'New' Car Day!

[Richard A Thackeray]

We picked it up this morning

Not the looked at; VW T6, Mercedes-Benz Vito, or Ford Tourneo Connect

A Skoda Kodiaq
(SE trim)
2.0Tdi (150BHP)
6-speed manual 'box
5-seater
4x4 (not the lookalike front-driver)

VED; £155 ('ad blue' helps)

Insurance; It’s gone up, from the Octavia
There’ll be an extra £6.27 added to the premium upon renewal date
(which is next week!!)
So it’ll then be £220 fully comprehensive!
Which I'm very happy with
I expected my insurers asking for at least another £200, given the difference in ages, & more importantly, values!

My Octavia, is now emptied of everything & it all transferred into the Kodiaq
Even with the 'sports steering-wheel', my DiskLok still fits
The Octavia is now pushed into the corner of a re-arranged garage, somewhere it's never been since I bought it in March 2012!!


Now, I need to get a towbar & electrics, as 'Senior Management' is insistant on our buying a Big White Shed On Wheels

We've had them before, the last was an Elddis Crusader Storm 2000 (towed with my Defender 110Td5 CSW)

 

[sleuthey]

Mileage?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

32,000

My Octavia, was on 6,000 when I bought it in March 2012, now it's on 151,300 'ish'

 

[Scottish Scrutineer]

Nice choice. That will last a few years hopefully. It certainly will stand a few miles on it. My T5 with that engine has done 265k miles.

 

[midlife]

Is it the camera angle or is that huge ?

 

[T4tomo]

Does this need merging with the pavement parking thread?

my BiL has one, they are very smart if you like 4x4's

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I see a pedestrian has expressed his displeasure by pissing on the back wheel.

 

[Pale Rider]

'ad blue' helps)

A mate had a Skoda which took ad blue.

He found it a niggle, not least because if the little tank runs low the car will refuse to move.

No big problem if you stash a spare bottle somewhere, but it is something else to remember.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

A mate had a Skoda which took ad blue.
He found it a niggle, not least because if the little tank runs low the car will refuse to move.

No big problem if you stash a spare bottle somewhere, but it is something else to remember.

Quite a few modern diesels have it, so I'm informed
If it has 'blue' in the model designation, it does

I bought a 10litre 'drum', & it took about 8 litres (had really expected it filling up, at collection)

Does this need merging with the pavement parking thread?
my BiL has one, they are very smart if you like 4x4's

There's still over 4 foot of pavement width, to the near-side
Further down the avenue, there's less
(here, the pavement's almost as wide as the street!)

I see a pedestrian has expressed his displeasure by pissing on the back wheel.

Nope!
I spilt some 'ad-blue', so had swilled it away

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Is it the camera angle or is that huge ?

Kodiaq
Length; 4697cm
Width not including mirrors; 1882
(width inc mirrors; 2087cm)
Height; 1680cm

Octavia 2 Estate (my model)
Length; 4569cm
Width not including mirrors; 1769cm
Height; 1462cm

As a comparison, the length of the 2021 Ford Focus estate is 4468cm

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Nope!

Pity!

 

[MichaelW2]

I rate cars by their scrabble score.

 

[rockyroller]

We picked it up this morning

ooh stately! happy trailz!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Towbar costing enquiries ongoing..........

Due to a deposit being placed on a BWSOW..............

It's 'new fangled', to me anyway, an electronic handbrake
It applies when stationary & clutch depressed in gear, or neutral
Then, if your foot comes off the clutch-pedal, in neutral, it 'Stop-Starts'......

Two glove-boxes!
There's no under-seat storage tray, like the Octavia though!
Sadly it's not a CD player, just the 'Sat-Nag' box & SD card slots)

Granted, it's not a full-sized umbrella, but probably handy!!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Siblings, or 'Little & Large'?

The Octavia is sold, just awaiting collection
I bought that, in March 2012, at 7 months old, with about 7,000 miles showing
Now it's on almost 152,400miles!!