Routemaster1461

Remember that all of the components of a car will expand and contract and there are many different rates of expansion. It is possible that with a fixed quantity of coolant, that the varying expansion rates may raise or lower the level depending on the temperature, so there may be a difference in level between 30 degrees and 10 like we currently have.

I have had to change mine a couple of times. I always have a spare battery in my wallet and another in the top cubby hole just in case, always Panasonic.

Scroll to overview, then press the scroll button to cycle between Since Start, Long Term and Refuelling. I have to do this very time we make an input into Google Maps because that places a map where that info is displayed.

My car is 5 years old on 29th October. As I am away for a week in the middle of Octobr, I booked an MOT with my local agent (who supplied the car) I booked an MOT for 20th October. On 24th September, whilst in France, I received an email from them saying that, as of 30th September (7 days after the email) the company would no longer be a Skoda agent, and all business would be transferred to the local VW agent. They would be in touch with anyone with servicing due after 30th September, but, no surprise, nobody has as yey been in touch with me. I tried to book an MOT with another fairly local Skoda agent, but they didn't appear to have any appointments until 12th November. I have now managed to book an appointment with the VW agent only 2 days after my original appointment. So rather annoying, but no real harm to me. However, those with servicing and/or repairs may have significant problems. I had a service plan, but luckily I used the remaining plan on a service and inspection, but what happens if your plan gives you 2 services and you only use one?

Privacy! They don't really want you to see what is going on in the service area. Last time my car was in they forgot and left it running. I have had my cashcam power cable disconnected at an airport car park. Didn't realise until a fair distance and had to stop to sort it. Later in the same journey we has a bad crash, writing off the car. Luckily I did catch in on the dashcam. I could argue that if I hadn't had to stop I wouldn't have had the crash, but I don't think I'd get very far with that.

We don't use our Karoq much between trips to the continent. Last time we went in June/July we got the update message virtually every day. There ws never a message to say updated complete. The only odd thing I found was that at some time the settings for the cruise control were changed, causing me some concern, but that was soon corrected. We have just returned from another trip when again we get the message virtually every day, someimes more than once a day. Always accepted but nothing else. Having reset the headlight aim in the Channel Tunnel train, and gone back into settings to ensure the change was actually set, when I came home and tried to set back for UK, it was already on left side running. Whether the 'updates'had reset something in both cases, who knows. We had l Iittle need of headlights apart from tunnels, but I did do two or three ~10 mile trips in the dark and nobody flashed me! I would like to ask my agent but while away I received an email saying that, as of 30th September, ie Wednesday, they are no longer Skoda agents and service is being transferred to a local VW agent. Great! So what to do next? Had an MOT booked but doesn't look like that will be happening!

I had two scraped Karoq alloy wheels, one of which had been previously repaired and repainted, and the surface was beginning to have whitre blemishes. I had them repaired for £144 each, however it did take 2 days. They look fine!

I have already posted several times on this subject. At first, as it happened on the continent, I was told it was due to hunting between different phone providers. Then it started doing it in the UK, so it wasn't that. In summary, after 8 visits to Skoda, including software updates, 3 new aerials and a new control unit, it was finally tracked down to a faulty cable running the length of the car. This was replaced in the spring and it has been faultless since. Please all remember that the error may be caused by several different faults, and a suggested solution may not work for another car.

The big mpg killers are driving in town, roads which have many bends and speed limit changes and, despite what many will tell you, use of aircon. Our little car which does ~50mpg or more in normal conditions can't even reach 45mpg with auto aircon in the baking hot conditions we currently have. The general reason that cars get better mpg coming back is that they don't have to contend with starting from cold and the higher fuel consumption that results. My Karoq has done nearly 3000 miles according to the long term computer, at 49.8 mpg, and on the continent last month, when it was hot enough to crack our windscreen, we were getting 52 mpg even with the aircon running. Our best recorded figure on a trip, all be it a short journey, was over 80 mpg. About 10 miles, aircon off, about 940 feet drop in elevation.

I had a 'puncture' quite a fw years ago that I couldn't find. Turned out to be a small sticker on the bead of the tyre that had a crack in it, leaking air through the middle of the sticker. Sticker removed, no further issues.

Remember that it is a 'should' not a 'must not'' In certain circumstances it would be far more dangerous to have to jack the car up twice to do the switch from rear to front, not to mention the physical effort, than it would be to drive with the space saver on the front. You just need to drive appropriately as there may be less grip.

It dosn't matter if the wheels are different sizes. For instance, a spare wheel may well have a different rolling diameter, but when the system is reinitiallised it will take it into account.

Thanks so much for that. I found the settings and unchecked both speed limit preview and the other about road layout and it appears to be back to how it was. Tried it yesterday and it was fine. I still don't know how t was altered as I don't think I did it. If anyone else doesn't loke ACC, can I suggest you try thi. BTW, I'm still getting update requests, 2 yesterday.

Thanks for that. I have found the setting in the driver aids section and unchecked them. I will try it out tomorrow when I go to get my new windscreen fitted.

I do not like the fact that when set it automatically sets to the posted speed limit. I do not like the fact that when it sees a new limit sign, despite me setting it lower i resets to the signed limit. I do not like the fact that it sees limit signs on slip roads and tends to vigorously apply brakes. I do not like the poor comfort when it charges at bends, then jams on the brakes and still goes round at an uncomfortable speed.