20 minutes ago, maffyou said:

@Kenny.j Fair enough, I'm not surprised to hear the 1.5 was a better engine! Glad you're happy with your decision. To be honest, if you could spec the 1.5 SE Tech with DSG I'd have probably gone for that too, but I'm sure the 1.0 will be fine for my needs.

 

Exactly my issue, I couldn't get 1.5 with DSG on SE Tech, so settled for a plugin tuning box that brings the car up to similar power/torque.

19 minutes ago, ChrisJ_SLH said:

Being my first auto I've owned, I'm not regretting with the DSG at all. Given my time with it so far I'd struggle to see how the manual paddles would enhance it. My job of 20+ years has me in hire cars quite often, many of which are autos. The 7 speed box in the Octavia is easily amongst the best I've experienced. I think I'd struggle to go back to owning a manual now. 

 

This is exactly what I want to hear, very much looking forward to my first auto!

18 minutes ago, gRoberts said:

 

Exactly my issue, I couldn't get 1.5 with DSG on SE Tech, so settled for a plugin tuning box that brings the car up to similar power/torque.

I'm keeping that in mind and saw your posts before. Will see how it goes but nice to know there is a quick and pretty cheap fix to get some extra oomph if I feel it's needed.

2 minutes ago, maffyou said:

I'm keeping that in mind and saw your posts before. Will see how it goes but nice to know there is a quick and pretty cheap fix to get some extra oomph if I feel it's needed.

 

I'm going to give it a chance first but it's there just in case. 35+ hp and 60+ torque puts it better than my 150 1.4 TSI

 

I've got a few months to go yet till I can fit it though

2 minutes ago, gRoberts said:

 

I'm going to give it a chance first but it's there just in case. 35+ hp and 60+ torque puts it better than my 150 1.4 TSI

 

I've got a few months to go yet till I can fit it though

Yeah, going to be a long few months waiting - on the plus side I might actually get a few quid back from selling my Qashqai in a few months, because I'm barely breaking even at the moment. 

23 hours ago, gRoberts said:

 

Give the hubby a bike...

 

That being said, I know the feeling. I bought the wife a new car, after being lumped with dealing with all her crappy run abouts. Worse mistake ever, as £12k down, she has treated it like crap and now I have to pay the balloon payment, as it's likely just as expensive to repair everything.

 

Or wife in my case  I can’t imagine that’d go down too well, it’d be me relegated to the bike lol

 

22 hours ago, maffyou said:

Damaging a Citigo takes some effort - they’re tiny! I can see your concern - if the car isn’t going to be looked after then a cheap 2nd hand is probably a better option I guess. 

 

Tell me about it. Still might take a 1.0 Octy for a spin and take it from there

1 hour ago, SashaGrace said:

Or wife in my case  

 

Thank God hubby is gender netrual

 

Whilst brvla guidelines are great, it goes both ways so sometimes harder to get away with things but equally you khow you can get away with quite a bit still.