Jasethekaroq

Thanks. Drove to Dorset today. Was really happy.

Goodbye red and hello blue. Been a while since I posted on the forum. It’s goodbye to my red 1.5 tsi sportline and hello racing blue 2.0 tsi sportline. In short, Skoda emailed me last week (12/08/25) offering new car for less than I’m paying now. I replied no as I wanted a 2.0 tsi. Then I received a call offering me a brand new 2.0 TSI in race blue; sportline edition. £45 less a month than I’m paying now. Clearly I said yes and I picked the new car up yesterday(20/08/25). I will miss the red car and it’s excellent fuel economy too but after a 2000 mile European road trip and some very steep hills I fancied the 2.0 tsi and 4x 4 version. It’s more refined, less stress. The fuel economy will be down on the 1.5 and that the tax will be much higher but my man-maths says that the money I’ve saved off the list price makes this easier to accept(better deals on new cars than used ) As standard the sportline edition comes with DCC, progressive steering(??), heated rear seats, some weird parking camera views and heated screens. Pretty good. Insurance is an extra £5.57 a month, not too bad. In the 23k travelled had to replace a punctured tyre and oil sump broke. Made the car sound like a tractor briefly before dying. Fixed under warranty. Am quite pleased with new purchase and even like the fake engine noise.

Seems to be hit and miss. Good examples and not bad ones, just flawed( but we love them anyway). Love phoenix orange colour.

Not great service at all. Back to VW for you?

Hi. In the same boat! The oil pump broke two part around it. Dashboard lit up like it was Christmas and car sounded like a lorry. I have the DSG . Two other people have a Tiguan and Superb. They have creaks too.

Hello. Been a while. My red karoq sportline is nearly 2 years old. 16500 miles and is off again to France again his week. I also drive my wife's cupra born v2 regularly. Plus points: 1- It's red. Not many red skodas around 2-Average fuel economy is 47mpg. I don't drive fast nor slow. Normal driving 3-Good space for kids and boot decent size 4-Well specced as standard. I added red, ACC and spare wheel. I would add winter pack next time 5-Quick enough if you are in the mood on a decent road and no wife or kids 6-Love the pan roof. 7- Front seats are comfy and supportive. Not so good: 1) Oil pump broke causing car to go into engine failure. Covered under warranty. 2) Storage lid on dash vibrates at 1500 rpm. it is blue tacked shut. Couldn't face Skoda investigations and then saying is intermittent. 3) Consistent vibration from passenger front door panels. Is very quiet but annoying. I just turn stereo up! 4) Back board rattles. The fix... Backboard lives in the garage not the car. 5) Car connects to wife's phone over mine. 6) No traction if driving quick from stationary. Wheels spin. 7) obviously an ICE car isn't slick as an EV. On the whole I'm pleased with my car. Is good family transport and apart from build quality issues( which seems common). Am looking to change to a newer used car; either kodiaq sportline or Octavia vrs estate. Depend on deals and equity in my car(if any😞). Thanks for reading.

From memory the red paint was £390 extra as I was buying sportline spec. Bargain!

I really like Phoenix orange. My wife hated it. Compromise was red.

Hello. I’ve had this car for nearly 10 moths now and covered 10,000 miles. Overall I’m happy with the Karoq and glad I purchased it. Especially the 1.5 TSI engine which is economical. Around town 38-42mpg and longer journeys have seen upto 52mpg. I still find the car to be good to look at, it’s red and I haven’t seen any other red sportlines in my area. Rare colour or not a popular colour? Last year we did two European road trips(hence the miles!) across France, Germany, Belgium, and Holland and despite having only 148bhp compared to my last Karoq(2.0 TSI 187bhp) I had no issues. Likes- The colour Economy is good Performance is good above 20mph Spacious Comfortable Practical Panoramic roof Good to drive Standard specification, specifically Dislikes- Same panel rattle as I had on last Karoq, passenger front door. Intermittent and only slightly annoying. DSG box at low speed. Very sluggish gearbox. Although performance is good and more than adequate(for a 1.5 TSI engine) I’ve been driving my wife’s Cupra Born V2 for the last two weeks, I haven’t driven the Karoq until today when she decided she wanted to use her own car…bit cheeky!). Getting back into the Karoq I do miss the power and urgency of the Cupra. Nothing else

Hello. I previously owned a black karoq sport line. Looked great when clean. But showed dirt and scratches (wife v bush-bush won). Now have velvet red karoq . I think red shows dirt less.

Thanks for that Surrey John. Didn't even occur to me to change the tyres! I see how much this bothers me.

September won't be too far away. I think the standard system is ok. There is a lack of bass that's all compared to the Canton. Was not an option so had no choice in the matter.

That is impressive MPG. Glad you are happy with the car. I don't really like the Sagittarius alloys. Vegas look better I think. I need to find some time without family and find a good road.

Three years already! It been nearly 3 years since I purchased my 2.0TSI Karoq Sportline and the time had come for us to part ways. I did want a Kodiaq but could only afford a 2 year old model. A 2.0 TSI Sportline base spec was around 42K. Wife dislikes the Octavia and the Superb when I sat in it was nice but was too big. For me to buy a new 2.0 TSI I was looking at just over 40K with options(adaptive cruise control, virtual dash, spare wheel, red paint) Canton was not on the option list anymore. So I test drove a 1.5 TSI DSG(148BHP V 187BHP) and was surprised, it didn’t feel that much slower on the motorway but 0-60 is 9 seconds rather than 6.8 seconds. Could I live with this performance after 187 BHP? At 44 years old am I still deep down a bit of a boy racer? I ordered the car in at the end of January and I picked my new car up on the 19/04/23. List price £35k with options(DSG, virtual dash, Red, adaptive cruise and spare wheel), although when I picked the car up the price would be now £37400, there was a price increase on the 03/04/23 across the Skoda. The very helpful salesman(Jonny @ Winchester Skoda) advised every Kodiaq now is above 40K and all would be in the higher car tax bracket. Scary. I had no deposit either so used the equity in my car as a deposit, plus there was a contribution of £1750 from Skoda. What do I miss about my old car: I don’t drive like a hooligan but if you accelerate from a stand still quickly the wheels spin, downside of FWD rather than 4WD I suppose I miss the fake engine noise, the 1.5 TSI sounds strained upon acceleration Canton. Was very good sounding system and very bass heavy. What I don’t miss: Creaking dashboard, intermittent of course! Long runs I could achieve on average 41 MPG but that would be driving at 70MPH, if I wanted to have fun on a back road this dipped to 17 MPG New car likes: Android auto is wireless. Is a lighter car, feels lighter to drive. 2.0 TSI felt heavy and very SUV like. 1.5 TSI feel more like a hatchback. Fuel economy, after 100 miles driven this week my average is 40MPG without even trying. There are little subtle changes to the interior, steering wheel and controls. Feels more solid than my old car Easy to drive It’s RED, I love red cars and have received a few positive comments about the car already. When I was collecting the car a bloke enquired about how much it was and how the colour really ‘popped’ 5 insurance groups lower , cheaper to insure. New car dislikes: 19 inch wheel look tiny, I think there is too much space between the wheel and the body, am just nit-picking really. That’s it. I'm very pleased with my car and looking forward to driving many more miles in it.

Am in pleased with karoq. Wanted a sportline kodiaq but realistically can't afford it. Octavia vrs was more money also. I would honestly say the sound in normal karoq matches the system in my wife's focus(snap!). The focus has slightly more bass though.