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Thanks, I'll take a look.

Hi, thanks for that. It seems that they all have slightly different idle characteristics when cold; mine's always 1400 from a minute down depending on temperature. Maybe the dealer can tweak it down a bit.

Hi, yes- a minute from completely cold.

Hi bigjohn, if that's true, and I don't doubt it, then it looks like I'll have to pollute the air waiting for the revs to drop in order not to pollute the air. Thanks for your input-all of you- there's certainly a wealth of knowledge on this forum.

Hi Ootohere, by cold it could be when it's frosty.. a minute at 1400, or as Aldfort says maybe 20 seconds when the engine has cooled after a hour's shopping. So it is definitely related to engine temperature rather than cat or dpf. Neither is it anti-stall related: that works as advertised. And yes, I do like to pull away almost as soon as the engine starts (perhaps if it's particularly wintry I'll give 20 seconds or so) especially from shop car parks-every second extra spent there risks the clot next door banging his door into mine, a regular occurrence unfortunately.

It's not much of a struggle really: next time you have to reverse out of a tight parking space at the supermarket hold your revs at 1400 and see if you can do it 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 slipping the clutch. My feeling is, given that people have Kamiqs that only idle at 1000 when cold ( about the same as my previous vehicles), that this could be sorted using the ECU.

Something definitely isn't right sussamb but, as Ootohere up-post commented, the dealership are not very helpful. In fact, the words 'wall' and 'brick' spring to mind so the more evidence I can gather from the good people on this forum the more likely they are to take note ( I hope! ).

Yes, all my recent cars have, but not to 1400rpm. At the these revs, pulling out of a tight space requires a great deal of clutch slipping and brake use, all of which is unecessary at say 1000 rpm.

Hi, it's good to know other Kamiqs rev as high. Mine does it for a minute however which is a lot of fuel to waste waiting for it to warm up. The car does, after all, switch itself off at the lights to save petrol. You've given me pause for thought though, cheers.

The same as my previous cars then, interesting to know, thanks. If there's any more owners could let me know tickover speeds from cold it may help when I go back to the dealer.

Aaah, if I had a scanner. The dealer says no faults showing and won't accept evidence from external mechanics. While I was at the dealers I had him start another Kamiq from cold and that revved at 1400 too so I guess they all do it; my point is that it's too high- I have dash footage of me driving from home, taking two turns and a mini roundabout and up to 20mph, all without touching the throttle (and it'll do 30 with no obstacles) that can't be right. Thanks for the thought though.

Will do, thanks again for your advice.

Ah, just read your TTEC post, I'll try to get a contact number for them. Many Thanks.

Yes, pretty much at the dealers (also Honest John.) I'll have another go with Skoda Technical but they seem to be based in South Africa and have limited English- not ideal when discussing technical matters. I wonder if this is something that can be tweaked with the ECU, the dealership didn't seem to know.

Maybe, the car was brought to the front of the showroom so was warm when I first got it- in any event I didn't notice. I could let it warm when first started but best practice is to set off as soon as the engine is fired up. I tried Skoda Technical but they 'are not customer facing' and sent a n email to the DVSA who state that if a problem is evident before a car is driven it is not something that they can deal with.