First time Skoda owner, (well nearly)

[Eltel]

Hi all, a Skoda newbie here. I'm about to pull the trigger on an 11 plate octavia, 7000 ish miles, TSI 1.4 SE and while browsing the net to find info on this car, I stumbled across this site. Seems friendly and it looks like theres a large knowledge base which is really useful. I currently drive a Nissan Tino (don't laugh please, you'll upset it) which has done sterling service for the 8 years I've had it. Having heard a lot about Skodas and being in the market for a new motor, i decided to test drive one along with other makes to see which one would be the most suitable. Anyways, the octy won hands down against a C max, focus, some toyota thing, not sure what it was but it didn't impress, Nissan quahqui (what a let down) and the salesman insisted i have a go at a "Juke" which I absolutely hated, if wanted to drive a jelly mould I'd buy a Morris 1000!

As someone who's bought into the Skoda cold as it were with no preconcieved ideas the car all I can say is, why don't they sell more? and that engine, I'd have sworn that was a 2 litre versh, not 1.4!

Anyways, enough of my ramblings, again Hi all and I've got few questions ready to ask.

[vrsadz]

welcome to briskoda

[gallego1968]

Hi and welcome aboard.

[Eltel]

Righto, finally got me hands on me new Octavia, its a "cappucino" coloured versh, 1.4TSI SE, 7,500 miles on the clock. I had some parking sensors fiited by the garage, marlborough motors in Isleworth in west London, that have a visual display thats mounted above the rear window and comprises of a set of amber, green and red lights that change colour the closer you get to an obstacle, works extremely well too along with the aural warning. Well pleased with it so far, only had it since Saturday afternoon but managed to take it out on Sunday for an 80 mile round trip, very impressive on the motorway, reasonably quiet, good road holding, steering adequate (seems to be a point of criticism on these cars on some reviews I've read) and I still can't get over the fact that the engine is only a 1.4 litre, well pleased here.

Edited 21 May, 2012 by Eltel

[Longyear]

Congratulations, and great car choice.

That is indeed a great engine; the new approach of small capacity engines with reliable, efficient turbo-chargers is good because you get great performance and economy. A friend of mine recently bought a nearly-new VW Golf 1.2 TSI ..... at first I thought he'd made a mistake; surely they don't do a big heavy Golf with a 1.2 engine! .... but his (which is the 115bhp variant) drives great, feels like at least a 1.6 but with a lot more torque. And he gets 58mpg from it, at petrol prices!

Enjoy your new Skoda