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BHPian Jangra recently shared this with other enthusiasts.
Recently completed a 1200 km trip to India's cleanest city - Indore. Glad that my sparingly used Kodiaq got the treat of a long trip. And so did I.
Noting a few observations from this trip
During the onwards journey, with the intention of better mileage, I drove in Eco mode. During about 50 km of driving in this mode, I noticed the drive being jerky between 4-5-6th gear while cruising. Never encountered this issue in city driving but on the highways when you're slowing down for traffic and cruising again, you can feel the jerk between those ratios, and also hear the transmission clank noise. You may not feel and hear anything, should your music system be loud, but when in mute, you can feel it and hear it. Switching to normal mode I did not encounter this issue. But, while returning to Mumbai, this could be felt even in the normal mode. This issue only occurs when you're driving very sedately and gears are changing at a very low RPM (1100-1200). In a sport mode or on a normal mode with normal (not sedate) driving, this issue was not felt. I made peace with this behaviour after 1200 km of driving. This was never felt in my Vento 1.2 TSI. Vento jerkiness is only limited to 1st and 2nd gear.
It's summer and 40+ degrees throughout - Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, I would have loved it if AC did a better job of cooling as my Vento does. Understand this is due to the cabin area being significantly larger. Blower from 4th speed starts to get loud to a point that it hinders the lovely acoustics of the music. I do not ever drive on Auto AC mode as it turns the air recirculation off and therefore takes forever to chill the cabin and maintain it.
Finally, and most importantly, it was the expression of my in-laws when we reached. They greeted the car before they greeted us
Some pictures from the trip
1st break at Starbucks Igatpuri.
Here's what BHPian akshaysehgal had to say on the matter:
Congratulations on the new car. Wishing you many many happy miles on this beauty. Great review and travel updates.
I recently saw a black version of the car overtaking me on a Delhi road and I followed it for a good 10 minutes admiring it all the way! You mentioned the looks of the car as the last point but if it were me, I would put it all the way up. In my opinion, it is one of the finest looking SUVs (not just in the 7-seater category) right now in India!
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