Hi all,

we are going to buy 7 seater (jump from Citroen C4 Grand picasso) with PCP. Negotiating prices on carwow.

We received the following offer:

Edition 2.0TDI 150PS Diesel Automatic for £X (monthly payments)

Edition petrol 1.5TSI Manual for £X

SE 2.0TDI 150ps Diesel Automatic £X - £50

I know that Edition has better equipment but what about those engines in terms of fuel usage/cost ? Is the 2.0TDI Diesel more hungry than 1.5TSI ?

Also heard long time ago that if Automatic fails it costs you more to repair it (this is new car so it shouldn't happen ate least for first few years but anyway ...).

The diesel will be more efficient especially on a run. So depends what your daily mileage usage is. I work from home so some days i do the school run, other days I’m doing 400 miles to and from a client, so I i went for the TSI as most of my private fuel use is going to be short journeys where the diesel will be less efficient

Welcome.

 

Don't worry about the DSG with a 2.0TDI.  You have a warranty, and it just needs oil changes every 40,000 miles.

If keeping a car extend the Warranty to 5 years before registration.

Thanks @pologaz

1 minute ago, Skoffski said:

If keeping a car extend the Warranty to 5 years before registration.

 

Thanks @Skoffski for your prompt reply. I am not sure I understand though - AFAIK the default Skoda Kodiaq warranty is for 3 years.

I would need to pay extra to extend the warranty, wouldn't I ?

If keeping one you can extend by 1 or 2 years before the car is first registered. Costs money, well worth it IMO.

(You can extend before 3 years, but better / cheaper to extend before it is on the road.)

5 minutes ago, PoloGaz said:

The diesel will be more efficient especially on a run. So depends what your daily mileage usage is. I work from home so some days i do the school run, other days I’m doing 400 miles to and from a client, so I i went for the TSI as most of my private fuel use is going to be short journeys where the diesel will be less efficient

Thanks @PoloGaz ! This is difficult to judge - most of the year we drive in the town (and once in a few months a trip little bit further ...). Once a year (summer holiday 😎) we go for around 2000 miles trip.

3 hours ago, New11 said:

Thanks @PoloGaz ! This is difficult to judge - most of the year we drive in the town (and once in a few months a trip little bit further ...). Once a year (summer holiday 😎) we go for around 2000 miles trip.

 

If longer trips are that rare, go for the petrol.

Remember you are getting a WLTP emissions car, the diesel needs to be able to clean its DPF regularly without you finishing your journey.

 

Buying the extended warranty before registration gives you the comprehensive factory warranty, buy one later and it will have exclusions so won’t be as good

I agree if mainly short trips go petrol, modern Diesel engines do  not like short trips and require longer runs to keep dpf clean. 

As for spec SE trim really is quite spartan and only has halogen headlights. SEL and above are much better specification and have LED headlights.

Thank you all for your feedback.

We decided to go for SE 2.0 Diesel as this was the cheapest option (plus fuel usage should be lower).

I just wonder if this is worth expanding standard warranty to 4 years (to cover PCP) - it costs £300 ...

What do you think ?

Last two skodas have been diesel. Majority of journeys are short with occasional longer run. Never had a DPF light in 12 years.

Thanks @jasoncmiles !

That is very valuable feedback :-)

Worth considering with the choice you have ..

 

Engines, personal choice here and many have different needs / scenarios. I live out of the city, I like the torque of the diesel, found the petrol lacked grunt for the size of the vehicle. Specially when laden. We are a family of 5. Depends on what your are used to or want. Diesel clearly more noisy, the petrol lovely and quiet. We get 43mog average with late 49mpg on a longer run.

 

Gearbox, I wanted the DSG. You need to adjust your driving, not like manual but changes and drive super smooth. Personally love it. 2 years in no issues with engine or box at all. Would suggest if the box is going to be an issue likely that would surface early in and dealt with it need warranty.

 

Edition spec worth every penny. Not an option included I do not use. Led headlights alone huge gain over SE.

 

Above just my view. Many will think different and have different views.

 

If you can you should try to test drive both and see the specs in the in flesh. Would suggest this would help make your mind up.

