Skoda Kodiaq Scout

[Shevtheblue]

16 hours ago, silver1011 said:

 

 

 

Thought you had an air intake on the bonnet for a second!

[silver1011]

Haha, now you mention it 

 

I'm secretly testing the new Kodiaq vRS for Skoda!

[robdav]

Not sure I'd want a vRS Kodiaq. I swapped my Octy vRS for the scout because the vRS turned me from an mild mannered Janitor into hong kong fuey!!

[MattEds]

In an interesting turn of events, I now no longer have an SE L on order, but have a lovely new Scout ready to pick up on 1st Sept, so reading this thread with interest! 

[Shevtheblue]

13 hours ago, MattEds said:

In an interesting turn of events, I now no longer have an SE L on order, but have a lovely new Scout ready to pick up on 1st Sept, so reading this thread with interest! 

I rarely see anything other than an Edition or a SE L on the road and whenever they see my Scout, they all take a second look and you can almost see them mouthing 'CR*P, should have got one of them!'. The only Kodiaq i personally think that matches it in terms of style is the Sportline, but someone in my office parked his Sportline next to mine and i have to say i prefer mine. You made the right choice

[Jfhuk]

You pay your money and make your choice , except for some gross modified Bears in the Eastern Europe areas, I haven’t seen a bad Bear. 8-)

[silver1011]

There are definitely some 'bad' looking Kodiaq's out there!

 

I found these when researching non-OEM running boards 

 

 

 

Although I appreciate beauty is in the eye of the beholder 

[ZacDaMan72]

 

The dealer I bought my Kodiaq from does a black roof (and mirrors on non-sportline) for 1k, looks great imo. What that guy did was atrocious

[Falkster]

Yes, I do like that. I have always said that Skoda are missing a trick with optional extras. Are those the black Triglav's?

[Shevtheblue]

On 11/08/2018 at 11:22, ZacDaMan72 said:

 

The dealer I bought my Kodiaq from does a black roof (and mirrors on non-sportline) for 1k, looks great imo. What that guy did was atrocious

Oof that does look nice, i've always felt mine was missing something and that may be it

[silver1011]

A big part of that white Kodiaq is the fully colour coded front and rear bumpers and the plastic panels along the bottom of the doors and sills. As well as the black SportLine mirror caps.

 

There looks to be a higher grade of tint on the glass too, lots of small touches to create the bigger effect.

 

Wrapping the roof on a UK spec SE L or Edition might not achieve the same effect.

[Shevtheblue]

11 minutes ago, silver1011 said:

A big part of that white Kodiaq is the fully colour coded front and rear bumpers and the plastic panels along the bottom of the doors and sills. As well as the black SportLine mirror caps.

 

There looks to be a higher grade of tint on the glass too, lots of small touches to create the bigger effect.

 

Wrapping the roof on a UK spec SE L or Edition might not achieve the same effect.

Yep, i have the white Scout so wrapping the roof and increasing the tint on the rears would probably finish off the look. 

[silver1011]

I'd have to paint the matt black plastic panels and rear bumper.

 

Whilst the Scouts aluminium-look inserts help there is still a little too much unpainted plastic for me.

 

Partly why I chose black so that it blends in a little better.

 

The aluminium-look Milotec bumper protector covers a strip of black plastic up too, but it wasn't cheap.

 

Every little helps.

 

Edited 14 August, 2018 by silver1011

[silver1011]

Just back from a week in France.

 

Three tanks of fuel, 2 adults, 2 kids, full roof box, half full boot.

 

York > Dover - 290 miles, 37.75 litres @ £1.309 = £49.41 / 34.92 MPG.

Calais > Paris - 244 miles, 34.66 litres @ €1.664 = €57.67 / 32.00 MPG.

Paris > Peterborough - 358 miles, 54.03 litres @ £1.329 = £71.81 / 30.12 MPG.

 

Speeds in France were higher compared to here, especially on the way home so a good few hours at 130-140 kph (80-85 mph).

 

A small scratch on the bonnet picked-up whilst in the Disneyland car park but the car never missed a beat.

 

 

[silver1011]

Checked the levels today after the 1,000 mile jaunt to France and back.

 

Coolant dropped, but realised the G12 for my Superb won't do, have had to order some G13...

