Two years ago I took the plunge and decided to go down the lease route. I entered all the specs I wanted from a car on various web sites and the Skoda Superb estate kept coming out at the top of the list. Never owned a Skoda before and to be honest I had never considered one! Long story short - I had a new Superb estate with the 2.0TDI CR  in SE business guise delivered to my front door after an 18 week wait. Now two years later it's sitting on my drive having been cleaned and inspected by the BCA inspector and waiting to be collected. What are my thoughts for the past 25,000 miles of motoring? Well it's a cracking car and the best decision I made. As we all know, the amount of room inside them is ridiculous and moving two uni students with all their gear (not quite the kitchen sink but there was a microwave in there somewhere!) to two different Uni's on the same day was an accomplishment in itself. The comfort from the seats I found great for long journeys and the fuel economy defies belief - over the two years of mixed motoring the car has averaged 49mpg, which for the size of it is a great return in my books. On long distance runs down to the West Country I could easily return high 50's mpg. The tyres were rotated after one year and they are still the originals - 25k miles and still have 3mm of tread left on each one. There has been some anomalies with the car but nothing major and as it's a lease vehicle I wasn't too bothered to chase them up.

 

Ski hatch handle snapped off the first time I pulled it - dealer said it wasn't covered under warranty but if I owned the car I would of insisted!

The right thumb scroll wheel on the steering wheel never worked properly from day 1. It was like a loose connection under the wheel and sometimes it would scroll other times it just stuck two fingers up at me until it decided to work - normally the next day!

The car flagged itself up for an oil change at 9800 miles. Local dealer carried out the service for £149 which I thought was steep for just oil and filter! The car then flagged up again at 22400 miles for an oil change which I thought would be the major service. Booked the car in at the same dealer for the major service only to be told when I collected it that they had plugged their computer into it and it only needed an oil and filter change and the pollen filter replaced - all for £159. A nice surprise but I was worried the lease company would not take too kindly to this, however, the workshop manager explained the car was set to variable servicing from new and the lease company would be satisfied with that. I got him to put it in writing and mentioned it to the BCA inspector who came to scrutinise the car today.  He was happy and said if the car was set to variable servicing then the dealer can only go with what their system says!

VW financial services (who the lease is with) did contact me and offered me the choice to buy the car for £13,900 which I consider to be a fair price.

 

Would I have another one? most definitely :-) it's a fantastic car and it's been a pleasure to drive. Am I getting another one? not this time I'm afraid. I started looking at the lease prices about 6 months ago and was surprised that the best deal I could find for an exact like for like is an additional £1800 over the two year term. So I've taken the plunge once more (after saying I would never have a French car again!) and gone with the European Car of the Year and have a Peugeot 3008 SUV being delivered (only because I'm a gadget freak and the I-Cockpit blew me away!).

 

So farewell Briskodians, happy motoring and hopefully in 2 years time I'll be back on this board with another Superb :-)   

 

  

     

Good luck with the 3008.  I’ve a feeling you’ll be back again someday!

Thanks for the review. 

Interesting. I came to Škoda based on reviews and I think my car is terrific. That said, a new Peugeot 508 Coupé is on my radar. (I always liked the looks of the 406 coupé.) I've never owned a French car, but my friend (who just traded in his Peugeot for a Fabia) said he'd never own another French car, either.

 

Happy trails.

Just changed my leased 2015 S3 L&K 190 DSG 4x4 Estate for a leased 2018 BMW 220xDrive Gran Tourer with the same bhp.  Better economy already, much much better gearbox which doesn’t hesitate or think about what gear it wants, Start/Stop only kicks in after the car stops.  Instant pickup power wise (no doubt helped by the twin turbo arrangement), much quieter and far smoother ride with no clonks over every bump (it has adaptive suspension as well as the S3) or harmonic buzz from the dash.

 

I’ve had 4 Škodas over the years, but the S3 will be the last.  They just aren’t as well made as they were for that price point, and Dealer support is well below what I was used to from the brand.  I think the cars are too complex for the Dealers to cope with.  Shame really but such is the market.

Interesting and enjoyable read. 

 

I think you’ll find the build quality of a Peugeot much more of a cheaper feel than the superb. 

 

Ive had Pugs, Renaults and Citroen’s over the years and each one has been a dog.

 

Especially with electrical gremlins. 

 

You might just become very friendly with the service department at Peugeot. 

 

I ended up on their Christmas do! 

 

 

Edited 20 July, 20187 yr by EddGee

On 19/07/2018 at 01:04, Dripfedfred said:

The car flagged itself up for an oil change at 9800 miles. Local dealer carried out the service for £149 which I thought was steep for just oil and filter! The car then flagged up again at 22400 miles for an oil change which I thought would be the major service. Booked the car in at the same dealer for the major service only to be told when I collected it that they had plugged their computer into it and it only needed an oil and filter change and the pollen filter replaced - all for £159. A nice surprise but I was worried the lease company would not take too kindly to this, however, the workshop manager explained the car was set to variable servicing from new and the lease company would be satisfied with that. I got him to put it in writing and mentioned it to the BCA inspector who came to scrutinise the car today.  He was happy and said if the car was set to variable servicing then the dealer can only go with what their system says!

 

Something a miss there. If the car was set to variable, it wouldn't need its first service until close to 20,000 miles or 2 years.

 

Asking for a service at 10,000 miles suggests the car was set to fixed.

 

The fact you've had two oil changes in 2 years / 25,000 miles means you've been over-charged to the sum of £150.

 

The guy from BCA should have been overjoyed, as will it's next owner.