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Thanks for that. The car is 21 plate, and no recalls showing on the .gov site. Fingers crossed it’s not affected. 🤞

Is this stalling issue only on manuals or does it affect DSGs? Thinking of buying the in-laws 1.5 petrol DSG SE Tech as they may stop driving shortly. They haven’t said anything about stalling on roundabouts but that doesn’t mean there isn’t an issue.

As above from few peeps, walk away would be my sage advice. Even if it didn’t have issues there is always the worrying “what if …….. “. Plenty of fish in the sea. 👍

I track my mpg on Road Trip app and generally find its calculations to be similar to the mpg in the dash display. Well near enough for government work anyway. 👍 And, just for kicks, have tracked every penny spent on the car since we got her. That makes scary numbers. 😱

Like the reg. And the colour. 👍

PS Just seen above it’s to protect the battery from the engine heat, that makes more sense. Must read all the thread before scratching noggin.🥵

OK, been scratching my head over this. Surely when a good battery is needed, like in the morning, the battery will be at ambient temp, just like the rest of the car. Good old Newton’s 2nd law of thermodynamics in action. Not sure a pretty insignificant piece of insulation is going to bring anything to the party that is cranking a cold engine when it’s a might parky out there. 🤔 My line of thinking may be wrong, that has happened. It was a Tuesday ISTR and raining. 🤣

Agreed ^^^^^. Sounds like time for a new battery. Not worth the hassle of putting up with a dying battery for £80 or so.

It sounds like one of the reasons I now religiously switch off S/S, not keen on engine shutting down while I’m slowing to a halt rather than once I’ve actually stopped. Plus I’m of an age, and with my prev vehicle choice not being known for reliability, where I automatically think “I’ve broken down” when the engine shuts down. 🤣

Alternatively ratchet strap a full spare to the side wall. Looks a bit weird but works a treat. Mine’s a 4x4 version so I’ve automatically lost a but of floor depth so mounting it “normally” gives too much of a letter-box boot. Plus I loose a fair bit of volume either side of the wheel.

Just got to persuade her first. That could take a while.

Thanks for that, skimming through that (skipping the Kia bits), Elroq is deffo on top. 👍 Now just got to persuade Mrs DSL to give up her beloved 14 year old Jazz. 🙄

Ramblings deffo help. Will have to look at the fuse box, plus what the supply amps we have.

Thanks for that, lots of good info to chew through.👍 Agree re the size of the EX30, though rear is not an issue as there are just 2 of us. What does put me off is the essential driving info in the centre of the car. Having been driving for 45 years with the readouts in front of me, looking to the side is going to be a distracting PITA. Old dogs & new tricks. Also been mooching through the EX30 forum and that car has more bugs than one of the buggier scenes in an Indiana Jones movie. Not sure Mrs DSL would be happy with that, and a happy wife is a happy life.

OK if I lob in the odd question re Elroqs? Looking to change Mrs DSL’s car and thinking Electric, presently looking at low spec Elroq (50 SE) and Volvo EX30. Mega discounts on EX30s, moderate discounts on Elroqs so similar cost. We’ll be complete EV newbies, my car is a Karoq TDi SE 4x4 and that’s not changing. New car will be pretty much all local driving so planning just to charge at home, charging being the cause of most of my head scratching. So first question, do the Elroqs have cabin preconditioning, ie set the time of departure and either get it up to temp by that time, or down to temp in warmer weather? Is the blind zone detection where there is a warning light in the side mirrors if there is a car in the blind spots either side? Wish I could get that retrofitted to my Karoq. And re home charging, and I know opinions will vary wildly, but what’s the best combo of tariffs and wall charger? I assume that’s something I have to buy on top, as is cable for granny charging from standard socket? I have no idea where to start re wall chargers and tariffs, we haven’t even caved in to our energy supplier’s demands to fit smart meters. Apologies if these have been covered, I did have a look through this section but couldn’t find answers. TIA

My 16 pro works fine on my MY2020 SE, might be a cable issue as my USB A to C cable is from the Apple Store, not all cables are born equal.

I’d ask “is my AC working (getting cold)? Is it smelly?”. If the answer is no twice I’d tell the dealer “no thanks”. Lots of these extras are just fishing trips by the dealers. Better things to spend your money on. If the answer to the above questions is “yes”, not sure I’d use a Skoda dealer to fix it.

4 weeks is nothing, don’t worry about it.

Unfortunately I need some interest from Mrs DSL. She knows I’m subtly hinting bit not biting. She does ( wearing of trousers) and mouse (man or) before anyone asks. 🤣

Just had a look at Mokka-es on AutoTrader, under £17k for a pre-reg & delivery mileage car, almost half list price. And I even like the bright green colour. 🤣 I did mention it to Mrs DSL (her car is getting on a bit at almost 14 years old) but she didn’t show any sign of interest at all. ☹️

OK, forget the above, but thanks for the replies. MIL is going to keep driving for another year so. Looks like our 14 year old Jazz will be soldiering on for another year at least.👍

Good thinking. I doubt it will have them as they don’t do “extras” but it was a stock car so not unknown for the dealer to tick a box or two.

Great idea, will snap a pic of the windscreen VIN next time I get to the car.

Perfect, many thanks. 👍 Must improve my Googling skills. 🙁

Thinking of buying a 21 plate Karoq 1.5 DSG SE Tech from the MIL and have a question. No doubt more will follow, no point in asking Mrs DSL to ask the MIL as the answer will be “no idea”. It’s a standard car, no extras, it’s even Cheap Seats Blue, they didn’t believe in spending money on paint. The first question. From looking at pics on like of Autotrader, looks like SE Tech has keyless start, does it have keyless entry? If so, can it we switched off? TIA