Hello - I'm a new member though a veteran Skoda owner (12 years, last one an 04 Octavia hatchback SE 1.9 TDI). The current one gives excellent service but my wife and I are considering getting a smaller model though of similar load capacity - a Fabia Estate. The specs of the Elegance or Scout versions seem to suit some of our needs. Has any owner any advice to give? The Octavia 1.6 deal looks tempting too but it does not have cruise control which we have found very useful on long continental drives.
We were considering changing to a petrol version because we will probably not do the mileage in future needed to keep the diesel particulate filter, fitted to the new diesels, functioning properly. Comments on this too would be appreciated.
