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Thought I would create a weekly thread of living with a 2019 Skoda Superb 272 Sportline Plus Hatch with 7speed DSG and 4 wheel drive in order that anyone contemplating buying one can see what the pro's and con's are of owning one. My car is fairly basic being specified by a Skoda employee at Milton Keynes HQ with Black Magic Pearl paint and a spare wheel. Things I really like in my first week with the car are the electric boot, blind spot monitoring and super smooth DSG gearbox and ACC (adaptive cruise control) which make my 27 mile (70% motorway sticking to the maximum 70mph limit) commute effortless. I am appreciating the large 66 litre tank and 3 trips so far over 40mpg (best so far 41.1mpg twice) suggesting over 560 mile range for the first tank (updates to follow). Although my previous car a 2017 Octavia Vrs245 had an electric front passenger and drivers seat (wife now has manual controls), an electric sunroof and a reversing camera the Superb does make up for this with the larger 9.2" Columbus infotainment screen (8" Amundsen in the 245) both cars have ambient interior lighting with a choice of 10 colours which is a lovely feature sadly missing on my wife's 67 plate Karoq SEL 1.5TSi manual in Moon White metallic. Driving wise the steering is not as fast and sharp on the larger heavier Superb (1,627kg compared to 1,370kg manual Octy) but accurate enough and the ride is better in the Superb with 8" wide standard alloys with 235/40R19 Bridgestone tyres compared to the 225/35R19 Pirelli P Zero tyres that were fitted to the 7.5" standard alloys on the 245. Traction seems impossible to break on the Superb with no appearance from the TC (traction control) light on the dash. The analogue speedo only reads to 160mph in the Superb whereas amusingly it went upto 180mph on the 245. Road noise is much less so in the Superb and due to the extra gear 70mph on the motorway is only 2,000rpm whereas the 245 sits at 2,300rpm with the 6speed manual gearbox. As it weighs 257kg more with an auto box and 4 wheel drive I'm not expecting it to match the excellent 40.39mpg achieved by it's little brither over 29,000 miles. My commute involves 14 roundabouts each way so the security given by the 4 wheel drive haldex system is very reassuring. My car was registered on 29/03/2019 and had only covered 4,901 miles when I collected it from Marshall's Skoda, Leicester (who I have been using for 15 years). I have previously owned Mk1 Octavia Vrs in Sprint Yellow, Mk1 Fabia Vrs in Silver, Mk3 Octavia Vrs TDi DSG in Rallye Green and the 2017 FL245 in Black Magic. My Superb came with variable servicing and they gave me the first 2 services for free. Road tax is just £145 due to my car being around £39,000 when new but I paid just £23,840 which represents excellent value compared to the £28,100 I paid for the 245 Octavia in August 2017 (including 4 options). Plenty of photo's will follow on this journey with a stage 1 remap already booked with AmD in Grays, Essex on Tuesday 3rd February costing £450. Happy New Year to all Briskodians and please be nice to each other in this new decade.