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As you've found, the side mouldings at the top of the boot are different, so the Edition's won't fit. And I've never seen any made specially for the trim lines with the solid boot cover. On the other hand, it suppresses the noise a lot better than the saggy roll-up cover, and I much prefer the painted bumpers, sports seats, and solid partition to the boot when the rear central arm rest is folded down. Have you seen that you can store the solid boot cover upright alongside the rear seat back while your dogs are in the boot, and then put it back in place to cover up the boot again when they jump out? Chris

Yes I understand that, but when I search for a location using Google Maps on my phone, and share that with Skoda Connect, the message in the car identifies the location by the name in Google maps. There may well be lat/long coords hidden in the data sent to the car as well, but it did receive a location with the correct name. It is presumably the same as searching for the location by name on the Amundsen, and hoping it has it available as a POI, but in practice a lot quicker Chris

My Karoq with the MIB3 Amundsen, will receive destinations quite happily, and indeed my standard method for setting up a destination now is to search for it in Google Maps on my Samsung phone, then share it to the Skoda Connect app on my phone. The next time I start my car up, a message pops up on the infotainment screen a few minutes later asking if I want to navigate to it or store it. (For some reason I then have to enter a new name for the destination rather than it just using the one it showed in the message!) When the feature first started working a few months back, it did take a couple of days for the Skoda servers to pass the destination to the car, but now it seems much better. Delays could be due to a poor internet connection in the car, or server problems I guess.

It seems like AutoExpress are still willing to spread the word about the terrible VAG MIB3 systems: 'The latest infotainment systems in some VWs aren’t fit for purpose' | Auto Express And the hopeful thing is that they say VAG are working on software improvements still. Perhaps they'll put some more effort into it when they've got their electric cars sorted? Chris

The give-away is that the option price jumps up a bit!!

I've got one on my MY21 Karoq, and it's the new version with a plasma film rather than the wires. Works well, and nothing to distract from the view trough the windscreen. Chris

One other thing is that all Scouts (in the UK at least) were 4x4, so the fuel consumption will be a bit worse than FWD diesel Karoqs. Chris

It's largely a cosmetic job, adding extra 'wooden' trim inside and a bit more protection to the outside, so comments on any MY21 diesel Karoq will apply. Chris

Updated for MY22 cars. All cars have a unique 17 character identity code – their Vehicle Identification Number or VIN. For Karoqs this is displayed at the bottom lefthand corner of the windscreen, on a sticker at the base of the middle body pillar, and stamped into the righthand suspension turret under the bonnet. It takes the form: TMB LJ7 NU 7J5 012345 and can be decoded as follows: The first 3 characters are TMB for Škoda cars. The 4th character tells you the chassis type: J = left-hand drive FWD, K = right-hand drive FWD, L = left-hand drive 4x4 and M = right-hand drive 4x4. The 5th character tells you the engine: E = 2.0 TSI 190PS, G = 1.6 TDI 115PS, J = 2.0 TDI 150PS, M = 2.0 TDI 190 PS, P = 1.0 TSI 115PS, R = 1.5 TSI 150PS. (Anyone know the code for the 2.0 TDI 115PS engine or Russian 1.6 MPI engines?) The 6th character tells you how many airbags the car has: 2 = 2 front airbags, 4 = 2 front and 2 side airbags, 5 = 2 fronts + 2 sides + 1 knee airbag, 6 = 2 front airbags + 2 sides + 2 heads, 7 = 2 front airbags + 2 sides + 2 heads + 1 knee airbag, 8 = 2 front airbags + 4 sides + 2 heads, 9 = 2 front bags + 4 sides + 2 heads + 1 knee airbag. The 7th and 8th character tell you the vehicle model: NU = the Karoq (2017 on). The 9th character is a check digit to validate the code. The 10th character tells you the car's model year: J = MY2018 (ie manufactured between summer 2017 and summer 2018), K = MY2019 (ie manufactured between summer 2018 and summer 2019), L = MY2020 (ie manufactured between summer 2019 and summer 2020), M = MY2021 (ie manufactured between summer 2020 and summer 2021), N = MY2022 (ie manufactured between summer 2021 and summer 2022). The 11th character tells you where your car was built: 0 to 4 = Mladá Boleslav, Czechia; 5 = Kvasiny, Czechia; 7 or 8 = Vrchlabi, Czechia; B = Solomonovo, Ukraine; H = Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; J = Osnabruck, Germany; K = Kaluga, Russia; N = Mladá Boleslav, Czechia. Then finally the 12th to 17th numbers are the unique production number for that production line and year. If anyone has a character in their VIN not listed above, please give me the details so I can update this guide. Thanks Chris

The Karoq has always seemed a big car for a 1.0 TSI, even though I accept small turbo petrol engines have become far more common. My old Golf SV was a 1.4TSI, and performed pretty well, but if it was fully loaded, then the fuel consumption suffered when I worked it hard. My 2.0TSI is never really working hard, and I suspect the Haldex 4x4 is hardly ever out of FWD mode. So the only penalties are the extra drag and weight of the disengaged Haldex, and the lack of the cylinder cut-off that the 1.5TSIs have. And it's so powerful that I can leave it in Eco mode normally, with a pull back into Sport if I need to overtake in a hurry.

