Just got my Octavia Scout

[DaveO]

I have just taken delivery of my Scout. So far I think it is great, very comfortable interior, lots of toys as well. I took the Xenon, curtain and head-restraint options when I ordered; body colour is anthracite grey.

I have to say the Xenons are the dogs danglies, along with the rain sensing wipers and the light assistant. I still have to get used to the hill hold control thing which seems a bit odd.

So far, 450miles in and I am getting about 39mpg on my commuter run. This used to average about 27mpg in my Discovery II which I sold for this (with a 12 week gap in a Felicia 1.6 - ebay £450 ).

2 day in, this car is great!!

Cheers

Dave

[sworrall]

looks very nice in anthracite. you cant tell where the paint ends and the plastic bumpers begin in some parts.

[DaveO]

Yeah, thanks. Unfortunately it has rained since I got it and my drive to work goes past several farms so it is pretty mucky.

I was very very nervous of the colour until I got it - there was only silver demos available up here and a Occy estate looks pretty dark in the Anthracite grey, but the Scout looks great I think

Cheers

Dave

P.S - Fantastic photos you have on your Flickr link!!

[ColinD]

DaveO is this the diesel or the FSi?

[DaveO]

ColinD,

It is the diesel, 2.0TDI PD. MPG is pretty good on paper and I am expecting it to ease off by about 1000 miles.

Cheers

Dave

[sms]

i saw that colour the other week in the dealers car park. had to admit i did hunt down the colour name as i like it and think that will be my next colour

[vRSLen]

Very nice Dave, I passed one last week on the M62 and thought how nice it looked

[mdk1]

Very nice looking car

Welcome to briskoda.

[andyjl1968]

Have just bought a Scout TDi in the same colour. Looked very nice on the forecourt and the test drive convinced me to have it. Have the Xenons and Alcantara interior too.

[Philip]

Same colour as mine so I have to say I LIKE IT!

MPG will get better, also a lot is how you drive it. I used to get around 44 mpg but now with a bit of effort I am getting 50 mpg+ average.

Mine was second hand so I didn't get to choose the spec but xenons would have been nice.

[Yeti_Man]

Very nice and the best colour for a scout imo.

Out of interest, did you manage to get a particularly big discount due to the impending facelift model? Im still trying to work out what I want to do car wise at the mo.

Good luck with it btw

Lee

[Wardy]

That looks very nice indeed

Enjoy

Steve

[skomaz]

Nice (and a god colour - same as our 4x4!)

I've not seen a grey one before only black and silver.

Miileage should get better - the trip was showing up to 52mpg on ours on the long run to Kent this weekend but I haven't worked out the actual mpg yet for the same trip. However, with just short of 20k miles on the clock it seems to average 37-38 around town and 48 upwards on a run (depending who's driving and how...)

I'd anticipate the Scout wll be broadly similar.

[disco-barry]

Very envious, i just cannot afford one at the moment....this or a 4motion Golf.

[Wardy]

Are they actually doing a 4Motion of any kind at the moment (excluding the R32!)

Remember considering a PD140 4Motion 3dr a while ago, but they were like rocking horse dropping and suitably overpriced as a result. The newest I could find was a 55 plate and IIRC one of the VW dealers said the model had been dropped in the UK :confused:

Wonder if it'll return in the Mk6?

Steve

[Jii]

Hello from Finland..

I got my Scout couple weeks ago.. Nice car...

Two picture...

[Wardy]

Nice pictures those

Like the tones and lighting

Steve

[Philip]

JiiÄssä they are brochure quality pics. Enjoy!

[Wardy]

Looks like you're using it for its intended purpose there!

[rsbspt]

Very nice and the best colour for a scout imo.

Out of interest, did you manage to get a particularly big discount due to the impending facelift model? Im still trying to work out what I want to do car wise at the mo.

Good luck with it btw

Lee

Don't do it Lee!!! Looking at what you've done to your vRS, I predict you would be massively disappointed with a Scout. I test drove a Scout and vRS extensively when time came to part with my (modded) Furby vRS and the Octy vRS won hands down. Don't get me wrong, the Scout is a nice car, but once you're used to the sporting performance and feel of a vRS, it just doesn't cut the mustard...

[Jii]

Nice pictures those

Like the tones and lighting

Steve

couple pictures more.. I hope that winter is coming as soon as possible..

Edited 4 June, 2009 by Jii

[Wardy]

Excellent - think you should allow Skoda to use them in some official Scout literature, with suitable renumeration of course!

Steve

[Pud]

why is the back plate different from the front one??? something Finnish??