I was picking up SWMBO on saturday lunch time from her work. I pulled into the side of the road outside her office as she finished talking to her friends. 4 blokes in their early 20s walked past as i waited, and i noticed two of them stare back.

When SWMBO got into the car she daid that as the guy were walking past, one of them was staring at the car quite a bit, and as they past it he said "mmmm, nice looking Skoda", as if he was surprised. His mate then also had a look.

My Octy is a standard looking 110TDI Elegance, so i was well chuffed to hear that they thought it was a nice looking car.

I think attitudes are definitely changing. The old advertising campaign skoda had with the production line guys not believing it was a skoda isn't far of the mark any more.

JD (well pleased)

I agree, people are appreciate the brand a lot more these days, what Tuning Box do you have on it, as I am looking to put one on my TDI. The car gives excellent mpg but with plenty of great driving experience. Following a trip to Germany, Czech republic, Austria and back to Germany, I did over 2500 miles in two weeks over varios conditions, autobahns etc and got an average of 52.5 mpg. In my eyes, what a car

I agree, people are appreciate the brand a lot more these days, what Tuning Box do you have on it, as I am looking to put one on my TDI. The car gives excellent mpg but with plenty of great driving experience. Following a trip to Germany, Czech republic, Austria and back to Germany, I did over 2500 miles in two weeks over varios conditions, autobahns etc and got an average of 52.5 mpg. In my eyes, what a car

I have a german tuning box which i bought on ebay for around

I was picking up SWMBO on saturday lunch time from her work. I pulled into the side of the road outside her office as she finished talking to her friends. 4 blokes in their early 20s walked past as i waited' date=' and i noticed two of them stare back.

When SWMBO got into the car she daid that as the guy were walking past, one of them was staring at the car quite a bit, and as they past it he said "mmmm, nice looking Skoda", as if he was surprised. His mate then also had a look.

My Octy is a standard looking 110TDI Elegance, so i was well chuffed to hear that they thought it was a nice looking car.

I think attitudes are definitely changing. The old advertising campaign skoda had with the production line guys not believing it was a skoda isn't far of the mark any more.

JD (well pleased)[/quote']

Just after I got my Vrs, I was driving through Silverstone, in convoy with our marketing manager, who also had a Vrs. We stopped at the traffic lights, and a couple of blokes wandered out of the pub, did a double take, and one said, "F**k me, they're both f**king Skodas!" -a similar compliment, but a bit more robust!

Phil

Just after I got my Vrs' date=' I was driving through Silverstone, in convoy with our marketing manager, who also had a Vrs. We stopped at the traffic lights, and a couple of blokes wandered out of the pub, did a double take, and one said, "F**k me, they're both f**king Skodas!" -a similar compliment, but a bit more robust!

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Phil,

I would expect that for a vRS, heck even i would say that for a vRS, but not for a standard Elegance. Thats why i was so pleased.

JD

Bunch of kids about twelve yrs old shouted "nice car mister" and proceeded to go on about(in an admiring way) that it was a skoda.

Made me feel all young and cool

Only downside was the fact I was driving throgh a 'Max Power' street lined with blinging BMW's Rover's and Calibra's.I'm still taking it as a compliment from the buyers of the future