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Just curious - are you still happy with the Falkens several months later? Contemplating them for my new (to me) Kodiaq. Was also considering all seasons, but in reality it's rarely going to see a dirt road, never see snow, very very rarely even frost. Just wet or dry roads from 40deg C summers and 2 - 3deg C winters and everything in between.

Due to increase in weight from being slightly wider/bigger? Yeah I thought about that. Though the Scorpion Verde Seals which came with the car are supposedly a little heavier due to the puncture resistent seal inside them. Anyway, I'm thinking I'd like the extra few mm on each side of the rim to protect the wheels a little more. I'm coming from 6 years in a dual cab ute with 32in AT's on a 8.5in wheel and wouldn't be able to scrape the rim if I tried. Going to take a while to remember to avoid curb edges. Currently deciding between Falken Azenis FK510 and Scorpion Verde All Seasons in 245/45 R20. The Falken Wildpeak AT3's on my ute have been fantastic, and the FK510's have been spoken about well in a number of review sites.

Sorry to grave dig this one, but I've just become a Kodiaq owner (we are now exclusively Skodalorians with a Yeti and a Kodiaq), and its Pirelli Scorpion Verde Seal tyres are kaput. They are 235/45 R20 (it's a 140TDI Sportline model - 2018, Australia). I too don't have much to choose from in that particular size, and the choices I do have are expensive. Replacement Pirellis of the same type are nearly AU$1800 for 4. Whereas some Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season in 245/45 R20 are $1100. It seems folk here in this thread have successfully installed that size. According to calculations it only affects the speedometer by 1km/h up to 120 at which point it's out by 2 (going by dash speedo of course which only uses integers). So before I go and order these tyres, I guess my question is - would that tyre size have always been rare when Skoda chose it? Is there a reason they didn't just use 245's? I have no idea the engineering process that goes into such decisions, but given our 2010 Yeti has been such a solid reliable care I'm cautious about doing something Skoda didn't think of doing from the factory. Thanks in advance.

Does the new unit work with the parking sensors and associated 'beep' sounds?