9 minutes ago, Mickey43 said:

I know this is a really boring question and it's not the reason you got the car, but what mpg are you looking at on average?

 

Really interested in one of these the next time i go to change.

My commute to work which is 12 miles of mixed roads (lanes, B roads, A roads and motorway) with some traffic and I am getting around 32mpg or so (a little less on the way home because I live on top of a hill!!).

Did a 35 mile mainly motorway trip to my brothers yesterday and got 37mpg. I was not flooring it everywhere but was making progress and going at the speed limit.

20 minutes ago, Mickey43 said:

I know this is a really boring question and it's not the reason you got the car, but what mpg are you looking at on average?

 

Really interested in one of these the next time i go to change.

 

Best 38mpg on a 400 mile motorway run within speed limits and a fair bit of 50mph roadworks. Worst 20mpg on a 300 mile motorway run towing a double axle box trailer that weighs approx 1200kg. Mine mostly gets used on long journeys but seems to average high 20's low 30's on more 'average' motoring. I don't baby it but I'm not a racing driver either.

 

Its a lovely thing to drive and I am really pleased with it, and for what it is I don't think the economy is too bad. I guess for real long distances you are never going to beat a diesel.

3 minutes ago, edwards said:

 I guess for real long distances you are never going to beat a diesel.

Indeed, it was a sobering experience of seeing 68mpg on the way down to collect mine and 30mpg on the return home.  Though I'm sure I had at least 25mpg of smiles 

 

Theres's no way I could have afforded to buy and run one of these if I was still doing 25K miles per year, out of my own pocket. 

4 minutes ago, penguin17 said:

 

Theres's no way I could have afforded to buy and run one of these if I was still doing 25K miles per year, out of my own pocket. 

 

Agreed - I average 8-9k a year so economy not such an issue for me.

I'm doing 18-20k a year so perhaps the diesel would still be best 

 

Tempting though!!!   

53 minutes ago, hwr1983 said:

 

Flashed passed a sign for Guisborough over the weekend.  We were camping in Dalby Forest (well...right outside its entrance!)

 

I love the roads around there...scenic, and twisty, not exactly "Eco" mode friendly  - more Sport or Manual !

I love it around here.  45 mins on the train to a few really nice cities when you want the hustle and bustle but a 10 min walk on to the NY Moors and some stunning scenery.  The roads are pretty good too! 

 

 

Looking stunning mate and colour really suits it .  The wheel colour stands out better too - on my Business Grey one they almost look colour coded  !!   The initial buzz doesn't really go away - I still look forward to driving mine every time I use it   Are the badges staying on the rear ?  I've 'deleted' my Skoda Superb 4x4 ones and have ordered a couple of the round black bonnet / boot ones with Business Grey inserts to replace originals. 

 

 

 

Edited 21 May, 20188 yr by Boxerdog1

Why won’t they put the criminally underused 2 litre TDI 240 in the Superb. It would be a fantastic compromise 

21 hours ago, Boxerdog1 said:

Looking stunning mate and colour really suits it .  The wheel colour stands out better too - on my Business Grey one they almost look colour coded  !!   The initial buzz doesn't really go away - I still look forward to driving mine every time I use it   Are the badges staying on the rear ?  I've 'deleted' my Skoda Superb 4x4 ones and have ordered a couple of the round black bonnet / boot ones with Business Grey inserts to replace originals. 

 

 

 

I don't say this to men very often (read: never) but your backend is looking good  . I like the new badges and de-badged look. 

 

I'm torn between removing the badges and just getting a Monte Carlo skoda emblem or trying to source a black 'Superb' badge to go with the MC '4x4', 'Skoda' and emblem badges.  It's a shame Superskoda don't do them and a bigger shame they don't seem to respond to email queries.  Humph. 

 

 

15 minutes ago, penguin17 said:

I don't say this to men very often (read: never) but your backend is looking good  . I like the new badges and de-badged look. 

 

I'm torn between removing the badges and just getting a Monte Carlo skoda emblem or trying to source a black 'Superb' badge to go with the MC '4x4', 'Skoda' and emblem badges.  It's a shame Superskoda don't do them and a bigger shame they don't seem to respond to email queries.  Humph. 

