I am currently driving a 61 plate Skoda Fabia 1.2 TSi and I must admit that I am pretty pleased with it. The 1.2 litre engine is turbo assisted and that means that it has reasonable acceleration for something with such a small power plant.
The car I had before this was an 11 plate Seat Ibiza 1.4 Copa and the Fabia beats it hands down in terms of performance and is actually a much more satisfying car overall. The Skoda’s fuel economy is good too and it has proved to be a practical and sensible run around.
The only thing that has really frustrated me is the front electric windows. When you unlock the car, you have to press the unlock button on the key fob, once for the driver’s door and twice for all the doors and the boot (in theory that is). For some unfathomable reason though I often find myself repeatedly pressing the unlock button to release the rear door locks only to find that they remain locked and the front windows have decided to lower themselves instead. What on earth is going on there?
You then have to open the driver’s door and put the key back in the ignition and engage it in order for the window switches to work so that you can then wind the windows back up in order to re-close the door, lock it and run away. Using Skoda’s own tag line, is this “simply clever”? No I beg to differ - "simply annoying" at least with regards to the electric windows.
This morning, in a moment of frustration, I found myself standing at my boot and shouting at my car – “why do you ………….do that you…………..car?” The dots represent expletives that I am embarrassed to admit I may have resorted to (a means of adding creative expression you understand as opposed to pure vulgarity). Jeremy Clarkson, or maybe even John Cleese (remember the Fawlty Towers sketch when Basil attacked his red Austin 1100 Countryman with a tree branch?) would have been proud.
The bloody windows have dropped in the snow and tipped the wet, white stuff all over the front seats. The windows have dropped and I have then locked the car and wandered away without even realising they are part down and I’ve driven off wondering why there’s more wind noise than normal. And of course in central Milton Keynes today, I verbally abused my motor – much to the amusement of one or two passers-by.
I am sure that Skoda “designed in” this feature as opposed to making some kind of electronic mistake. The thing is that I can’t think for the life of me what on earth the purpose is. Do you know dear reader? Maybe it’s a pet friendly feature or something?
There is of course an option available to me, although it really is the last resort. I could get the owner’s book out of the glove-box and read the relevant section. It would take me less time than this blog entry has taken to write too but somehow I suspect that the illumination couldn’t possibly be so satisfying.
Am I ranting?
OK, I’ll stop now. Thanks for indulging me.
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The car I had before this was an 11 plate Seat Ibiza 1.4 Copa and the Fabia beats it hands down in terms of performance and is actually a much more satisfying car overall. The Skoda’s fuel economy is good too and it has proved to be a practical and sensible run around.
The only thing that has really frustrated me is the front electric windows. When you unlock the car, you have to press the unlock button on the key fob, once for the driver’s door and twice for all the doors and the boot (in theory that is). For some unfathomable reason though I often find myself repeatedly pressing the unlock button to release the rear door locks only to find that they remain locked and the front windows have decided to lower themselves instead. What on earth is going on there?
You then have to open the driver’s door and put the key back in the ignition and engage it in order for the window switches to work so that you can then wind the windows back up in order to re-close the door, lock it and run away. Using Skoda’s own tag line, is this “simply clever”? No I beg to differ - "simply annoying" at least with regards to the electric windows.
This morning, in a moment of frustration, I found myself standing at my boot and shouting at my car – “why do you ………….do that you…………..car?” The dots represent expletives that I am embarrassed to admit I may have resorted to (a means of adding creative expression you understand as opposed to pure vulgarity). Jeremy Clarkson, or maybe even John Cleese (remember the Fawlty Towers sketch when Basil attacked his red Austin 1100 Countryman with a tree branch?) would have been proud.
The bloody windows have dropped in the snow and tipped the wet, white stuff all over the front seats. The windows have dropped and I have then locked the car and wandered away without even realising they are part down and I’ve driven off wondering why there’s more wind noise than normal. And of course in central Milton Keynes today, I verbally abused my motor – much to the amusement of one or two passers-by.
I am sure that Skoda “designed in” this feature as opposed to making some kind of electronic mistake. The thing is that I can’t think for the life of me what on earth the purpose is. Do you know dear reader? Maybe it’s a pet friendly feature or something?
There is of course an option available to me, although it really is the last resort. I could get the owner’s book out of the glove-box and read the relevant section. It would take me less time than this blog entry has taken to write too but somehow I suspect that the illumination couldn’t possibly be so satisfying.
Am I ranting?
OK, I’ll stop now. Thanks for indulging me.
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