BrnM

Thanks Varooom, I was happy to come back to Skoda when I got the Kamiq, but the Karoq is just confirming that I was correct in my decision to stay with Skoda and upgrade to the bigger, automatic SUV.

Hello all. My first car was an Austin 1100 bought secondhand back in the early 70s and I have had a number of British Leyland vehicles in the decade that followed. I moved on to Volvos, a manual 240 followed by an automatic 245 bought from my father. The next marque I had a preference for in the 90s was Citroen and had a BX followed by a couple of ZXs. That was followed by some Fords including an early Focus C-Max, and a B-Max. That was followed by a Citroen Grand Picasso and another Ford C-Max - all these vehicles after the Volvos were diesel powered with manual gearboxes. However I am no stranger to Skoda as my first one was a diesel Octavia hatch followed by a diesel Fabia Estate back in the noughties. Both cars did all that was required of them and I was always very happy to have them. In Oct 2020 I took delivery of a Kamiq 1.0 TSI SE manual and enjoyed having what proved to be a comfortable and quite nippy small SUV. My one concern was how small the boot was but since we were restricted in how much travel we could do during the pandemic I made the best of it. Last October I got a phone call from the dealer who had sold us the Kamiq asking if I wanted to consider what to do about possibly changing the vehicle as I was 2 years into the finance agreement. At the beginning of November therefore I ordered a Karoq SE Drive 1.5 TSI DSG which I took delivery of on 1st Feb. After 10 days of ownership I am delighted with the choice I made; OK it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles but I am content with that as they are just more potential causes of problems and I added the electric tailgate as the one indulgence (we had one on the Kamiq and the wife loves it!) I look forward to reading some interesting posts on the site, although hopefully won’t have to ask advice for any niggly or persistent problems!