Damn wives, always getting our hopes up! 

Kessy V3 for me

 

light do not come on until the door is opened

10 hours ago, OzzyP83 said:

Do you have the panoramic sunroof?  Seems to have different interior light switching.  My sel doesnt turn interior lights on till opening the door also.  Not super bothered tbh, if i need lights on before opening door i'll switch on manually.  I did try when turning off car pressing start stop and holding it for a while and made no difference, it's almost as if the ignition is still on as radio still on till opening door.

Yes, I do have the panoramic sun roof - please see my grovelling apology above for the confusion I caused !

2 hours ago, silver1011 said:

 

But alas, your trusty salesman was wrong, even in the dead of night I'm left sat in the dark.

 

So it seems, I wasn't too taken in by the claim......more interested in a price without all the baggage dealers want to add on......too much smoke and mirrors when doing the business......and now I've just received a message from the guy telling me to act now as the discount offered by Skoda will be reduced as from tomorrow...….I was thinking of passing anyway, the uncertainty about the 1.5 coughing at low speed, along with its thirst and this 'in the dark' issue might just have tipped me back and saved £20k for a while at least.

 

Looking at the Seat now but it doesn't have a heated steering wheel option...…..bugger!

I just picked my karoq yesterday and Mpg is currently less than my Octavia 1.4tsi but feels a much more “premium” car. The 1.5 is smooth and quiet and got good pickup with dsg (I’m not ragging it just gently getting used to it). It is a heavier car so once engine loosened up I’ll compare. My Octavia managed 41mpg average over a year between services and I did thrash it a bit lol. 

Erm, but what about the interior light operation!?

1 hour ago, silver1011 said:

Erm, but what about the interior light operation!?

Open the door and lights come on.  Later on I'm going to try two things.  Switch engine off and press the unlock door button manually, if that doesn't light up interior I will try blipping unlock on the key.

Ok so pressing the unlock button doesn’t put lights on

14 hours ago, OzzyP83 said:

Ok so pressing the unlock button doesn’t put lights on

 

Is the headlight switch on AUTO position?

Yeh in auto mode

I'm really disappointed in this elementary shortcoming by Skoda, car interiors have been lighting up on the 'unlock' command for decades now...….yet this £30k motor for all its electronic gizmos can't oblige.....very poor indeed....almost a game changer.....

Welcome to the greener world!

The 2020 model won't have any interior lights at all. 

….and no illumination for the door handles either...….very poor.