I purchased a one year old Skoda Fabia TSI 95 SE for my sister-in-law yesterday - helping out as she has limited cash.
I was hugely impressed with the build quality and for sure, from a body panel perspective it's quite a lot better than my M3P - a lot of car for £10k in fact, albeit still an ICE at the end of the day.
It did set me thinking though, I know it's all about the tech and drive train, but our Tesla build quality is some way behind Skoda - no, really it very definitely is
On the plus side, virtually all of the sales guys in the showroom vacated their seats and lined up at the window to watch as I pulled out of the car park in the M3P. Fortunately nothing fell off.
Don't get me wrong, I love my car but just wished it felt a little less "fragile" and that the boot closed with a reasurring thud rather than a tinny clunk. I'm still a bit nervous about what's in store a few years down the track if I'm being absolutely honest. Is it just me?
I was hugely impressed with the build quality and for sure, from a body panel perspective it's quite a lot better than my M3P - a lot of car for £10k in fact, albeit still an ICE at the end of the day.
It did set me thinking though, I know it's all about the tech and drive train, but our Tesla build quality is some way behind Skoda - no, really it very definitely is
On the plus side, virtually all of the sales guys in the showroom vacated their seats and lined up at the window to watch as I pulled out of the car park in the M3P. Fortunately nothing fell off.
Don't get me wrong, I love my car but just wished it felt a little less "fragile" and that the boot closed with a reasurring thud rather than a tinny clunk. I'm still a bit nervous about what's in store a few years down the track if I'm being absolutely honest. Is it just me?