Windy-Miller

With my weekend toy...

Hi All Brand new vRS picked up in July, and with 3k under my belt it's so far exceeding all my expectations, I'm delighted. It's used for regular long haul 200 mile journeys, so the tech and convenience to make it easy to drive are super important to me. With that in mind, after living and experiencing the car, and also ferreting through the handbook, I have a few possibly stupid questions... Pan Roof Blind. Is there a way to make it open/close automatically on unlock/lock like I could on my outgoing Discovery? I often (once a week) get a message at the top of the screen (over a blacked out screen) about the system setting(s) being updated, asking me if I want to save them. But I don't know what setting(s) that refers? All I know is if I press accept, it switches me out of whatever mode I was in, and back into default. I religiously use Waze as my Sat Nav (via CarPlay) including all alerts etc. With that in mind I have no need for the on-board sat-nav alerts, but I can't seem to find the area where I can turn off the in-built Skoda Speed camera warnings which I assume are being triggered by the onboard mapping software? When it triggers, the screen goes black and asks me to acknowledge at the top of the screen, which is annoying because when I'm on the M25 the car is shouting at me twice (once Waze, once on-board) about speed cameras, and also blanking the screen which I have to clear each time. The minimum distance on the ACC leaves quite a large gap (much bigger than cars I've owned in the past). This means cars will often jump out of lane 1 or 2, forcing the car to brake and maintain the another minimum distance. I can make the gap bigger, but seemingly not smaller. Any way to override this or am I stuck with the preset distances? The wireless charger trays don't appear to charge the phone above the level the phone is at when I place the phone (iPhone 15 Pro Max) into the tray. I'm connected to CarPlay and streaming Waze and Spotify, but It'll only maintain the level and not go down, regardless of how far the journey is. If I want to charge it up over the level I seemingly have to plug it into a USB charging post. Thanks in advance

Was that MK1 or Mk2, perhaps it's a MK2 thing?

This, and as somebody who this summer took delivery of a brand new Kodiaq after test driving a multitude of other manufacturers (a special mention to Kia who make it infuriating, with the settings buried behind 4x menus!), the ADAS systems on Skoda aren't anywhere near as intrusive as other brands. 2x (or 3x if you want lane assist off also) quick presses of a button on the steering wheel and it's off. No rooting around menus. We have it easy.

This is correct, hence me going for the suite option. Just to put this to bed, my dealer finally got another vRS into stock with the vented seats, and they are exactly the same as mine. So in short, it's nice to have the leather(ette), but if you want powerful vented seats then don't bother, they're crap.

Not in the UK it doesn't. Putting on the indicator simply tells the system you intend to move lane, and it temporarily deactivates the Lane Assist and Travel Assist combination.

I picked up our brand new vRS on Saturday. I specifically specced it with the 'suite' leather so I could get ventilated front seats. However, first time using the seats yesterday in the heat, and I'm not even sure they work, as I can't feel any cold air... 😕 I come from a Discovery 5 with ventilated seats, and even on the lowest setting I could feel the cold/AC air through the perforations. But with the Kodiaq, I can't feel anything, even when they are on 3. Is this normal (are they really that weak), or am I doing something stupid where they only work in a specific setting?!? 🤔

Hello all Newbie here who this morning picked up our brand new family-bus (we have 4 kids) Kodiaq vRS. I ticked the Pan' Roof and full 'Suite' leather options. It was bought to replace our Discovery 5 D300, which we've owned from new (2021), but as expected was turning into the typical JLR money-pit. Looking forward to getting some miles on 'Keith' (that's what the kids have named it!) and joining in here....