Iv had my Scout just over a year now and have just looked at the 2nd hand prices on Autotrader, pleased to see that Iv lost next to nothing in 12 months, how many cars do that?

Iv had my Scout just over a year now and have just looked at the 2nd hand prices on Autotrader, pleased to see that Iv lost next to nothing in 12 months, how many cars do that?

My sister wants to trade up her Elegance to a Scout but the dealer told her she wouldn't get it until May!

Me too.

Bought my pre-facelift one previous owner (Skoda UK) 2008 (08) Tdi PD Scout with 7,000 miles 18 months ago for £14,000 from Rainworth Skoda. Black magic standard specification plus xenon’s.

Similar cars on eBay / Autotrader are now £16,000 + for the same age (now 18 months older) with quite a few more miles.

Truly incredible for a value brand. I keep my cars for life so unfortunately the extraordinary residuals are no real benefit to me.

I love my Scout so much I want to replace our second car with one, problem is I am finding it hard to justify paying the higher prices after only paying £14K for this one!

Here was mine:

Here is an almost identical Scout about 6 months ago, prices have risen even more since then!

Edited 2 January, 201115 yr by silver1011

There is currently a 5-6 month lead time on any new skoda ordered at the moment, so may sounds about right. This is also the reason that used values on newer models is currently strong I think.

Talking about keeping cars for life, my cousin is using a 1985 B reg Renault 11 which now has 87K miles on the clock and has had one owner from new, and that is his father. They also have a Renault 19, which I think is a G Reg, got that new as well, and it currently has around 30K on the clock. His dads company Audi on the other hand has been to the moon and back.

Same on the Yeti. Year old ones with 10k on the clock are selling for about new price.

Some people don't like a 6/7 month wait... but they could then suffer a heap of depreciation in a year or two having paid an over inflated price for a used vehicle.

Increased prices (and VAT) on new ones in 2011 may help residuals a bit though?

Also, I think dealers base their "nearly new" prices on new list prices, and no one pays list price for a new car. I got £3,500 (over 20%) off the list price of mine when I bought new a year ago. At the time the near identical demonstrator car with ~2-3000 miles was priced at £2K more than I paid for my new car. The cheapest comparable cars currently on autotrader are the same price I paid for mine new a year ago so my discount has also covered the first year depreciation.

IIRC, the scrappage scheme also pushed up the price of second hand cars - they really took off about 18 months ago and have stayed high ever since.

I got mine from a dealer, 6m old, a good few optional extras...2k miles for 17,000 grand!!! Cant see many 2010 FL Scouts at that price!!

There is currently a 5-6 month lead time on any new skoda ordered at the moment, so may sounds about right.

I dont think its all new skoda's, some models/engines are a more "reasonable" 3 months - Im being quoted 12 weeks for a Octy VRS petrol for example

Also, I think dealers base their "nearly new" prices on new list prices, and no one pays list price for a new car.

I ordered my Scout in Mar 2010 and took delivery in Sep 2010. Price £18,400 including polished alloys, silver roof rails, heated seats, multifunctional steering wheel inc bluetooth & spare wheel. I sold it to the dealer I purchased it from for £18,500 11 weeks later with 8,000 miles on the clock.

The dealer advertised it for £20,995 on the Skoda web site and it was sold within a week! I am sure that I would have struggled to achieve the same price privately and was happy to accept the dealers offer.

I ordered my Scout in Mar 2010 and took delivery in Sep 2010. Price £18,400 including polished alloys, silver roof rails, heated seats, multifunctional steering wheel inc bluetooth & spare wheel. I sold it to the dealer I purchased it from for £18,500 11 weeks later with 8,000 miles on the clock.

The dealer advertised it for £20,995 on the Skoda web site and it was sold within a week! I am sure that I would have struggled to achieve the same price privately and was happy to accept the dealers offer.

Very good what are you driving now?

I considered my 1.8TSi Scout a bargain at under £15.5K - standard except for full size spare and removable towbar / wiring prep and under 6000 miles on the clock.

Had it since end of October and still loving it.

Very good what are you driving now?

I'm working my notice period on my current job and will take delivery of a company car the middle of Feb which will be a Renault Megane Sport until my new Scout is built. I calculated that it is cheaper to hire a small car at £14/day than take the hit on depreciation in a few weeks time, so I'm driving a 1.2L Vauxhall Corsa...

It's a long time since I have driven such a small car and I had forgotten how hard you have to push the engine to make reasonable progress - I'm not looking forward to the next covering of snow though.

I've been scouring the pages of What Car magazine and test driven several of the Crossovers that are on the market, but to be honest I haven't found a suitable alternative to the Scout i.e. car like handling, reasonable running costs and with all wheel drive. I suppose that could be the subeject of a new thread: What is the Scout's main competition?

I'm working my notice period on my current job and will take delivery of a company car the middle of Feb which will be a Renault Megane Sport until my new Scout is built. I calculated that it is cheaper to hire a small car at £14/day than take the hit on depreciation in a few weeks time, so I'm driving a 1.2L Vauxhall Corsa...

It's a long time since I have driven such a small car and I had forgotten how hard you have to push the engine to make reasonable progress - I'm not looking forward to the next covering of snow though.

I've been scouring the pages of What Car magazine and test driven several of the Crossovers that are on the market, but to be honest I haven't found a suitable alternative to the Scout i.e. car like handling, reasonable running costs and with all wheel drive. I suppose that could be the subeject of a new thread: What is the Scout's main competition?

Its a cracking car, weve done 20000 in ours since May with all aspects of driving from the snow to show off in to a blast to the South of Spain, That total trip was 3800 miles, measured Calais to Calais in 10 days with 2 legs over 700 miles. On the long runs it was incredibly comfortable & even when cruising at over 100 very stable, That came as quite a suprise for such a tall car with a lot of suspension movement, I thought crosswinds would be a real problem.

Going back to your new thread, if you called it "What is the Scout's main competition for £20,000" I genuinly cant think of anything that comes even close.

Re running your renter, its not well known but VW when pushed are giving out loan cars to people who are waiting an unreosnable time for their new car, I think Skoda though will only run to a few vouchers