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Maybe it's just the right cat food doing high mileage, it makes the driving more pleasurable and you will get to enjoy all that stealthy performance on more occassions than most.

I have to say that my 280 L&K Estate had been"Superb" in the snow and ice. When I bought it as an ex demo12 months ago the supplying dealer supplied an additional set of 18" inch alloys with Pirelli Sottozero winter tyres at a good price to cement the deal. Living in the Chilterns we got about 5 inches of snow which has now turned to sheet ice on the untreated minor roads and lanes. The 280 has no problem with traction and braking is very good. It makes the perfect winter car, although if the snow were much deeper a Range Rover might be the better choice as the Skoda is not far of beaching on raised ridges of snow in the middle of some of the narrow country lane

I have to say that my 280 L&K Estate had been"Superb" in the snow and ice. When I bought it as an ex demo12 months ago the supplying dealer supplied an additional set of 18" inch alloys with Pirelli Sottozero winter tyres at a good price to cement the deal. Living in the Chilterns we got about 5 inches of snow which has now turned to sheet ice on the untreated minor roads and lanes. The 280 has no problem with traction and braking is very good. It makes the perfect winter car, although if the snow were much deeper a Range Rover might be the better choice as the Skoda is not far of beaching on raised ridges of snow in the middle of some of the narrow country lanes.

We have two Skodas (Octavia estate and Superb estate 280) along with a Range Rover and a Mercedes. The 2015 plate Octavia was purchased a year ago from the Kidlington dealer just around the time the acquisition by Marshalls took place. The sales team were excellent and the level of service was very good although it turned out a service was due almost immediately which was outside the commitment for an approved used. However after an apology the vehicle was collected and serviced and delivered back cleaned, so we were happy. This time we when booking the Octavia for a service we were told that the earliest date for a collection was in the new year so we agreed to drop it off. While booking in the Octavia I mentioned that the service indicator of the Superb was showing an oil change due in 90 days so could I please book that in now given that they obviously needed a decent lead time. I was told sorry we no longer cover your postcode just off M40 J5 which is 35 minutes away. Obviously that's their prerogative, but I was quite surprised that even when I explained that I typically change cars every 12-18 months and that I would definitely be looking at another Skoda maybe two in the coming year that perhaps they might want to consider keeping me as a customer. However it seems they don't. Given that retail car sales are declining significantly it seems bizarre that dealers aren't willing to do more to keep loyal clients?