Safety shuld be your priority

I have a tendency to appreciate good things in life.

Driving has always been my passion owing to which I have tried and tested different cars. I have participated in Mud rallies, mountain driving and long distance driving since a long time.

I thought about sharing an incident with everyone. I recently met up with an accident at Mumbai's eastern express highway where I was hit by a truck from the side. I had stoped my car at a signal and a truck was trying break the signal through the narrow space available from my right side. It banged my right door and pushed my car to a distance of 10 meters. My car had taken a 45 degree turn towards the right side due to the impact of the accident as the truck hit me completely from the right side. What I am trying to explain here is that at the time of the accident me or my 2 friends who were inside with me in the car could not even feel a jerk due to the impact of the accident. It did not cause any damage to the main body parts of the car apart from the two doors that got damaged due to the impact.

I always had a perception that Skoda gave poor after sales service due to the lack of enough service stations. But the company arranged for a pick up to the service station post the accident and the necessary replacements and repairs of the doors done with in a span of 15 days.

The car also gives a mileage of 20 - 22 KM / hr without any compromise in the pick up. It is also steady and comfortable for driving long distances.

I strongly recomend this car to my friends vis a vis to the new cars which is in the 1.6 diesel category launched recently.

Anil Mathews