 

 

I'm in the 'less is more' school , hence my 'clean attractive rear'   .  The 15 plate has also raised  queries from a couple of other local Superb owners who though  I'd added Sportline Badges as the model wasn't available in 2015 !!   The Plate is combination of my own and wife's initials coupled with fact I was born on 15th - it was first placed on a new BMW 335D X Drive back in May 2015. 

That is absolutely mint! I really can't get the idea of buying one out of my mind, but for the fact that I can't justify it. I don't need anything more than my 2012 VRS Octy - its a decent size, looks good drives well with a stage 1 map and sits in car parks most of the week. Yet i see motors like this and the green eyed monster comes out! As a balance between sensibility and entertainment, Skoda seem to be right on the money. Its either this or the VW Arteon...

 

 

10 hours ago, cs.rogers said:

That is absolutely mint! I really can't get the idea of buying one out of my mind, but for the fact that I can't justify it. I don't need anything more than my 2012 VRS Octy - its a decent size, looks good drives well with a stage 1 map and sits in car parks most of the week. Yet i see motors like this and the green eyed monster comes out! As a balance between sensibility and entertainment, Skoda seem to be right on the money. Its either this or the VW Arteon...

 

 

 Mine is a bit of a drive way Queen in the week but when we go away for holiday, weekends etc it really comes into its own. Its just a brilliant tool for family life - tows anything, can throw (nearly) everything in the boot, has had 6 bikes on the back/roof. 

 

The 280 certainly looks sensible and I am a 45 year old married man with two kids and a Springer spaniel so certainly counts as a family bus. But put your foot down and 'entertaining' is a good description   outrunning a Focus ST up the dual carriageway to the Saltash roundabout with 4 bikes on the back was particular fun (no speed limits were harmed, honest )

 

 

2 hours ago, edwards said:

 Mine is a bit of a drive way Queen in the week but when we go away for holiday, weekends etc it really comes into its own. Its just a brilliant tool for family life - tows anything, can throw (nearly) everything in the boot, has had 6 bikes on the back/roof. 

 

The 280 certainly looks sensible and I am a 45 year old married man with two kids and a Springer spaniel so certainly counts as a family bus. But put your foot down and 'entertaining' is a good description   outrunning a Focus ST up the dual carriageway to the Saltash roundabout with 4 bikes on the back was particular fun (no speed limits were harmed, honest )

 

 

I've discovered a new 'fun activity' for the 280.  Local plod are allegedly testing a couple of Sportlines.  One is a very Q-car like Dragon Skin green   I'm not sure which colour the other is.  They also have a Quartz Grey unmarked Octavia vRS.  So driving on the A19 on Tuesday evening and 3 cars obviously clocked my car and quickly went from 80-90+ up the outside lane to a more sedate 65-70, pulling in behind me and then dropping back then maintaining a big gap.   So I'm having 'fun' just watching it happening and sticking at 70 with the ACC doing it's thing.  

 

Driving back yesterday evening, the same thing happened again.  Funnily enough 3 out of 4 cars were older BMW 320D's (obligatory M sport badges).   We used to get this with our black Octavia vRS on the same road, as Cleveland police had one too.  Even more effective when you could probably spot rank slides/my uniform through the side window 

 

900 miles done now and launch control will be getting appraised soon.  I've got an alignment issue with the steering wheel being a bit squiff and handily my local Skoda dealer don't have any facility to check and correct, they'd need the car for 1-2 days to visit another dealer some 30 miles away and like hell I'm giving someone the opportunity to rag my car over two counties!  I'll take it to a reputable tyre fitter later today.  £35 for front and rear and £25 for just the fronts, not a bad price at all as others will charge ~£70.  

 

MPG is mental for a quick car.  Computer was indicating 39 MPG whilst sticking to 70, using the ACC.  Though I was just blipping the paddles every now and again to vary the revs.  I'll do a proper tank-to-tank calculation on the next refill and likely find it's closer to 30 MPG but that's still quite good considering it's not even worn in yet.   I'm pushing the revs now and even hit the redline on a few occasions.  There's a little hesitation at 3K revs but that's slowly disappearing as the engine loosens up; the acceleration between 4-5K revs is awesome.  The best roads to drive on are very close to home so I'm trying ever so hard to just take it very easy and allow the engine and turbo to cool down before parking up on the drive (not sure how essential that is on newer turbo engines but I'm sure it's doing no harm, especially wit the car still being fairly new) 

 

I've done 450 miles in the last two days and the car is typical Superb, just a capable all-rounder and a nice place to spend some time.  

