A few years back I replaced my 12yr old mk2 estate with a 3 year octavia scout. I was never impressed with the old cars ability on anything other than tarmac and as a keen off road runner I'd dread arriving at a race and being directed to a field to park in.

So the other day, after a few nights of rain,  I arrived at a busy race only to be directed into the overflow car park. At this point I was told there was a few cars stuck , including a LR discovery, but it was the only option for parking.

Mode button pressed , off road mode engaged, and I let the haldex and michelin CC2s do their work. Safe to say I drove in past the carnage and parked up ... absolutely no drama.

Looking at the disco though, it clearly had road tyres on , which was.probably the issue, but the Citroën doing stationary wheel spins had no chance.

Despite my scout now being 6 years old I cant get over it's abilities and feelibg its the best all round performing car I have ever owned.

Skoda no longer market the scout in the UK except to emergency services which is such a shame.

Ok , its not a tractor or a tank, and its off road abilities will have limits, but I'd buy another one a heartbeat !

Cheers

 

 

 

Yep our mk 2 4x4 was brilliant.  We went looking for a direct replacement but they were like hens teeth so ended up with a Kodiaq 4x4.

@3rdoctaviaI take it your Scout has road tyres as the Discovery has, but are your's All Terrains rather than Summer tyres. 

What have you got on the car?

Edited 1 May, 20233 yr by toot

Hi Toot,

When I got it it had Centurato P7 road tyres all round, so after getting a few years out of them I've swapped to Michelin Cross Climate 2 about 18months ago which are in a different league. The chevron thread pattern seems to make the difference when it's slippy underfoot.

Cheers

 

 

Edited 1 May, 20233 yr by 3rdoctavia
typo

Interested in your view of CC2s. Recently fitted a set to a FWD MK3 in the hope they would help (not expecting mud plugging performance) towing a caravan on wet camping fields. Sounds like I may have made a good choice.

I really like the Cross Climate 2 as I often found the longitudinal tread pattern on summer tyres act like a set set of skis once the start to slip on grass amd mud. I've towed a caravan on grass with them and never had a problem but some of that could be the AWD drive kicking in too.

I've not had them in snow yet but in the cold they definitely seem to keep their grip better than a summer tyre which seem to harden up and lose their bite.

They aren't cheap but as they are the only thing that is in contact with the road I didn't mind paying about £40 a tyre more than a summer tyre.

Cheers

 

 

@3rdoctaviaGood stuff, I have CrossClimate SUV's on my Shogun and they are sh!te in mud & will be getting changed soon for a decent set of All Terrains.

 

I even put on narrower than the standard 285's hoping they would be OK. 

& was wanting a bit better fuel economy. So i failed miserably, and luckily they were just a bit cheaper with a trade discount.

 

Edited 1 May, 20233 yr by toot

We had the old Cc on our Octavia 4x4 and I always thought they were a good tyre...   In bad weather and snow especially it just dragged itself through.