Gross9661

How does the road noise compare (considering the tire profiles you had and have) ?  Our Superb had 17 inch alloys and the Passat has 18 inch. I must say that I cant tell much difference between the two regarding road noise.The Passat is much quieter at low speeds being a petrol (superb was diesel).

We changed our Superb for a Passat GT estate dsg and so far are very pleased with it. It is , not surprisingly, very similar to the Superp. Some things are better...full size spare alloy, panoramic roof, digital cockpit, all come as standard, but a lot of the clever little things on the Skoda are missing...brolly, ice scraper, torch in boot etc. The Skoda also had more storage in the cabin, but having said that the lease I've taken out both are similarly priced so for me the VW represents better value.

Yes that's true, it's got a few things that we think are better than the Superb.... digital dash is standard on the gt as is a full glass roof......however not that keen on the look of the alloys.....positives and negatives!!!!!

Our Superb lease comes to an end on 9th March, and had ordered a Karoq. A build date delay led to me cancelling the order and have now ordered a VW Passat GT 1.5 petrol dsg. It will be here in a week or so hopefully. I suspect that it won't be that different from the Superb though.

Not a diesel, it's the newish 1.5 petrol tsi evo 150bhp. It will take a bit of getting used to. It's my first ever automatic car too.

Having ordered our new Karoq 1.6 diesel SE Tech in mid October for delivery late February or early March, I was very disappointed to eventually be given a build date of week commencing 11th March. We've heard many tales of this type but we are off on a road trip to Italy, Austria and Germany in a few weeks, and have sadly decided to cancel our order for a few reasons. We were told we could extend our current pch, but are already at the limit of our mileage allowance and didn't think it wise to put up to 6,000 excess miles on our current car. Our dealership have been excellent, and even offered to lend us a car to go to Italy in, in case our Karoq didn't arrive in time. I must confess though to being a little nervous about doing that trip in a loan car, for lots of reasons (Italian drivers, insurance difficulties, paperwork problems etc), so decided to cancel the order. We then set about finding a "stock car" to get on a pch for immediate delivery. Eventually got a VW Passat estate thats already built and on it's way to the Uk. Not quite a Skoda but pretty similar to our current Superb. Hope we like it as much !!!!! Hats off to Derek Slack motors in Middlesbrough though, they tried to help as much as possible.

Ordered my Karoq 1.6d se tech dsg ( plus heated screen and spare wheel) at end of October 2018 and have just been given build date of week starting11th March 2019 with dealer saying delivery approx early April...heres hoping.

The price we've been quoted is £15200, and I've seen cars with the same mileage for sale at around £16000 so I'm assuming with discount etc would end up being around the same price. I can't however find any info on auction prices for Superbs recently.

My PCH comes to n end in about 6 weeks, and my daughter and her fella are considering buying my car from Skoda finance. We have a provisional price that is similar to retail price. Does anyone have any experience of this process, how negotiable is the price if at all , or is it better to trace the car and go to auction and try to get it cheaper. I've heard tales of ghost bidding (to increase the price) when members of public bid though. Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated

Drove Teesside to Sorrento in Italy last September with stops in Germany and Italy. Dont know about crow flies distance, but clocked up 4400 miles for the whole trip. Doing it again next may but Superb will have gone back by then. Doubt it will be in a Superb next time....Passat more likely!!!...controversial.

Ok then.. a couple of issues to address here. It is inferred here that the 70 mile stretch was downhill......no it was a very flat stretch of road.... (trust me .. I know what flat roads look like) almost deserted very early on a Sunday morning when trucks aren't allowed on the roads in Germany. I didn't have to touch the pedals once. My post did say that those conditions were rare, but provide an example of how economical the car could be in those circumstances. As for your knowledge of why non briskoda members read these pages.... I'm impressed, but surely they can make a more informed choice with as much input from skoda owners as is possible. As for my "claim" of getting 55mpg around town etc on short journeys, all I can tell you is what the cars computer tells me. As for being a professional driver, and by presenting "cherry picked examples" you almost make it sound like I'm cheating. In actual fact it just indicates what I personaly get from my car on certain journeys as you yourself said....." personal experience" Being a professional driver doesn't give me any advantages in any way, it just shapes the way I drive. How you drive your car is personal choice, I just happen to drive my car like I drive a 44 ton chemical tanker....gently. As I also said in my previous post .... I take it all as an "ish" anyway. Whinge over....and breathe....and relax.

I can't say that I'm overly concerned if the figures on the cars computer are out by a few mpg..... I have much bigger things in life to worry about... but its a good indication that the car is pretty economical. I'm an hgv chemical tanker driver so tend to be used to driving fairly gently (or the bloody things tip over) so I would imagine that may help improve the figures to a certain degree. I tend to take the figures as an "ish" anyway.

I have a 1.6 greenline diesel....and around town ,to and from work etc usually 2 miles max at a time and I average (according to the trip computer) 55mpg. Howevet on a good long run on a motorway ...cruise control on ...and I can average 70 mpg sometimes more. The onboard computer works out that we can get up towards 900 miles to a tank of diesel (Tescos regular diesel) In fact on a trip to Italy last year on a German autobahn we averaged 65mpg doing a 70mile stretch at 100mph. Ok I admit that it is rare to get a 70 mile stretch where you dont have to slow down at all etc but a reduction in horsepower can pay off when it comes to fuel economy. A 1.6 greenline wont be the most powerful car I've ever driven but it suits me.

When i first passed my driving test in the late seventies I had a test drive in a Moskvitch. Never will I ever complain about any car after that. It was a total bag of sh** e. Im no snob..... but I just couldn't buy it. Simply horrific. (Sorry to anyone who may have owned one)

Ah.... another of the chosen lands. You must feel truly blessed my friend. Middlesbrough has now been returned to North Yorkshire, and so it is written, that the Smoggies are doubly blessed . And, there was peace throughout the land....forsooth.