Reminds me of a FIAT dealer in the '60s who was swearing blind to my parents that a FIAT 124 was FWD. He didn't like me asking what the prop shaft under the car was for in that case!

I agree! Mine is just about run in now!!

I've had mine 7 months now, with all of 1250 miles under the belt! I agree that the fuel consumption is better than I'd feared, and am getting from 32 to 42 mpg depending on the length of the trip. I find the driving range fine, and don't have any rattles in mine (except when it was very cold last winter. (Our 2.0TSI cars have a 55 litre fuel tank rather than the 50 litre one fitted to other models I believe.) I turned the stupid Soundaktor noise generator off with OBDeleven as soon as I had the car - but you can also kill it in the customised driving mode if you don't mind it reactivating each time you switch the Sport mode. As I get enough stick from my copilot (wife) when I use Sport mode anyway, I didn't want the extra noise annoying her even more!! I splashed out on the Dynamic Chassis Control, and find the Comfort mode relaxes the dampers and lets it float over most road defects. I intend to keep mine as long as I can, as I don't fancy expensive electric cars with both a shorter driving range and a much longer refuel delay. Chris

The KESSY keys aren't 'zapped', they constantly emit a weak radio signal (that is turned off when the key has been stationary for a period of 5 to 15 minutes - depending on when they were made). It is this radio signal that is detected by the car (or a would-be thief) to let you open the car when you are near it. A Faraday pouch will stop the radio signal leaking out, but a tin may not work as well as there are gaps around the lid that let the radio signal through. My pouch is certainly effective, so I think you need to replace yours (assuming as has been said that you are putting the keys in the correct internal section and closing it firmly. Chris

Yeh, but 'activated' just means you have set up a Skoda ID etc, not that a dealer has to validate your identity by seeing your driving licence. That is only required id you want to use the phone app to lock or unlock your car remotely. That seems a bit a of a security hazard to me, and I haven't worked out when it might be useful. Chris

Perhaps I should clarify... I've received several software and map updates without having to get my ID validated. Chris

Bryfly, All we've been told is that the maps will be updated when the roads change in our locality. So if there's nothing to update, you'll be stuck on the original version I guess. Mine all seem to be correct... and it usually takes 6 months or more for a new or changed road to be picked up by the map developers, and then passed on to the car manufacturers. Chris

No, I've not had to get my identity validated at a dealers to receive map and software updates. In fact when I bought the car I wanted the sales manager to do that, but he insisted it wasn't necessary! But all I seem to be missing is the ability to lock or unlock the car remotely, so I haven't bothered going back to him. Chris

Cars are now virtually computers on wheels, so have a lot of software that needs regular updates. If you had a built-in satnav in your Fabia or Superb, then the maps would get out of date and not show changed or new roads unless you updated it. But if you use the maps on your phone instead, then obviously that would be using its own updated maps instead. Have fun Chris

No you should be able to register for Skoda Connect without a dealer visit - I think! As far as I am aware, you only need to get your identity validated at the dealer's to activate the extra features in the Skoda Connect app like locking and unlocking the car remotely (via the app rather than the KESSY key.) Chris

Because the auto downloads via the internet only update roads in your immediate locality, with a recent suggestion that if you're driving 60+ miles from your home it will look for any updates centred on your new position. And this also requires you to subscribe to Skoda Connect every year! So being able to download a complete update via the USB-C socket for years to come would be a lot cheaper if you don't need the other Skoda Connect services. Before covid, I used to holiday in Europe each summer, and to take an example, when I drove through the Netherlands and Germany to holiday in Austria, I used to download the most recent European maps for the whole journey. Using the auto update via the Internet would presumably mean that the planned route would be getting updates time and time again. (I've asked if planning the entire rout in the car before I left would trigger a complete update of the map data along the route, but Skoda UK customer support couldn't provide with a confident yes or no.) As to where the info came from, there's a long thread on the Karoq forum (presumably where you found your quote?) which covers updating maps in MY21 (MIB3) systems, and I seem to remember the info on updating via USB-C came from Skoda UK Technical Support. Chris

Not experienced this behaviour myself, but the sudden change down and hard acceleration sounds like you activated the 'kick-down' mode. If you have the drive mode option, were you in Eco mode perhaps? And since yours is a 2019 car, perhaps it was set to Eco mode when it was serviced? (As owners of newer cars know only too well, the drive mode resets to the default mode each time you turn on the ignition, whereas older VW cars would stay in whichever drive mode you used last. Not sure if this is still true for 2019 cars though.)

I think you'll find that glass headlights were replaced by high-impact plastic headlights many year ago to avoid stones cracking them. When I had glass ones, I used to attach plastic shields over them to over breakages! And the move from halogen or xenon bulbs to LEDs was driven by their increased reliability and lower power needs - the latter being part of the drive for reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions where many tiny improvements combine to make a significant improvement.

LED headlights don't heat up like halogen bulbs, so it seems more prevalent. Would a hair dryer on the outside of the lens help I wonder?

I think it's something that grows on you. This the first car I've had with one, and it can take an age to open when you're waiting to juts pop something in the boot... but it can be very handy to open from it from the driver's seat when it's raining and you wife has a trolley-load of shopping