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It each started with the motorboat of Kylaq. I was checking the net for details of the recently launched Kylaq, which galore reputed car websites considered a crippled changer and measurement generator for Skoda.
Before this, I wasn't adjacent considering getting a caller car. However, owed to the anticipation of a caller occupation duty for my amended fractional successful NCR, my trips to NCR were going to increase. It was already connected my caput that Ecosport Diesel (BS IV) mightiness not get introduction into Delhi owed to predominant GRAP implementation. That on with the information that Rapid was causing much electronics problems nearing 10 years of its life, led to the thought successful my mind, portion checking Kylaq, that I should regenerate Rapid with a akin car, which was going to beryllium a Skoda oregon VW.
The Rapid has served america faithfully, but for immoderate higher attraction costs. But this was the car that awakened the car enthusiast successful maine and introduced maine to the fundamentals of cars.
Although Slavia has been astir for much than 2 years, I ne'er got into insignificant details. The archetypal happening I checked was the crushed clearance of Slavia and compared it with Kushaq. Salvia's crushed clearance was conscionable 10 mm little than Kushaq which was termed arsenic an SUV and 21 mm little than Ecosport. Kushaq was ne'er successful my caput owed to the crushed that it was astir the aforesaid size arsenic Ecosport, which I realized erstwhile some were parked unneurotic 1 day. I was lone funny successful Sedans owed to their superior driving dynamics.
I registered my involvement with Skoda connected their authoritative website and got a telephone backmost wrong 30 minutes. I enquired astir the Slavia Base Model and told them I needed to speech my Rapid arsenic well, which was bought from the aforesaid showroom, 10 years ago. The salesperson asked for a fewer photos of Rapid on with RC, which I sent him immediately. He took 2 days to get backmost to me. In the meantime, I besides contacted VW for Virtus, and the speech terms was conscionable 2.0 lacs with an speech bonus. Although I was ne'er funny successful Virtus, I was conscionable checking the price. VW besides gave their quotation, and I was disappointed to spot Handling/Logistic Charges of astir 8000 successful their quotation which galore Transport departments person termed illegal.
It was disheartening to get that overmuch debased offer. Then Skoda salesperson called and told maine the connection was 2.5 lacs. When I showed disappointment, helium assured maine they would connection much with on-table treatment during booking. With a small spot of assistance from chap TBHP members, I was satisfied that astir 3 lacs with an speech bonus is simply a bully offer. At this point, I was moved up from Slavia Classic to Sportline.
Finally, the booking time came. I went for Skoda Slavia Sportline 1.0 MT, the speech connection was 3.0 with speech and firm discount.
I was getting the Sportline for astir 12.45 lacs on-road with the exchange.
Then the salesperson made different offer. Salvia Prestige 1.0 MT for an on-road terms of INR 13.6 lacs, which fundamentally raised the wide discounts including speech to 3.9 lacs.
It was tempting but I initially refused arsenic the features of Prestige were of small worth to me. But my amended fractional wanted prestige now. So I had to springiness in. So yet booked Slavia Prestige 1.0 MT.
After that, I was retired of municipality connected a idiosyncratic travel for 10 days. Talked to the income feline successful betwixt for much discounts. Finally decided to instrumentality transportation connected 28.11.2024.
I took the transportation and paid 13.49 lacs successful full ( including security (1+3), registration, Fastag, 02 years EW, complimentary 02 years SMP).
Two things arose during delivery,
- Car manufacturing period was May-24. The income guys explained that helium got the car astir 30 days before, helium adjacent offered to amusement the mill billing but I did not insist. I inspected the car arsenic good arsenic I could and recovered nary issues.
- The car variant was mentioned arsenic Style connected the transportation card. The salesperson told maine that connected documents, the car variant is inactive being utilized arsenic Style. He showed maine the transportation paper of Kushaq Prestige with the manufacturing period arsenic 10/2024. It was besides written arsenic Style. Also successful the My Skoda Car app, the variant is mentioned arsenic ?Slavia Style 1.0 TSI MT-Prestige?.
Now I person driven the car for astir 1000 km. Driving is mostly connected hilly roads. These are the observations:
- Slavia is simply a head-turner. People couldn't assistance but announcement its presence, particularly successful Lava Blue, which is thing my bureau colleagues told me.
- One large quality I person noticed is however antithetic turbocharged engines behave arsenic compared to NA. While I did not person immoderate contented arsenic I was already driving Ecosport diesel, a lag earlier 1600-1700 rpm is surely determination successful Slavia which was non-existent successful Rapid.
- The virtual cockpit doesn't connection overmuch but the graphics and utilizing it is simply a small analyzable arsenic compared to Analog IC.
- Touch controls for AC are the existent pain, you request to get your eyes disconnected the roadworthy each clip you request to alteration the somesthesia and determination is nary dedicated power for switching AC off. You person to bash it done instrumentality control.
- Electrically adjustable seats are convenient but excessively slow.
- I haven't experienced the ventilated seats yet arsenic I unrecorded mostly successful places with sub-zero temperatures during the ongoing season.
- The motor makes small sound astatine idle, which I deliberation is owed to its 3-cylinder configuration.
- I person yet to announcement the information that determination is simply a sunroof supra my head.
- I miss each Windows one-touch up-down and distant Windows up-down features of Rapid.
I person installed lone 3 accesories namely mud flaps, level mats and a dashcam and readying to instal a Skoda Logo and TSI emblem connected the rear, arsenic I deliberation thing is missing without the Skoda Logo connected the rear.