 

Some observations and most of which are based on comparison to my previous MY17 150 TDI Sportline: 

 

Pro's: 

 

• New Columbus system's resolution and speed are significantly better 
• Car feels more agile which I'm surprised with as I thought the TSI engine weight saving would be offset by the weight of the Haldex system
• Steering wheel feels nicer, I'm sure it's smaller but defo more padded and chunky
• Interior looks a little more modern with new Columbus unit and extended gloss black panel around heating switches (though it's still very much function over form)
• The colour options for the door/dash LED lights now extends to the Coloumbus and MFD.  Very nice touch and ties everything together. 
• Navigation destination now allows you to enter a postcode directly,  without having to find that almost invisible PstCd button on the keyboard.
• I now appreciate how good ACC is now that I'm using it with DSG.  Makes mile munching even more relaxed (follow-to-stop was a leap of faith!)
• DSG, not sure why I've been using a manual for so long?!
• Engine, it dominates the whole experience.  Typical TSI though, smooth and very refined.  I hope the addition of a GPF doesn't have an adverse affect. 
• Brakes, more go requires more stop, they are reassuringly effective
• You can now lock the rear window switches independently from the drivers door switches.  Great for us as our eldest is a little more responsible and we trust him not to mess about with the windows, the younger one, less so. 
• The 'Traffic' menu/list now defaults to 'Route' rather than 'All' when you're following a programmed sat-nav route.  A little change but saves you a few menu clicks so you're eyes aren't off the road for longer than they need to be

Con's:

 

• New Columbus screen is set up for continental Europe with the 'shortcut' buttons on the left.
• Columbus is a little bit of a pain to navigate without the physical shortcut/menu buttons on either side (more fingerprints and smudges!) 
• More piano black trim = more visible dust/fingerprints/scratches
• Fog light access panel on the passenger side is a PITA to remove and I snapped one of the lugs when replacing the front fog lights with LED's (this is my fault though, not the cars/Skoda's!) Fogs now match the xenons and DRL's though.
• No 'creep' function on the DSG; once you've stopped you can't just feather the brake to roll forwards or backwards a touch, into a parking space for example. 
• Wind noise - maybe I notice it more because the engine is quieter or maybe due to manufacturing tolerances but it's definitely noisier than my previous one.  
• The front parking sensors are very sensitive.  A few squished bugs have needed to be cleaned off in order to stop it triggering at low speeds.  
• National speed limit.   

 

I'm over the moon with the car so far and I'll use any excuse possible to get out for a drive.   Though admittedly I used to do that in the old one.  

 

Superskoda have now despatched my rear bumper protector so once that get's here I'll get it fitted and also replace the rear indicators/reverse bulbs with LEDS.    I'll also need to upload some pics of another little mod, something I've carried over from my last 3 cars.  Cheap and cheerful but I like it. 

 

 

 

5 hours ago, penguin17 said:

I've discovered a new 'fun activity' for the 280.  Local plod are allegedly testing a couple of Sportlines.  One is a very Q-car like Dragon Skin green   I'm not sure which colour the other is.  They also have a Quartz Grey unmarked Octavia vRS.  So driving on the A19 on Tuesday evening and 3 cars obviously clocked my car and quickly went from 80-90+ up the outside lane to a more sedate 65-70, pulling in behind me and then dropping back then maintaining a big gap.   So I'm having 'fun' just watching it happening and sticking at 70 with the ACC doing it's thing.  

 

Driving back yesterday evening, the same thing happened again.  Funnily enough 3 out of 4 cars were older BMW 320D's (obligatory M sport badges).   We used to get this with our black Octavia vRS on the same road, as Cleveland police had one too.  Even more effective when you could probably spot rank slides/my uniform through the side window 

 

I'm often on that road, and as there are often 'safety' camera vans around I stick the ACC on at an indicated 70mph to save my driving licence and cash. I too have noticed the number of vehicles that hang back behind me. I'm also assuming that they're wondering if my Superb is an unmarked police car.

