Routemaster1461

To clarify, buses and coaches are limited to 60mph on dual carriageways. Coaches under 12M long have a limit of 70mph on motorways, coaches over 12M long are limited to 60mph.

So you are happy doing 50mph on a French arrow-straight wide well paved road which we and the Germans would limit to 60/62mph? The speed is not appropriate for the road and has not been limited for safety reasons.

So are you happy to comply with the overall speed limit of 50mph, 80kph on French roads, apart from autoroutes and some dual carriageways?

I live in Dorset, and I one received a letter from the police informing me that my car had been caught speeding in Deptford, SE London, an area which I don't ever recall driving in. The car was one which appeared to have been part of a large lease fleet with similar registration numbers. My car was XXX701X and was shown on the letter as white, but the correct type of car. Problem was that mine was blue. I went to the local police station and a very helpful man checked my car on the computer, the entry was correct. I replied to the letter pointing out the discrepancy, and they replied that it had been a typo on their part, the car in question was XXX710X

After reading the potential issues regarding extended warranty, I contacted our dealer, who has confirmed that our warranty is sorted. Also they added that the car, scheduled for w/c 12 July, is built, but is presumably in a queue for missing chips.

It isn't really the annual mileage which isn't good for a diesel engine, its lots of very shot trips. So 200 miles one a week, for instance, should be no issue, with a few shorter trips thrown in.

There are 4 recalls for 2018 cars. https://www.check-vehicle-recalls.service.gov.uk/recall-type/vehicle/make/SKODA/model/KAROQ/year/2018/recalls

I'm new to the Skoda forums, but I am very familiar with Citroen Adblue systems and the frequent issues with Adblue tanks. in fact I had to have one replaced ~3 years ago, thankfully under warranty. I'm surprised there is talk on here about adding only 5L at a time, and then someone managing to get in excess of 10L in. The Citroen tanks have a 17L capacity and it is easy to get 15L in when the countdown starts. Range is usually ~10,000 miles. So is the Karoq tank a lot smaller, and are there any similar issues with the tank/pump as crop up so frequently on Citroen forums? Just interested, my Skoda on order is petrol.

Thanks, I did google SFD but not SFD protection. Probably will not concern me though.

Can anyone inform me what SFD is and why the models need protecting?

I've searched my inbox. I seem to recall seeing something like that but I can't find it now. What address was it sent from?

How do you get a tracking email?

When I ordered it was supposedly 12-16 weeks, so delivery end August to end September. 5 months is what I'm expecting from everything I've read. That makes it end of October, but the last I heard from the dealer was end September, early October. No big issue for me as I'm in no great hurry.

No it is not Heritage Yeovil. I did eventually find my order number, which is how the incorrect name was found. The dealer called pretty quickly and sorted the issue. I then went back to the chat and got the update I needed. Car started week of 12th July, but still in production, presumably waiting for chips. Then a surprise. I was phoned by the first person chatted to, checking everything was resolved. Very nice man!

Interesting issue today. This doesn't bode well. I ordered a Karoq on 25th May. I had a build week quoted when I called in on a different matter. This morning I used the Skoda website chat function to find out when my car may be available. The chap I was chatting to couldn't find my name on the system. He asked the name of the dealer and they said they didn't have an order in my name. After supplying more info, it turned out that somehow they had ordered with the correct surname but an incorrect first name. Now awaiting a call to correct the info.

As E10 isn't being supplied until September, no matter what the pump says, you could have filled with any petrol knowing is wasn't E10.

All manufacturers are having issues with the supply of chips.

Android Auto can be frustrating. My wife's mother was born in a village called Halstock, and Google cannot recognise it any way you say it. You have to remember the nearest village and ask for that.

It can't cost much more for a manufacturer to use metallic rather than a non-metallic. It's not like the old days where metallic paints had to have an extra clear coat. So metallic paint is probably pure profit for manufacturer and dealer. It probably won't be free though. I reckon they will just increase the base price of the car to compensate and offset the 'extra' cost of Velvet Red against the 'cheaper' non-metallic.

Just checked on the Ateca brochure. Unless I've read it wrong, all colours including Velvet Red are considered standard in the price of the car. All colours apart from 3 are only available on 4 of 6 trim levels, missing FR and FRS spec. Velvet Red standard price on all 6 trim levels.

Not if you go for an Edition like we have. Editions have metallic at no cost (no reduction for 'standard' colours) so Velvet Red is only £300. As my wife will not accept a black, silver or grey car as she considers them boring, we are effectively limited to blue and red. So Velvet Red it is.

Bear in mind that some salesmen will tell you untruths to prevent you going elsewhere. In particular a Seat salesman, when I told him that I was looking at VW group cars, told me that Skodas do not have a 5 star NCAP rating.

Can I just clarify about ethanol being hygroscopic. When you distil or purify ethanol from an aqueous solution, it is only possible to attain a maximum of 96% ethanol/4% water. If you require a higher purity/water content, the alcohol has to be distilled with benzene, which, as you are probably aware, is carcinogenic, to produce what is known as absolute alcohol. This will always contain traces of benzene. I find it very doubtful that absolute alcohol (which may be hygroscopic) is used in petrol, so it is likely that 96% is used. So any ethanol added to the fuel will most likely contain 4% of water, which will obviously not burn. As the remainder of the fuel, being mainly hydrocarbons, is immiscible with water there is a limit to the amount of water the fuel will be able to keep dissolved without separating. This is a potential issue, and I'm afraid by knowledge of physical chemistry doesn't extend to being able to consider whether this will occur. The fuel manufacturers will though. Just bear in mind that E10 will probably not absorb any water and will probably contain 4% of 10% = 0.4% water straight from the pump.

Yes, probably. But it is only producing part of the carbon dioxide fixed by photosynthesis. The remaining carbon is in the alcohol, to be released when the alcohol is burnt. So the alcohol itself is carbon neutral. What isn't is the power necessary to isolate and distil the ethanol and transport it.

Took me a while to figure what an NA car is. There are still plenty if NA petrol cars being sold. The lower power PSA 1.2L petrol is a case in point. Certainly available in the C3 and C3 Aircross, and probably in Peugeot 208 and Corsas as well.