As the title, in today's Autoexpress. Octy gives the Scooby a good drubbing which is

As the title, in today's Autoexpress. Octy gives the Scooby a good drubbing which is

Forrester is an old car now, however does have a far superior 4x4 set up and i suspect better build quality.

in a subaru! haha :P

The write-up actually said the Ocatvia had the better quility cabin

Subaru aren't exactlt renowned for their cabin quality. Good mechanicals though.

The write-up actually said the Ocatvia had the better quility cabin

I said build qaulity not cabin quality. I would expext the octavia to have nicer materials as its not japanese. However, I expect the subaru will not leak, the air-con compressor will not die as standard after 3 years, the front suspension will not disentegrate etc.

I'd take the Forester

Chris

I'd take the Skoda and save the 2,000 quid.

Ohh, and the insurance, and the running costs.

I expect the subaru will not leak, the air-con compressor will not die as standard after 3 years, the front suspension will not disentegrate etc.

All these probs have been fixed on the A5 chassis Octy. What your talking about is the old Mk1 issues.

I couldn't work out where to put the tow hook on the Skode. There seems to be a skid plate in the way.

the dill

I was quite disappointed to see that Skoda weren't at the Royal Highland Show yesterday showing off the Scout to the masses of rural car buyers from all over Scotland.

All the other "cross overs" of the moment were there. Volvo with the new XC70, Subaru with the trusty Forrester, Fiat and the Sedici, Nissan with the Qashqai, Citroen with the C-Crosser and Mitsubishi with the Outlander (the same car bar the front). Yet no Scout.

An opportunity wasted.

I'm sure I'll see one eventually......

Niall

All these probs have been fixed on the A5 chassis Octy. What your talking about is the old Mk1 issues.

I have read enough faults on here to determine that while they do some to have avctually detailed the cars correctly now the build quality still aint up to japanesse standards.

Has to be said the my father has run a Subaru Forester from new and has changed the brake pads once and usual oil and filter changes,that's it nothing else has needed doing in 75,000 miles. admit interior is nothing special but its never let him down and he has never kept a car so long, always changed due to reliability issues. He was considering the Scout but now that Subaru are bringing out a diesel version he will be buying another Forester.

regards,

Steve

I have read enough faults on here to determine that while they do some to have avctually detailed the cars correctly now the build quality still aint up to japanesse standards.

hmmmm I'd like to see a list of common A5 Octy faults ?

The Scout will be hard pushed to beat the Forester in the reliability stakes and the Forester has more ground clearance and a low range gearbox so it won't be able to beat it off-road either. I found the Forester very good to drive though it needed plenty of revs. The 30 mpg or less of the current model is a bit of a killer and it remains to be seen how the new boxer diesel performs but what fixed the contest for me was the lack of upper back support in the seats of the Forester - but then I have a long back unlike most Japanese. The same problem stopped me buying a Nissan Qashqai.

I've just changed to a 2.0 TDI Octavia estate from a 2001 Forester 2.0L petrol turbo in which I did 90000 miles. On the upside the Forester was robust and capable, sure-footed, fast and comfortable. On the downside I found the Forester v. expensive to own - 24mpg and high servicing costs c.

I always have, always do, and always will. Oil is cheaper than a new engine. I don't use synthetic, I just use Pennzoil 10w-40 in the summer and 5w-30 in the winter with a Fram oil filter. Moreover, interesting stuff here with regard to this concern. - http://goo.gl/xSgPY

I couldn't work out where to put the tow hook on the Skode. There seems to be a skid plate in the way.

the dill

Just had a detachable towbar fitted to my lovely new Scout. No problem, doesn't even need any cut out in the rear 'skid pan' (previous Yeti had to have a panel cut out, but then had a neat cover fitted).