Skoda Citigo, anyone?

[TheInsanity1234]

Hello folks!

First time posting in this subsection, but I'm looking at getting a Skoda Citigo as my first car. Been driving for a year now, in my mum's car which is a Yeti Greenline.

I was just wondering what your thoughts were on Citigos. How was it in terms of adjusting to a low powered, light and free-revving petrol, as I'm used to a pretty heavy cross over with a torquey diesel.

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Sounds like it'll be pretty diesel-like in its torque characteristics then!

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va1o said:

I've had a couple in VW and SEAT forms as courtesy cars. Not sure I would describe them as diesel like, you need to rev to make good progress. Nice and lightweight though making them surprisingly fun to drive

The 75PS is the one to have if you can afford

Well, I'm used to a Greenline 1.6 diesel so that's got a decent torque range, goes from about 2k rpm to 3k rpm, so the Citigo having a torque range between 3k and 4k rpm isn't going to be a great deal different.

Getting the 60hp because it was plenty powerful enough for me on the test drive, even with 4 fully grown adults in it!

Plus, it's about £50 cheaper on insurance I think.

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Mud_ said:

You'll rev a bit higher than a diesel, but it's a non-issue. What I meant is there's enough down low that it feels eager enough (for what it is) and you'll have to be completely inept to stall it, but you will need to rev it and use the gears. The 60 horse vs. 75 is just the ECU not letting you go wide-open throttle above 5k rpm. The 60 horse has a taller 5th gear so should be quieter on the motorway, but neither is going to be much fun there.

I took the Citigo that I test drove up to 80 on a dual carriageway in Swindon, and it didn't seem loud or anything!

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It's pretty easy for me to get excited about it, but that's probably because this is my first car, and the first car I'll get to drive since I passed my test which runs on petrol.

Also I'm looking forwards to getting a load of presents for it

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Well today marks the first week I've spent waiting for the car.

It's been loaded on to a boat and I think it's either arriving in the UK this evening or tomorrow morning.

I requested the details of the boat my car was on so I could track it, but dealer isn't playing nice.

Anyone know how else to go around obtaining those details?