IslandDweller

pgfife - thank you! By chance I diiscovered how to do it myself today - whilst tryinng to recongugure the digital display after the garage had meddled with the settings during annual service! SatNav. I always use Waze rather than the built in unit and haven't had any issues with that. On the comparison to the previous version, the car connects to Android Auto much faster than my 2019 car ever did. A small puzzlinng detail. I use android and the instructions from Waze naviagtion are mirrored in the main display. My partner uses Apple - and the navigation is not replicated on the main screen. I guess this must be a difference in the way that Waze is programmed for Apple versus Android rather than a Skoda thing?

Long time lurker. First time posting. I owned a 2019 Superb estate diesel for five years. Traded it in a few months ago (at 137,000 miles) for a 2024 Superb estate diesel. Both times the cars were a few months old when I bought them. The 2019 car was great. Did what I needed really well. Criticisms? Mine (on halogen headlights) had an appetite for bulbs, about every six months. Differences with the new model? This is a bit difficult because my 2024 is a higher spec version (SE L) whereas my 2019 car was low spec. Positive. It’s quieter and even more economical. I don’t do many short journeys but do a monthly return between Scotland and London, and holidays have taken the car as far as Croatia. I typically averaged between 50-55mpg with the 2019 car and I’m averaging 55-60 mpg with the 2024 one. Driving pattern hasn’t changed. Whether this is due to improved technology or just because the old one was getting a little rattly after 137,000 miles I don’t know. The LED lights on the 2024 car are a million times better than the halogen ones on my 2019 car, and the clever automatic high beam assist seems to work very well. This is on a limited experience as I bought my car at the start of the Scottish summer (doesn’t get dark until close to midnight in June) so (thus far) I have done very little night driving. Shift lever by steering wheel. This took a while to get used to but it does create a lot of useful storage space in the centre. Not so good. ADAS. I know the ADAS systems are a legal requirement but I hate them. The speed recognition software is often wrong – and it never “sees” overhead gantry signs. Lane assist is something I detest. The collision detection has far too many false positives. Twice when low speed reversing the car has slammed (and I mean slammed) on the brakes, despite no hazards within half a mile. To be fair, I've driven other VW group cars (rentals) and the ADAS on those was even worse. You can turn this stuff off, but (by law) you need to do it every time you restart. I know some manufacturers allow you to configure a “favourite” configuration that you can select at start up – if you can do that on my car I have yet to find it. Before you say “read the manual” – there isn’t a manual. The lack of an owner’s manual is another downside. Digital dashboard. This is generally great, but it can be too clever for its own good. On one occasion I have brushed a control (I have no idea what I touched) and the whole display became a giant sat nav, with no other data. Took a while to reconfigure what I wanted. I’m sure there must be a way to check the adblue level (it was really easy in my 2019 car) but I have yet to find it. Adaptive cruise. This worked brilliantly in my 2019 car. It’s good but not as good in the 2024 version. It gets confused more easily and occasionally speeds up when following a vehicle then a second later “realizes” it is too close and brakes harshly. Overall I’m still pleased with the 2024 car. But I wish it was easier to disable the hateful ADAS stuff.