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  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    I'd rather have my car and spend the extra £10'000 on fuel/tax/repairs/holiday/family/etc etc lol
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  • TiTheRev
    TiTheRev Posts: 3,215 Forumite
    petrolhead69 wrote: »
    I'd love to use my bike for work, but I'd struggle to fit my tools and ladders on it
    That's just lazy :wink:
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  • AdrianHi
    AdrianHi Posts: 2,228 Forumite
    cyclonebri1 wrote: »
    I was considering the latest Octavia diesel est, the one that has 4 wheel drive as I do a fair bit of field crossing. Anyone got one driven one???? :j
    I know a couple of former BMW 3 series touring owners who now have Octavia Estate VRs diesels and they don;t feel at all short changed.
    Great cars, just got to look past what the badge used to mean.
  • Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!
    Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! Posts: 2,579 Forumite
    75bhp - bloody dangerous getting that onto a motorway.
  • AdrianHi
    AdrianHi Posts: 2,228 Forumite
    Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »
    75bhp - bloody dangerous getting that onto a motorway.

    0-62 in 14.3 seconds on a torquey diesel. No ball of fire but about average for a mid-low engined range small car.
  • harveybobbles
    harveybobbles Posts: 8,973 Forumite
    cyclonebri1 wrote: »
    I was considering the latest Octavia diesel est, the one that has 4 wheel drive as I do a fair bit of field crossing. Anyone got one driven one???? :j

    Octavia 4x4's are ok. They feel very stable, if a little under powered. Great cars though. We get em in every now and then :)
  • blued
    blued Posts: 698 Forumite
    Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »
    75bhp - bloody dangerous getting that onto a motorway.

    What are you talking about? My first car was a VW Jetta 1.6 petrol and I doubt it would have had much more than 75bhp and it was no problem whatsoever on a motorway.
  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    blued wrote: »
    What are you talking about? My first car was a VW Jetta 1.6 petrol and I doubt it would have had much more than 75bhp and it was no problem whatsoever on a motorway.

    cars get heavier every year
    75bhp in todays cars is low power
  • sunshinetours
    sunshinetours Posts: 2,854 Forumite
    AdrianHi wrote: »
    I know a couple of former BMW 3 series touring owners who now have Octavia Estate VRs diesels and they don;t feel at all short changed.
    Great cars, just got to look past what the badge used to mean.

    They weren't real BMW drivers then were they ?! Come on I accept that Skoda now make decent cars but seriously???
  • blued
    blued Posts: 698 Forumite
    custardy wrote: »
    cars get heavier every year
    75bhp in todays cars is low power

    Granted but it certainly doesn't make it dangerous on a motorway.
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