New Skoda owner.

[ClarkWGriswold]

Hi all. Been hanging around the forum for a while. Some great pictures and some great advice on offer. The only Skoda model I've driven previously was a 2015 Fabia 1.2 Tsi with the DSG box. We hired it from Inverness airport and thoroughly enjoyed driving it around Sutherland. 

 

To cut a long story short I signed on the dotted line yesterday for a used 2015 Octavia vRS from Marshall Skoda dealership in Oxford. Can't wait to pick it up on Saturday. We're blessed with some great driving roads here in South Wales so it'll be interesting to to try it out here. 

 

Looking forward to being part of this Forum. 

 

Rich

 

 

[RockyVRS]

Hi Rich and welcome to the forum and Skoda ownership.

I have driven on some great roads down in the South of Wales, so I think you will enjoy owning the vRS

 

Paul

[ClarkWGriswold]

Cheers Paul. I've also got a few days in The Cairngorms at the beginning of March and can't wait. Some great roads up there as well. 

 

Rich

[Superb170]

Hello Rich, welcome to Briskoda and enjoy the vRS!

[ClarkWGriswold]

Cheers. Those Superbs are pretty fine cars. Had a good look around a couple in the showroom on Saturday. 

 

Rich

[ClarkWGriswold]

Just come back from collecting the car from Marshalls in Oxford. A very smooth process. Haseed answered every question I had and paired my phone up along with all my contacts. A very decent fella despite being a Man U fan

 

First impressions driving back across The Cotswolds and through the Forest of Dean is that the ride is more than acceptable. I've previously had an FR Leon which was MUCH firmer. Quite noisy on concrete surfaces but most cars are. The seats are very comfortable and gearbox spot on. After reading some of the settings used by others, I set it to individual with everything at sport except the air-con, which was set to economy mode. I'll need to fiddle with the stereo settings as, to my ears, it doesn't sound as good as my Scirocco. 

 

Out on the motorway you you have to be very careful with your speed. The mid range is impressive and car is like a rock at, shall we say typical motorway speeds. 

 

More impressions to follow along with pics - when this weather improves!

 

 

 

Rich

[ClarkWGriswold]

Was expecting a space saver but had this 16" steel instead. £168 including the tool kit.