Woo! Mine is on the ship, making its way to Grimsby. What were everyone’s times like to collection from Grimsby/Sheerness. I hope it’ll be a nice treat towards the start of my 6 week break from work.

I was told mine arrived at Emden on Sunday but I am at the moment doubtful it’ll be here soon-it took ages to get to Emden. Fingers crossed it actually gets shipped soon and fingers crossed for you too!

I’ve been pestering Skoda online chat every few days (I think they’re fed up of me as they keep suggesting I check back the next week but I’m so excited and impatient I can’t wait!). My car has been at status 30 (on way to Emden) for nearly 3 weeks-from what I see, this isn’t normal for previous exp...

An update: my order was put in the first few days of May (surprise, surprise!) so I am not keenly awaiting my Karoq! When I’ve checked with Skoda Uk online chat, they seem to believe it’s been assigned the build week commencing 14th June. It’s come forward by two weeks once. Have many of you had you...

Thanks all-I’m now wondering how to approach the dealer on this. I’m thinking of emailing him and calling him out about the reason why my order is taking so long. I’d signed the paperwork though before he mentioned about the finance taking until early May! So I don’t think I’d be able to threaten ba...

Exciting times Patr! Hope handover goes well for you. It sounds like what I suspected with the dealer and he’s trying to push it into May to get a sale for his May target. I thought it seemed like a bit of nonsense; a week doesn’t make much difference to be honest but I hate being treated like a foo...

Hi all, Just thought I’d introduce myself as I’ve just begun the process of hopefully ordering a 1.5tsi edition manual with a few extras. I have put in the paperwork with the dealer and he said that it’ll take Skoda Finance (VWFS) until “the start of next month” (May) to give a decision. Does this s...