Aug 01, 2005 01:13 PM
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(Updated Sep 08, 2005 04:51 PM)
Hi.
I have L& K Black & here are my personal reviews - Before buying this I was also a fanatic skoda fan since I usually used to see the tank from outside & not seen grim faces of people inside.
Also when one purchases 12 ~ 15 lakhs car one assumes its free of defects. I tell you 118 NE feels softer in driving to skoda
1) Space - totally crampy - Looks so big to folks outside but no space inside. We are thin people in family & we find it hard to sit comfortable. I dont know for what space skoda has give to boot since I guess people like to travel in car & not in boot
2) Ride - (a) Clutch are way to heavy & I my left leg has now got pain when I drive around 30 km in city & forget about highways
(b) Horn in L&K is so hard in pressing that you need to stand on it. so your finger also pains
(c) One big problem with Skoda all models is that the engine just stops at low city speeds - so what they have done is to give a little more fuel at low speed which takes your car to 30kp/hr in 2nd gear (this feature is so highlited by skoda dealer but this is naked truth that the engine just stops at low speed then u have to turn your keys all ways back to zero & then again rotate it full & they have covered it) - good when ur birdwatching else you have to move in half heavy clutch all the time or if your leg pains then press brakes all the time to control speed.
Average - Very nice in average it usually give 15 ~ 16 km/l in city with AC & half clutch driving (as told above) on high way burn the road drive like you can & it will give you 20 ~ 22 km / ltr.
Conclusion - if you want to please skoda then only buy or you have strong pocket & legs
