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A little close for comfort!

We were a little later getting out tonight........

Stunning pictures

Lovely sunset earlier, although very cold 🥶

Sky was beautifully clear today - this flew over at 34k feet ✈️

Was fortunate enough to arrive just as the sky lit up - colour had faded within minutes !

Lovely evening earlier..........

My Mii has 185/55/15 and after the original tyres wore out I opted for a complete set of Michelin Cross Climate. Admittedly not the cheapest option, but based upon past experience excellent longevity and decent in all weathers. Different size, but detailed review: https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/2022-Tyre-Reviews-All-Season-Tyre-Test.htm

The LED headlights were similarly de-specced on the 2023 cars. Also no cornering fog lights on my 2023 SE-L, which was a useful facility all my previous Yeti's featured - progress 🤷‍♂️

The solution😁👍

Spotted these (? mammatus) clouds whilst driving through Sheffield earlier: Wiki

Tremendously bright Moon this evening .............

A couple from Attenborough nature reserve - pretty windy, but surprisingly warm 🤷‍♂️

1k miles later and the FIAT 500 has grown on me to such a degree I'm now wondering if I can justify adding an Arbarth variant to the family fleet 🤔

Not especially relevant to me at the time given I had no plans for a DSG. Are they now more reliable?

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The Karoq I initially test drove was a 1.5 TSi DSG - not sure if 6 or 7 speed? The salesman actually advised against going for a manual, as he felt the gearing was not ideal and the car just worked better as an Automatic, albeit an automated manual one. Unfortunately I didn't take his advice! I've driven a few DSG /S-Tronic equipped cars and just don't get on with it, as it seems to change up too fast, or holds on to the gears too long in sport mode. I'd also found low speed manoeuvres rather imprecise. On reflection however I should have heeded the advice given whilst test driving.

I wonder if my Karoq being 2WD and having the torsion beam rear is part of the reason I preferred the drive of the Yeti? I would have preferred a four-wheel drive Karoq, but I'm not a fan of DSG sadly 😕

I've just never bonded with it and don't especially enjoy driving / owning it. Saying that it is averaging better MPG than my last TDi Yeti! The Karoq is complex in operation (electronic handbrake / infotainment etc) whereas the Yeti was simplicity itself and somehow more than the sum of its parts. Guess this was the reason I owned four Yetis in total! Suspect this will be the only Karoq though.

Taken with Pixel 6a📸

Good morning 😎

Lovely end to the day earlier (and a couple of photos taken at the deep with an iPhone 13)

Definitely plan to avoid hatch mounted options and have settled on Thule bars/ bike carriers for the Mii. Mileage will be minimal and fuel economy hit inconsequential 👍

Must say I agree with pretty much everything he says - we had 4 Yeti's in total and they are hugely impressive and undoubtedly the best car Skoda ever made. It's successor (our current Karoq) is a very poor replacement. Great to see this (famous) one is still around and in such fine fettle 👍 Petrol Ped

Many thanks for all the helpful replies 👍 These are the recently acquired bikes. Admittedly with the front wheels still fitted we did manage the get them home (and take them out for a subsequent ride), although taking the seats out made no difference unfortunately. The bike retailer strongly advised against laying them on top of each other, given the potential for damage. I took advice from several keen cyclists at work and of those I spoke too 2 had used the hatch mounted bicycle carriers, but had unfortunately had a bike come off, which understandably put me off this option!! The guys at PF Jones were extremely helpful, but my local / supplying main dealer was of the opinion a towbar, irrespective of dedicated wiring / coding may have implications for the car's warranty (which I extended to five years). On this basis I cancelled the order for towbar installation. The car is a SE-L Roof mounting does not seem a viable option, given the height of the car. I have instead opted to buy a roof mounting kit (likely Thule) and will use my SEAT Mii to transport the bikes. I did previously own a tour de France Yeti, which came with the option to internally mount two bicycles, although I never used the kit and sold it on here some years ago🤦‍♂️