Ashmount

I've been driving Superbs since 2011. Love them. Last Superb (2019) had Columbus, two umbrellas and the little ,magnetic boot light. I stuck with the standard Admunsun system this time round which is ok, and with the digital dials as standard the satnav now displays there. Noticed the little magnetic light was gone, but no loss. Didn't realise that there was now only one umbrella supplied and complained to my dealer. Not sure he realised either because he supplied me with a second one with an apology. If you're new to the Superb you don't notice these things. I personally miss the Columbus system, but I know many drivers liked the physical buttons. At over £1000 as an option the Columbus is not worth it. If the 2023 images of the Superb in motor magazines are anything to go by, this will be my last Superb. I won't need as large a car in four years and I think the current design is both attractive and understated...a bit like myself 🤣😂

Coincidentally our dealer called yesterday to say my wife's new facelift Karoq SE L is in the dealership, PDI'd and ready for delivery. It was ordered on 17 February 2022 the day facelift orders were opened. No extras other than metallic paint. I ordered my new Superb on 23 March, (my fourth - love these cars). Very different story there. Dealer said it may be October before I see it, perhaps longer. He said Skoda had adopted a policy of under promising and where possible over delivering on lead times. My wife was due a change in June and ordered early based on delivery lead times and strong residuals. She had a build week confirmed by end February. @RCC49 - Happy motoring! 😃

My wife ordered her new Karoq on 17 February 2022, the first day for Karoq facelift orders to replace her nearly 4 year old model Her PCP is up in June and we wanted to get a decent lead time on the order, but the dealer was quoting 8-10 months. Wife got a call to say build date is agreed and her car will be delivered in three -four weeks! Its a standard SE L. She ordered in brilliant silver and then changed her mind and went for graphite grey. Dealer came back to say the car was too far along now to change the colour and it would require a new order, putting her at the back of the queue. She has stuck with silver. The residuals on her Karoq were so high it was a good deal. I was sufficiently tempted by high residuals at the moment that I'm ordering a new Superb now, even though I've another year to run on my PCP. Dealer is anticipating a long lead time for that delivery - possibly up to a year. 😟

My wife and I had exactly the same experience as you described...same everything... The ones I tried were new well in date Duracell and also the battery in the spare fob which worked fine in it wouldn't work in the main key. Same thing, took it to dealer who took it away in the back to fit the battery - hey presto! and she had to pay top dollar for a new battery.

Yes...good reminder. She carries both keys in separate faraday bags. Just on that. We both have faraday bags for our kessy's. Usual ones from Amazon. Being me, I test them from time to time and I have had failures. Don't know why. Might be some science behind this or just cheap bags. Like the batteries now these little bags are also tested and replaced. Ash

And I see the brave are also wise...

Hi, I meant to update this thread and forgot. My bad. See my posts above for the full story. My wife took her fobs to an arranged appointment at the dealer on 4 September - that's about three weeks after the incident and after I had done the key fob battery swop test. In she went and the guy said he was going to change the batteries first, as if it was a battery problem and he did the tests first and found there was nothing wrong with the fob there would be a £100 charge. My wife said ok, but my husband has already swopped the batteries and they both work fine in the spare fob, but neither works in the 'dud' fob. In go the new batteries and hey presto - both were working again. She felt a bit of a fool. The guy just said that both fob batteries need to be changed every year. She said she had no warning the battery was losing power, but he didn't seem too clued about that. So both fobs still working. My wife is carrying them both for a few weeks just in case the main one dies again. Not at all satisfactory .