Looking at changing my Fabia Colour Edition (95ps, 5sp Man) for an Octy Estate (facelift, 150ps 1.5tsi, DSG). I’ve seen reports of the 1.5tsi kangarooing (apparently typically fixed now when requested via ECU update, affects manual more) and the DQ200 7sp DSG (apparently affects the older 6sp variant more). 
Are either worth me losing sleep over? The car is a 68 plate, and apparently all 1.5tsi’s going through the dealer in question are given the kangarooing update as a matter of course. My mileage is varying more recently, but maximum of around 1,450/mo, mostly motorwaying. 
Cheers all! 

I would have thought that with that mileage it's worth looking at the 2.0 TDI.

More torque, better economy, no risk of the issue.

24 minutes ago, Alex-W said:

I would have thought that with that mileage it's worth looking at the 2.0 TDI.

More torque, better economy, no risk of the issue.

Thanks for the insight but personally I don’t want a diesel car herein, sorry should’ve made that clear at the beginning. 
Conversely, during this lockdown/restricted movement thing we’re going through my mileage is down to around 560/mo. There is a possibility of it going up to around halfway between the then and now before toooo long but that might all change again.

Edited 28 June, 20205 yr by Benz3ne

That's still quite a few miles considering.

Since the beginning of lockdown I've done 109 miles 😂

It's not really about how many miles you do, but more about journey lengths.

 

But if you don't want diesel, then that's your preference.

I have a 1.5 TSI Estate  manual ...excellent car ...no problems with power delivery , no hesitation smooth engine .

37 minutes ago, Llwyngwernog said:

I have a 1.5 TSI Estate  manual ...excellent car ...no problems with power delivery , no hesitation smooth engine .

That's reassuring, diolch yn fawr Llwyngwernog.

7 hours ago, Alex-W said:

That's still quite a few miles considering.

Since the beginning of lockdown I've done 109 miles 😂

It's not really about how many miles you do, but more about journey lengths.

 

But if you don't want diesel, then that's your preference.

You're like my other half. 😂 She's done 15k miles since she picked up her car 3 and a half years ago (almost). Bear in mind this includes a drive to-and-from Belgium, London (twice), Stratford-on-Avon (thrice) from SW Wales.

 

The journey lengths are typically 15-25 minutes at the moment, mostly city with some light, 70mph dual-carriageway.

If/when things resume normality, would be the above 3 or 4 days a week with the other one or two days being a 100 mile round trip, around 1 to 1 & 1/2 hours each way. I can understand the value of a diesel in that case but I'd rather a petrol.

Update: Test-drove the car in question yesterday. 1.5TSi SE Estate, DSG. (6700 miles only).

Very comfy, cushy ride, especially on the 16s. Was able to take the car out by myself, as is policy right now, with half a tank of fuel for 'as long as I needed to'. So effectively replicated some of my typical back road driving, motorwaying and town/city driving over around 35-40 minutes or so. Notably comfier than the Fabia, very lazy, easy drive. Didn't feel as big as it actually is, partly due to it being the same length as a regular Octy (and the same length as a Pug 407 that my dad used to drive, which I borrowed intermittently one summer). Thought it was boomy initially but had a fiddle with the radio and found that the bass, and nothing else, was turned all the way up. Turned that down et voila. Seating position was great and barely felt any potholes/cats eyes/etc. so a marked improvement again over the Skabia, as I've lovingly dubbed my Fabia. 

Not the best looking beast but more than punchy enough, was solid overtaking on the motorway between 60 and '70' ( 👀 ) with plenty of torque from low down, the eco mode was stellar (if a little unusual with the coasting), didn't feel it change between 2 and 4 cylinders on the motorway and despite a bit of a thumping, over 15 or so mixed, varying gradient miles, was still around the 40mpg value. Could DEFINITELY improve on that.

 

In short, pretty sold on it - two services would come free with it so that's quite nice to not have to worry about. 

Go for it you won't be disappointed !

Had my 1.5tsi hatchback manual since January from new. I've now covered 5.5k miles in it. Kangeroo issue isn't really that bad for me, only slightly jerky from cold and low revs on 1st gear, barely noticeable to be honest. MPG is around 38 in town and 60 on motorways. Overall I'm very happy with it. 

Edited 9 July, 20205 yr by Scvrs2

47 minutes ago, Scvrs2 said:

Had my 1.5tsi hatchback manual since January from new. I've now covered 5.5k miles in it. Kangeroo issue isn't really that bad for me, only slightly jerky from cold and low revs on 1st gear, barely noticeable to be honest. MPG is around 38 in town and 60 on motorways. Overall I'm very happy with it. 

That's great, thank you! I'll be honest the DSG and engine combo was butter smooth regardless of how I drove it. 

Have taken the dive and gone for it - hopefully won't be long now until I pick it up. First thing on the list then is to get a lip protector for the boot, front mudflaps (as strangely it's only got rear ones) and a LED boot light (am dabbling with the idea of LED interior lights throughout though).

Car will come with a new set of mats too which is nice.

2 hours ago, Benz3ne said:

That's great, thank you! I'll be honest the DSG and engine combo was butter smooth regardless of how I drove it. 

Have taken the dive and gone for it - hopefully won't be long now until I pick it up. First thing on the list then is to get a lip protector for the boot, front mudflaps (as strangely it's only got rear ones) and a LED boot light (am dabbling with the idea of LED interior lights throughout though).

Car will come with a new set of mats too which is nice.

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