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MickA

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  1. As above post, is it just the noise from the rear, roll up load cover rather than a solid one? I'm in the throws of car hunting, Kamiq or Karoq not sure yet. One comment brings up more noise from the rear load area, re above comment because of the adjustable rear seats. Do all Karoqs have rear adjustable seats and roll type load covers?
  2. I've already discounted that car, odd tyres, scuffed alloys, bad brakes discs also a deeply scuffed front splitter. They want in my opinion top money for a car needing two refurbed alloys, front brake renewal and to satisfy my OC two front tyres and a minor paint job.
  3. On that particular car I mentioned with 3 different brands on, two Hankooks on the rear. The fronts, two different brands (can't remember what but not anything I've heard of) but I noticed one had recently had the tyre removed/changed as it had telltale remnants of that tyre fitting paste. So more likely a replacement due to puncture/damage.
  4. That sounds better, how I would expect tyres to wear/last. I ditched a set of Bridgestones on my Toledo around 4 years, fitted from new. They were awful anyway after a couple of years, noisy harsh ride but still had decent tread depth left but started cracking around the edge of the tread, MOT advisory. Can recommend Kumho as replacements, have them on both my cars and a previous one.
  5. Panasonic batteries are ok, use them in my Mazda fobs. Those fobs can sometimes give connection problems for the battery, a quick tweak of the connection prongs and all working again. So have a look inside, could be poor connection with the battery. Incidentally my SEAT fob is still working fine, 10 years on with it's original battery. They must be making cheapo batteries these days.
  6. I've noticed that a good few I've seen (in pictures at dealers) did come with Good Years. They seem to get changed (fronts) on some as early as 20k miles, well from what I noticed. Anyways from comments I can expect to see not so good condition brake discs, that made me wonder on the one I saw yesterday. On approx 19k miles it looked like it had brand new discs pad on the rear and very badly lipped front discs and 3 brands of tyres on. I always examine the wheels/tyres/brake wear first so to get an overall picture of how the cars fared in it's early life. Seen some shockers yesterday, not Kamiqs, looking at other makes/models too of course.
  7. Looked at one Kamiq and another to be viewed next week. Both SE L one auto the other manual 70 plates. They've both had the first MOTs last year with advisories for tyre and brake wear. Are these models heavy on front brake and tyre wear, both cars covered approx 18k miles at first MOT? Judging on my current car (from new) original front brake discs/pads @36k miles, MOT passed last week, all good. Tyres I'd expect more than 18k miles from a pair but I suppose it depends on previous drivers driving habits re wear brakes and tyres. What tyres were fitted around 2020 delivery year to the Kamiq, one car has Hankooks on the rear and the fronts looking like some cheapo replacements? Comments/observations welcome.👍
  8. Being in the know this appears to be a well sorted NC2 with all the would-be owners needs sorted. Nice price too.👍 I've already got one with similar mods👍
  9. I've experienced Bridgestones on two cars, they were pretty awful TBH on both. I probably wouldn't buy a car with those tyres on unless a was given a decent discount (unlikely) to get them changed. They are just tyres to dealers, so long as they are legal when the car is sold, they don't much bother.
  10. Probably if only 1k+ miles the engine needs to loosen up, it'll get better over time.
  11. My stop/start Toledo's battery (heavier duty) lasted around 5 years before giving trouble. I've learnt a lesson there, now over winter if the car isn't used much I keep a check on the battery condition and put it on a trickle charge. Not using the car much in winter caused the battery to basically not hold a charge for long, yes it would start the car but with all systems on it soon drained the battery throwing up an array of warning lights. New battery fitted and kept topped up when necessary has made sure it's doing it's job, now around 4 years old.
  12. Looking at the Kamiq and Karoqs colours, in fact Skoda colours in general are bland compared with other manufacturers but I like the cars. Choosing the right combo, spec etc is a task then the colour could be a compromise. Surprised that the past white which was standard (no extra) is now an added extra. I'm all done on silver cars, had two, latest for 10 years so that's a no no for the next one. Probably end up with white, can find plenty of blues, which are a no, no with me I'm afraid.
  13. MickA

    Which Kamiq?

    Thanks all for your thoughts on the Kamiq. I've always had manual cars so I guess that's how it's going to go for me at present. Probably settling on a 1 litre 6 speed manual, so that'll be the higher bhp of the two in SE L spec. Is the manual box nice, I find my current car (SEAT) 6 speed a joy to use if a little notchy going for reverse, always been so though. Trawling the internet is a task for the correct spec, colour ATM but in no rush, I've got a car or maybe two to sell too before a decision is made
  14. Mine was exactly the same, I topped it up with deironised water, absolutely no problems with the car and no leaks.
  15. I've switched to looking at Kamiq/Karoqs for my next purchase. Chipping in on the wet belt engines I've recently been looking at Peugeot and Vauxhall SUVs with the wet belts. It's reported that dodgy belts prematurely breaking up (if true) can cause issues as described above. Around year 2017/18 engines, so stopped looking at anything below 2019 to be safe. Of course I'm here again, we'll never gone away, looking at Skoda.
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