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I am now the happy owner of a 2016 Skoda Citygo SE L Auto 5 door car. Took it on another test run and all seems well. Thank you all for your input, it helped a lot. As I haven’t driven for eight years I commended the salesman on his bravery!😀

MDK1. Thank you Mike, that is just the sort of information from an owner I wanted to know. Very reassuring. Thank you also to everyone who took the trouble to address my concerns. All being well I hope to be the happy owner of the Skoda Citigo by Thursday.

Thank you Citigouk. I am not mechanically minded but I understand what you are saying. How would I apply this when going up a steep hill. Do I give the accelerator ‘a quick tap’ or is it better to use the manual gear? I am getting a car in my retirement after some years of not driving and I don’t want to buy something that is not sound. It seemed odd that it lost power on a hill - was this because I was not used to driving it. The salesman said that I would soon get the knack but I had no trouble with the rest of the journey and I really enjoyed driving it.

Thanks Emil, I was so used to not having to think about hills and gears in the Micra,I expected this to be the same. I have already decided to have another test drive. Does your VW use the same transmission?

l went for a test drive in a Citigo auto yesterday. It is 2016 with 10000 miles on the clock. I loved the car, almost everything about, it until I came to a hill when it seemed to lose power badly. The salesman said that I have to do a quick tap on the accelerator for it to pick up power, which it eventually did but it was not a good experience. The rest of the test drive went very well. I was told that I would soon get used to the hills. What I want to know, is the problem with hills a fault in the car or was it my driving style? I would be grateful if anyone with more experience could help me with information. I have driven a manual Metro and an automatic Micra before and never had a problem. I would really like to buy this car if all is well.