Have you ever had anyone who's looked differently/ down at you for having a skoda and how did you respond?

Gave a test drive?

Raced?

A witty comeback?

Or just ignored it?

Like to hear your stories

Shot this one bloke in the face and went round his house and burned 

it down with his family inside. 

 

Apparently the rear screen demister is to keep your hands warm while you push it.

 

Punk!

Definitely silenced him. 

I attempted to have a Rangey in the 1.2 you can guess it didn't end well!

Il start with mine to get things going

Im there minding my own buisness cleaning my car (fabia vrs mk1)

when I hear someone shout

"YOUR WASTING YOUR TIME CLEANING THAT"

I look up and its my neighbour

( BMW owner)

So I open my driver door and throw him the keys and said jump in.

He takes it up 2 streets and says

"Hmm I didn't expect that!"

And soon shuts the **** up. [emoji23] lol

He ended up taking it for an extended drive as it was so much more "fun" than his 320d

(Got 1 for team skoda [emoji123])

I'm with Grr666 show 'em the boot say it's big enough for 3 bodies, a bag of lime, shovels and ropes. It'll tow a wood chipper too!

I get funny comments on track days, until the first time it leaves the pit lane...

I get funny comments on track days, until the first time it leaves the pit lane...

 

And thats before the Citi-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go

Maybe as I'm young, I've never had any remarks as people just think it's all I can afford.

Which is 99.9% true.

Never had any bad comments from owning skodas. I think that issue has long since died off in most cases tbh. More likely to see people up your chuff out on the road. Always a good feeling to blow 'em into the weeds when the road opens up..... ;-)

Il start with mine to get things going

Im there minding my own buisness cleaning my car (fabia vrs mk1)

when I hear someone shout

"YOUR WASTING YOUR TIME CLEANING THAT"

I look up and its my neighbour

( BMW owner)

So I open my driver door and throw him the keys and said jump in.

He takes it up 2 streets and says

"Hmm I didn't expect that!"

And soon shuts the **** up. [emoji23] lol

He ended up taking it for an extended drive as it was so much more "fun" than his 320d

(Got 1 for team skoda [emoji123])

Shoulda got a 330d, not a crappy 4 pot

I used to get mocked for mine by friends. I started off defending it, then gave in as I realised it wasn't very good and always going wrong.

Still get mocked now for my BMWs, figured I'll happen regardless, so why fight it or let it bother you..

I was the first person in our company to ask for a Skoda as my next company car. Our financial director was also reluctant but once he had seen a Superb demo car he kindly ordered a Superb Elegance for me. The MD of the company I work for was not at all pleased that I was the first person to ask for a Skoda as my next company car either, but by now it was too late to cancel the order so I now have a Superb Elegance. 

 

A few months ago the MD asked if I could give him a lift to a restaurant, I reminded him it would be in the Skoda which he seemed ok with. About 1 minute down the road he said "the sat nav is basically the same as the one in my Bentley" so I gently reminded him both Skoda and Bentley are both owned by the VW Group so they may well share other components under the skin - who knows.

 

Strangely he didn't say much for the remainder of the journey.

 

The Skoda Columbus and his 2012 Bentley Continental sat nav use the same graphics and software etc,

I'm with Grr666 show 'em the boot say it's big enough for 3 bodies, a bag of lime, shovels and ropes. It'll tow a wood chipper too!

 

im with Grrr666 as well show them the boot say its big enough for them a big axe & it wiil tow a trailer big enough to fit sixteen hungry pigs in

I was a critic a few years back (80's) when the name Skoda and Lada were much the same; treated as a joke.

Most people these days only know the modern VAG derived Skoda cars, so have no idea how poorly they were regarded by most.

Being in the know saves a few quid over the badge snobs.

Edited 21 July, 201411 yr by Defenderben

I used to get the the mick taken at work by Mr P-Taker with comments like "you can fit a dead body in there". He used to call it the Hearse as it was a black Estate.

 

 

2 Winters back, when the car park was icy and deserted - My boss hatched a plan where I'd be in the drivers seat and the next time Mr Taker said that my boss casually said "no chance, you can't lie flat in there, you'd need to bend your knees." - so the dim whit took up the challenge..

 

At which point my boss slammed the boot shut, and I popped it into first and went for a few laps of the car park doing some doughnuts on the icy surface.

 

 

How he screamed...

 

 

One of the guys casually commented, as Mr P-Taker jumped out of the boot and slipped on the ice, saying "it can't be a hearse - body's don't get out that quick"..

 

We took the pi** out of Mr Taker for ages after that.

 

Everyone loved my Octy except him..  Shame, he drove a Polo..

I was at a customer one day and I went to get some parts from the car. The customer asked me why I had a Skoda? I replied 'why not'. I then asked him what he drove? 'I've got a VW Golf' when I pointed out that under the skin the platforms are the same he said 'yeah, but they put the lower quality parts in Skoda's. The sad thing is he really believed this was true.

SWMBO gave me loads of stick about my 1.4tsi Octy about 'what was under the bonnet' even thought it had more poke than her pd Seat after I'd mentioned it had a bigger boot than my mates c cless merc so I got the vRS. She still gives me stick threatening to 'blow the cobwebs out of it' but I take no notice....next thing will be a discussion on why my tyres haven't lasted as long as hers I guess.

How about just not giving a sh..?

Nothing silences them more than few inhalations of my mk2 Fabia vRS exhaust gases when they are trying their damnest to stay ahead of me and fail miserably. I can tell by the amounts of black smoke belching form their 4 times as expensive cars and terminaly constipated look on their faces.

Some however give me massive thumbs up and enourmous grin, like Lotus Exige S driver on Sunday evening, excellent fun!

A guy asked me on a Spanish caravan site if I have a cover on my car to " To cover the badge to avoid the embarrassment of driving a Skoda ". The hospital said he only had bruising.

A guy asked me on a Spanish caravan site if I have a cover on my car to " To cover the badge to avoid the embarrassment of driving a Skoda ". The hospital said he only had bruising.

Ohh is that all? What a shame

God this thread is the skoda drivers wet dream thread about how they proved they got a better car and how smart they are.

It's quite pathetic.

What seems to be your boggle sir?

Should have asked him where was his balaclava? "Balaclava? Why?" To avoid embarrassement of walking around with that face of course!

God this thread is the skoda drivers wet dream thread about how they proved they got a better car and how smart they are.

It's quite pathetic.

Ah, another stellar contribution in the best spirit of trolling. Good to know the stalwarts are keepong up the good work!

God this thread is the skoda drivers wet dream thread about how they proved they got a better car and how smart they are.

It's quite pathetic.

Take a little read of this thread and digest what it is actually about. It's not about how Skoda's are better cars. It's not about how Smart we are either. Although I did get a 9 letter word in Countdown once.... Just saying.... Sorry I'm digressing.

It's about how ignorant people, like yourself, think that the cliche around Skoda still exists and that they are rubbish cars.

So actually, thank you. Thank you for proving the point.