What a fantastic day it was on Saturday, the sun was shining, the skies were blue, the kids sat in the back seat were not fighting( there usual occupation) and I got rid of the Mk2 Octavia which has been a monkey on my back since it's arrival.

The new roomster 2 appears to be everything I wanted the octy to be, but without bits falling off ( every couple of weeks).

Tails

How do you know it hasn't got bits falling off it; you've only had it two days!

Seriously; hope you enjoy the Roomster.

well just got rid of mine - 5 breakdowns in the last 4 weeks.

In the end just mightily sick of it - nice car

Skoda dealers claim I got a rogue one - me don't think so....

Thank gawd I managed to get another Fabia VRS

Gonna have to change your sig back again

Gonna have to change your sig back again

Too late - Done.

Now all I need is a piccie of the shiny red Fabia VRS outside my house

- it didnt show when I looked at the post

How do you know it hasn't got bits falling off it; you've only had it two days!

Seriously; hope you enjoy the Roomster.

The day after I purchased the octavia the oil cooler fell off this was an indication of what was to come, this was followed by many trips to the dealer over a 24 month period.

The build quality of the roomster in far superior to the octavia in my humble opinion, all of the internal fittings appear to be of a higher standard. The seats in the octavia seemed to resemble a pair of old tights stuffed with sponge (mine was a classic higher models have better seating material) and they were very narrow and uncomfortable after long periods but this is quite the opposite in the roomster.

I honestly feel that the octy was designed as a family car/executive mile cruncher and it failed to deliver on both but the roomster is a 100% family vehicle and so far it appears to be a 100% better vehicle SO FAR.

well just got rid of mine - 5 breakdowns in the last 4 weeks.

In the end just mightily sick of it - nice car

Skoda dealers claim I got a rogue one - me don't think so....

Thank gawd I managed to get another Fabia VRS

Mine also claimed that I had got a rouge and like you I was totally sick of it, a good friend has a mk1 octavia which has given fautless service and when we compared the two a definate down turn in quality could be seen.

Sounds like there are a fair few issues :eek:

Surprised to read these comments, had my Octy 2 for 2 years now, had a couple of niggles but they were sorted by the dealer quickly and without fuss. One was the air con pump failed and so was replaced under warranty the other was a failed battery which was also replaced under warranty.

The Octy was in for a service the other week and I was lent a Roomster 1.4 diesel, really couldn't wait to take it back, didn't like the looks or drive of it. It does have some good features, clever storage and very easy to access rear seats, but I wouldn't want one

I had a Roomster TDI for a few days whilst my Octy was back at the dealers getting its flywheel sorted and my opinions of it were mixed. I couldn't get on with the styling tho it was extremely practical, it was fun to drive but noisy and a nightmare in side winds, the interior trim was a mix of shiny hard plastic and 1/2 decent tho I thought the door panels pushed in alarmingly if you pressed them below the grab handle! Overall was glad to get back into my Octy as it feels a much more solid and comfortable car to me but its horses for courses, not everybody wants the same things.

I had a Roomster TDI for a few days whilst my Octy was back at the dealers getting its flywheel sorted and my opinions of it were mixed. I couldn't get on with the styling tho it was extremely practical, it was fun to drive but noisy and a nightmare in side winds, the interior trim was a mix of shiny hard plastic and 1/2 decent tho I thought the door panels pushed in alarmingly if you pressed them below the grab handle! Overall was glad to get back into my Octy as it feels a much more solid and comfortable car to me but its horses for courses, not everybody wants the same things.

You hit the nail on the head there, horses for courses- spot on!

As for your comments with the build I was given a roomster 1 1.4 when the octy was in for some more repair work(there were many) and I also noted that the internal trim was made of very flimsy plastic , on the one I bought it would appear Skoda have noticed this and increased the guage of the plastic as they are signiicantly stronger or maybe this is the standard on the roomster 2??

The styling does take a while to get over (my work colleagues have given me loads of abuse about wheelchair access and chair lifts etc) but that aside so far it's tip top.