 

I know Cleveland have a number of vRS Octavias and I have heard that they had a couple of Superbs. They do have a variety of other unmarked vehicles as well apparently.

1 hour ago, Fatso said:

 

I'm often on that road, and as there are often 'safety' camera vans around I stick the ACC on at an indicated 70mph to save my driving licence and cash. I too have noticed the number of vehicles that hang back behind me. I'm also assuming that they're wondering if my Superb is an unmarked police car.

 

I know Cleveland have a number of vRS Octavias and I have heard that they had a couple of Superbs. They do have a variety of other unmarked vehicles as well apparently.

Indeed. It’s one of the only roads I still routinely see patrolled by the police.  The camera van is normally on the bend near the old truck stop, by the time you see it, it’s too late. 

 

I resisted the the urge to gun it from Stokesley to the A19 on Tuesday night and I’m glad I did; camera van just near the Carlton turn at 1930.  It was a nice night so they were likely raking  it in. 

9 hours ago, penguin17 said:

No 'creep' function on the DSG; once you've stopped you can't just feather the brake to roll forwards or backwards a touch, into a parking space for example. 

I'm surprised that you have no creep, mine does. Maybe it's the auto hold stopping it. 

 

1 hour ago, facet edge said:

I'm surprised that you have no creep, mine does. Maybe it's the auto hold stopping it. 

 

Was thinking the exact same thing  

6 hours ago, Howardv said:

Was thinking the exact same thing  

+3

i have no issues creeping, but i turn off the auto-hold whenever i'm doing parking manoeuvers.

 

8 hours ago, facet edge said:

I'm surprised that you have no creep, mine does. Maybe it's the auto hold stopping it. 

 

 

Very good point!  Thanks 

22 hours ago, penguin17 said:

I've discovered a new 'fun activity' for the 280.  Local plod are allegedly testing a couple of Sportlines.  One is a very Q-car like Dragon Skin green   I'm not sure which colour the other is.  They also have a Quartz Grey unmarked Octavia vRS.  So driving on the A19 on Tuesday evening and 3 cars obviously clocked my car and quickly went from 80-90+ up the outside lane to a more sedate 65-70, pulling in behind me and then dropping back then maintaining a big gap.   So I'm having 'fun' just watching it happening and sticking at 70 with the ACC doing it's thing.  

 

Driving back yesterday evening, the same thing happened again.  Funnily enough 3 out of 4 cars were older BMW 320D's (obligatory M sport badges).   We used to get this with our black Octavia vRS on the same road, as Cleveland police had one too.  Even more effective when you could probably spot rank slides/my uniform through the side window 

 

A finishing touch is to wear a white short sleeved shirt and dark tie.  This looks even more convincing with a glance in the side window or mirrors, though it doesn't show from the rear of course.

My 18-plate TDI has creep (7speed DSG) with Auto Hold on or Off... Although I noticed the 6-speed DSG we test drove didn't have creep with autohold on, and it annoyed SWMBO.

 

Is yours a 6-er or 7-er @penguin17?

Looks stunning.  Very nice indeed.

1 hour ago, hwr1983 said:

My 18-plate TDI has creep (7speed DSG) with Auto Hold on or Off... Although I noticed the 6-speed DSG we test drove didn't have creep with autohold on, and it annoyed SWMBO.

 

Is yours a 6-er or 7-er @penguin17?

It's a 6 spd DSG.  

 

I believe the new 280/272PS and 220 GPF equipped Superb's will be 7 spd though. 

18 hours ago, facet edge said:

I'm surprised that you have no creep, mine does. Maybe it's the auto hold stopping it. 

 

Thanks @facet edge I had a try today with auto hold disabled and it behaves more like I would expect it too. 

 

I've also tried it with auto hold engaged and the pressure required on the accelerator isn't that much and it doesn't lurch forward as quickly as I thought it would.  It shouldn't propel me into a barrier (famous last words!)

Oh and another observation between this and my previous MY17 Sportline; the centre console arm rest doesn't have a ratchet system.  It just lifts and holds position with no clicks.