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According to Skoda, as standard the Enyaq can be charged overnight in six to eight hours. Or as an option, it can be connected to a rapid charger that will give you 80% charge in 38 minutes. When I go on holiday, I go self-catering where you're lucky if there will be a 13 amp socket anywhere close to where you're parked. So you'll need to hunt for rapid chargers in Tescos or wherever while you're shopping. And when I drive up to the Trossachs (say 300 miles for me) or down to Cornwall (270 miles) I'll only be stopping for a quick coffee break or a half-hour lunch at a pub. So yes it can be done, but until charging points are as readily available as petrol pumps, then you'll be queuing to use one. Remember they're tied up for 40 minutes or so compared with a petrol pump being in use for say 4 minutes. So you need ten times as many while the propaganda is currently comparing charging point numbers with petrol stations on pumps!

When I ordered my Golf Plus in July 2011, it wasn't built until November 2011 because there were major delays in their sunroof suppliers! This time with my Karoq it could well be they hadn't foreseen the demand for Area View in the MY21 cars?

That must have already been in the country then surely?

That seems optimistic, especially to get over to NI, as my build date is further away than that. Although it can depend on engine supplies and options.

@e-Roottoot No I have my Golf at present which is being P/Xed for my Karoq. I generally keep my cars for a fair while: I ran a Golf 4 GT TDI from November to 2006, then my Octavia L&K from 2006 to 2011. My Golf Plus only lasted from 2011 to 2015 as the new Golf SV was so much better - and has lasted to 2020. I'll be getting a 5 year warranty with the Karoq and it could well be my last new car

That's why I'm buying petrol while I'm still allowed to! Given twenty years to get batteries sorted out (if the rare minerals they consumed haven't rocketed in price by then, and they'll be replaced by hydrogen cars. But I doubt I'll still be driving by then! And I can't afford to keep a fleet of cars like you to select for today's journey

According to Honest John at https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/realmpg/skoda/kodiaq-2016/20-tdi-190-dsg-4x4 you should get around 39 mpg (depending on your normal journeys and driving habits!)

So no spare wheel? Don't fancy relying on a tube of gunk which ruins the tyre and stops it being repaired. And don't fancy trying to plan my summer trips to France, Austria or Spain in a short-range electric car. As I've said, they're fine as a second car for local shopping trips but even the CitiGo is too expensive for that and you're better off with a small petrol car at a fraction of the initial cost. What will you tow your caravan with by the way??

UK prices given here: https://www.skoda.co.uk/news/details/the-future-starts-here-all-new-skoda-enyaq-iv-suv What is in front bonnet as engine is at rear? The spare wheel perhaps?? But would you spend £30,000+ for a car that has a range of only around 200 miles if you're lucky, and then takes 40 minutes to refuel? All my cars recently have had a range of 450 to 500 miles and can be refuelled in a couple of minutes in any of thousands of filling stations. And owners need to have a drive or garage to recharge it at home. Fine for a second car for short journeys but a very expensive option!

If you go by the paint code rather than the name you should be fine for a match. (The names can vary across Europe for marketing reasons.) I find that the touch-up stick lasts for years and so the cost is pretty small over its life. I'd prefer a Skoda supplied kit to a Halfords one.

Normally Autoglass will just fill the chip in, and if the wipers don't sweep over it then you should be fine. But perhaps the real danger is that it will spread into a crack when the winter comes (especially if the heated windscreen expands as its heated from an icy temperature??

While I loved the looks of the Mk 1, it was just too small for my needs. So the Karoq is the car that's pulled me back to Skoda again

It's certainly true that I rarely see Karoqs on the road compared with Kodiaqs or Yetis, but European sales figures show it outselling the SEAT Ateca, but well below the VW T-Roc or Tiguan. (UK-only figures are harder to get hold of.) We'll have to start waving at each other when we see one - just like I used to in an air-cooled VW Beetle many years ago - to celebrate out mutual good taste

In practice, I find snicking the DSG lever back into Sport mode from my normal Eco mode gives me ample oomph for overtaking, and it's probably quicker than downshifting a manual gearbox and then having to shift up again and your speed increases Chris

True, but with lower sales figures perhaps there'll be less queuing for the car ferries?? Any recent purchasers with up to date info I wonder??

Yeah, I was thinking the same. The medic car seems to be a VW T-Roc Cabriolet to me, looking at the front end, despite the Skoda badging!

The main benefit as far as I am concerned is the ease of use. No fumbling for a gear lever while cornering and accelerating up slip roads. No constant pressing on a clutch in slow moving traffic. Automatic downshifts when descending hills. I switched when I bought a Golf Plus 1.6TDI 9 years ago. Then it was a given when I bought my present Golf SV 1.4TSI 5 1/2 years ago. My new Karoq will also be a DSG 2.0TSI because I couldn't face going back to a manual gearbox now. But perhaps it does depend on your driving style. I find the DSG encourages a smoother gentler driving style (and the MPG is still pretty good as far as I am concerned) and when I need hard acceleration to overtake it's easy to snick it back into Sport mode to downshift. Others who prefer a 'sporty' driving style may argue that they find a DSG box jerky and slow to change gears at junctions. I'd suggest you take one on a decent test drive to see how you get on with one.

It depends where you live to some extent, but three weeks to get from factory to the dealer seems usual for most people.

Just had confirmation that my build week will be week 42 (w/c October 12th), so handover for me early November??

There was a recall issued 5/9/2019 (R/2019/214) for a possible crack in the frame of the left front seat. See https://www.check-vehicle-recalls.service.gov.uk/recall-type/vehicle/make/SKODA/model/KAROQ/year/2019/recalls for details. Only 238 vehicles were affected though

Yes, it will be registered in September and so will need to be renewed in September - from the 1st!

Apparently corroding rear disks are now becoming common (with DSG cars especially) as the gearbox handles most of the gentle deceleration and the front brakes take most of the wear when braking. But yours seem rather early. My Golfs had to be replaced at its 5th year service (45,000) while the front disks are still fine. I'm told that drum brakes are starting to come back on the rear wheels to cure the problem.

I think it's more likely to use dip beam when you're doing 40 or less, and when there's street lighting?

I've heard it's around 3 weeks, depending on which port it lands in and whereabouts in the UK you live.

I got a quote for a factory order from CarWow for a cash purchase, and my dealer matched it. Equivalent discount to the PCP deals, and a decent P/X price too.