I’ve been making a few observations in the last few days. I’ve only owned the Vehicle

1.2 TSi SE L  since Wednesday. I did some research before buying the Vehicle and from what I could find out the 1.2 TSi SE L was quite well specked out. Well it is and it isn’t.

i’ve got front Electric Windows and Rear Wind up Windows, the front don’t have auto close. Not that big a deal. I have Auto Headlights but not Auto Wipers. Semi Climate Control seems to be for hot cold and Air Con. I’m booked In next Week to have the rear Windows Tinted thought that might have come as standard.Front Seats raise and Lower

with a wheel to move the Seat angle. Their not very well padded out no lumber support.

I do have Cruise Control whoopee 😀.

Is it the Policy of Skoda to give a bit and hold back a bit ?

Or are they all options that have to be ticked when buying new.

Sorry about the Rant 😬

Edited 5 May, 20242 yr by killie77

VW have to distinguish between their brands to help justify the the level and price of it's own name products.  Skoda is a cheaper brand, always has been.

 

Some of the missing features could possibly be 'coded' into the car with a relevant scan tool and someone who knows what they're doing with it.  Personally I dislike most of the driver "aids" and "niceties" I'd sooner have wind-up windows as there's less to go wrong and less weight to the car.  If you want more auto this and that then a newer model with have those (PITA things to me).  Having to put the ignition on to get the windows down (or up) really annoys me and not being able to do it with the remote.  The car was my wife's choice I'd sooner she bought an older Japanese model for the same money, so does she now.  😉 

 

What's semi-climate btw?

 

You're going for tinted windows rather than waiting to see what else might need spending on with a 7+ year old car, your money, your decision, you may be a lot luckier with cars than me, then just about everyone else always seems to be. 😄 

 

I'm very unusual here (and elsewhere 😁) because I've never been a fan of VW cars (well Golf Mk1 GTi excepted) or Mercs or most BMWs and know the "German engineering quality" is a thing of the last century really, not this century.  The Fabias aren't bad cars in any way but some VW parts quality doesn't appear to be great or have much longevity.  If you want loads of extras on a car why didn't you go for the less popular brands and manufacturers, some would only just be out of warranty or buy an older better make with all the bells and whistles on paid for by original purchaser.

 

Good to get the observations of new owners for others to see, perhaps you might also post in the 'About to buy a SKODA? - New to SKODA? Not sure of an option, want to get real feedback? We have your back, ask question of fellow owners for your new car' where as it put real feedback would also be very helpful. - https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/288-about-to-buy-a-skoda/

 

Keep letting us know how you get on, remember the tips I gave you and apply them as you like but they are from experience of the model and 30+ years of owning various classics and using them as ordinary cars as they were built to be used and not old-fart sunny Sunday afternoon short drive to a local show and back - but perhaps I don't quite have as many years driving experience a you, I passed my test in 1977 and rarely drove a car before 1977.

 

Good luck.

 

Thanks for the informative post 👍

Was merely making an observation of what was and wasn't in the Car. I don't sit in the Back so wind up windows there is fine by me 😀. As for the rest of it not really bothered. The Android Auto is a Bonus. I guess if I go on a long Journey the Cruise control might come in handy. Your right about spending money on a 7 year old car.

However I sometimes carry things in the  Back and would prefer the windows tinted their. Have even managed to persuade the Wife to drive it and she hates a manual gear stick, so I guess overall I'm happy with the Car as it stands.

I wasn't joking when I put your observations would help others, particularly those thinking or looking to buy the model.

 

Cruise control is another thing I don't like but until a couple of years ago I was driving a 1973 MG Midget so used to what was on it (very little) being fully manual/mechanical, this one did have cabin and boot light though, no additional electrics at all, and no real point having a radio/"stereo" let alone a clock/phone thingy.

 

Personally I find the gear change feel a bit clonky but if not rushed (at all) it's fine for a family hatch/estate, I changed the gearbox oil and that helped a tiny fraction for a while at least.

 

The interfering computer programs to me are a PITA and my wife said what I'd warned about finally happened the other day, whilst she was driving slowly in traffic the front anti-collision thing threw up a warning and jumped on the brakes for no apparent reason and then she saw a bag blowing in the wind.  It showed as inactive before and then was OK I said probably a big leaf had got stuck to to the grille.  Then there are the other over concern computer programs, but you get similar on all modern cars now.  I also drive neighbours' cars, one a 2023 Ren-No! Nissan has all the modern auto stuff (and adaptive cruise control I believe) with start/stop/ electronic handbrake but being manual gearbox it's computer programs are like an over nervous driver that gets itself unnecessarily into very awkward situations whilst it divers about deciding what it should do and what it will allow the driver to do, lane-assist (as it says in the Handbook) has lots of requirements to work properly so is very hit&miss, off&on, so unreliable when perhaps really needed but very interfering when not needed, I've no idea if this id the same for VW products.

 

I do very, very occasionally sit in the back and really like to have the windup windows, I do however occasionally wind the windows up and down again when I open the back doors to give them exercise to stop them sticking as the back seats and windows are so rarely used, same for the car horn so I know it works for MoT, I rarely use the horn other than humpback bridges and a blind areas.

 

As I put you do as you please with your car and reporting back is very good and helpful to others.

 

Appreciate all the info.its why I joined the Forum to get advice from other people. Thankfully getting plenty of it here.

Ian.

Some of the basic choices on VW Group cars are made by the UK importers, they probably try to sense what best suits the majority of the individual model and marque potential buyers and stick with that, the options or factory fitted during initial build choices again get restricted by the importers, again in a bid to meet the "wants" of the individual model and marque potential buyers.

 

Some make sense, some less so - then, there is your own personal need/want to retro fit some goodies after you buy the car, if you like or are able to do that.

Good points. Will take them on board.

 

Uhmmm, I think, could well be wrong of course, that things are not added or removed so that they can be sold as extras in a soft-touch(ed) market like the UK.  We used to have cars going and coming into the UK where many extras would be available to UK at extra cost but fitted as standard for say Japan and that "loaded" vehicle still at lower in Japan than the non-extras car in the UK.