 

 

The engine oil has dropped to midway between min and max too, so my 1 litre top-up bottle has come in handy...

 

 

Although the sticker on the slam panel makes mention of 504.00 and 507.00, not 508.00, discussed in detail elsewhere though...

 

 

Difficult to photograph but also managed to properly check the scratch on the bonnet, can barely feel it with my finger nail so I'm hoping it should just polish out...

 

 

[robdav]

@silver1011 - if you are going to attempt the polish out that scratch always start with the lightest cutting polish and pad combo and see if that works first before moving on to heavier cutting polishes and pads. 

 

I'm about to take a 750 mile round trip to the lakes this weekend so will be mindful and check both the coolant and oil levels. Which oil did you settle on ?

[silver1011]

Thanks Rob, all I have is T-Cut, is that too aggressive? Any other recommendations?

 

I went for the oil as pictured above, 0W-20, VW 508.00, after a lengthy and painful discussion with Skoda UK (separate thread linked below). Since noticing the sticker on the slam panel yesterday I could have infact used the VW 507.00 I already have in the garage that I use on my Superb.

 

 

[robdav]

5 minutes ago, silver1011 said:

Thanks Rob, all I have is T-Cut, is that too aggressive? Any other recommendations?

 

OK so you're going to struggle to get that scratch out using T-CUT which I wouldn't recommend. it's like using a sledge hammer to crack a nut. 

 

Can I assume that you don't own a DA (dual action) polisher? if that's the case then it may be worth getting the car booked in and get the scratch done professionally. Trying to do it by hand may not give you the results you are looking for and would take an age.

 

If you do have a DA then best bet is to get a light cutting pad and some Meguiars #205 polish to start with. It's an ultra-fine polish and won't take too much off the paint work. if that doesn't work then move on to a heavier pad and polish like Meguiars #105. 

There are plenty of guilds out there on how to use a DA and pad/polish combinations but to be fair if you ask 100 "detailers" to recommend a pad/polish combo you'll get 100 different answers. I found it easier to get a few pads and a few different polishes and a scrap car panel and figure out which combinations worked well. took some time but its better to trust your own judgement than some "random" on the interweb.

 

Final word of advice. If you are going to attempt this with a DA, start slowly. Do not go at it with will power and certainly don't put too mush pressure on the machine to try and get a better cut. you'll just end up either burning the paint or removing it completely. 

 

[silver1011]

Thanks, the company I work for is currently developing a DA so I could well volunteer my car for their testing 

[robdav]

Just now, silver1011 said:

Thanks, the company I work for is currently developing a DA so I could well volunteer my car for their testing 

 

Interesting ... I'd be up for some "testing" lol  

[Yogi-Bear]

11 hours ago, silver1011 said:

Checked the levels today after the 1,000 mile jaunt to France and back.

 

I'm assuming you checked the levels before you went... so you know they have actually gone down?

 

We head home tomorrow after a fortnight in the south of France (near Perpignan) - so we did approx. 1,000 miles getting here alone! I think we've done another 500-600 miles (at least) whilst here, and then we have the journey home. I'll have almost doubled the mileage on Yogi in 2 weeks, but he's been absolutely awesome, even going up Pyrenean cols.

[silver1011]

Yes, I did a full check before leaving, I'm a little OCD in terms of pre-long journey checks.

 

I'm going to double check the oil today before topping up, just to be sure everything has settled. Opinion varies on the best time to check the oil level (either after a few hours of turning the engine off, or fully cold i.e. overnight). The first check was after a few hours, today's will be after an overnight rest.

[silver1011]

Just checked now, and the level is the same, so topped up, took about a third of a litre...

 

Before...

 

 

 

Be-careful, as there is a piece of plastic just through the opening, if you pour too fast then it overflows...

 

 

 

 

[Yogi-Bear]

45 minutes ago, silver1011 said:

Yes, I did a full check before leaving, I'm a little OCD in terms of pre-long journey checks.

 

Meh. I just pumped the tyres up and filled the screenwash .

 

If a modern car cannot go between services without needing all its fluids topping up (screenwash and fuel excepted!), then I think that’s a bit crap really.

[silver1011]

 

After...

 

 

G13 coolant on its way...