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Apologies for taking this slightly off-topic, but just a quick thanks again to those of you above for helping with this. I took the plunge a couple of days ago with a Kodiaq 2023 (I had been forced into making a change of vehicle, otherwise I would have been quite happy where I was). Early days yet, but so far it does all feel reasonably similar to the older Octavia wrt controls and surrounds. Lots to now get my head around. Avocet, I asked the dealer (at purchase) about the Certificate of Conformity - he said that was the only the second time he'd ever been asked, the previous time being for an export (a legal requirement where the buyer was going)... /innocent face I blamed Briskoda for my impertinence. He told me he's going to e-mail it.... :)

With the two physical dial system of the Amundsen, I often use the right hand dial to easily zoom in and out on the map (ie, big picture versus detail), especially somewhere new. I use it as a real map, old style - which being digital (and a GPS) is easy and quick to reference on the move - I never use it as a Sat Nav. I've just noticed that the (better?) Columbus system has no physical dials.... How does one easily (and safely) use any zoom functionality on that? One barely has to look away from the road when there is a dial to control the zoom? I'm useless with touch screens at the best of times - is there some other knob or dial somewhere that conveniently doubles up for that purpose? Or is it actually quite easy to use, as above but in a quite different way? [ And apologies if it's already been covered - I tried the search here but I struggled to find anything. ]

@ Lee01 He meant keeping it simple....

@skomaz Yes, I've heard that with different brands, which seems eminently more sensible - one button simply to remember your prior settings (or even by driver) - but I'm not sure VW group (except perhaps for Audi?) take that more intelligent approach, and I have generally liked Skodas.

@ Evolution13 UK. I'm strongly visual, and more easily distracted by irrelevant sound (including passengers...). Hence, "KISS prior 2024" - I agree. I think I can see where this is heading. For example, we're well into all this now and looking through I haven't seen comments on this Mk1 sub-forum complaining about settings (whereas I can see them on the Mk2 forum), hence, if Kodiaq - then perhaps Mk1 not Mk2, etc. "Do not assume" - yes, good advice, I was just trying to narrow it down a little to start with.

Cairus, Thanks - that's an entirely new rabbit hole for me! Avocet, Thanks for the very detailed answer, and I understand the complications. In summary, and this is subtly different (and I may have been less clear with the original question): If I can switch it off, and it stays switched off (unless I choose to switch it back on), then that's actually what matters to me. A 10 year old Octavia has some of this stuff - drowsiness alert for example - that was one of the first things I got rid of: it was uselessly inaccurate! The brake warning system (just a warning), despite the occasional false alarms, I judged to have more merit (it's possible to be temporarily distracted by something at just the wrong moment on a very busy road). But in each case it should be the driver's decision. On the older car, that is the case. What I can't tolerate is the idiocy of being forced to configure settings individually from scratch every time I get into the car. Could I (broadly) assume that both the Kodiaq and the Karoq prior to the facelifts (ie, Kodiaq Mk1, and Karoq up to 2022 or whatever the date was) are probably fine on both counts (remembering settings and SFD 2)? Or - to ask my question above differently (re the settings): Have people here using the Mk1 Kodiaq had problems themselves - or heard of problems - wrt user settings no longer being remembered? If not, then that presumably answers that question, at least here wrt the Kodiaq? The Certificate of Conformity - thanks again. Two elements here, a) what I initially narrow any search to, which is the above, and then b) DD once I see something I like. That Certificate looks like b) , ie something prior to buying. Along with physically checking... Ie, change some "driver aid" settings, switch off - come back and switch back on... Just now reading your reply to Lee01 - that's the crux of my question. Which versions have user settings that are remembered, and which more modern versions have now failed that test....

Hi, I'm coming from an older Octavia and looking potentially at a Karoq or Kodiaq. The Octavia was great in that you could change various settings as best suited (including any driver aids) and the car permanently remembered. I'm aware that the new EU regs (that we have copied) have mandated a different approach (settings revert to scratch for each journey). With effect from ~2022-2024 depending on how respective brands have chosen to implement it? Do any of you guys know what the cut-off points are for the two cars above, ie, when these two models above enforced the new EU regs? I was under the impression (from a local dealer) that for the Karoq it was potentially all models post the new face-lift at the start of 2022? Depending on whether the hardware was in place for a particular model (which could then be updated via software)? But I've no idea for the Kodiaq? Is it perhaps similar in that it's the new model which is the cut-off point? Ie, this model Mk1 (on this sub-forum) is fine, but avoid the Mk2? Or is it different - perhaps just date driven? It'll potentially save me otherwise wasted time on searches / exploring if I can get the broad timings right? Ie, which more current versions to steer clear of. Many thanks.