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i40 review

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭kop-end


    jca wrote: »
    Don't forget the "new" 90 bhp weedy engine as if the 105 bhp engine wasn't slow enough!!

    Back up there darcy, so the new 90bhp is avoid at all costs yeah? Had my eye on this to save a few quid from the 190bhp?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,830 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    kop-end wrote: »
    Back up there darcy, so the new 90bhp is avoid at all costs yeah? Had my eye on this to save a few quid from the 195bhp?

    It depends what you want from a car, but that's really not enough for a car of that size and weight. Load it up with a few people and luggage and you'd know all about it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭kop-end


    It depends what you want from a car, but that's really not enough for a car of that size and weight. Load it up with a few people and luggage and you'd know all about it.

    thanks for that, better re-check my list then. the car will be dragging 2 adults and 2 kids around. boot will be taking buggies, kids bikes etc....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,539 ✭✭✭jca


    kop-end wrote: »
    Back up there darcy, so the new 90bhp is avoid at all costs yeah? Had my eye on this to save a few quid from the 195bhp?
    I found the 105 bhp in the 2012 model very sluggish. Give the 90 bhp a spin and see what you think. Let us know here then.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭2time


    I drive an 2011 passat tdi but had an i40 out for 2 weeks but was not impressed, i found it inferior quality both inside and out - very poorly screwed together and the 1.7 diesel engine more harder on fuel but it looks good but would not buy one.
    What others think of them.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,125 ✭✭✭TheMilkyPirate


    Bit unfair to compare it to a Passat no?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,296 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Bit unfair to compare it to a Passat no?

    Hardly, they're in the same segment


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    Bit unfair to compare it to a Passat no?

    Not unfair to compare them, but common sense should let you know when the i40 starts at nearly 5k less than the a comparable passat that the soft touch plastics and sound deadening might not be quite as good.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭Jesus.


    Not comparable to a Passat yet they're the Garda fleet cars


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,352 ✭✭✭gallag


    I am the op. I owned 6 skoda superbs in six years, the latest being the 1.6 2014 facelift model that I had to get repaired hence the time spent with the i40. I have traded the superb in for a 2015 facelift BMW 520d, 8 speed auto 190bhp, ill not lie, it's a better car than the superb but I honestly still believe the superb is the best car in its class, and I miss not felling my rear passangers knees in the back of my seat! Anyone thinking of buying a superb stop wasting time and do it! Thinking of an i40? Test drive it!


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭Jesus.


    gallag wrote: »
    Anyone thinking of buying a superb stop wasting time and do it!

    I can only imagine what a 1.6 in a Barge like that must be like Gallag


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,352 ✭✭✭gallag


    Jesus. wrote: »
    I can only imagine what a 1.6 in a Barge like that must be like Gallag

    Acceptable, the six speed box made more of a difference in the facelift. I mean it's not going to win any races but it will pull a full load up motorway hill section at a speed you could lose your license so if high octane driving is not your bag the 1.6 is acceptable.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,626 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Jesus. wrote: »
    Not comparable to a Passat yet they're the Garda fleet cars

    Not many Garda driving Passats or any other VWs over the years. Garda fleet is normally with whoever wins the contract.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭galljga1


    gallag wrote: »
    I am the op. I owned 6 skoda superbs in six years, the latest being the 1.6 2014 facelift model that I had to get repaired hence the time spent with the i40. I have traded the superb in for a 2015 facelift BMW 520d, 8 speed auto 190bhp, ill not lie, it's a better car than the superb but I honestly still believe the superb is the best car in its class, and I miss not felling my rear passangers knees in the back of my seat! Anyone thinking of buying a superb stop wasting time and do it! Thinking of an i40? Test drive it!

    Yes the 520D is a better car but I could not justify the price difference. The superb is without doubt the best car in its class/price bracket once you get over the sea donkey like rear end. New model which is being launched this summer is my 2016 car.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,042 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    I drove my sisters i40 to Sligo and back. Nice car to drive but I found the driving position poor and very little support in the seats. I was like and old man after the drive.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,352 ✭✭✭gallag


    _Brian wrote: »
    I drove my sisters i40 to Sligo and back. Nice car to drive but I found the driving position poor and very little support in the seats. I was like and old man after the drive.

    Haha Brian, nice car to drive except for the slight crippling ;-)

    Just as an observation, it is astounding just how small the 5 series feels after 6 years of superb ownership!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,431 ✭✭✭Old diesel


    Driving position seems poor alright from having sat in one last summer.

    From memory - its an epically bizarre mix of a sports car driving position and a normal cars - without any of the benefits of EITHER.

    Very hard to get comfy in.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,296 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Alan partridge has a kia optima

    alan-partridge-alpha-papa-trailer-3.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,539 ✭✭✭jca


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Alan partridge has a kia optima

    alan-partridge-alpha-papa-trailer-3.jpg

    One baaaad looking car...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,296 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    2011_Kia_Optima_SX_--_08-26-2011.jpg

    As with most cars, spec up a bit and it looks good.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,539 ✭✭✭jca


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    2011_Kia_Optima_SX_--_08-26-2011.jpg

    As with most cars, spec up a bit and it looks good.

    No it doesn't. It looks like some boy racer drove their recently deceased grandads car through halfords.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,296 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    IMO they look quite smart in the flesh, but obviously wont be to everyone's liking.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    gallag wrote: »
    Haha Brian, nice car to drive except for the slight crippling ;-)

    Just as an observation, it is astounding just how small the 5 series feels after 6 years of superb ownership!
    How could it when the 5 series is a bigger and wider car?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    Tea 1000 wrote: »
    How could it when the 5 series is a bigger and wider car?

    It has less interior space.......


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    ba_barabus wrote: »
    It has less interior space.......
    Only from the back of the front seat to the knees of the rear passenger, and not by that much. But from a drivers point of view, width is what gives a car the big car feeling, and the 5 is a good bit wider. Looks and feels it too.
    I think it's the obsession on boards for Skoda's being massive. Back in the day I test drove a VRs thinking it'd be a decent space match for my car at the time, a Mazda 6, seeing as the 6 wasn't the biggest in it's class, and everyone couldn't stop talking about how massive the Octavia was. I found it felt a little small, you knew it was a class down from the drivers seat. And it's the same with the 5-series vs Superb.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,296 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    What would the guy that actually had a superb and now has a 5 series know about it anyway?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,626 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    My old Passat CC definitely had a bit more legroom especially in the back compared to my current F10. The F10's long bonnet and longitude fitted engine eats into a fair bit of cabin space.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    What would the guy that actually had a superb and now has a 5 series know about it anyway?

    I know which I'd prefer and space has nothing to do with it. I just don't get the obsession with Skodas. I would have thought the Skoda had more useable space over the 5 due mainly to the transmission tunnel however.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,352 ✭✭✭gallag


    The rear legroom in the skoda is massively more than the 5. It's not even close.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    What would the guy that actually had a superb and now has a 5 series know about it anyway?
    Sure what's actual measurements when we have opinions?
    gallag wrote: »
    The rear legroom in the skoda is massively more than the 5. It's not even close.
    But rear legroom is only one dimension, and not noticed from the driver seat.


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