1 hour ago, Redboy said:

I think coming from an S6 you will find the 280’s response a littke underwhelming. No doubt a DSG and engine map to stage 1 will make it feel a bit more peppy. 

 

Yeah i fully expect to notice a bit of a drop in performance but I've test driven a Sportline estate and it was okay. Needed a lot more revs to get going but I keep telling myself that the S6 was a bit too fast for the road half the time anyway (I've almost convinced myself).

 

But the fact  the Skoda can be remapped easily does mean if I'm really missing the performance there's an option to put some back in!

22 hours ago, Gez280 said:

 

Yeah i fully expect to notice a bit of a drop in performance but I've test driven a Sportline estate and it was okay. Needed a lot more revs to get going but I keep telling myself that the S6 was a bit too fast for the road half the time anyway (I've almost convinced myself).

 

But the fact  the Skoda can be remapped easily does mean if I'm really missing the performance there's an option to put some back in!

I am sure the MPG improvement will compensate for the increasingly shrinking amount of traffic and pothole-free open roads. 

So after a 200 mile trip home I'm very happy with it. The DCC definitely makes a difference.  The sat nav took me down some great roads between Edinburgh and the M74 and the interior is lovely at night.

 

Only negatives I would say are that it definitely needs a 7th gear
on the motorway and it seems to harm the mpg on long motorway runs.  I've not had radar cruise before but i think it cuts in a bit early. Pretty sure I put it in the closest setting but I still found it reacting to cars I didn't think I was near to.

 

But looking forward to driving it more.

 

You don't have the 7th gear but you'll have port injectors and exhaust flaps. Bonus!

 

Enjoy the car!