GeorgeStorm

I would have thought a payment holiday is just delaying the payment, not removing them, same with rent holidays etc, I thought the idea was the amount would be recouped at a later date somehow, not just free money/discount.

But interesting enough for you to go out of your way to respond?

Ok cheers, with everything that's going on this whole thing is on hold so I'm in no rush, but good to know what I might try to specifically check when the time comes.

Would others agree that skoda halogens are somewhat lacking then?

Cool thanks. As a side note didn't realise this forum was full of children

I'd be interested in seeing a long-term pic, be cool to see how the average speed relates to the mpg.

Just had the garage confirm they are halogen apparently.

Haha cheers, and ah ok I believe the octavia I'm looking at has halogens (although I'm all a bit lost with all this car stuff so could be very wrong), so that's good to know.

Can willy waving be kept elsewhere? Opinions on the light difference, is it a personal thing or would led simply be a direct upgrade from halogen?

Yeah, and front heated seats were one of the few features my OH said she'd quite like so that's another plus, hence my uncertainty and why potentially things like colour might tip the balance one way or the other hah. Edit: Never had LED lights, I believe the Nissan Pulsar tekna comes with those compared to halogen on the octavia, do they make a big difference?

The main ones that come to mind are full leather/heated seats, reversing camera, 360 degree camera, and nissan 'safety shield' which includes Moving Object Detection, Lane Departure Warning and Blind Sport Warning. Now don't get me wrong I don't actually know how much I'll care about some of that, but better to have and disable because I'm not fussed than not have in the first place maybe?

I actually don't mind the colour at all, even if brown was the only colour you could get the octavia in, if the tech was similar to the nissan I probably wouldn't consider the nissan! But tech + mileage + looks add up to enough to make it worth considering for me

Awful interior in terms of looks or quality? I've personally never understood the hard vs soft plastic thing, but I guess that's because everything in my car is hard plastic I think, but I also don't spend any time touching any of it so doesn't make any difference! Yeah I'll test drive one obviously before committing regardless Haha, she did originally ask about pink cars then instantly thought they were awful hah. On the surface the Nissan simply has a better spec, lower mileage than the octavia, with being worse in a couple of areas (space and engine power), but still far better than my current car for those, as well as us preferring things like the colour, and so just trying to work out if the extra tech is worth other potential downsides. If there was an octavia in other colours, with the extra tech of the Nissan for the same price we wouldn't be having this conversation as the colour/looks alone wouldn't be enough to consider the Nissan

I mean if all/enough other needs are met by both options then things like colour would naturally be what makes up the final decision surely

Yeah, I think the size difference will probably be ok, as it'll still be a huge step up from my current corsa and I believe it's on the bigger end for the class (ignoring the octavia obviously), and same with performance, in that whilst it isn't as quick as the octavia, should still be quicker than my corsa by a decent margin. When I looked at some mazda3s because we liked the look of them, one of the common engines (1.6l petrol I think) was significantly slower (~12s 0-60 type thing) and I considered that to be too much of a drop even though it would still probably be quicker than my current car, and I think the nissan is under 11s so whilst slower than the octavia still a decent jump from the corsa. Not to say that I prefer it to the octavia, the extra performance and size of the skoda I think would be benefits, but since I'm aware I'm coming from something much smaller, I worry that it'll be wasted so to speak.

Well bit of a necro post I know but due to all these delays and potentially changing opinions, a new challenger has appeared, in the form of a Nissan Pulsar, which I hadn't really heard of before, but my partner loves the colour and prefers the general look of it to the octavia on the exterior certainly, interior they're close, but the Nissan is better specced and with much lower mileage and so thought I'd post them both here for some opinions! https://www.motors.co.uk/car-54769321 vs https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202002187455939 Waiting to hear about the service history and how much I'd be able to get it down as whilst in theory I'd save £150+ a year from tax and insurance it's a little pricier than I want to spend at its current value.

SO to give this an update his budget changed as they felt it was silly spending that much on a car in their current situation, so they've been looking between 3-4k and I think have settled on a swift, couple of potentials the fit the bill, trying to find out more information or see if he could test drive one, but obviously due to the current situation everything is moving a little slowly.

Yeah I'm definitely not saying he should 100% get a fabia, just wondered how you guys thought it might compare, I think his shortlist that he liked the look of the most were the fiesta, rio, ibiza and corsa actually. Having learned on a corsa (my current car). It would be much easier if there were only one or two models that were any good, but seemingly in this sector most are pretty decent!

Hi all, As above, my brother is looking to buy his first car, he's been driving for 6+ years but hasn't owned a car himself yet. Looking for something corsa/fiesta sized, and since I'm about the join the Skoda family I wondered if a fabia might be a good idea? He's looking at petrol due to low mileage (5-7k per annum), wanting something fairly low mileage (<60k), with AC and bluetooth, 5 doors, mostly for short trips but the odd weekend away type thing. From my own looking I saw the fabia was fairly well thought of, but had a couple of models that people tended to recommend staying away from (1l with 60bhp I think?) What would people's recommendations be for a small car in the 5-6k budget?

Since it's unlikely both of you are needed to actually do the shop, and they're trying to limit numbers.

How comes you're looking at a diesel with that mileage? Would have thought petrol would be more suitable.

Issue being I know nothing about him in the end (which was my fault) since I've never had issues selling online to people, and he was local (don't have an address) and so we just spoken via the website, and he popped round to pick up it the day after paying no problamo.

Been in contact with paypal since finding out about it, the dispute went in his favour and since he collected it they claim there's nothing they can do. Reported to the police since it's just plain theft in the end but obviously doubt anything will happen, especially now.

Yeah I know that's why I'm probably even more annoyed hah! Apparently an unauthorised transaction dispute can be raised on both types of payment, and I had no opportunity to give evidence etc, just had to wait.

I didn't tell him to pay that way, and I didn't see any indication it was done that way (don't use paypal that often) just said I'd received £150. He paid me money, and then got it back. He chose to use friends and family. I didn't pay him anything, paypal gave him a refund.