Redboy

Sounds about right. I was quoted £435 for my Mk3 L&K drivers side mirror glass! The mirror housing remained unmarked, although I had to clip it back together after a crow hit it, as I was travelling at 60 mph. I phoned horton's in Lincoln straight afterwards from a nearby layby, thinking it would be £30-40 max. The spares guy asked me if I was sitting down before giving me the good news. Needless to say I let my insurance take the strain, as the mirror cover had swing backwards and scratched the window glass and trim.

This was a great site for VRS owner discussions and projects. A lot of those contributors seem to have moved on, or like me bought other Skodas, apart from a GTI 245 PP, which left me underwhelmed. I think the earlier marks were brilliant value for money, solidly built and not too common.

I ordered 335H as per your advice 👍

Yes and sods law, it's just started to make a scraping noise! At least I know the right one to buy.

Doh! my set of A864S does fit! A dab of washing up liquid on the guides and it slipped in. Not sure why they were so tight on this car when they fitted easily on my last Karoq. 🤔

@RCC49 thank you, unfortunately, I already have a set of A864S, which fitted my 2023 Karoq, they definitely don't fit my Edition. I have ordered A639S and will see if they fit.

I had a pair of Bosch wipers for my 2023 Karoq. They don't fit my 2025 mode. Had anybody bought some for a 2024 Edition model and if so, what is the reference no. please

Check the rear washer works, if not perhaps the rear washer feed pipe has fallen off. If not, do you use it regularly for decent length trips? My wife's Sirion suffers from water gathering in the spare tyre well every winter, due to condensation, caused I think by a lack of regular use & very short trips of 1 mile each way to the shops. In the summer it's bone dry.

@whocareswins is your wife or son paying for this car? You live once, buy the car you like and can afford.

@croquemonsieur @pinkpanther I have a Nextbase camera set up which shows 30, 50 and 60 with Speedo readings of 32, 47, 56. My Nextbase camera doesn't affect DAB reception. You can greatly improve bass, treble sounds by streaming Spotify through Bluetooth,( rather than Android) in media settings and volume in audio settings to loud.

The courier who collected my car stated that about 30-40% of deals don't progress as they aren't as described. One seller had 2 identical cars and had taken pictures of the good one with the scratched & dented one's number plate on. Then on colllection day, had switched the plates back so the would-be buyer was to receive the poor condition one. The courier pointed it out. Seller vehemently denied it. Courier then sent the standard on-site video to the buyer, who refused to proceed.

I recommend Motorway, initial offer was £1700 more than WEBAC. Sold the next day. A courier picked it up 3 days later, inspected it, contacted the dealer, who paid before my car left the drive. The key is to be very honest about any scratches, faults, etc.

Removing the glovebox takes a 2-3 minutes, installing a live feed another 5-10 minutes. https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/530426-how-to-remove-karoq-glovebox-2023-onwards/

On flat roads it will change to 7th gear at around 50 in D. It feels like it's mapped to hold on to gears depending on throttle position and gradient. Paddles will change up but not If it the car senses it's not going fast enough. 2 cylinder ACT notification pops up occasionally. 50+mpg on long trips is fairly easy to attain with a mix of motorway & A roads

They are relatively quiet and comfortable, even on 19" wheels Tyre road noise is not bad. The ride is helped with DCC in comfort mode. My sister recently asked if my 1.5 DSG was electric whilst cruising at 65-70 on the Honiton bypass. Mind you she has been known to bounce her BMW 328 soft top off the rev limiter so perhaps she's simply hard of hearing..

Possibly from water pump housing if it's not a hose, rad issue.

Of course, my warm is your hot. I would check at a petrol stop or after returning home. As You say it's common sense to check it when cold if unsure of level.

@Artur1971 https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/474996-installation-of-the-welcome-and-emergency-lights-red-of-the-front-doors/

@mistac I am not sure, I doubt ACC can be reverted back to 'normal' cruise because it's linked to the radar. It is much safer to use ACC on motorways. However as it's linked to TSR and GPS , I prefer to set the ACC gap to maximum on A roads, to slow down gradually rather than suddenly if traffic appears in front of you. Also when doing 60 then entering a 30, you need to brake rather than rely on TSR, to avoid speed cameras set up just inside the new limit, as TSR /ACC takes time to react. Lastly be aware that whilst ACC works great in traffic jams and stop-start traffic, I am not sure if it will not stop you blasting across a roundabout if there's nothing directly in front, i.e. It just sees a clear road.

