Used, High mileage Skoda Octavia Estate VRS Estate Buy / Avoid??

PierremontQuaker03

tommyedinburgh said:

Petriix said:

BOWFER said:

Petriix said:

Or buy a new MG5 EV for £20k and save a packet in fuel and VED as well as CO2 and NOx. No engine to worry about.

As much as I'm a fan of EVs and can't wait to get back into one, it won't ever be an MG.
It's !!!!!!, it's not well made and it an abhorrance to the one-famous brand.
Plenty other EVs to chose from, thankfully.

There's no other > 50kWh battery EV for < £20k. The aesthetics are subjective but the build quality is fine. It's much nicer to drive than a Leaf.

I'm not sure if you genuinely have any experience of the British made MGs of yesteryear, otherwise I doubt you'd be implying that a vehicle made by SAIC robots in their state of the art factory would somehow be *less* reliable.

Sure, you can get a lot better. If you spend just £7k more then you can be a beta tester for VW with their Id3 and its special software. Add a few more £thousand and you get even more choice.

Perhaps worthy of it’s own new thread. 

I’m interested to hear if the Skoda Is a done deal. 

thanks - still undecided as you can imagine I am getting a wide range of opinions.  I still love the VRS, but I tempted to get a petrol version with lower miles, which means I will have to get an older model.

tommyedinburgh

thanks - still undecided as you can imagine I am getting a wide range of opinions.  I still love the VRS, but I tempted to get a petrol version with lower miles, which means I will have to get an older model.

Only you can make that call, good luck what ever you decide.

mobileron

Ask the local taxi drivers what they think,most of there skodas are 500k plus. Also go to this website Briskoda good forum that will help u.

BOWFER

Petriix said:

BOWFER said:

Petriix said:

Or buy a new MG5 EV for £20k and save a packet in fuel and VED as well as CO2 and NOx. No engine to worry about.

As much as I'm a fan of EVs and can't wait to get back into one, it won't ever be an MG.
It's !!!!!!, it's not well made and it an abhorrance to the one-famous brand.
Plenty other EVs to chose from, thankfully.

There's no other > 50kWh battery EV for < £20k. The aesthetics are subjective but the build quality is fine. It's much nicer to drive than a Leaf.

I'm not sure if you genuinely have any experience of the British made MGs of yesteryear, otherwise I doubt you'd be implying that a vehicle made by SAIC robots in their state of the art factory would somehow be *less* reliable.

Sure, you can get a lot better. If you spend just £7k more then you can be a beta tester for VW with their Id3 and its special software. Add a few more £thousand and you get even more choice.

Well your first line kinda sums it up, it's for people who want the most for their money and it's built down to that price.
I'll take your word for it driving better than a Leaf, although I can't see how, I have no desire to even test drive an MG.
It's a car I would refuse to have on my drive.

JustAnotherSaver

I wouldn't put company car in the positives box. Not the way people where I work treat company cars. 
And that includes the bosses. 

BOWFER

JustAnotherSaver said:

I wouldn't put company car in the positives box. Not the way people where I work treat company cars. 
And that includes the bosses. 

Out of interest, do they get to choose their company cars?
I've been in charge of a small (15-20 car) fleet for decades now, seen all sorts of people come and go in that time.
They've all treated their company cars as if they were their own, and the cars are always maintained to a high standard.
For example, I don't entertain budget tyres.
I believe the respect the cars are treated with is because we give them a budget and then let them choose their own cars.
Many of them have even bought the cars at the end of the lease, on behalf of spouses/friends etc.
I think 'dictating' what an employee drives is a recipe for contempt, which is why I've asked.
I think if I was given a Vauxhall Insignia, for example, I'd treat it with contempt too.

JustAnotherSaver

I think they do, to a degree. Nobody is going to get themselves a Ferrari. 
Most of them have Audi's. Seems to be the thing for them. One got a Passat cc. Someone else got a Jeep like thing as that's what they wanted so I imagine they have a fair bit of input with certain limitations. 
Only 1 looks after their car and then it depends on what your view on looking after is. He'll wash and polish it but mechanically let it fall apart. Or maybe that comes from above him and they keep saying keep driving until things actually fall off, who knows. 

And that may explain why I've yet to see someone in an Insignia who isn't a doorknob. 

Ganga

BOWFER said:

JustAnotherSaver said:

I wouldn't put company car in the positives box. Not the way people where I work treat company cars. 
And that includes the bosses. 

Out of interest, do they get to choose their company cars?
I've been in charge of a small (15-20 car) fleet for decades now, seen all sorts of people come and go in that time.
They've all treated their company cars as if they were their own, and the cars are always maintained to a high standard.
For example, I don't entertain budget tyres.
I believe the respect the cars are treated with is because we give them a budget and then let them choose their own cars.
Many of them have even bought the cars at the end of the lease, on behalf of spouses/friends etc.
I think 'dictating' what an employee drives is a recipe for contempt, which is why I've asked.
I think if I was given a Vauxhall Insignia, for example, I'd treat it with contempt too.

I hired one from Enterprise ,they had run out of smaller cars so i got the bigger car for the same price ,i found it a great car to drive and my wife found it very comfortable ,do not know if i would buy one as looked quite pricy.

BOWFER

JustAnotherSaver said:

I think they do, to a degree. Nobody is going to get themselves a Ferrari. 
Most of them have Audi's. Seems to be the thing for them. One got a Passat cc. Someone else got a Jeep like thing as that's what they wanted so I imagine they have a fair bit of input with certain limitations. 
Only 1 looks after their car and then it depends on what your view on looking after is. He'll wash and polish it but mechanically let it fall apart. Or maybe that comes from above him and they keep saying keep driving until things actually fall off, who knows. 

And that may explain why I've yet to see someone in an Insignia who isn't a doorknob. 

I'll never understand picking your own company car, then not looking after it.
One can only assume they'd do the same with a car they'd bought.
We've evidently been lucky, but management comes into it and they all know, even without telling, that I won't suffer anyone leaving their company car filthy etc.

JustAnotherSaver

BOWFER said:

JustAnotherSaver said:

I think they do, to a degree. Nobody is going to get themselves a Ferrari. 
Most of them have Audi's. Seems to be the thing for them. One got a Passat cc. Someone else got a Jeep like thing as that's what they wanted so I imagine they have a fair bit of input with certain limitations. 
Only 1 looks after their car and then it depends on what your view on looking after is. He'll wash and polish it but mechanically let it fall apart. Or maybe that comes from above him and they keep saying keep driving until things actually fall off, who knows. 

And that may explain why I've yet to see someone in an Insignia who isn't a doorknob. 

I'll never understand picking your own company car, then not looking after it.
One can only assume they'd do the same with a car they'd bought.
We've evidently been lucky, but management comes into it and they all know, even without telling, that I won't suffer anyone leaving their company car filthy etc.

I've seen the main guys car myself. Brakes totally shot. No meat on the pads, discs look horrendous. General condition of the car is just abused.

Even another car they have which they bought brand new and according to parkers would've been a minimum £45k is not really looked after. MOT history shows the tyres are totally ran until the last bit of rubber remains. Brakes not kept on top of.

And according to company house, which wont be to the pence but i don't imagine will be massively out either, these people are pushing a worth of £30million each. Their motto is to make money until you die. Not to spend it and enjoy it, just make it, make more of it, then die.