Hi all, nice to become a member here.

I bought my first Skoda in 2017, a Superb 2011 2.0 TDI Elegance from my father. I liked it a lot but after only like a year I found some rust on one of the rear edges around the wheel arch.

I continued to drive it anyway and the rust slowly spread like a disease. Still I liked the car. It had a nice equipment level I appreciated a lot. It was also very spacious.

This year 2025 I finally made the decision to sell it after being driven 174000 km in total distance.

In April I finally bought a little smaller 2023 Skoda Octavia 1.4 TSI iV PHEV that is FANTASTIC! I appreciate a lot to at least be able to drive around where I live in Sweden on battery.

Best regards / Martin

Edited 8 October, 20258 Oct by Wirran

Good evening @Wirran and welcome to Briskoda

174000 kilometers? On a (older) 2litre diesel?

That older bus was barely run in 🤣🤣

It’s a shame it got the rust (though to be expected I suppose in Sweden) Otherwise (and hopefully it will anyway) that thing is good for another 300k plus kilometers!

Welcome to the forum, And hopefully the Octavia will serve you just as well 👍🏻🤞🏻

1 hour ago, mac11irl said:

174000 kilometers? On a (older) 2litre diesel?

That older bus was barely run in 🤣🤣

It’s a shame it got the rust (though to be expected I suppose in Sweden) Otherwise (and hopefully it will anyway) that thing is good for another 300k plus kilometers!

Welcome to the forum, And hopefully the Octavia will serve you just as well 👍🏻🤞🏻

Yeah yeah, I drove it max 7000km/year only. I did not want to harm the car on shorter drives so I run the short distances with running backpack instead 🎒 🤣

I’m a passionate runner.

This totally changed now with a PHEV 😂

Thanks, rust is horrible and also made me really look around for other manufacturers but I like Skoda too much. I mean, with the help of VAG the brand has been lifted a lot! I think I simply was unlucky with my not so superb Superb 😊

Thanks! I really hope my Octavia NX5 will 🥰

Edited 8 October, 20258 Oct by Wirran

1 hour ago, Lee01 said:

Good evening @Wirran and welcome to Briskoda

Thanks a lot 👍🏻