My Karoq Sportline 2.0TSI has made it through lockdown to me, and initial impressions are very good. 

 

Some oddities though...

 

I'd opted for the 5 year warranty, but see from the minimal sheet describing my car that my dealer gave me, it expires 5 years after it was built rather than when it was bought. Others might like to check theirs to ensure they don't get caught out. In my case the two dates were only a few weeks apart but if your car's delivery has been delayed it could become more significant.

 

I'd also chosen for the 'Personalisation' option - primarily because it was a cheap way to get a third spare key. So was disappointed when the dealer only gave me two, and insisted that MY21 cars only got two now. But when I got home and investigated how well my phone fitted on the Qi charging mat, I was pleased to find a third key sitting inside it! And it works on my car too.

 

Finally, others have complained that the Isofix covers are no longer fitted in MY21 cars, so I kept mine back from the Golf I was P/Xing. Only to find them already fitted in my back seats.

 

Let's see what I find tomorrow when I start setting up the Infotainment system, Connect, etc...

 

Chris 

Hi, I'm hopefully having a test-drive in at least one of the trims in a few weeks!! How are you finding the ride on 19" wheels??

Warranty should start from the day you take delivery.

The Warranty & extended warranty starts in the UK from when the car is first registered and the VED starts.

(Or when delivered to the first owner, which ever come later it says below.)

 

So not when the car is PDI'd unless that is on the same day, and not any time before then, and certainly not before the car was imported to the UK.

Edited 17 November, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

Yeah, I agree that the warranty SHOULD start from when it was registered (yesterday) but the only bit of paper with the car said the 5 year warranty ran until the 20th October 2025, and I know it was built on the 21st. 

 

Hopefully I'll be getting more details about the warranty - ie what is covered etc - in the post and it will clear it up. 

 

I was wary about the 19 inch wheels too, but in practice they seem fine. The 4x4s run on 225/45 R19s rather than the 225/40s fitted to the FWD cars, so that might give a bit more flex. And mine are Bridgestone Dueler H/P Sports, which even as new seem to grip well, but seem noisy on some surfaces. Perhaps they'll quieten down as they wear in. I've got the Dynamic Chassis Control / Progressive Steering option on mine too, but so far haven't needed to try the Comfort mode; (I'll probably keep it it Eco mode for the first thousand miles until it's run in.) The steering works well though. 

 

Chris

16 minutes ago, CJJE said:

Yeah, I agree that the warranty SHOULD start from when it was registered (yesterday) but the only bit of paper with the car said the 5 year warranty ran until the 20th October 2025, and I know it was built on the 21st. 

 

Hopefully I'll be getting more details about the warranty - ie what is covered etc - in the post and it will clear it up. 

 

I was wary about the 19 inch wheels too, but in practice they seem fine. The 4x4s run on 225/45 R19s rather than the 225/40s fitted to the FWD cars, so that might give a bit more flex. And mine are Bridgestone Dueler H/P Sports, which even as new seem to grip well, but seem noisy on some surfaces. Perhaps they'll quieten down as they wear in. I've got the Dynamic Chassis Control / Progressive Steering option on mine too, but so far haven't needed to try the Comfort mode; (I'll probably keep it it Eco mode for the first thousand miles until it's run in.) The steering works well though. 

 

Chris

Cheers, you should try Comfort Mode, see what difference it really makes?

On 17/11/2020 at 11:06, CJJE said:

Hopefully I'll be getting more details about the warranty - ie what is covered etc - in the post and it will clear it up.

 

You paid £630 for a warranty without knowing what's covered ? 

 

If that were me I wouldn't have needed to wait on the postman to see what I've bought.

 

 

Well this MIB3 Amundsen infotainment system isn't easy to get to grips with. I consider myself pretty savvy with computer technology, but I think there will be many customers totally confused about setting up a Skoda ID and activating Connect so that the car downloads updates for the maps etc.

 

It would help if Skoda's manual was better written. And giving you a printed precised copy which tells you to download the full copy if you want to know how to set up the radio is just plain daft! And the instructions for using the satnav leave a lot to be desired too. For some reason, when I select my preferred POIs on the map, the initial list is in German! But it then switches to English as soon as I tell it to put them in alphabetical order.

 

I've also hit the problem that some radio stations don't have logos in the Skoda database, and the system won't read them from a USB stick. (No SD cards of course for MIB3). 

 

In all, I can see a ready market for a 'Dummy's Guide to the Karoq' book, or some videos!