Bowdie

I went to Dumfries this morning and met 4 or 5 car transporters heading towards Cairnryan for the Belfast Ferry. Unfortunately, we were going in opposite directions so it wasn't easy to see what they had on board. I know that some had Audi badges and I would have thought they'd share the ferry from Emden with VW and Skoda to Port of Tyne, storage at Port of Tyne and possibly transport to Belfast. Who knows. Just trying to cheer you up!!

Is that the Port of Tyne? Apparently they have storage for 90000 cars, so finding the right one might be tricky.. Is it true that the dealer can tax the car once it's at the UK port? It could be the difference between paying the Premium VED or not. It's a question I'll be asking our dealer on Monday when we go for our test drive. Not overly confident that we'll get an answer as we can't even find out where our car is at the moment.

Looking back through previous quotes, you said the Explorer made your neck ache. There's minimal service on EV's, especialy with drum brakes on the rear (supposedly sealed for life), so I guess, not that valuable and fake leather is actually fake. But, all that said, it does seem that they've offered you a good deal. It's unfortunate timing for you really. Had you have known that your car would be available the week after next, you could have added some goodies. I guess it's down to what you're happy to live with for the next however many years. Good luck with that decision.

At least there're 8 ferries a day from Cairnryan depending on whether they go to Belfast or Larne. Maybe they could drop mine off a Dumfries on the was past 😄

That's 3 days ago so I would hope it would be in the country by now, unless the ferry caught fire and sank. You should certainly be able to beat the dreaded April time line.

IT looks a though all of the dealers now have stock cars available for immediate delivery. On Skoda UK website there are 985 85 Edition Elroqs spread around the UK, the majority of which are available for immediate delivery. Not a single red one amongst them, so mine should be easy to spot when it does arrive

I think Skoda and the treasuryhave done a deal 😭😭

I'm almost with LincsToffee. I agree that there are reviews saying DCC isn't worth the extra cash, nor the Heatpump. As far as the wheels are concerned, I liked the look of the 20" Vega Alloys, but I too have old creaky bones and decided that the standard 19" Regulus Anthricite Alloys would be more comfortable and easier to keep clean. My only regret with my order is that I let the wife talk me out of the towbar, although with the Edition, towbar prep is included so, presumably, Skoda Dealerships should be able to fit the towbar after delivery.

I think the commonly used statement "car shown is not UK spec comes to mind" That said, I'm not sure where RH drive cars would be going at this stage if not the UK. Watching a number of the Youtube video reviews, it was mentioned a couple of times that DCC wouldn't be available on UK spec cars other that the Sportline. In much the same way the the Sportline 85x wont be coming to the UK. If you go onto any of the European configurators, you can add the Sport Pack for about 900 euro's. Interesting also is that Velvet Red in Skoda's homeland is the same price as the other metallics. I now feel like I've been mugged to the tune of £400. ☹️

How do cars get to Randalstown? We live close to the A75 about 30 miles east of Stranraer and we see loads of transporters loaded with new cars heading for the Cairnryan/Belfast ferry. I think they collect them from North Shields. If yours is coming that route, I'll keep an eye out for it. 😂

Itsinteresting that they let you drive an 85 Edition with Maxx and DCC. DCC is in the Driver Pack which is only available on the Sportline in the UK. We ordered an 85 Edition with Maxx and Suite trim. If it comes with DCC and the 3 spoke steering wheel, there'll be no complaints from me, but I'll not hold my breath. We settled for Velvet Red metallic. An extra £400 I know but in the scheme of things it's less than 1% of the purchase price. There'll not be that many about which will make it easier to find in the Tesco carpark. We had a Karoq in Velvet Red and it looked stunning, or at least, I thought so 😃

Despite my doom and gloom, it's interesting to go onto the Skoda website. If you go onto used cars and then select new (sounds daft I know), there are 1126 new Elroqs, all available in 1 to 2 weeks and a few available for immedate delivery. Not sure what to think anymore.

Had an email from Skoda today inviting me to book a test drive. It says "ahead of the all-new Elroq hitting showrooms in April, we're sending an exclusive preview fleet on a nationwide tour" If dealers aren't getting showroom cars until April, my gut says no-one else is getting one before April either. Probably explains why the dealers have gone quiet. Of course, I could be totally wrong but, only time will tell.

I guess, for us, it's not that big a problem. It'd be nice not to pay it, but we already pay it on our Volvo XC40 PHEV which is a car we don't particularly rate, so paying it on the Elroq won't be a disaster, especially if we like the car which, if it's as comfortable as a Karoq, and drives like an Enyaq, shouldn't be a problem. Here's hoping.

Mayber I'm a cynic, but reading that cars are built and awaiting shipping for pretty well a month now suggests that Skoda are holding cars back until people have the opportunity to see them in the showrrom rather than on the road. Keefy had an email from his dealer on 28th Jan to say his car was built and awaiting shipment, and then Fillst on Saturday, but no mention of when they might see them. Could be that no-one sees their car before the dreaded 1st April

Did you manage to arrange your test drive?

I see today that the 0% PCP with £3500 deposit contribution has been dropped. Latest deals are 0% Interest but with no deposit contribution or 6.5% Interest with £3000 deposit contribution. Obviously selling enough cars not to need the really sweet deals. They've also pulled the deposit contribution on the Enyaq 0% deal as well.

Our dealer invited us purely out of courtesy. I think for all the people that have taken a chance and spent £40k on a car that they've never seen, it's the least thay can do. My understanding is that the brief visit of the cars to the dealers is just for that purpose. Skoda have enough orders now to keep them going well past the point that stock cars begin arriving in showrooms. Maybe my love of old school good manners is just being naive!

Looks as though lead times are going out. You ordered a week after us, but build date has gone out by 4 weeks as we're build week 9. That's unlucky.

Has anyone had an invite to an early test drive of the Elroq in February or March. Apparently it's in Glasgow from 21st to 26th Feb and Ayr from 7th to 11th March and then our dealer in Dumfries from 14th to 19th March. They've not actually mentioned whether we can test drive it or just admire it in the showroom. I guess there's a number of cars doing the rounds to cover the 150 Dealerships around the UK. It will be interesting to read peoples reviews once they've seem it in the flesh.

I suppose week 9 is a bit cloudy. If they produce 600 cars a day, that's up to 3000 cars a week if they work 5 days! In that case, a Monday car would stand more chance than a Friday car. Lets hope it's a Monday car

We just heard our car is build week 9 which is wc 24th Feb, so looking increasingly unlikely that the dealer will get it before the dreaded 1st April. I'm not sure at what point they can tax it. Would they have to wait until it arrives at the garage, or could they tax it once it's in the Country and cleared Customs? It's frustrating that a day can cost an extra £2k in RFL in the first 6 yrs

Skoda seem to be missing a trick with the configurator with no extended warranty or service plan. There's not even a mention of carpet mats or all weather rubber mats. Hopefully something will be available from the dealer by the time we collect our car.

We're having front and rear dashcams. Nothing available from Skoda, but the dealer was doing Kenwood. Front we're having DRV610W which is 4K. Rear is KCA-R210 which is 2K + the hard wire kit so that parking is covered. I thought it was a tad expensive at £440 fitted, but asked myself the question " do I want a Halfords Tech doing this, when he won't have heard of an Elroq, let alone worked on one?" or am I being unfair?

The same as timjfw5 we did the same with the Karoq and weren't disappointed. Elroq is in theory an electric Karoq so very similar size. We tried an Enyaq which is effectively the same electric bit, read all the You Tube reviews and thought it was worth the risk