Having a look at a few Superbs in the coming days (Currently have a 2010 Octavia) and wondered what big thinsg one might want to be looking for in a 2010-2012 era Superb Estate?

 

One I've seen which has caught my eye is a 1.8 TSI 4x4 with all the bells my 2010 L&K has which is nice.

 

I know about the joy of the 1.8TSI and chocolate rings and chain tensioners already.

From my continued looking, 2 things:

 

find a brochure for for the year you’re looking at and work out what you actually want bass spec wise (l&k, elegance, se etc) and then if you want any extras on top of that.

 

Once you’ve worked out what spec you want - don't rush but don’t be slow when the right car comes up - Eg. On the trader of autos there’s currently 9 cars that kind of meet my spec (2014 on l&k less then 60000 miles less then £20k with min of 2L engine) but none that meet it specifically (with reversing camera in 3.6L petrol guise) :-(. In just under 9months I’ve seen 1 Car that I thought was good but not great in my mega spec. I ruled it out initially (didn’t have full Skoda/specialist service history), nearly almost going for it but it ended up selling within 2 weeks of going online just as I was convincing myself that I could live with it.

That 1.8Tsi L&K sounds nice....I suppose driving a few will help you to decide. I only know a bit about the petrol ones and I love them - but many enthusiasts on here rave about the diesel Superb too....and a mild tune gets you significant gains it seems....decisions, decisions.

 

Dave

 

PS Try a 3.6 if you can find one. It might not be what you want but you'll enjoy the drive 

The 1.8 tsi l&k really is nice. I love it. Sadly I had to spend 3.5k getting the dsg refurbished 6 months ago and in the last 2 months oil consumption has jumped markedly. I'm not sure I really want to drop another 3k to fix it. 

 

Seen a few superbs advertised but since I want an estate petrol, my options are far more limited. 

 

There's a nice looking 2.0 l&k from 2012 with 28,000 on it for sale, but I know little about the 2.0 tfsi engine.

 

Also, people kept choosing cream leather. Grrrr.  

Edited 2 December, 20178 yr by DBT85