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Greek Driving Holiday: Fun with Audis, a Peugeot and Kodiaq MT

22nd June 2023, 16:07 by Ananth Iyer

Crete is the largest island in Greece & definitely the best island to drive.

BHPia karan561 recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

The video covers a brief discussion on some unknown facts of the Indo-Greek History, the cars i drove in Mykonos, Santorini, Crete & Athens also I review this entire Greek Holiday to help enthusiasts plan their trips.

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The video is divided as per the following Time Stamp chapters below;

00:00 - Intro
01:06 - History Lesson
03:11 - Driving In Greece
06:28 - Temple Of Poseidon
07:27 - Holiday Review

The first car I want to talk about is the Audi A1 Sportback:

I rented this car in Mykonos:

Interestingly looking like GTO in this pic

The A1 came with a nomenclature of 30 TFSI.

30 TFSI sounds serious, but it isn't as it had a small 1L 3cyl Turbo petrol motor packing 115 HP but the torque number of 200 NM was impressive and kept me going.

The handling dynamics kept me entertained as the package felt tight & robust:

Perfect for exploring the small streets of the island.

For the island of Santorini I had booked the same small category car which I had booked in Mykonos, but I was offered an upgrade at a very nominal price & the upgrade was a new 2023 Skoda Kodiaq:

Manual:

Had some sorta anti stall tech, good implementation.

Slick Shifting box, loved it:

The upgrade came with a price as the Villa where we were staying:

Had very narrow lanes:

Like these:

Overall driving the Kodiaq was fun as the car was very comfortable. Interestingly it had just 215 section tyres. Also it was a 1.5L Turbo Petrol, enough for the island but clearly it was felt that the chassis could handle more. A big Diesel was missed.

Hope miraculously Skoda brings back its Diesel + M/T combos.