BoxerBoy

Too late. Perfectly usable blades available for pennies on FleaBay. Work a treat.

I found a key in a drawer that belonged to my previous Kodiaq. Tried asking if anyone could find the current owner, but no luck. Can anyone use a spare key and code it to their car? I’d hate to throw a good key in the bin.

I cut away a piece on the inside of the flap where the “bolt” turns to engage the lock. It will never lock again. Open the flap and actuate the bolt and you’ll see it turn 90 degrees.

Last time I looked online plugs were selling for around £18 each.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

Further to my ramble on another page about dealer servicing, today I replaced both my air filters. Yesterday, my local garage (4 minute walk from home) changed my oil and filter (with oil and filter provided by me) and ticked off all the boxes for a First Service. Even reset the service flag. For fun I timed myself. Engine air filter took me 5 minutes. From exiting garage. Didn’t look very dirty at 9,400 miles. Pollen filter took longer - 9 minutes all in - because I had to return to garage for a big screwdriver to lever the tags back that release the glovebox lid. The side tags seem different from my previous Kodiaq and I couldn’t lever them sideways with my fingers. Awkward access and stronger “spring”. I was ready for the RH cog wheel jumping out of place, so reassembled the RH damper before popping the glovebox lid back into place. Pollen filter was pretty dirty. Must be doing a good job. Haven’t calculated my savings yet 🙂

….. and I’m wearing out my LH paddle as I click it back into gear when it freewheels when I done want it to.

My son in law whacked a bird last week - the bird didn’t survive - and the front left hand corner is now throwing up erroneous Beeps while driving along. There is no visible damage to the bumper or sensor. I’m not intimate with the Enyaq and could see no option to re-set any of the parking and/or front collision sensors. Any suggestions? Or will he have to trek to nearest dealer for a £160 Look-See?

Just take a look. I'm sure you can tell 3mm from 10mm. It does not requires a micrometer to assess pads. I'm not criticising you. I'm suggesting it's really easy to be on a level with your local garage chimp in when it comes to decision making.

I really liked my previous Red Kodiaq. Splashed the cash. But it had risen to over £1000 so I now have an Energy Blue model. And I like this one too. I spent my cash on “under the skin” useful extras. All manufacturers seem to have gone Silly on extra cost paint jobs. The worst of course is paying extra for Primer Grey. They’re really taking the ****s.

No. This is “out of town” Scotland 😀 I’ve been given both Post Code and Coordinates.

As mentioned above, a post code covers an area. Or sometimes a street if you’re lucky. For an urban destination I always use the street info. Tomorrow I have to take a grandchild to a strange out of town destination and I’ll have use the given post code, but I’ve also been given a “target” cross road on a google map screen shot. Fingers crossed. As an aside - I do a lot of trip planning on my pc using Basecamp alongside Google maps as I continue to use stick on Garmin GPS devices on 4 wheels and 2. The planning of routes following a path of my choosing is part of the fun a the Garmin device will get me to my destination with pinpoint accuracy. I let the built in car satnav simply display the best shot at final destination. The road map in front of me helps with road layouts in towns.

My wife asked me why I’m chuckling into my iPad. She suggests making 2 trips 😀

My current Kodiaq is a 2.0 petrol DSG. Average mpg is 33. My previous 2 Kodiaqs with 2.0 diesel averaged 38 mpg. Go do the sums for your needs. Your lifestyle. A little 1.5 2WD may suit. A bit more grunt may be preferable. With regard to some of the comments above, I’m very happy with 4WD and winter tyres on 17” wheels. The car is “unstoppable “ 😀 Very comforting.

I can only comment on the 3 cylinder 999cc motor in our Polo. A whole 110 HP I believe. Perfectly adequate for 1 or 2 people making short trips. Longest journey being 169 miles. I haven’t calculated the Power to Weight figure. A good guide I think. The bigger the car, the bigger the engine to provide an “adequate” performance. But, we all have a different opinion on what is adequate. Hence, I enjoy 190 horses in my Kodiaq rather than 150. You can only go try out the various cars and form your own opinion. And I know nothing about oily belts.