Britunculus

Agree that the infotainment system is a daft place to bury controls. Clarkson has bitched about it a couple times in his columns. It's too easy to be distracted and suddenly realise you have driven half a mile without looking at the road. In practise having driven down to Devon and up to Newcastle and the Lakes, once it is set you won't notice. The climate control does it all, boosts the fan etc. There are separate knobs for the temperature and a max de-frost button which activates the heating elements in the screen and boosts the fan. In certain light conditions I can see the elements but not a problem. They are finer than hair. There are lots of things I haven't even tried. I am an old fashioned paper maps man but am finding the sat nav really helpful in strange towns. It costs about £35 per annum to keep it up dated, with regular software updates over the air. Just discovered another bonus, an Ergomax Transit wheel chair will fit in the boot with minimum folding/dismantling.

If you are anywhere in the Guildford/Dorking/Horsham area you are welcome to come and have a demo of my SEL with rear camera, heated front screen etc. Otherwise ask me any question.

My new Scala came with rear camera fitted. It's one of the option packs I didn't actually want it but the car was available at the time (April) with the other things I wanted such as front sensors, heated front screen, or wait until September for a new build. Having driven vans for 12 years, I thought I knew how to reverse, "who needs a camera" but now I have it, it is useful There are 2 distance bars on the screen, the furthest, green, is perfect for giving me room to back up if I need to get out of a tight space or the car behind to get out. The nearest, red, is perfect for the end of space line in a car park.

Good mornin, Will, never mind I have many more serious problems to worry about. I might just do a factory data reset and start again. Yes I do have the SEL.

I remember checking the tick box in the Navigation settings when I first got my Scala to turn this on. Now it is becoming irritating as I cannot turn it off and the option has disappeared from the settings. I don't need guidance most of the time and switch off the main Infortainment screen but this keeps coming back. Any ideas as to how to restore the on/off check box in settings ( behind the 3 dot icon iin the bottom right corner of the map screen)? The manual shows it but no explanation as to how or why it might disappear.

I have had mine since April. Done a tour of Northumberland, a trip over to Devon and several across to Thanet, plus the usual wandering around home on the Surrey/Sussex border. With 1.5 engine it is surprisingly quick if you need to overtake caravan/horsebox/tractor/pensioner (delete as applicable). The gearbox does its stuff almost imperceptably. I regularly cross the North Downs with some very steep gradients; no sweat going up or down. The box holds itself in 3rd or 4th on the way down until I touch the accelerator. It is easy to spin the front wheels on take off but that may be the tyres. It has a decent sized boot; bigger than a Golf or Audi. My only beef is the digital dash and infotainment. Whereas actual buttons/switches/knobs can be operated with one hand without taking my eyes off the road, it is far too easy to get distracted by touch screen menus. I have scared myself a couple of times when I realise I have driven half a mile or so without looking at the road. In short I reckon it's an Audi for Fiat money.

Oh right. But I think exKiwi has hit it. Revs did drop to 800 when I turned off the climate control but as the aircon is part of that, it has to be on, particularly on these damp Autumnal mornings. That would make sense as my wife's older car has separate aircon and fan settings. I guess I have to adapt and go into N when stopped.

Thankk you for the comment but I have no idea what GPF means nor WLTP/RDE.

Been running around for a couple of days but revs stay resolutely at 1000 regardless.

I was having a poke around earlier and there is quite a lot of room for a tray but how to make it easily accessible and not have it shooting out under my feet in the event of a suddden stop. It seems the Roomster had these as original fittings. There are a couple of posts by people who have retro fitted them on the Roomster. Seems as though I should have a mooch around the local dealer's yard to check whether they are standard on other models with seats similar to the Scala. If not then B&Q for a suitable tray.

"expecting a hill start", yes, maybe. I'll give it a go tomorrow when I am out and about. It's cold at the moment and I don't want to waste fuel warming up.

With regard to the original statement about the high revs, my new Scala 7 speed DSG is the first automatic I have owned for many years. I have always driven manual cars and vans but my wife has always had autos of various makes (including a DAF, remember them?) All the petrol cars have ticked over at 800 rpm whereas the Skoda stays at 1000. I have always gone into neutral and applied the hand brake in my manual but left my my wife's autos in drive with the hand brake on, no problem. However the higher revs on the Skoda mean it tries to pull away against the brake. In the old days I would have taken a screwdriver to the carb and turned it down but I can't do that now and the dealer tells me they can't either. It raises the question, am I doing something wrong? Is it a peculiarity of VW Group DSGs that the revs stay high? I have driven various Audis and VWs and never noticed it. It isn't spoiling my enjoyment of the car.

Thank you, JR, lots to think about there and in the process of finding it several other avenues have opened up.

I really could do with some more interior storage for maps, guides and my business note pad etc. The glove box is not deep enough for much and the seat back pockets are barely enough for one book. Has anybody found any underseat trays for the Scala? That would be ideal. I am sure I read a review somewhere when they were mentioned.

I have it on my 21 Scala. Got it in April so I haven't had any frost yet to try it seriously but it does de-mist very quickly. I can see the wires if I look hard enough in the right light but normally I don't notice.