was there previously any shaking at the front end, when hard braking

It is interesting to note that back in 2006, Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors appointed the renowned German automobile designer Peter Schreyer (widely known for his contributions to the Audi TT) as Chief Design Officer and in December 2012, he was named as one of three presidents of the company.

The transformation he has wrought since his time there has evidently transformed the company from mere 'cheap-and-cheerful' also-rans to serious contenders in the world market and they must undoubtedly be giving their Japanese counterparts plenty of sleepless nights, not to mention some stiff competition into the bargain !

With a basic Karoq starting from £20,875.00, I wish 'VW's Czech offshoot' company the very best of luck, but I reckon that they may well struggle to sell many of these vehicles both in the UK and elsewhere across continental Europe (unless heavily discounted), which admittedly seems fairly unlikely, at least in the short term.

My wife & I initially considered purchasing a new Škoda Kodiaq SUV, but by the time we'd 'specced' it out with all of the desirable optional extras, we found ourselves well into £42,000.00+ territory, which quite frankly is vaguely ridiculous, even for a Škoda !!!

Personally speaking, I'd advise BernieB Smith and others to look at the brilliant Kia Sportage range, because despite testing out well over a dozen alternative SUV's, including established makes such as the likes of Audi's Q5, Jaguar's F-Pace, Mercedes-Benz's GLC and Volvo's new XC60, the Sportage pretty-well makes 'mince-meat' out of the lot of them.

Lest you should think I'm exaggerating a little, I recently discovered that the folks at Kia used the Range Rover Evoque as a bench-mark and having owned our beautiful *KX-5 Sportage since mid June, I can indeed confirm that imho they were absolutely spot-on !

In fact this particular *model is loaded with more additional safety features and inclusive options than you can shake a stick at and it's overall refinement and astonishing ride-comfort simply has to be experienced to be believed.

The most incredible thing about all of this is that even after throwing in an amazing three years free service and a full 7-year manufacturer's warranty, we only ended up shelling-out a very reasonable £31,000.00, which even included twelve months road tax.

Of course it will never happen, but I'd dearly love to see the abject expression of horror on the faces of the prestige British & German brands sales executives, were they ever forced to offer an equivalent 7-year warranty…..methinks the term 's***-scared' springs to mind !!!

Palcouk. Careful perusal shows the following on Aviva policies that excludes me I think:

Exclusions to Section 2
We
will not pay for:(5)
loss, damage, death or injury while any motor vehicle is being used on:
(a)
that part of an aerodrome or airport used for aircraft taking off or landing,
(b)
aircraft parking areas including service roads,
(c)
ground equipment parking areas, or

Cheers.

.....but isnt a car without plates, with no link to a resident, liable to be towed as being abandoned?