I had a wee snippet from a newspaper stuck to my monitor at my work yesterday, not sure who done it but they all know I am pretty keen on my Skoda,

It Reads:

"It's Bonnie Skodland

Scots go for skodas while londoners love luxury models, a survey of car buying habits reveals.

In Dumfries and Galloway, there are TWICE the UK national average of Skodas.

Fords are most popular in Essex while people in the west midlands are twice as likely to own a rover, says the report by online insurance firm swift-cover.com"

If you 'squeak' while you walk then it's because you are tight but I'm inclined to think that it's because the canny Scots know a good deal when they see one!.

Essex has a high proportion of Fords due to the dagenham plant offering huge employee discounts and also people's loyalty to the firm their families work for.

The same applies for Rover in the Midlands.

I bought mine because I'm tight.

I bought mine because I'm tight.

Me too! But it was also a highly rated car / brand, which helped as much as the price.

I bought mine because it was the best deal in that it satisfied all the key areas I was looking at: reasonable performance, reliability (tocuhwood!), low running costs, fuel economy and features. Image wasn't a big thing, but to be honest, I like to be different anyway.

Tight, yes, but also not stupid. I pay for an excellent reliable car that's good to drive, holds its value as good as a Toyota ( better if you consider when looking to buy the Skoda my local Toyota didn't offer any where near a good discount and my local Skoda did ).

I could have bought a badge attached to a poorer spec car - BUT I BOUGHT A CAR !!!! NOT A BADGE.

We will never educate the masses, but be sure they all know we are the clever ones, but they still choose to buy a badge and not a car.

Tight' date=' yes, but also not stupid. I pay for an excellent reliable car that's good to drive, holds its value as good as a Toyota ( better if you consider Toyota won't offer discounts and Skoda will ).

I could have bought a badge attached to a poorer spec car - BUT I BOUGHT A CAR !!!! NOT A BADGE.

We will never educate the masses, but be sure they all know we are the clever ones, but they still choose to buy a badge and not a car.[/quote']

Hi

Toyota dont offer discounts? You got to be kidding. When I was shopping for the Fabia, I got offered an excellent price on Yaris variants.

Not as nice as te Fabia to drive though.

Chris

Scots go for skodas while londoners love luxury models' date=' a survey of car buying habits reveals.[/quote']

Well I'm a Londoner and I don't know many luxury car owners (although I've got an Octy Elegance and my mum has a L&K. Do they count as luxury or just plain Skoda?)

Also, I'm not tight, just careful where I spend my money

It's not all Scots who are tight - I'm a Lancastrian (family motto "Titus Aduxas")! Seriously, canny folk know a good bargain when they see one. Why pay VW/Audi money for something with a slightly different badge on it? My next door neighbour's lad has just got an Audi A3 - sure it's a nice car with a 1.6 petrol engine. I hadn't got the heart to tell him that my Fab TDi would give him more than a run for his money. I suppose the good natives of Dumf & Gall are largely farming types - is the high concentration of Skodas largely down to Octy estates perhaps? I've always thought of these as being a bit like the old Austin Montego Countryman estates?