I've had my 1.8tsi scout for just over 10 years and around 60k miles. 

Its the perfect family car, quick enough, comfy, 4wd for those occasional snowy days or grass fields!

 

I've always said we would keep it until it started costing money, it's been pretty faultless to be honest, one coil pack went, a boot catch, and that's just about it. Ive only just replaced disks and pads for the first time!

 

But, it's just lost loads of coolant, assume the water pump is gone, so first big bill. 

I find my mind wondering to a replacement, but what the hell to replace it with? Doesn't seem to be anything as good as any price range?

 

The boot space is pretty unbeatable, but the car itself is still sensibly sized. Enough room for everyone and most importantly not diesel.

 

Anyone moved on from a mk2 To something else and not regretted it?

We've gone from a mk2 4x4 tDi non scout to a Kodiaq. Suits us fine as Mk3 4x4s and scouts were pretty rare when we were looking. 

@skomaz thank you. Somehow these weren't on my radar. Boot looks huge with the 7th seat down.  Is it? I've resisted suv but there is very little else out there ...

I moved from a MK2 to a Yeti, with the exception of the obviously reduced boot capacity I have no regrets, its very familiar being the same platform but surprisingly to me its a much better drive, better handling despite the height and an equal if not better ride. The towing performance and dynamics are streets ahead.

 

I like the driving position and rear seat passengers like being sat a little higher than the front seat occupants.

 

If you can work around the restricted volume I would say give it a thought, my way is to have made a variofloor and remove the rear seats only refitting them when I have passengers, I also made under seat storage boxes that clip very simply to the seat frame and move back and forewards with the seats, there is a surprising wasted volume there and they are hidden from view so quite secure.

12 hours ago, goatboy said:

I find my mind wondering to a replacement, but what the hell to replace it with? Doesn't seem to be anything as good as any price range?

 

Keep it, it sounds like nothing else will fit the bill and an unknown vehicle will likely incur as much if not more cost then the water pump replacement, they are getting more complicated, less reliable and more expensive to repair, you probably have the sweet spot with your current vehicle especially as it is petrol.

1 hour ago, J.R. said:

 

Keep it, it sounds like nothing else will fit the bill and an unknown vehicle will likely incur as much if not more cost then the water pump replacement, they are getting more complicated, less reliable and more expensive to repair, you probably have the sweet spot with your current vehicle especially as it is petrol.

 

Probably right. I wouldn't sell with problems so if it is the pump it will get fixed anyways. I am starting to feel the change itch though so it's days may be numbered!

 

Having said that longest I have ever kept a car apart from this is 3 years and other cars in the fleet rarely last longer than 2 years so it shows how good the scout is. If they had made the mk3 in petrol I would be all over it!

I know exactly how you feel, I changed cars more frequently than my underpants, I bought the Octavia on a whim because it was very cheap the day before leaving for a new like in France, it meant all that I had packed into my then Seat Alhambra I had to try to squeeze into the Octavia. I was going to run it for a year or so into the ground, it lasted 12 years trouble free with me taking it from 188K miles to 325K miles and had I invested in VCDS I would not have had to scrap it then.

 

But I had the itch like you, I was romancing a new girl who felt awkward being locked prisoner in a car and having to climb over the drivers seat 😀 the MK2 Octavia was dirt cheap and served me well for a couple of years and I sold it for 3 times what I paid for it, the Yeti was another itch and boredom during the lockdown, I really needed a project and £3200 for a 3 year old repairable vehicle was just too tempting and of course after that the value of second hand vehicles shot up as well.

 

I have overcome the space problem by building up a fleet of trailers including enclosed boxed trailers and a hydraulic tipping Ifor. The Yeti will stay until the building work is finished and I will no longer need the 4x4, I think then a Roomster might fit the bill but they will be quite old then, I certainly dont want anything newer.

I would repair it and keep going with it, but what about a 2.0 tsi Superb 4x4 estate.

If you think the Octavia has space, these are on a different level. 
 

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22 hours ago, goatboy said:

@skomaz thank you. Somehow these weren't on my radar. Boot looks huge with the 7th seat down.  Is it? I've resisted suv but there is very little else out there ...

 

Ours is a 5 seater and has a spare wheel so the boot isn't as big as it could be but it's still bigger than the octavia was.  One of the benefits for us though is its a bit taller so I can dismantle my daughters wheelchair and get the wheels upright at one side and the chair folded and upright at the other leaving most of the boot for other stuff.  The other benefit is the massive rear legroom.

 

We were originally looking at diesel 4x4s and fancied an SEL but dropped on a decent low meage petrol 4x4 SE with heated seats which has suited us spot on. 

7 hours ago, classic said:

I would repair it and keep going with it, but what about a 2.0 tsi Superb 4x4 estate.

If you think the Octavia has space, these are on a different level. 
 

Probably the sensible plan ,but sense doesn't always prevail!

 

I had a mk2 superb for a bit which I really liked but the seats gave me awful backache to the point I had to sell it 6 months later. To be fair I would be looking at a mk3. 

Interestingly the boot is only 50l bigger than the Octavia but I know cabin space is on another level...

2 hours ago, skomaz said:

 

Ours is a 5 seater and has a spare wheel so the boot isn't as big as it could be but it's still bigger than the octavia was.  One of the benefits for us though is its a bit taller so I can dismantle my daughters wheelchair and get the wheels upright at one side and the chair folded and upright at the other leaving most of the boot for other stuff.  The other benefit is the massive rear legroom.

 

We were originally looking at diesel 4x4s and fancied an SEL but dropped on a decent low meage petrol 4x4 SE with heated seats which has suited us spot on. 

 

Very interesting, again you educate me. I assumed all were 7 seaters. 

Boot space is a massive in those!