The What Car Did You Ditch For The Skud Top Ten

[czechmate]

had a generation 3 hyundai coupe before my octy vrs.

lovely car,miss it sometimes but way too slow (1.6l)

[Manguish]

Latest on top :

Skoda Octavia vRS

Honda Integra Type R

Honda Prelude 2.2 VTi 5th gen

Punto GT

Punto ELX

Subaru Justy.

[Octygone]

Trouble is this is going to show my age but here's a list anyway.

Morris 1000 used as much oil as petrol

Austin Cambridge automatic 20 mpg

Morris 1300 felt like riding in a pram, hydrolastic

Ford Corsair fell to bits and got donated to the fire brigade for practice

Austin A40 bought for

[Bagheera]

Audi A4 1.8SE -> Octy 1.8T Auto -> Furby vRS. So far vRS is the most fun!

[logiclee]

Owned these in the last two years.

Subaru Impreza Series McRae

Mondeo 2.5V6 GhiaX

Alfa 156 Selespeed Veloce

Rover 75 2.5V6 ClubSE

Now have the Octavia and Fabia.

Cheers

Lee

[Guest]

Last car was a Ford Focus 1.6 zetec, had it for two and a half years. Excellent handling but not very quick, really enjoyed it though, still love the modern feel of the interior.

But the 1.8 T Elegance Octy i have had for a couple of weeks is just amazing. Love the looks inside and out and it was nice to move away from the "herd" of focus drivers.

Rob

[jawsnpaws]

Previous car was an XJ40 .... a great car if you did not look at the running costs - was written off by my son , who drives a Warrior !!!! not to be outdone I decided to buy something else built like a tank - A Skoda 4*4 combi ..... all I need now is the turret to go on top but since there are few cars that can keep up with it around Snowdownia , guess I don't need one !

[macatac]

Last car was Peugeot 205 1.9 Gti,80s go cart,after reading reviews on the octy vrs,there was no other choice,i had to have one,amazing car for the money.

[Podwin]

Black Renault Megane 2.0 IDE Coupe, it blew up when I started it one morning. Lost all faith in it, especially when Renault wouldn't pay when it was under (extended) warranty. Renault lost faith themsleves! because I believe they removed it from the Phase III Megane, and installed a VVT in its place, they would never admit that though

[john@thompsons]

Renault have made a lot of very poor quality cars for many many years now, the most basic ones are OK, but most are truly rubbish.

Not entirely without appeal however, I admit...

JT

[Wardie vRS]

My last car was an 03 Impreza WRX with PPP (261bhp)

Came across an Octavia RS on my local "Test Track". I was doing a steady 80mph in 5th, in the WRX. Just ahead was the Octavia in lane 1 doing 75mph? So as i closed on him (Still doing 80mph). He changes down and boots it throught the gears. Ok, so i accelerate in 5th and "Slowly" reel him in. So now we are doing 130mph (Still accelerating) and he shows no sign of pulling into lane 1. No signs of cars up ahead for him to overtake, so i undertake him (Still accelerating in 5th) :thumbdwn: as i go past, i gave him a wave & he smiled.Last time i looked i was going through 140mph and still pulling.

I was very impressed with the Octavia, yes i had an extra 81 bhp and could have made the job easier by changing down.

So after doing about 6,000miles in one month in the wrx, it dawned on me that i needed somthing FAST, but cheaper to run........Hence i own a Octavia vRS

I still miss the sound of the flat four, but dont miss the fuel bills.

Just need to save some pennies for the jabba stage 3 Turbo upgrade

[flatfourburble]

before the furby vrs it was a Peugeot 206 2.0Hdi and it was terrible, spent most of it's time in the garage and after 14 months of ownership I had enough of it and traded it in against the furby. Peugeots are rubbish!

If there is a list then it would be like this Lastest at top.

1) Skoda Fabia vRS

2) Peugeot 206 2.0Hdi (yuck)

3) Peugeot 306 Sedan 1.8 SR (nice car)

4) Citroen Saxo VTS in Wicked Red (had problems)

5) Citroen Saxo VTS in Blaze yellow (Gearbox plus other problems)

6) Peugeot 306 1.6 5dr hatch (great car they good but too slow)

7) Peugeot 106 1.1 (My first new car, great car but needed a bigger car)

8) Metro 1.3 auto (again!!)

