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A magnificent sight and sound 👍

From the latest Karoq brochure (attached) KAROQ Brochure.pdf

Had a similar dilemma when speccing my 2023 1.5 TSi SE-L. Ended up going for winter pack+, primarily for the heated screen, at an additional cost of £425 (order placed November 2022 and car delivered March 2023). The heated rear seats are a bonus and have been used on occasion. Great to see the heated screen is now a film rather than filaments. Given the choice however probably wouldn't have opted for the heated rear seats and would have simply added heated screen.

Couple from the last few days..........

Colourful end to the day this evening............

A few from Keddleston Hall this afternoon - glorious sunshine 😎..................

Not much wildlife on display this evening, but the Bluebells are stunning and it was an ideal sky for reflections 👍

Clumber Park this evening............

Spotted this little chap this evening.....

Another visit to Clumber Park............

A few from Clumber Park earlier...........

A few from this evening's walk. Apparently the yellow beaked Swan is either a Bewick (from the Russian arctic tundra) or a Whooper (from Iceland) - wintering in the UK.

Lovely to see the Bluebells are emerging........

Weather certainly changing this evening - clouds are whizzing by! Lovely sunset too............

Surely not a viable lead time

Lovely sunset this evening............

Of course it all comes down to personal preference, but I've driven a number of DSG / S-tronic and simply never got on with the driving dynamics, although I seem to be in an ever decreasing minority, as even the guy who sold me the Karoq strongly advised going for DSG! Whilst it's certainly a step up from CVT, I'm ultimately happier in a torque converter auto. My 2 older cars have ZF 6 & 7 speed torque converter autos which work incredibly well, despite being 20 and 17 years old (strongly suspect there won't be many DSG gearboxes which prove to be similarly robust, although admittedly the car will no doubt be scrap long before😁). If Skoda move to solely DSG for ICE vehicles I guess I'll need to consider who still uses conventional automatic transmissions. In the meantime the Karoq is a pretty decent car and, as I bought the extended warranty, will be with me for at least five years!!

Couple more from Attenborough.........

The data from the website would suggest a maximum of 60 mph in second gear and gearing of 29.1 mph/1k revs in 6th, although I'm definitely seeing 2k revs at a genuine 70 mpg (in sixth)

Certainly doesn't bode well for the future

Thanks for providing this 👍 I'm around two and a half thousand miles in on our 1.5 TSi (manual) Karoq and I remain a little underwhelmed by the engine. Whilst it's certainly quiet enough at a motorway cruise (seems to be geared at 35 mph / 1k revs in 6th) it is a little gutless at motorway speeds and requires a down change more often than I expected on faster A roads. I initially dismissed the 2.0 TSi as it was DSG only, put on reflection suspect this may have been a more engaging option. First and second gear also seem rather short - now the car has a few miles on the clock I took it towards the red line in second and see it's only reaching around 45 mph. My last experience of a reasonable capacity Skoda petrol was either a 1.8 TSi (160 bhp) Octavia II estate or a 1.8T 20v Octavia I estate, both of which were considerably more tractable than the current Evo II 1.5 TSi. The major advantage of the newer engine seems to be considerably improved fuel economy though - which I guess is progress of sorts🤔

Glorious weather at Attenborough nature reserve earlier - they are revamping the area near the Sand Martin hide 🦉

Colourful end to the day yesterday.....

Looking at Honest John's Real MPG site it appears the 1.5 TSi engine offers very similar efficiency to the 1.0 TSi

The on-board computer (and speedo) seems much more accurate than previous Skoda's I've owned. Speedo also matches Satnav speed within 1-2 mph, whereas previous cars had typically over-read speed by 3-4 mph. My brim-to-brim calculation indicates an average of 44.1 mpg, which the car largely concurs with 👍