I'm a Newbie and yet to actually buy a Skoda car and am hopeful that fellow members can offer any advice before I do.

 

Having read stacks of reviews and model information on the internet I've decided on a Superb estate. In fact I've picked one out but yet to check it over. It's a 2019 1.5 TSI SE Technology with 5K miles on the clock. There's some adverse comment on the web about hesitation and kangarooing with this engine. Would I be making a mistake if I did buy it?

 

Any comments/advice welcome

We have that engine in a January 2018 Karoq with a manual gearbox and it suffered the cold start jerkiness in 1st gear for about 20 months until Skoda came up with a software patch that seems to have cured it. Doesn't seem quite as economical as it used to be yet been to Heathrow Terminal 4 today and the car averaged just under 54mpg on the 4hr 33min journey at an average speed of 50mph so can't really complain. The 2019 models with this engine should have been sorted by now but worth a good test drive first before parting with any cash.

That's interesting, thanks Shy. I read somewhere recently (Honest John website?) that Skoda had come up with a modification last year which was more than a software patch and apparently could not be retrofitted. My car is a May registered manual and the modification was announced later than that, so should I need it,  I won't get it.

 

Your mpg experience seems very good. Do you think I might be able to get somewhere near that, given that I tend to drive with economy in mind?

2 minutes ago, MASKO said:

That's interesting, thanks Shy. I read somewhere recently (Honest John website?) that Skoda had come up with a modification last year which was more than a software patch and apparently could not be retrofitted. My car is a May registered manual and the modification was announced later than that, so should I need it,  I won't get it.

 

Your mpg experience seems very good. Do you think I might be able to get somewhere near that, given that I tend to drive with economy in mind?

I owned a 2016 Superb from new with the reliable 1.4TSi manual combination and over 16,000 miles it averaged 50mpg with regular 700 plus miles per tank (66 litre fuel tank) and a best of 800 miles in the warmer summer months. The Karoq was averaging 46mpg before the software update but has slipped back to 43.6mpg after 23,000 miles. Wife does shorter trips now due to working much closer to our home so she has gone from 1,000 miles per month to just 300 miles per month.

50+ mpg out of a car that big is impressive, especially with petrol. I doubt that lots of short journeys would be anything like as economical.

I cant comment about the 1.5 engine. My dad has a golf with the 1.4 tsi, its plenty quick enough and does a real world average of about 50mpg.

I cant help but think that those of you who can afford to buy a 6-month old quality car can probably afford the fuel

I picked up my 2019 Skoda Superb Estate yesterday, it having had the software update "cure" for hesitation etc. Perhaps not surprisingly, no signs of that issue on the 170 mile journey home. First impressions are that this is an excellent car but will reserve judgement until I've had it longer. Screen showed 51.9 mpg for that journey which took over 5 hours because of usual traffic delays on M25. Only slight negative is that it doesn't pull that well on motorway hills, compared to previous cars I've owned. Needed to drop down to 5th and occasionally 4th to maintain speed.