Hello All

 

Well for the first time since about 2010 I'm back, albeit temporarily, and would like to thank the Forum for your help.

Here's the story. I had a Skoda VRS diesel as a company vehicle between 2007 and 2011 partly as a result of the opinions I'd read here. I kept reading and made the odd contribution while driving a car for over 100,000 miles and "suffering" a small piece of fake chrome flaking off the dashboard, an intermittent air con fault (and that was a VAG part so could have ended up in an Audi) and a wheel bearing at about 90k. So basically trouble free motoring. 

2011 - 2016 I was in the company car default option , a BMW 320D. A great car, worthy of its reputation, but was is THAT much better than the vrs for the price? I'm not sure it was. 

Next was an Infiniti Q30 with a 1.5 Renault Diesel engine. It got admiring looks and people would start conversations about it in car parks.....but I can see exactly why it's been discontinued, even though it has a better driving position and more space than a BMW 1 Series it's simply outclassed. I know this because the Infiniti has had to go back and I've had a 1 Series on loan. I'd certainly recommend a 1 Series as a used option if a driver fits into it without scuffing their left shoe every time they change gear, but not at new prices. 

Which brings me to Monday gone and the BMW was swapped for an Octavia SE Drive 1.5 DSG. Okay it doesn't have the heated seats of the Infiniti (which stopped working anyway) but the smooth drive, excellent gearbox, infotainment centre, interior space and boot have all got me a bit upset because I've only got it for 2 months :-( Little things like the ease of Bluetooth connection for 2 phones blow the Infiniti out of the water.

So I might lurk for a few months and thank you for being the top Google result for all of the little tweaks I've wanted information on. Yes maybe I should have digested the drivers manual but everyone here gets to the point with accurate information so much quicker. 

A warm welcome back to the Forum !