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You're posting in the wrong section (this Mk IV forum is for the fourth generation of the Superb that is not yet on the road) - you need to post in Superb Mk III, as in the third generation of the car, iV being the designation for the hybrid version that you have - understandably confusing!

I guess I misunderstood what you meant by the line "Rumors and to be honest - bad ones" then! I do know that in the UK the pricing is likely to mean most versions apart of the base engine and spec being hit with the "luxury car" tax supplement, which seems a rather odd concept to someone familiar with Skoda cars from the 1980s...

Those may be the initial versions to go on sale, with the other engines and specs following progressively as production ramps up to full capacity - I'm sure it has already been mentioned that the estate is first to be built with the hatch following a few months afterwards. Who are the "they say" rumours from in this context?

I frequently had the random SOS error since the day after delivery in March 2021 (plus Travel Assist and a whole series of other spurious errors with the assist systems), but those have all disappeared with a software update at the dealer last month. Interestingly the errors were almost all happening only when I was driving in the UK (I've probably done around 30% of my mileage abroad) and quite often at around the same geographical location, so I wonder if it's possibly connected in some way with the UK mobile network connection protocols being different to those on the continent. The only two times it happened outside of the UK were within a few miles of the German-Dutch border at two different locations.

I can confirm that running one medium-sized cool box (3.5A, 40W, 12V) for 14 hours is certainly enough to drain a fully-charged battery in an almost-new car to the point where there isn't enough electricity to start the engine in a car park in Inverness - you might be able to extrapolate from that looking at the power ratings of your equipment 😐

I found out the hard way last summer that it doesn't shut off the power to the boot socket, at least on mine, when I left a cool box plugged in overnight by mistake - fortunately I was in a city and the AA were quick to come and resolve my shortage of electricity 😀

To be fair, you also couldn't find the torch as it was dark 🙂

Yes, same here - random failures of various features and transient warnings.

Good spot Mike, I had forgotten to update my profile since I joined - now done! Those figures are what I've got in the Superb, although are remarkably similar to what I was previously getting in the Golf which was a 1.4 TSI. I should also mention those are the 'real' figures calculated from refueling - I've found the trip computer calculations to be around 6% too optimistic on average (which again is in line with the figures from the Golf - it's surprising that with precisely measured fuel injection these readings are not a bit more accurate). Interesting you mention about the Up which is what I also had a few years ago for commuting (one car with a tiny boot, one with a huge boot), and averaged 52 mpg on the typical daily commute (8 miles town driving, 48 miles motorway). I replaced the Up with a Fiesta which returned almost identical figures to the Golf, and now a Fiat 124 which has slightly worse fuel economy than the Superb!

My best average is around 54 mpg on a mixture of motorway and fast A road, and more typical consumption is in the range 44-46 mpg with some town driving thrown in. Worst was 39 mpg which included 8 miles taking two hours in a traffic jam. It's very much the case that if you can keep the momentum going and average 55-65mph it's a pretty efficient car despite the size and weight.

I've refilled with 73.6 litres when the indicated range had just dropped to 0 miles - MY21 2.0 TSI L&K in the UK. Surprised me a bit because I've never got near filling to a tank's labelled capacity in any of my previous cars!

Yes, it's meant to do that - I had a Golf 7.5 before and it was a bit unnerving when it happened in the Superb!

I'm 5'7" and I've had no trouble at all - new L&K auto delivered at the end of March and I've done just over 2,000 miles including a few two-hour drives. I've got the seat quite far forward and high, steering wheel at the highest position and it feels exactly right for me. However, my backside is fairly wide(!) and I don't know whether that might make a difference compared to your slim frame - mine fits the seat perfectly so there's no sideways movement when cornering. I would say if you get the chance for a test drive try some heavy cornering to make sure you feel adequately laterally supported.

My planned build date was the last week of February (ordered in late November), but actually got built a week early and I took delivery in the last week of March (L&K 190 2 litre petrol which might make a difference).

Although to save anyone in the UK going out in the cold looking for it we don't get that electric socket (a two-pin Europlug) and USB port - instead we just get a regular 12V car socket!