Horacecoker

But what if you are changing down?

Wind chill does not the lower the temperature of inanimate objects!

Your post is confusing. You state you are been looking for 225/40/19 tyres yet that is the wrong size for your car. However the link to Vredestein Quactrac 5 tyres are the correct size (235/40/19). This is a good find for those on 19" wheels and 1.5 TSi engine but no good for current diesel 4x4s with 19" wheels, these sit on 225/50/19 tyres. I'm looking at getting a 1.5TSI 4x4. Anyone know what the tyre size is for 19" wheels for the 1.5TSI 4x4? Not that I want 19" wheels!! I'd be more than happy with 18" wheels but cannot find any all season tyres at all for that wheel size in the obscure 18" tyre sizes Skoda have come up with.

Sorry, unbelievably I missed the last sentence in your post, hence my reply. You are exactly right!

Well obviously your album art is within the size restriction of whatever your head unit is set to.

I've got all the time in the world, I'm retired. I did this to satisfy myself that the Canton wasn't required on my shopping list. Neither was the Karoq at the time without a 4x4 1.5TSI engine and the digital dash and dynamic chassis control. These will all be available on MY19 models and that's when I'll change my Yeti with it's Skoda upgraded Sound System that I never thought was worth the money. The Sound System not the car.

When the Karoq first came out I went armed with an SD card with some of my own music in 320kps MP3 format. There were six Karoqs available for inspection with a couple having the Canton and others with Amundsen & Columbus head units. I had free reign and all the time in the world to test the sound out in all the cars. I could detect no difference between the Amundsen & Columbus head units they both sounded good, very good. As for the Canton, at normal to moderate volume levels it was no better than the standard system but turning it up very loud - yes it held together better. But this is the rub - once I found out that you needed to order a spare and thus rob the car out of a heap of boot space on the 4x4, I wouldn't have ordered the Canton if it had been ten times better. I did notice my album art on the Amundsen didn't appear when it was clearly displayed on the Columbus so I questioned the staff. After lots of discussions between each other they finally told me that if you want album art to appear on the display you need the Columbus. I suspected this was utter claptrap. I figured that the fact that my album art is large (1080 pixels square) it might be something to do with that so I reduced some albums to 800 pixels square and went back - low and behold the album art then displayed on the Amundsen perfectly!

Thanks very much. The wheels look smart and the tyres are an excellent choice. It's the set up I want if they ever bring out a 4x4 with the 1.5 TSI engine.

How about a photo?

You cannot just change the tyres to non low profile, the wheels will have to be changed too. This is the biggest negative with the Edition model, 19" wheels with low profile tyres on a family SUV - what is the point?

I haven't had a spare wheel in the last 10 years of motoring. I have had umpteen punctures in that time and in every case it has been a nail, screw or one time a huge bolt in the tyre. In all cases I have never used the gunk or needed a spare wheel because the puncture has been 'slow' and I was able to get it fixed. Extreme punctures where the tyre is near instantly flat are very, very rare. And in that case I would phone my breakdown cover. If I had a spare I would still phone my breakdown cover as the days of changing wheels at the side of the road are well and truly over. For most folk those days never even started.

Like you say, 38.6 mpg isn't bad for a new 1.5 petrol engine but the fact that the trip computer is showing almost 20% more mpg than what you are actually getting is outrageous!

It's the diameter of the wheel/tyre combination that's important not the actual wheel diameter on it's own. Just roll your spare alongside a wheel on the the car and I think you'll find there won't be much difference.

You got it right first time!

Exactly my sentiment. The middle seat does not slide which makes an absolutely mockery of the whole idea of sliding rear seats.