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.

You are in the exact same boat if you order the SE-L and want smaller wheels - you can't have um! The model I want is SE-L but I want 17" wheel so I can fit a set of Cross Climate tyres as these tyres aren't available to fit the 18 or 19" wheels in the Karoq tyre sizes.

I for one think the mesh parcel shelf arrangement to be a touch of genius. If you want to put taller items in the boot you just roll it back, you don't have to take the parcel shelf off and store it somewhere like you would with a hard one. I know plenty of other cars have a roll away parcel shelf and you are able to do the same. The difference with the Skoda offering is you don't have to roll it back to access the boot, it just comes up out of the way automatically like a traditional parcel shelf.

Now that's an idea. Have a spare wheel but keep it at home. That would have been okay in your scenario. Has it happens I now realise I have no less four spare wheels in my garage in the form of my winter wheels + tyres.

When that happens, I'll just ring the AA and let them tow me to the nearest garage. I would never ever entertain the idea of of changing the wheel myself at the side of a road - them days are over with. Don't get me wrong, I'd have a spare if it didn't rob me of precious boot space but I'd still ring the AA/RAC to change the wheel - is that not the norm these days?

All I'm saying is that for the Karoq the 19" wheels are all 8J. They may be 7J on the Kodiaq but quite frankly I neither know or care. 235/50 R19 are definitely not a standard fit for the Karoq. The diesel size is 225/45 R19 and the petrol size is 235/40 R19 so I don't know why you are considering 225/50 R19. The maximum width of tyre recommended for 7J 19" wheels is 225 that's why you need the 8J correct Karoq size for the tyres you mention. But even with the correct width of wheel, 235/50 R19 are not an approved size for the Karoq.

The problem you've now got is that Nokian WR SUV 3 tyres aren't an approved Skoda size for the the 19 inch wheels. What that means if you have an accident and your insurance finds out about the non approved tyre size is anybody's guess. Come to think of it even the Sirius wheels aren't an approved size for the Karoq. Take them back to the dealer who shouldn't have sold them to you in the first place is my advice.

Nothing worse than those emergency kits? Perhaps so if you ever have to use them. I've had them in my last three cars and never had to use them once. That's not to say I've had no punctures because I've certainly had my share. In all instances the punctures were of the slow variety (isn't this the norm). I could quite easily drive to the nearest garage to get them sorted. Or pump the tyre up at home then go to the garage the next day. One time I had a huge bolt in the tyre. The head of this bolt didn't half make a racket while I was driving along but still no problem, I drove home, pumped the tyre up in the morning and got it repaired. I hate sacrificing boot space with something I might never need.

What the dealer told you was exactly right, you will lose a lot of boot space if you spec a spare wheel for a 4x4 Karoq. The other car you looked at must not have been a 4x4. On the two wheel drive Karoqs you don't loose boot space with the space saver spare wheel because two wheel drive cars have dished floor pan. The 4x4 cars don't have this dish to enable room for the fitting of the haldex gubbins.

Can you please check the tyre size on your car again as according to the technical specifications provided by Skoda for the diesel Edition they should be shod with 225/45 R19 tyres and the petrol Edition model 235/40 R19. There is no mention of the size you state of 235/45 R19? A big clue for cars with a 235 tyre size is the black trim around the wheel arches and as far as I know this is not available on the diesel due to it having 225 tyres.

That's not a silly question, it's a good question. If it's like the Yeti there is no warning light on the dash telling you the haldex has failed and you'd be driving about without a clue this was the case until you actually needed the rear axle to kick in. This surprises and annoys me because there are warning lights for every conceivable thing on modern cars but not it seems for such a fundamental thing as the 4 wheel drive packing in on a 4 wheel drive car! Simply not clever!