a pretty clever system.

That is a very good point.

Not sure it helps but I ordered the same (Stand alone) option in July and it's on the car.

There is probably a 3rd party gadget workaround but afaik, Wireless carplay has only been available during the last 12 months.

It does seem as though Sportlines have been affected more than any other spec. Not sure why.

I would be questioning that. It's highly unlikely to be there for longer than a couple of weeks, especially if it's going to Grimsby or Sheerness.

When I was a lad.......they used to call those things "Wheel trims". They were bought by teenagers like me who couldn't afford alloys. Now they are putting them on a £40k car. Madness.

Yep, not the most intuitive descriptions are they?

I have lot's of doubts! Unless they can get "true" range to at least 350 miles I will be staying with fossil fuel.

Yep this works perfectly. Just disable the two options and Predictive ACC becomes ACC. Job done.

Two things on the "assistance" screen under ACC. Signs and layout or something. I've unticked them and will let you know if it works. Could be that it's picking up info from the map too. Is it possible to disable the Sat-Nav? Never use it anyway.

I think you can switch it off (the sign recognition function). It does annoy me too sometimes.