Hi everyone,

 

I am fairly new to Skoda ownership, in fact it is the first European car I have owned.  

 

We needed a new wagon, we had two cars  a Subaru Outback and Nissan Silvia convertible, the poor Silvia died when my son got his licence (due to him not treating it like a 25 year car needs to be treated) so it was in lots of pieces in the garage while I rebuilt it.and leaving use just the Subaru outback that my son was taking out nearly every night so my wife said she wanted her own small car.  We looked at Mazda 3's as that is what she liked but I convinced her to try an Octavia as I knew she would like the vision out the back a lot more and that is an important feature for her.  I wanted a wagon for carrying stuff and yes we have had wagons for decades so it was her turn to chose but really I didn't want to have to rely on the Subaru wagon my son was driving all the time actually being home when I needed it.

 

I had also test drove an Octavia vRS while having a days transit waiting for connecting flights so knew I liked it.  It was next to a Morgan dealer and I had gone there to dream,but dropped in next door to see the Skoda's as Tour De France was on and I have always thought they looked good with all those bikes on the top.

 

She agreed the Octavia Wagon had better rear vision out the back than any other car she tried so we ordered one which finally turned up about 9 months later.  Luckily by waiting we managed to spec heated leather seats which are great.  We both loved out Outback, however the new one has a stupid hand brake and CVT gearbox so was out of the options.  In fact looking at wagons with a manual gearbox really means Skoda octavia and not much else.

 

But in the meantime our poor Subaru hit a kangaroo so we were down to one Silvia in lots and lots of pieces.  I went to Skoda dealer to see how close the Octavia was and the original 6 months was going to be longer not shorter.  So rather than hire a car for a month I thought better buy something so went looking at cheap second hand cars at dealers near the Skoda dealer,  Anyway I walked back to the Skoda dealer where I had left a borrowed car and saw a low interest sign, inquired and ended up buying a Skoda Rapid.

 

Then before the Octavia turned up I got my Silvia going.  Now the Octavia has turned up I have 3 working cars, both Skoda's are great and the Silvia has to stay as I love having a convertible.  I just wish Skoda would make one.

 

Cheers

Chris

Hi Chris - Welcome to Briskoda.... and sharing a bit of your car history.

 

I must admit, growing up as a lad (before I passed my driving test) - the Nissan Silvia looked a great car.

Sort of dreamt of owning one, or a Toyota Celica of that vintage perhaps....

 

Skoda convertible? Maybe....

Hi,

 

You must be a lot younger than me.  As a kid growing up in the 70's I dreamed of a MGB.  But would have been happy with anything convertible.

 

Yes Japanese RWD cars from the late 80's certainly had an appeal.  And as we know the MX5/Miata has sold well since then using the same front engine, RWD layout.

Hi,

 

You must be a lot younger than me.  As a kid growing up in the 70's I dreamed of a MGB.  But would have been happy with anything convertible.

 

Yes Japanese RWD cars from the late 80's certainly had an appeal.  And as we know the MX5/Miata has sold well since then using the same front engine, RWD layout.

 

 

...maybe a bit younger; but not much.

 

Less so on the convertible front - but for sure these cars have some appeal.

 

The latest MX-5 release looks much more like it.... although I still would like a bit more on the engine front.