Only drawback with driving a Skoda is people automatically attempt to overtake you, regardless of how fast you're going. My wife calls it Skoda rage.
The same people that will ask you at a party what you drive (so they can 'assume' how good/successful/worth knowing etc).
Such drivers/people arent worth bothering with.
Only drawback with driving a Skoda is people automatically attempt to overtake you, regardless of how fast you're going. My wife calls it Skoda rage.
Interesting - we have recently fitted a roof rack to our Mazda 3 and I see exactly the same mentality from other drivers that wasn't there before it was fitted.
Only drawback with driving a Skoda is people automatically attempt to overtake you, regardless of how fast you're going. My wife calls it Skoda rage.
Had the exact same experience in my girlfriend's old Citroen ZX. People would still tailgate like hell through 30mph limits. Disappeared as soon as I was out of them, as a ZX is quicker than it looks...
It is interesting (in an annoying way!) - there's a whole subconscious web of judgement going on when it comes to cars. To be fair it is the same process which gives me a certain reaction when I see a 4x4, or worst of all a BMW 4x4!
With the Oktavia I have literally been forced to jink my car and flash the brake lights to stop cars attempting to pass into oncoming traffic.
Probably goes for bikes too I guess!
Pugeote 206/7 SW,
Great car as long as you;
- dont like going round corners (trackign needed re-doing every few hundred miles)
- are not epileptic, the dashboard will be permentanly flashing a warning at you telling you to go and spend another £400 at the garrage.
Apart from that, french cars are exceptionaly well build IME. Ohh apart from the ex's 206, none of the interior electrics worked on that, and every other pugeote I've sat in where the interior comes off in clumps.
we have recently fitted a roof rack to our Mazda 3 and I see exactly the same mentality from other drivers that wasn't there before it was fitted
Put a pair of muddy bikes up to and that's make the situation even worse 😉
Put a pair of muddy bikes up to and that's make the situation even worse
I wish - full of baby things and no time to ride 🙁
At the weekend we were waiting to turn left onto a main road at a crossroads. From our right a car was indicating right and almost stopped so we pulled out as the cars behind couldn't proceed. As soon as the car had turned, the car that had slowed behind it speeded up as quickly as possible then overtook us as we were accelerating to traffic speed, swerving in right in front of our car then had nowhere to go as we were in a queue of traffic.
I have no idea if he would have done the same thing had the roof box not been fitted, but it is indicative of the type of behaviour we seem to see more now.
I would recommend that you don't worry about mileage and age. Instead, you should go for a 10 year old Nissan Primera. The GT model handles really well, has a good engine, is extremely reliable and last for ages. These cars run as Taxis and you see them still going strong living a hard life. It comfortably takes bikes in the back. I have one of these and I can get over 40mpg out of it with careful driving. Not bad for a 2litre 150bhp car.
As it happens, I have mine for sale as we're going to cut to a 1 car household with a baby nearly here...
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just a little bit too poncy and not that nice utilitarian quality they used to have. They have another brand that sits in that place now - Skoda
Heh.. that's exactly why I don't like Skodas.. interiors to grim.. 🙂
Tinas - Exceptional build quality apart from all the shocking things that go wrong.. I think a lot of cars fall into that category!
Each to their own eh? I like the "honesty" of nice quality mouldings with minimal fuss. Can't see how the addition of a little fake chrome strip here or plastic wood there makes the interior more acceptable. Mind you I do like a utilitarian car - to my mind virtually all cars have been quiet and comfortable enough for at least ten years.
traildog - MemberI would recommend that you don't worry about mileage and age. Instead, you should go for a 10 year old Nissan Primera. The GT model handles really well, has a good engine, is extremely reliable and last for ages. These cars run as Taxis and you see them still going strong living a hard life. It comfortably takes bikes in the back. I have one of these and I can get over 40mpg out of it with careful driving. Not bad for a 2litre 150bhp car.
As it happens, I have mine for sale as we're going to cut to a 1 car household with a baby nearly here...
Traildog- mail in profile please
Can't see how the addition of a little fake chrome strip here or plastic wood there makes the interior more acceptable.
I can. Not JUST a bit of fakery tho, but nicely designed, nice lighting and whatnot. Too much smooth bland grey in my mate's Skoda for my liking.
Mind you I do like a utilitarian car
A van, you mean? 😉
Mine is [i]way[/i] scruffier than the typical builder's van.