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@JonVonWeston Unfortunately mine being a basic spec car (which seems to deffo have many advantages from electronics point of view) I don’t have any of the luxury items like heated seats and heated screen. And in winter I miss both!! All I had on was DRLs and radio. Agree re the mirrors, agreed, it’s a tad annoying. At least now I can properly demist my mirrors now! @e-Roottoot Deffo over 16c between inside and outside. The heating was cranked up to 24c!! @SurreyJohn Never seen a grey bar on the top if the infotainment system, apart from when I change the heating setting manually. Will have a fiddle. I might bung the car on charge, do I just connect to the battery terminals or is it like jump starting, +ve terminal and the spur piece connected to the -ve terminal?

Another pic from up in the hills. We had about 6 inches of snow over the w/end but it’s mostly now puddles with a little still piled up at the side of the road. Still some white stuff up in the Cairngorms though. Loving Petrol Blue in its Dark and Moody mode.

Couple of quick questions from a little jolly just now. Re both, consulted the pretty rubbish manual but to no avail. Re Stop/Start, is it temp dependant? I usually just switch it off after I start the car but, forgot this time and found that on stopping after about 10 miles the SS didn’t cut in. Is this temperature related? Today’s drive was between +2 and +4.5c. And re the external mirrors, I’ve finally figured out why they weren’t demising. I assumed that the mirror demist was on the same switch as the rear window demist, as with every other car I’ve ever owned that had heated mirrors. Once I clocked the “heat the mirrors by twisting me round to to here you idiot” position on the mirror adjust switch they were cleared pretty quickly. To my question, is this on a timer so if I forget to switch it off then it will switch off after so many minutes? Means I don’t have to be too paranoid re switching them off, or alternatively in winter just leave in the heated pos so they come on automatically. Thoughts?

Or do what my ILs have done, stuck them in the shed with naff all miles on them waiting on me selling them. Shame I’m almost 600 miles away.

Wrong reg, DS62 HRN and comes up correctly. And shows up fine on MIB.

First outing on the white stuff. OK, not exactly DCE (deep and crisp and even) but let me have a little play to get some feel for the tyres. And they feel exactly the same as they did last time I took the car out. I did do a couple of brake tests and pretty happy with the slowing down, took a bit of firm braking to even get the ABS kicking in. Proper snow is forecast for throughout the weekend so might go out again then. Gratuitous pic of course.

Oops, didn’t spot that, even with the badge. New to Skoda and still getting to grips with model recognition.

Makes sense. Hopefully it gets sorted and at least no-one was hurt.

With the damage to the Karoq & RR as it is, the Karoq being parked, the RR driver must have been driving down the pavement. Was the Karoq on the other side of the road from where it started off?

Must been out for a little drive in the little bit of snow we’ve had, mostly to try out the winter tyres before the proper snow arrives this weekend. Booooooooootiful day up in the hills. Glad to report very happy with tyres.

Artistic pic when it was -5c a few days ago. Brrrrrrrrrrrr.

Re volt meter, yes ok plugged in permanently as long as it’s not in a socket that’s always live like the boot one. Plus there will be a voltage drop through the cabling so it will under read. When using one I read the battery volts directly using a multimeter, then read off the ciggie lighter read out, maths gives you what to add to the ciggie lighter readout to get whet the battery is. Re where to get one, I just use the cheap ones from eBay. As below, right of the cable spaghetti. Pls excuse the mess.

Just got to remember to put oil (heavy version) in mine, not t’other stuff. Re oil in the big spinning lump in the front, it hasn’t used a drop in 4,100 miles. Thanks for the discussion on burning oil, just been out to check it.

Good old NC500, which someone, somewhere, thought was a good idea.

Very useful app indeed. wonder if that sharp edge to the tarmac is the culprit. Hit that wrong and it’ll certainly do some damage to the inner wall of a tyre.

Is this the kind of road you are talking about? Boooooooootiful part of the world, makes my location (Grantown on Spey) seem positively southern!

I’m hoping the selection of modes is totally unnecessary as I don’t have any way to do it! Will trust in the car and keep brain switched on, well when we eventually get some snow.

Reason I’m going for Latitudes is because I have a fiendish plan for a few jollies to Scandinavia, and a good few days of that will be on gravel roads. COVID allowing that is. I used to do these trips in my old trustie Disco 3, well until the engine died on me 2,000 miles from home and she was sent to make Norwegian Coke cans, 99% of which I can easily do in Skippy. The only concern I have is tyres, I’m not sure the Bridgestones are up to the job from a survival point of view. This is typical of the roads but they can be a lot more “rocky”. I asked around in the D3 community and Latitudes are well recommended, used on Freelanders and Discos, as a good AT (all terrain) tyre, a nice compromise in road manners and off-road ability/durability. I was thinking of using them for winter use but opted for full winters instead, as insisted on by SWMBO. Besides, you can never have enough sets of wheels and tyres. Plus a third set of wheels & tyres is a LOT cheaper than a new Defender.

Don’t tell SWMBO but I’m hoping for some serious snow this week/weekend to see how my 4x4 Karoq, on full winters, behaves in the white stuff. May even throw caution to the wind and not carry my recovery rope.

If your looking for something a bit more chunky, or more robust, have a look at these, obviously in your size: https://www.camskill.co.uk/m56b0s222p120535/Michelin_Tyres_SUV_4x4_Michelin_Latitude_Cross_-_225_55_R17_101H_XL_TL_Fuel_Eff_%3A_C_Wet_Grip%3A_C_NoiseClass%3A_2_Noise%3A_71dB Once I’ve sourced another set of rims I’ll be getting a set for trips to far flung places with dirt roads. PS As suggested by SurreyJohn.

Do you carry wet dogs in the car? We used to have similar due to two big soggy boys we used to carry in the back. Sometimes we’d run the car on max heating with the windows cracked open a little to get rid of the moist air. Obvious 2nd question, you don’t switch off the AC?

I didn’t think your roads were crappy at all, well the tarmac ones anyway. 3 months & prob over 20,000 over WA, NSW, Queensland and Tassie before we had to bail out coz of Da Bug, really enjoyed Aus and look forward to getting back when allowed. We did have a few days in Melbourne, and it rained and rained, plus snow in Tassie in Feb, really missed the WA sunshine in your corner!

What I was wondering. Would just have to make sure there’s nothing there to damage the fabric of the backrests, was thinking of carpet for that. Seat backs also don’t look too difficult to remove, but that’s assuming the base is out the way. Mind you, the bases didn’t look that difficult. Unfortunately I tend not to travel light. But it’s all worth it for wild camping in places well off the beaten track like these. Just got to figure out the best way of getting it all in.

Unfortunately the pauper level SE has the basic rear seats, something I knew about but was convinced I was going to be able to just whip them out and put in some way of storing my stuff. Stuff includes an Engel fridge, that’s 1/3 of the boot space taken up, and a 2.0m long Oztent bag. Unfortunately I tend not to travel light.

Was exactly what I was going by, unfortunately didn’t get past the first step. And I’ve had the equiv of 3 Wheetabix this morning. I had the feeling something was going to break before the clips gave way, wasn’t expecting my wrist!