Vlady

Sunroof service? uau, that is new to me! £300? Thanks for sharing, it is useful info for a future buyers. Your mpg is not bad for a 4x4 SUV. I am curious about front brakes too - do they really needed to be changed or the dealer said that they do? I agree with the client quality and looking after the client - I think all manufacturers are not great and the worst are would be 3 Germans. Usually for other brands you have great sales department and pretty shi..y service department!

Welcome to forum! Was Peugeot problematic?

Just emailed the seller, to the Sales guy I bought the car from. I have only one worry that he will tell me that it was done! I asked him if he has any suggestions why the car can behave like that and explained to him what and when it happens, lets see what he comes back with.

I know about kangaroo effect but I was hoping a software remap was done before I bought the car, feels like it wasn't. Do you think dealer will know if it was done or not? I will get in touch with them to find out. Thanks for your input.

That is the reason I am buying All Season tires, they are very good for wet and when temperature is lower than 7C plus in Scotland you might get snow, in the morning. It doesn't help much as traffic usually not moving anywhere with all other drivers using summer tires that are almost worn to a limit! I just don't get it why they leave the house at all if they know they have summer tires that are worn! Irresponsible, I think!

Thanks for your reply, I mean going up from 1st to 2nd, seems like the car is stacked longer in 1st gear than required, well, yes, you can use paddles to go to 2nd but you would hope that DSG can do it by itself quick enough. I noticed that while dropping kids at school last couple of morning, the roads there have massive speed bumps and the car does need to go to 1st gear to ride over them but after speed bump it takes a while to go to 2nd, basically you need to accelerate hard enough (about 3000rpm) for car to realise it needs a 2nd gear and therefore the whole progress is not smooth. I think when it will get colder it will be even more noticeable.

I agree with that. A few years ago we had a Passat diesel DSG and that car was going through front tyres much quicker than any of the rear wheel drive cars I had before and after. I was going to put on new tires closer to colder period but it seems I need to do it pretty soon as I do not enjoy what the front end does, just doesn't give me confidence. Who knew a car with 1.5 engine will be using front tires that much! I also notice that the car is not happy to go slow, like over speed bumps, it doesn't want to change to 2nd gear and needs to be revved higher for the gear to be engaged, very annoying!

I guess previous owner who covered only 5600 miles was an enthusiastic driver, this is the only explanation I have. On my Lexus (rear wheel drive) my tires were totally fine after 20k miles and could probably cover as much. I guess it is a front wheel drive and DSG that eats tires quicker. Tracking was slightly out but not sure if it was enough to use that much thread in less than 10k miles.

My front wheels are in need of a new tires (not covered even 10k miles), 2.5 weeks ago I ordered 2 new Pirelli (all season), still waiting for them to arrive, the car struggles with the grip when its wet on current Bridgestones. Yesterday I had done front wheel alignment which needed a slight adjustment. Plus rear tire caught a nail (managed to repair it using a glued wire) so will need to be replaced at some point, at the end of this month I will order another 2 Pirelli for the rear.

Beautiful car!

Risky and a brave move, i hope you will have a trouble free motoring too. Welcome to forum!

Hello Jim, welcome to forum. Well do ne for joining the forum, here is a lot of useful information to read.

Hi Filip, welcome to the forum! How do you like the car? Why Scala? What did you drive before the Skoda? Photos of the car are very welcome too!

Hello and welcome to the forum! Nice Superb you have there and 2.0tdi is punchy and economical! Well done!

Treated myself to a small model (1:43) of Skoda Karoq in Velvet Red!

I hate when the answer is - this is the way it is or our mechanic could not find/see any fault and the car is fine! Obviously it is not fine!

Does it have to be a 2.0 petrol, why not a 1.4 petrol?

Hi, you are correct to use E10 in your petrol Karoq, see link below. https://check-vehicle-compatibility-e10-petrol.service.gov.uk/manufacturer/Škoda If I am not mistaken, on the inside of fuel cap it says E5/E10

Before winter comes I will need to change at least front tyres as they are worn on outside and I was thinking either get new set of All Season Tyres (Cross Climates, GoodYear Vector 4 seasons or Bridgestone Weather control) and keep the same 18inch wheels or go another route and buy 16" wheels with the tyres, it is more expensive but theoretically comfort will be better with more supple ride, fuel consumption better too, less tyre noise too. It's just I have no much space where to keep summer 18" tyres as I already have in my garage my wife's car winter tyres. Decisions decisions

Sounds like the car needs a wheel alignment which makes sense. I am glad it is not a car characteristic but still surprised that Skoda dealer did not see an outside front tyre wear, I guess they just couldn't be bothered as the car had an owner and is 3 years old, so why would they, right? But the previous owner who only covered less 6k miles should notice tyre wear! Oh well, I will get it done.

It will be hard to prove whose fault it is, unless it is a brand new car. I will be doing a wheel alignment anyway if/when I get new front tyres. My concern is if all Karoqs are set this way and have a wear on the outside edge of the tyre.

Hi Rik, welcome to forum. Congratulations on your new car. I am too a newby to Skoda, got myself Karoq a few weeks ago and like it so far, just hope it will be as reliable as my friends Superb! Vlad

I find in my Edition spec music is fine, and I am coming from a Lexus Mark Levinson system with 17 speakers! I don't listen music loud anymore so not really matter to me much, decent music quality is acceptable by me and Karoq provides that, for now.

Do you mean the sound quality or the ergonomics of the infotainment?

HI Welcome to forum, nice car with nice combination of engine and gearbox! You are a lucky one - had 2 welcome replies from members, I had none, not the most friendliest of forums (may be my something in my name ) so far, but I love it for the amount of information I absorb from it just now.