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The 2024 SEL has the ambient lighting.

I had this problem at the beginning of June, but I have not had the recall yet for the software update. It has certainly taken them a while to get it sorted!

No I've never had any issues with the first one, this one is waiting for an software update from Skoda, which is affecting a lot of the Scala's from the factory, it is to do with the airbag warning light, but that has been it for the moment.

My 24 Scala with ACC, shows the Speed limit on the virtual cockpit and if you exceed it the speed sign flashes and gives you a pinging noise for 5 secs then goes quiet. You can still ignore the speed limit and set the ACC to whatever you like. One thing I do like about the ACC is when the speed limit is changing from say 40 to a 30 the car automatically brakes so that when you pass the sign you are doing 30mph. But one pain in the rear with that system is that when you are on a dual carriageway at 70, it comes up and says bend ahead when there is a curve in the road and tries to slow the car down to something like 55, even thought the bend is slight, so you have to override it. It still has a long way to go yet before it becomes fool proof! Speed limiters have not been mandated in GB yet, only in Northern Ireland at the moment as they are classed as in the EU. But give the government a year or two, and it will be pushed through by the back door.

I had the TPMS warning go off now and again in the old one, checked, nothing found. The speed sign camera took a dicky fit in the first week, read the manual, advised by manual to turn car off leave and it should reset, left it overnight and when I went to work following day was working fine and has since. I solved the rear seat belt warning by chance, I was hoovering the back seat after the dog had been in, kneeling on the drivers side seat and forgot to plug the seat belt back in, but noticed that it was showing the seat empty and not pinging, unplugged the other two and it started to ping again. So I thought I will sit on each seat in turn and leave the seat belts unplugged, and that has cured it. I am still waiting for the recall for the software for the airbag warning light that came on, dealer informed by Skoda it is a software fault and they are working on the fix, it is not a hardware problem. Maybe your lights glitch is a software fault to. So much computing power in cars these days, no wonder the computer says no!

I'm on my second Scala, and with both of them had the 1.0L engine, I find it more than meets my needs. It is more bhp than my old diesel Octavia, which only had 110 bhp, and I couldn't tell the difference. As for MPG on my last one I could get 60 - 62 on a long motorway journey and around 50 around the doors, my new ones not quite there yet only 7 weeks old.

Take it to the dealers. I've had exactly the same thing happen on my 24 Scala, only 3 weeks old, took it to the dealers yesterday, with the airbag error and also mentioned that the rear seatbelts had to be plugged in all the time, or they ping at you and flash the seatbelt sign on the dash. They put the computer on and came back to say that it is a software error that Skoda are aware of, Skoda say it is not due to any faulty parts and they are aware of more cars with this problem, and are working on a software fix for both these things, as they are interconnected through the software. They cleared the air bag error for now and have told me there are other cars at this dealership waiting for the same update. They have left the fault open so that when the software fix comes through they will call me back in to have the car updated.

I haven't found anything in the menu's, I have messaged Skoda to see what they say.

Starting to get to grips with the new Scala. I like the way the adaptive cruise control automatically changes for the speed limits when the camera reads the signs, but it gets confused in some places where it thinks it's 60mph not 70mph, because it hasn't seen the national speed limit sign on the entrance to a dual carriageway, but halfway along it must read the sat nav data and corrects itself. I like the fact I now have android auto wireless, so for short journeys I don't have to take my phone out of my pocket and plug it in to use it. One niggle I have is that the rear seat belts now need to be plugged in all the time or it starts to ping at you and flash the red seat belt symbol at you. The other niggle I have now is that when listening to android auto and using the sat nav at the same time it now stops what your listening to while it gives the direction, where as the old system used to just over lay the announcement on top of the audio you were listening to. It doesn't do it when you are listening to the radio. I have solved it for the moment by changing the sat nav to just chiming when a new instruction is given, and this is over laid on to of the audio. One thing I do like is that the system starts much quicker when you turn the ignition on, compared to the old one.

The 60GB yearly one seems to be quite good value, as I am paying about the same on my mobile phone contract a month, for about the same amount of data. It would mean that I would be able to listen to the web stations without eating into my mobile data. Has anyone used it?

Well I picked it up this afternoon, and the first thing I noticed is how much quieter it is in the cabin when driving. But one big niggle I have found already is when using android auto to listen to Audible, when the Nav gives instructions it now pauses Audible until it is finished. My old Scala 70 plate would just super impose the voice directions over what ever was being played, Audible or Spotify. But if you are listening to the radio instead of android auto, it works just how it used to. It has me wondering if it is due to the newer version of smartlink+ that it comes with now? I will have to investigate further but I might just have to put the verbal instructions to mute like I used to do on google maps. I will have to give it a few days before I get everything set up to the way it was. Then I will give a better write up of my thoughts.

