Good afternoon all.

I used to own an Octavia Mk2 estate and changed to a BMW 5 series estate in 2019, well we all make mistakes!🤣

Bought a 2022 Octavia Mk4 hatchback SE L 2.0 TDi DSG a few weeks ago and l am so pleased to be back.👍

Its in blue metallic with beige interior, looks great.

I actually prefer motorbikes to cars but there are times when the car is more practical.

Welcome to another who prefers 2 wheels to more

 

I'm interested in what aspects of BMW ownership left you unhappy?

 

16 minutes ago, MikeTheThinker said:

I'm interested in what aspects of BMW ownership left you unhappy?

 

Me too - I thought people loved 5 series estates!

 

Gaz

Don't get me wrong l did enjoy the BMW but only bought it on impulse rather than just staying with Skoda.

The things l didn't like were; paint finish/thickness IMHO was poor for such an expensive car. Fuel consumption obviously, which was around 40mpg and now l am getting near 70mpg. BMW servicing costs were eye watering so really had to go independent. Rear air suspension only lasts about 50K miles, maybe a bit longer if you are lucky. My local garage (very trustworthy) warned of a few things that commonly wear out when you start hitting higher mileages i.e. over 80K. For a car of that class l would not regard 80K as high!

When l ran the Octavia Estate l only started to spend real money over 150K.