OctaviaT81

I think it's good value looking at the spec, but a £2k premium for the 2.0TDI over the petrol FSI seems like a hell of a lot. You'd need to be towing heavy loads or doing a lot of miles to justify that.

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sparky2

Any of the dealer lads know of any coming in, or has anybody ordered one ? I fancy one but its a bit pricey

richie

My local dealer in Gillingham is expecting their show room car in May, will this be the same for the UK???!!!??? Skoda customer services is sending info out in the next few days.

simonsheil

I like it, however agree the price seems a bit steep, but I think its just a sign of Skoda increasing there prices to be closer to their rivals in general. Now they have established the reputation they can afford not to undercut by so much.

Niall

Yeah the price is steep compared to some other Octy's but..........
This car pretty much has all the toys as standard.
If I bought one the option list would be limited to metallic paint, Maxidot and the split boot floor.
Try and spec a competitor to that level, and chuck in 4wd with underbody protection and you'll struggle.
As one motoring mag pointed out £20k is knocking on Freelander territory. But at £22k the basic Freelander doesn't come with much at all as standard, not even Terrain Control, and if you've decided you need a Land Rover over a 4x4 Estate I would have thought that that would be a must.

Next best thing for me right now (given that my mileage requires a diesel which keeps Subaru out the equation to some time in 2008) would be an Allroad or a XC70. Both of which weigh in at nearer £40k. My pockets ain't that deep and the Scout will be equally as adept on rutted tracks, wintry roads and the motorway.

But then again maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way. I see a car that like a tool can meet needs in my life (smart looking, can handle a bit of rough and tumble but not overly compromised for it) rather than something to stick on the driveway and try and impress the neighbours with. Which at £20k for a "Skoda" maybe is pushing it as you can't brag that it is cheaper but better than their Focus. But £20k for a fully specced 4x4 car that would do everything I (and realistically a minority of SUV owners, the rest are just posers) would ever need is pretty good value.

Niall

sparky2

Trouble is that its coming into KIA sportage prices and thats more of a 4x4, as I require the vehical to go onto wet grass/muddy fields towing a caravan, last weekend we went out in the caravan pulled off the track and the front wheels on the Octavia just lost it, so somebody with a land rover had to pull me off the grass would the scout hold out on the grass ? and then when I am not towing the running costs should be lower with the Scout (but dealer servicing is getting expensive) a couple of people at work have the Kia's and they rate them.

Niall

The Sportage certainly looks more of a 4x4. But 4 wheel drive is 4 wheel drive. On wet grass tyre choice is the most important. I've seen Disco's flummoxed by wet grass because they had "shopping tyres" on.

Unless the Sportage has a clever offroad electronic brain (a la Freelander/Discovery 3) or lower gearing (a la Defender, etc) or better throttle control it is unlikely to be noticeably better than a Scout/Octy 4x4 (assuming that they both had the same tread pattern on their tyres). They will of course be more awkward to load stuff on the roof, consume more fuel, and possibly have a less useful boot (sorry I'm generalising about SUVs here). You don't need good approach or exit angles to deal with a wet field, just good tyres.

Niall

Edit: Add Diff Lock to the List of things it would need to be better in a wet field.

phiL&K

Leasing costs with HSBC for the 2.0tdi Scout against an L&K estate 2.0tdipd over 3 years with is showing the scout as £40 a month dearer.

Would have liked the Scout however still pleased to have my third skoda to be an 07 L&K (in July).

Jaymz

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I have one!
Very nice but not as qwik as the old Golf 150 PD
Gets me across the fields, tho'

LesPaul

I've just swapped my Octavia to a KIA Sorento as I needed a car capable of towing up to 2 ton which the Scout can't, if this wasn't a requirement I'd have had a Scout as I preffer driving a car to a SUV

Darren

richie

Diesel 46.6 mpg combined, petrol 33.6 combined. I want one if I can't get the Vrs I want in 12 months time

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Normal Bloke

Well it's easing off now and the acceleration and mpg are improving nicely.

It also goes anywhere I like (within reason).

I am going to have re-map to bring it up to 150 Golf Mk4 standards, which should mean only upping it to 165PS or so.

Lots of bells and ***** - I am discovering a new feature virtually every day

Just don't get a black one like I did - it's not life or death but it gets filthy and as a bloke who only gets his car washed when it goes in for a service, it's not going to be clean for another 12 months (20,000 miles)!