They returned my car back to factory settings a couple of hours after I left it with them this afternoon, I got an email message saying the Skoda app was disconnected from my old car and could no longer be used.

I have changed the date, I am going to pick it up on 23rd, after work. I have taken the 5 days Insurance and swapped the car on my insurance policy, and I am going to get a £50 reduction in this years premiums! I will continue with the MySkoda app, as I find it useful.

I had the call this morning to say my Scala is at the Dealer. I am having to wait until 27th May to pick it up as I can't get a day off before end of next week. I could have had next week if I was able to get away from the salt mine. I am going to the dealers tomorrow to sign the paperwork, as I can't do it online, as I have the old style paper driving licence. But the dealer is only about 15 mins from home, so no hardship. I am going to get the 5 days insurance, as it is 5 days less I have to pay on mine, but I still wonder how much they will put it up when I change it? Mine only had to come 6 miles form the dock to the dealer, so I suppose it was quicker to fit it onto a truck. I probably will take a peak at it tomorrow.

I have never found it a problem, driving a Scala for 3.5 years, then again my previous Fabia had it so was used to it. The Peugeots have them, but their driving position is atrocious, you cannot see the dashboard when the seat is in a certain position.

I have had my build week confirmed as week 17, built by 28th April, so looks like delivery end of May.😀 Only another 7 weeks or so to wait. 🥱 Had a look at the Monte Carlo that was in the show room today as well, and the car looks really good. Had it with the glass roof, do not like that. But otherwise it looks even better in the flesh.

The Toyota President hit the nail on the head when he said that there would never be more than about 35% of the worlds cars electric ever. As he pointed out in Africa and parts of Asia there isn't even electricity. Never mind the infrastructure to charge cars.

^ My sentiments exactly. Not as many electric cars up here in Northumberland, especially when your out in country, chargers are very few and far between, up here. They push the tourism here, but the people who come here with their EV's, and go to the tourist hotspots to find there are 1 or 2 chargers if your lucky. Most of the places in the National Park or coast haven't even got any! It will be a year or 3 before they even get them, Northumberland County Council would love to put them in, but when a whole villages power comes over 3 cables on telegraph poles from 10 or 20 miles from the nearest large substation, there is hardly enough power for the village, never mind car chargers.

Not had a confirmed build week yet, but the salesman will probably update me next week as he gives me an update about every 4 weeks as to how it is progressing. I remember when I had a factory order of a Fabia about 7 years ago, you could go on to Skoda website and put your order number in and it gave the latest update of where the car was. I saw that my Fabia had ended up been sent over from Emden on an empty Nissan car carrier coming back to Jarrow to pick up more Nissans from the Sunderland Factory. Took it almost 2 weeks to come 5 miles as the crow flies to the dealership in Cramlington. Would only had to come 4 miles if it had come into VAG dock on the other side of the Tyne, and probably a week less of sitting waiting. I nearly offered to drive up to the dealer myself! If you take the ferry to Amsterdam, you drive down past all the imported VAG cars sitting at the dock.

Mine is Energy Blue, the current one is Race Blue (metallic). Saw the solid blue on a car in the show room and really liked it. I still have to sort out the fixed price servicing, mentioned it when I ordered the car, but the salesman said to deal with it later, so I will have to remind him nearer the time.

Mines due for service in the middle of June, but if it is a matter of a week or so before delivery I will not be getting it done!

I will hopefully have mine before I have my Hols in June. And I won't need to bother getting this one serviced.

I have been given a provisional build date of week 17, last week in April. So it looks like a June delivery.

That is still 4 months, so not far off the various time frames they are quoting. Would be nice to get in June to coincide with my summer hols. The reason I am cancelling the agreement is that in the old days I would have bought it cash. But you now get a very poor deal that way, by entering into the PCP and putting a 50% deposit with your trade in and Skoda contribution, which is in effect a discount from Skoda of £2250. Withdrawing from the PCP agreement after a couple of days and paying the remaining 50% balance means that you only end up paying a few pounds in interest instead of thousands and you own the car outright straight away. If you paid say half the PCP off and settled after that you have already given VW finance a healthy amount of your money, the car companies want to keep you tied in to the never ending PCP cycle, as they are virtually guaranteed another new car sale.

I have put in an order today for a New 24 Scala, to replace my previous Scala, I have been waiting for the new orders to open. Scala SE L 116hp with Premium Winter Package, Assisted Drive Package & the Spare Wheel Kit. I have taken the PCP route, but informed the dealer that I would be withdrawing from the agreement as soon as it is delivered. He said no problem, as it was a better deal than I would have got paying straight cash. Managed to wangle an extra £1k off the price as well as the Skoda £2250 deposit contribution. Now it is the long wait for delivery quoting, between 5 - 8 months. So I will just have to wait & see.