So I made some changes for the family cars/daily drivers.
I have had this 2019 Skoda Superb Combi since 2019. It has been perfect for my needs as a family freighter, even if the 1.5 TSI in this large barge isn’t exactly the most fun engine.
View attachment 1501512Would have prefered a 2.0 TDI. Anyway, it gets the job done, and the Superb is extremely spacious and a perfect family car. Love the Emerald Green metallic!
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I decided to put it up for sale during the summer despite not really having anything else in the pipeline. It has been sitting quite a lot since my fiance changed workplace and now can walk to work. Figured I would drive some of my ”enthusiast” cars anyway in the summer. Sold it pretty quick.
After that I got approached by someone who wanted to buy my 2024 Cupra Leon Sportstourer.
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Was not planning to sell it, but got an offer I couldn’t refuse, so ended up selling BOTH of my daily drivers without having anything else to switch to… With autumn fast approaching… I really needed a new ride!
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Gonna miss those wheels though…
I usually don’t overthink buying a car, especially not a daily driver. If my gut feeling is good, and if it seems financially OK, I usually go with it. My philosophy is that you don’t have to marry your car (even if a couple of my cars been mine for almost 20 years now… 😬) and you can just sell it if it doesn’t fit.
Since I really liked my Cupra, and wanted a plug-in hybrid again, my next choice was a small upgrade to the facelifted 2025 model. It is the VZ eHybrid model, a PHEV with 272 PS combined, it can go 100 km+ on a charge. That is double the range from the ”old” one, and about 30 PS more.
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I REALLY like this car. It is so nice to drive, it is fun and I love driving it. Not my favorite colour though.
As winter approached, I also needed a replacement for the Superb. Making something of a forced impulse buy, I went electric and bought this 2024 Cupra Born.
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Too bad the first owner forgot to order it with paint. So, I now have two colourless Cupras.
This will mostly be my go to work-car, and since it has been a really weird december in Sweden with temperatures around 6-10 degrees Celsius, I kind of just continued driving with the summer wheels. But yesterday I caved and put on the winter wheels with studs.
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Don’t really like driving with studs, prefer winter tyres without studs.
Anyway, I am now ready for some winter electric motoring, we’ll see how that goes 🙂
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