9) Metro 1.3 man (hated this car! Got written off when it was broken in to)

10) Metro 1.3 Auto (My first car, I named it and everything love it to bits)

[cmcm789]

MK3 VW Golf TDI,

got a bit long in the tooth, shame really, it never give me any bother. :RIP:

[rob1sp]

'94 Subaru Impreza 1.6 GL, 130,000 miles on the clock, got a job 60 miles away, so instead of moving (GF was opposed to the idea) wnet and got a Furby VRS. Still have the scooby in the garage, cos my dad and bro reckon 'its a future classic'. A 1.6GL!?!?!

[Raceylace]

My octy replaced a vw Sharan.

was good for general school runs and the kids. but there lied the problem.

it did what it said on the tin. lol

it was boring!!!!!!!!

[Jonny5ive]

I had a Fiat Uno which I sold to buy a eco-friendly mountain Bike. The g/f had a Vauxhall Corsa 12v Ecotec (bago****e) had to stick yer feet out the bottom to accelerate, dealers ripped me right off with servicing and had major problems with the enginge managment system, too many sensors going wrong.

Bike got nicked (thank you junkies!!) and traded in the Corsa for a Fabia Blackline. Loved the Blackine and test drove an Octy vRS but my insurance company said "Foxtrot Oscar".

Got a new job and needed a second car. The g/f drives the Blackline and I bought the vRS Loving every minute of it

[RipRock]

Integra Type R ......miss the noise and awesome cornering.......dont Miss 5 scum bags kicking door into to get it and lairy looks that said please pull me over for speeding .

[pdhealy]

Current: Octy RS

Previously:

306 D-Turbo (chipped- bulletproof apart from the electrics)

Alfa 156 Sp2 (death trap)

Eunos Roadster/MX-5 (fun)

Rover 416i (company car - soaked up serious abuse: rally "reccie" car)

205 STDT-Turbo (great car)

405 1.6 GR (like steering a weather vane)

[skidude]

Mk4 VW Golf 1.6. Slow, jelly-like handling but smooth, quiet and comfortable. The exact opposite of my car before that, a Mk1 Toyota MR2 which was a wicked car but was slowly falling to bits!

Fabia feels like a go-kart compared to the Golf

[dsmithmobile]

BMW 320 coupe

Vauxhall Cavalier GSI

Yamaha WR400F

sold all three to buy my octy and have never looked back

[Ian_Vrs]

from the top ....

'75 Opel Kaddett 1.2s - "s" was for sluggish - just awful

'79 MKII Ford Escort - kept it fot 5 yrs & only starter motor & coil failed - bulletproof

'82 MKIII Escort XR3i - Full Janspeed - sounded the dogs

'89 BMW 318is - 16v all revs no torque - kept that 5 yrs as well

'98 Ford Ka - best handling car there is

'96 Audi A4 1.8 SE - Good in a straight line - wouldn't go around corners

'99 Ford Ka2 - ooh the luxury of electric windoze

'98 Peugeot 306 Gti6 - fantastic car - never got more than 30mpg

'03 Renault Clio 172 Cup - another fantastic car - can't 'em drive more than 60 mins before onset of backache

and finally ...

'02 Octavia vRS in Black Magic - Have traded razor sharp handling for big booted comfy rocket

[b.r.i]

Previously, Subaru WRX STI (grey import) - big bills forced sale therefore...

Octy VRS replaced it, and it was better in my opinion than sccoby.

That said, got rid of Octy 2 weeks ago for Saab 9-3, still can't work out why tho!!!

[Skodacious]

My Octy vRS replaced a black Vauxhall Corsa SXi 1.2 5dr. Despite being a Vauxhall it was a great little car and served me well for the 3 years I owned it

Biggest problem were the dealers. Shockingly bad service and customer care. Hopefully things will be better with the Skoda (if the JD Power survey is to be believed!).

Before the Corsa had a Nova 1.2 and before that a Polo 'bread van' with a barmy 1050cc!

[On-my-4th]

Way back when it was an Old Mk3 Escort 1.6 Escort Estate

That was ummm lemme see bought the Favvy new on a late J so umm back then, had 2 more favvies and now the Octy since then .

You can keep your Ford's, Vauxhalls, Beemers etc..

Skoda forever

[K44 ENT]

My Octy Vrs replaced a Mondeo TDCi Zetec S, list of cars owned goes as follows...

Min Clubman Estate

Riley Elf

Wolsley Hornet

Mini 1000

Cavalier Mk2

Mini 1275GT

MG Maestro

Fiat Uno Turbo (wicked car)

Mondeo Td (Company car)

Rover 216 Tom Cat

Mondeo 2.5v6

Mondeo TD (another company car)

Mondeo TDdi new shape (company car)

Mondeo TDdi Estate (company car)

Mondeo Zetec S TDCi (company funded car)

Octy VRS (company funded)

and a TVR Chimaera for weekends