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Only reason I mention those is they seem to cause an inordinate amount of grief on this section of the forum, luckily I can gloss straight over them.

I’m happy, very happy with my Karoq. But then again I don’t have inbuilt SatNag or sunroof.

I’d never even sat in a Skoda, any Skoda, before collecting mine!

At least one, me!

ISTR I did the same when I first fired up the app. Works a treat now.

Iphone? from memory Privacy then Location Services then make sure it’s on for the app (alphabetical list).

Forget I bought one of these!

We had a bit of an issue with misting up, then it all freezing when it was nippy. We were in and out of the car almost daily with wet boots and often leaving snow in there. Once melted I used a squeegee to clear the moisture but made sure I got the water out of the car. Also when the car was warmed up got the car really hot inside then opened the windows a little all round to vent the moist air. Worked a treat. We were bringing a lot of moisture into the car and it was eventually condensing on the windows. As a slight aside, the rubber mats are great for getting rid of refrozen snow melt from our boots, just take out and shake out the ice.

Agreed, but was pleasantly surprised how quickly the screen started to clear with the diesel when just idling and pretty severe frost/ice. Hopefully not need that until next winter!

I didn’t have the option of the “factory” extended warranty but hope to get similar at the end of 3 years.

I bought my first ever Skoda back in June without even sitting in one and absolutely no regrets.

Heated extras are the only things I miss, seat and steering wheel. I thought I’d miss the heated screen but the car warms up very quickly.

Re phone a friend, I read that as get my arras down to my local garage and get them to do it, which in reality is prob what I’ll do. SWMBO’s been telling me to do that for years. I had no fear putting a 3t Disco up on the jack to regularly change tyres, but a bit nervous with the Karoq. Also it’s wheel bolts so no studs to slide the wheel on, all getting a bit complicated.

Would also be interested to know, get the same but never bothered following it up.

As above, it’s designed for that. But a good point above, if using the sill hard point to jack up the car, where can you put an axle stand as a backup? I usually jack the corner up then partly let it down on an axle stand before fiddling, not sure I’d manage that on the Karoq short of jacking up using the wishbone then putting the stand under the hard point.

New or pre-registered? We got 32% off list for a delivery miles per-registered Karoq 2.0 Tdi 4x4 DSG last June, £10k off list. We weren’t sure if that was a mistake or they were desperate to get rid of the evil diesel/4x4 combos. Was exactly what we were after at a bite their hand off price. Might explain naff all fuel!

PS And re full tank of fuel, we waz robbed!!

I was just being a tad tongue in cheek. SWMBO has recently, well end summer, entered a shielding category so would be asking exactly the same questions as you are. Luckily we picked up our Karoq a month before she developed her illness. Re wiping down, I’d have thought alco-wipes or similar would be fine but you’re asking our opinion on what will kill the virus and not damage the car, a question we all have views on but no real expertise on. If it was me, I’d still follow what I suggest as time on surfaces kills the bug, in addition to wiping down, decontaminating hands, etc.

You’ve prob a far bigger chance of catching Da Bug from picking up fuel when you realise the dealer has given you less than 5 ltrs of fuel. if your being paranoid (just coz you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you) minimise what you touch in the car, don’t touch face, sanitise when you get out then leave the car for 3 days, pref in the sun, to kill off any pesky bugs. You don’t need to touch the screen, you don’t need to endlessly adjust the seats until they are just-so, you don’t need to adjust the AC until it’s perfect. Drive with the mind-set that everything is contaminated then see what actually needs to be touched.

Something I have to do yet. ^^^^^^^^^

PS Here’s a pic of mine I’d forgotten even existed! Amazing what a Google search will bring up.

Have a look at Arcan 3t trolley jacks, usually available from Costco. I haven’t used mine on my Karoq but it’s got easily enough reach for Disco 3s with air suspension and goes low enough for low slung cars. I’ve had mine for over 10 years and it has been superb.

Bought one of these a coupe, if months ago and it works perfectly. App is free, only thing I find weird is to see info on your own car you have to rack up miles to earn points. Seriously? Does Skoda think we are primary school children?

Windows going down on key press is easy to sort out in the menus, just switch it off.