Hi from sunny, but chilly Taupo, New Zealand.

Proud Mk3 Octavia Scout owner, first Škoda and loving it.

Kia Ora Julian, welcome to the forum. Beautiful place to be.

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Welcome to the Forum!

We have only visited the awesome South Island, but the North Island is next on our agenda.

Is your Scout a petrol or diesel? My wife was always keen for us to get one but there were not many sold new and so rarely good ones on the Adelaide 2nd hand market. Hasn't really stopped us from hitting the dirt roads in our 1.4tsi though (when dry).

NZ usually gets a bigger range of Skoda vehicle options and well before Australia does, I expect because of our now redundant Aus car industry protection special local design rules.

Hi Gerry,

It’s a 2018 2.0L diesel, 110kW. Great fuel economy, but have to manage the DPF, which is slightly annoying. Also thinking about getting it tuned, as I understand this not only improves performance but fuel economy too. Anyhow, you’ll enjoy the North Island. Not as mountainous, but still pretty awesome, and you have the added attractions of major NZ city’s like Wellington and Auckland.

47 minutes ago, Julian474 said:

Hi Gerry,

It’s a 2018 2.0L diesel, 110kW. Great fuel economy, but have to manage the DPF, which is slightly annoying. Also thinking about getting it tuned, as I understand this not only improves performance but fuel economy too. Anyhow, you’ll enjoy the North Island. Not as mountainous, but still pretty awesome, and you have the added attractions of major NZ city’s like Wellington and Auckland.

Just avoid The Windy City during winter - unless you truly like horizontal rain! 😀

Hi Warriors, lived in the windy Wairarapa until last October, so know what you mean!

I used to wildfowl on Lake Onoke and the Ruamahanga back in the 60s-70s. Fond memories of warming frozen fingers on the barrels!🤣

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