@jasoncmiles

There are Euro 6 & Euro 6d Temp TDI's with SCR that are showing DPF lights regularly if doing short cold start runs for a few days so if you are not having this then good, 

but it can happen and does.

What went before is history and not much to do with what might happen now for some.

Are the prices in the opening post deliberately missed out?

17 hours ago, Skoffski said:

@jasoncmiles

There are Euro 6 & Euro 6d Temp TDI's with SCR that are showing DPF lights regularly if doing short cold start runs for a few days so if you are not having this then good, 

but it can happen and does.

What went before is history and not much to do with what might happen now for some.

I must have been lucky in that respect then ..

I just got a new 2.0 edition 4x4 150 ps......not really impressed with the equipment. No ambient lighting, no front sensors.......at £30 odd k its pretty basic, at that price we should not have to fork out for extras. Even the sound system has only basic bass treble settings.  Think Skoda have boobed with this one. Looking to get a spare wheel for it too.......no room for a bike wheel let alone a car wheel.....maybe i was spoilt with my Superb

24 minutes ago, albertz10 said:

I just got a new 2.0 edition 4x4 150 ps......not really impressed with the equipment. No ambient lighting, no front sensors.......at £30 odd k its pretty basic, at that price we should not have to fork out for extras. Even the sound system has only basic bass treble settings.  Think Skoda have boobed with this one. Looking to get a spare wheel for it too.......no room for a bike wheel let alone a car wheel.....maybe i was spoilt with my Superb

Did you not do your homework and look at specs, test drive etc before buying a car you don’t like?

Edited 25 May, 20197 yr by Kenny R

11 minutes ago, Kenny R said:

Did you not do your homework and look at specs, test drive etc before ordering a car you don’t like?

Where do I say I did not like the car ? None of the range are over endowed with equipment...did not need a test drive.. I've had/ still got  many Skodas. ALL I'M saying is the level of equipment could be a lot better throughout the range.

This is why I speced my basic SE to my liking I was just gutted couldn’t get the led headlamps 

17 hours ago, albertz10 said:

I just got a new 2.0 edition 4x4 150 ps......not really impressed with the equipment. No ambient lighting, no front sensors.......at £30 odd k its pretty basic, at that price we should not have to fork out for extras. Even the sound system has only basic bass treble settings.  Think Skoda have boobed with this one. Looking to get a spare wheel for it too.......no room for a bike wheel let alone a car wheel.....maybe i was spoilt with my Superb

 

You can't please everyone. This is why Skoda offer several iterations of the Kodiaq, in an effort to make it appeal to different budgets.

 

I like Skoda's infinitely long list of optional cost extra's, it makes the Kodiaq very easy to configure to your exact preferred specification. Not many manufacturers do this, take a look at Mazda and their CX-5.

 

£30,000 for a diesel engined seven-seater SUV with lots of attractive options is, compared to what else is available out there, good value for money.

 

Front sensors and ambient lighting can be added to the Edition for not a lot of money.

 

You'll always have to "fork out for extras" at any price point.

 

I paid £29,000 for my Scout, and added several options to get it exactly as I wanted it. Because there isn't equipment on there that I didn't want, and therefore didn't pay for it was a great price.

 

Again, the spare wheel is an option, like the majority of new cars these days. For £105 for the wheel, tyre, jack, accessories, revised underfloor boot configuration, I think it's good value for money, and an option I added. You can add a spare wheel to any Kodiaq, they all have spare wheel wells, but not for less than £105.

 

Out of curiosity, what else could you have bought for the same price that would have had all the features you expect as standard?

I must have done something wrong....mine cost £37 k 😯

 

I'm with you Silver, I thought the Kodiaq trims offer a good base to start with options wise, depending on ones needs. For me, I wanted leather with ventilated seats and assistance systems, so an Edition was a good starting point and I added a load of other stuff on there in the process

11 hours ago, albertz10 said:

I must have done something wrong....mine cost £37 k 😯

 

You’ve certainly done something wrong if you paid £37 k for a standard Edition with no extras. 😳