Farewell (for now)

I had my 2009 Skoda Superb for 9.5 years. I bought it in July 2015, and sold it today. I was the 2nd owner, and it had 31k miles on it. When I sold it today, it had close to 140k miles. It has been a mostly reliable workhorse, made for the motorways. I went to Lithuania and back in it, drove to Norway and back, many trips in mainland Europe.

Unfortunately for the last 5 months the DSG started playing up, and I do not have the means to repair it myself. If I had a garage to store the car, I would've attempted a repair. I want an automatic, but I don't want another car with a DSG. Since day 1 when I got the car, sometimes I would think "I would've done a smoother shift in a manual". In hot weather the DSG seemed to be a bit more rough too. Vast majority of the time though, the DSG was great.

We wanted a SUV type of car, so the best contender would've been the Kodiaq. But I decided to go for a Suzuki Across, which is a rebadged Toyota Rav4 PHEV. Toyota's hybrid synergy drive is meant to be very reliable, and the drive is smoother than the DSG.

However, if we were to buy an electric car, a used Skoda Enyaq seems very good value for money. And it doesn't have a DSG.

Bye, and hopefully be back soon!