Where do i start. I wanted a new car and i though why not a SUV, so i checked the likes of Audi and BMW. The BMW was OK but because of problems i hear about them from second hand, i leaned away from then. Audi thought small but expensive. So now I go to websites looking for a SUV. I see videos of Peugeot's, Citroen's, Ford. Mitsubishi, Mazda but none clicked the way when i saw and read the review of the Karoq. I never thought of buying a Skoda until the reviews. I watched, I read and the more i saw the SUV, the more i leaned towards it. Now I'm coming close to really buying it. I go to showrooms, look at it and want to book a test drive but work is a bit difficult. And when i was about to book a test drive Coronavirus arrived. After 3 months i set a date for the test drive and when i got to test drive it, i loved it, even though for an hour, i thought yes this is the car I want. After a week or so I ordered it and waited. It came with a delay but ever since, i can not stop driving the blasted car. Short trips, holiday trips, day trips anywhere just to drive it. For me. it's a comfortable, fun driving SUV and very happy i bought  it.  I hope many of you who have bought it feel the same.

7 minutes ago, Athinakap said:

...day trips anywhere just to drive it...

 

Me too, like a child...

 

And excellent for long hauls.  Most in a day for me has been 600 miles, got out without any of the usual aches & pains.  And loving the mpg.  Got 59mpg on outbound trip (570 miles), 55mpg on way back but heavily laden.  Both out & back sitting at 60mph, mostly on cruise control.  Happy with that.  

After 4 years in a Super Skoda Superb and then 10 years in 3 Yetis the Karoq was really the obvious next car.

I thought my 2017 yeti was the car I would keep into retirement but I came across my new Karoq in a showroom and decided to change my car and use this in retirement next year instead. I loved the Yeti and prefer its style to the Karoq, but the new car is much nicer to drive and live with.

Another 40ps from the 190ps engine. 7 speed dsg instead of 6. And best of all my wife can now open and close the boot on her own.

The best improvement is the auto handbrake when stopped rather than having to keep the foot brake pressed.

2 hours ago, kenfowler3966 said:

After 4 years in a Super Skoda Superb and then 10 years in 3 Yetis the Karoq was really the obvious next car.

I thought my 2017 yeti was the car I would keep into retirement but I came across my new Karoq in a showroom and decided to change my car and use this in retirement next year instead. I loved the Yeti and prefer its style to the Karoq, but the new car is much nicer to drive and live with.

Another 40ps from the 190ps engine. 7 speed dsg instead of 6. And best of all my wife can now open and close the boot on her own.

The best improvement is the auto handbrake when stopped rather than having to keep the foot brake pressed.

 

I thought my yeti was a more than 10 year keeper. The "fix" screwed that idea. 

 

tom

“Fix”?  Dieselgate fix?

1 hour ago, DSL said:

“Fix”?  Dieselgate fix?

 

Yes. 

What did the fix end up doing to the drivability of the car?  I remember at the time thinking that if I had a VAG car I wouldn’t be going anywhere near a main dealer as they were bound to mess it up big time.  

It ruined my 2014 company supplied Greenline, Power at low revs gone, noisier, and did a regeneration every 150 miles or so. Had to have it done because it was leased. I had thought to buy it and run it myself, but this scuppered that idea, so bought a 2017 car instead.

2 hours ago, DSL said:

What did the fix end up doing to the drivability of the car?  I remember at the time thinking that if I had a VAG car I wouldn’t be going anywhere near a main dealer as they were bound to mess it up big time.  

  

Initially some fueling issues, stalled on a roundabout a couple of times (2.0L TDI).  Fixed at the next service. 

Went into limp mode a couple of times, once in London 80 miles from home. Switching off and on reset it. Took it to the dealer who said to plug it in to the computer  would cost me approx £80.00.  Luckily the dealer found an intermittent fault so didn't charge me. 

Had the egr replaced for free under the Trust Building Measure warranty (a near £1000 job on a Yeti).

No passive dpf regenerations, all active. Fan running on when stopping even after a 60 mile dual carriageway journey thus having to go on another drive to clear the excess diesel.   All this while doing nearly 20,000 miles a year, regular runs to Cambridge and London

I didn't trust the car after that.  Once TBM ran out I looked around to replace it. 

Initially I was never going to buy another VAG car.  Two factors changed my mind, one was driving the 1.5 TSI DSG and the other was I trusted my local dealer.  The dealer had a SEL with 60 miles on the clock. I drove a same spec demo on a Friday and collected my car on the Monday. Got a satisfactory P/X deal.  I now only do low mileage, under 5,000 miles a year and together with lockdown my petrol Karoq is perfect.

Aside from the "fix" problems the Yeti was the perfect car, loved its boxy shape, air of utility, easy parking, good all round visibility.  Shame the fix wrecked it.

 

tom