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I've always used "Tyre Shopper" when needing new ones, they seem to always have the best prices after researching every option. Definitely recommend a check on there when doing the research on prices. Prices do fluctuate a lot, for example I got 2 Eagle F1 asymmetric 3 (the ones Kamiq originally come with) for £122 each a few months ago, they're now showing as £156.99 each on tyre shopper. But ATS currently £142 each

Yeah I was surprised aswell, usually on previous cars I had them plugged into the cigarette lighter, but for the Kamiq for no reason just fancied it hard wired in, fit and forget. Then just happened to come across an article saying hardwired dashcams have to be declared as a mod, so immediately updated my insurance. Don't want any potential claim to be disregarded due to a tiny little detail like that. Plugging in via the USB ports sounds good, the ports thankfully are quite close to the main dash so shouldnt see much wiring.

Also just a little note, I had to declare my front/rear dashcam as a mod when I opted to hardwire it in, just an FYI for your insurance to be 100%

ah ok yeah very expensive if someone had no insurance Interesting to find my insurance is due for renewal next month, and noting down last weeks windscreen replacement as a claim (which didn't affect the ncb) increased the premium by only £13 amazingly.

Coincidentlally I've just changed my insurance which was due next month, their excess is £110. Seems they all vary (Have been with Chris Knott for a very long time, but for the first time in about 5 years their quote is more expensive than even go compare.)

That's the price I think if your insurance didn't cover the cost, did it not have windscreen cover? This is my 2nd windscreen replace (1st one was on my previous car) and it's always been £75 excess only which doesn't affect your no claims bonus.

Just for anyone interested if they happen to also have a Kamiq windscreen replacement They quoted the estimated install time of 2hours 20mins (to fit, and recalibrate the camera) - however today they took only 1hour with a further 15mins waiting for glue to dry a little. Can't attach any dashcams until 24 hours later as the wiring would stick to the windscreen glue otherwise. Good job done by Autoglass, and appears identical to the original.

wow yeah I'd be p**sed if that happened, how can they deny physical paper proof over the excuse of they've upgraded their systems, ridiculous And definitely was annoying to be looking at the chip repair, being right in the middle of my view, so don't mind at all for it all being replaced, just hope they do a good job. Have to wait 2 hours as they have to recalibrate the camera system aswell after, long wait in a tiny room zzzz

Ah sorry wasn't clear, so they've refunded me the excess I've paid which was £75 to get the windscreen replaced. What they should have done really, was the guy who turned up last March. He should have said it wasn't repairable, and I had to pay the excess for a replacement. When I found out the repair wouldn't pass an MOT purely specifically because of its location, I messaged the autoglass warranty team asking why repair it, if it's going to fail based on the location of the chip. But to save the hassle, I just rang them up asking to simply pay the 75 and get the job booked in. Their warranty team then rang me just yesterday on the back of my message sent last week, could see my replacement booking for Friday, and decided to say give us a call once done and we'll look to refund you...... Whether that's the full or not don't know, either way they surprisingly want to resolve

It's on the paperwork as 13mm to be precise Autoglass warranty team have since covered the replacement cost as it should never have been repaired in the first place. Called me today after messaging them how something could be repaired but then deemed to be a fail due to size and placement. On that basis, it was indeed justified

Just wanted to drop another FYI to avoid a potential panic come MOT Had a stone chip literally 2 weeks after owning my Kamiq in March 2024, got autoglass to repair it the nextday. Smooth finish, noticeable and annoying to see being in my direct vision, but was fine. Anyway MOT is due in March, and thought I'd drop down to my local skoda dealer 5mins away to make sure it will pass an MOT. They kindly checked with the MOT guy, and said it would fail. It's slightly over 10mm (although I measured it to be 9 or 10mm), despite autoglass saying anything under 20mm is fine in the drivers view. The main fail reason being too much in view. Could have gone down the route of getting their warranty team to come out, take a look, and possibly then cover the replacement, but couldn't be bothered with the hassle and just paid £75 excess for a full replacement being done this Friday. The main point of this post was simply if a chip is in the area above your steering wheel, double check incase it's an MOT fail and end up waiting for a full replacement and being off-road in a panic.

Wasn't going to bother writing this but it may come in handy for some people To summarise: Bought my 22 plate Kamiq last February 2024, service being due I looked into getting it booked in, before being booked in I however said I want to check the full history, having been advised at point of sale a service would be carried out by Skoda Citygate. Sent an email to their service history team, see a line on the history saying "Service Plan policy xxxxxx end date x/x/2026" Enquired further with Skoda live chat what that was exactly, and they confirm it's still active, and just have to email [email protected] - along with a copy of your V5C pages 1 and 2 and your drivers licence Therefore my point is it's definetely worth a double check of the service history from Skoda directly, specifically if it's a 2 year old car as the previous owner may have also bought a service plan at the time when new, I honestly had no idea at all and even when booking online it stated there is no service plan in place, but Skoda UK confirm the car has an active plan that simply needs transferring to my name. I was prepared to pay for a service this and next year. Just a tip I wanted to share incase it saves people money basically

haha yeah true re more noise, I have a tiny tiny noise near the glass roof, but not bothered. This thing was bloody annoying, so much so I didn't care if a clip broke and just pulled it towards myself. It unclips very easy, pure silent now. Although mine was because one of those metal clips was broken, so was rattling around in the enclosure for it.

I'm fine with most sounds, but when it's like a paperclip ratting in a glass jar then it's noticeable.

I just took it off again now to clarify