Hi Guys, so finally my Red Kodiaq arrived (ordered Dec 30th, Build week 12)
hopefully you can see the photo:
Filthy after 1 day out Mountain Biking.
Good points:
Looks Great, love the colour
Extremely quiet in the cabin.
Like the auto handbrake a lot. If we're not allowed a proper handbrake any more this is definitely the best solution.
Infotainment brilliant, big step up on Octavia, loads of cool stuff and really quick.
Seat Space is great, even the back 2 seats a lot better than I expected.
Does seem well set up to tackle some light off roading as well as pretty good road holding.
Heated seats I seem to have got for free, as pretty sure I didn't order them.
Saw my first 2 other Kodiaqs today, both in Peaslake Surrey.
Bad points
Not really sure why reviewers were raving about interior quality to be honest, everything's the same as my 3 year old Octavia. Very good, but nothing like as special as I was expecting. Armrest way too low.
Level loading bay is good up to a point, but very high I'm not convinced the actual boot space practicality is any better than the Octavia.
Shockingly poor customer service from Simpsons Skoda, treated as an inconvenience more than a customer from start to finish unfortunately. That's my second very painful experience of buying a new car from skoda in a row, and as good as the cars are, I think that may be my last.
Guys I need your help though - I have a problem the dipped beams are way, way too high, I went for a 10 minute drive tonight and got flashed by nearly every car going the other way. Does anyone know how to solve this, i thought they were supposed to be automatic. I'm really hoping nobody says trip to dealer, as I don't have one locally for miles around. Cheers
hopefully you can see the photo:
Good points:
Looks Great, love the colour
Extremely quiet in the cabin.
Like the auto handbrake a lot. If we're not allowed a proper handbrake any more this is definitely the best solution.
Infotainment brilliant, big step up on Octavia, loads of cool stuff and really quick.
Seat Space is great, even the back 2 seats a lot better than I expected.
Does seem well set up to tackle some light off roading as well as pretty good road holding.
Heated seats I seem to have got for free, as pretty sure I didn't order them.
Saw my first 2 other Kodiaqs today, both in Peaslake Surrey.
Bad points
Not really sure why reviewers were raving about interior quality to be honest, everything's the same as my 3 year old Octavia. Very good, but nothing like as special as I was expecting. Armrest way too low.
Level loading bay is good up to a point, but very high I'm not convinced the actual boot space practicality is any better than the Octavia.
Shockingly poor customer service from Simpsons Skoda, treated as an inconvenience more than a customer from start to finish unfortunately. That's my second very painful experience of buying a new car from skoda in a row, and as good as the cars are, I think that may be my last.
Guys I need your help though - I have a problem the dipped beams are way, way too high, I went for a 10 minute drive tonight and got flashed by nearly every car going the other way. Does anyone know how to solve this, i thought they were supposed to be automatic. I'm really hoping nobody says trip to dealer, as I don't have one locally for miles around. Cheers