@mistacno it's pretty comfortable in a good way, i.e. it doesn't seem to wallow in comfort mode. I wouldn't throw it around country lanes though, unless it was in normal ir sport mode. Obviously with 19" 40 profile wheels/tyres it's best to avoid potholes. The ride is acceptable. It's certainly not as noisy regarding tyre road noise from my MkIII Octavia VRS or Golf GTI. I didn't tweak my tyre pressures, I lowered them from incorrectly high (over 3 bar) to the correct setting of 2.4 bar. The tyre pressures don't show individually. None of my Skodas ever have. The Superb did show which wheel had lost pressure. The Karoq simply indicates that pressure has been lost. If you don't find your boot nets, they might be in the spare wheel area. I haven't decided whether to remove the rear passenger tablet holders from the headrests yet. I think the seats look better without them.

The ride in normal mode is not bad compared to my 23 reg Sportline on 18 x 215 x 55, even though on collection they were initially fairly over inflated and the ride was very firm. Now correctly inflated to 2.4 bar it's smooth and rattle free. The seats are much more comfortable than the Ateca SE, which I had as a courtesy car prior to a delayed delivery. In Sport mode it is firm as expected. Comfort mode on longer dual carriageway or motorway runs is not as boat-like as the DCC on the L&K Superb. TSR linked with ACC initially took me by surprise, accelerating fairly strongly from 30 to 60 when merging onto an A road. No rattles from the doors or dashboard.....yet , which is a surprise given Lincolnshire County Council's propensity for 'repairing' roads, strewing gravel and tar, even on the hottest days, quickly leaving bare strips after an hour or two of HGV traffic. The Columbus rear camera picture appears to be clearer than the previous Amundsen. The only minor glitch is the hatch area 12v socket definitely has power, as it runs a low power light bulb, but will not run the VAG standard emergency air compressor or my new Lidl one. The 12v socket in the rear seating area does operate them both. Weird. Both pumps work fine off my fairly puny motorcycle battery, connected via the same type of cigarette lighter socket. I will pass that on at the 1st service. Enjoy your new car.

Annoyingly my 100 mile-old Karoq decided to blow its 2 amp Nextbase dashcam fuse this am. Possibly due to heated seats, steering wheel, windscreen, ICE, lights and air con all on. I only realised when I noticed the dashcam screensaver was blank and that the rear wiper was pointing to 12:00 rather than in its usual parked position. The Nextbase power cable was hardwired in by the dealer last week. I had wondered if they had paired it with rear wiper- fuse 47. Turns out they had but the rear wiper's 15 Amp fuse hadn't blown, just the paired Nextbase 2 Amp I removed the glovebox with a bit of brute force after reading but not really understanding the vague seemingly incorrect instructions on page 136 of the manual ( see photo). I have also attached 3 other photos showing where to push the box brake bar and the bump stop retainers, as previous guides on this forum seem to be for earlier model Karoqs. I have bought some spare 2 Amp fuses in the hope that this was a one off. Willing to take advice and any sensible suggestions if there's a better fuse to power the dash cam, which isn't constantly live. Possibly the cigarette lighter?

I am not sure and sort of doubt it @mistac. My Superb did indicate which wheel it was...luckily it had a spare tyre when it deflated rapidly in the Derbyshire Dales an hour after we arrived at our holiday accommodation. That's why I bought a spare wheel and then the tool kit & polystyrene holder separately off eBay for my 1st Karoq,and retained it to install in this one. Yesterday when the warning came up , I looked at the screen and all four wheels were highlighted in orange. I couldn't see which wheel was affected. I have had similar alerts previously on all my VAG cars and they have always been correct. I will check again this am. I think (and hope) it's going to be a small nail and a slow puncture I have a decent air pressure gauge to help me check.

@chills No, you don't need the advanced driver assist package to have this option. I picked up my Sportline Edition today, the reverse camera definitely displays the same symbols as my Superb, including reverse side traffic warning The only extras I wanted were, my spare wheel kit from my 23_reg Sportline (good job as I got a low tyre pressure warning 2 miles from home ! ) and new OEM thick rubber mats.