The Skoda Thread

[skudupnorth]

Saturday 5th

ASDA
Glasshoughton
(Castleford, near ‘Xscape’)

I like this colour

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Yes ! Petrol Green Mk-1 estate in Elegance spec….. not that I know about such things 🤔 Very brave choice of colour for such a big car

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 7th
Whilst in York, & waiting for daughter, this Kodiaq had appeared, when I got back to mine after a walk into York centre
(like mine it was a '4x4' model)

I like that colour, & would like mine to be that instead
Petrol Blue Metallic?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 12th

Whilst taking a meandering drive to where we were stopping for a weekend away
(the return journey was abbrieviated, due to the inclement weather)

The Cross-Keys
East Marton
A59 (built as the 'York - Lancaster Turn-Pike')
Now, like many pubs, sadly closed

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/60164

The Leeds & Liverpool Canal is a better known feature here, due to the bridge that carries the A59 over it
I didn't photograph it this time, as;
1. It was widdling it down
2. I think I've featured it before, in this thread?

However, this is it, Skipton is to the right of frame; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6469141

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 19th

The press agree that it’s an excellent choice too!
‘Metro’ dated; Thursday 17th February

 

[figbat]

We’re currently tooling about in a 21-reg Kamiq S courtesy car whilst the Volvo gets fixed (traumatic removal of the front bumper whilst reversing past a low wall). I haven’t driven it yet but within the first few yards as a passenger I could tell it was the 1.0 3-cyl TSi from the noise, later supported by the lack of torque (wife still driving it like her 2.0 Volvo and finding the bottom of the rev cupboard bare). It’s a 5-speed manual too - how quaint! Nice enough car for the job though, despite having no whistles nor bells.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

From my files

Friday 15th October 2021

Askham Bryan
Just west of York 'Ring-Road'

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4834610

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Mon 28th
Whitby

Dropped daughter off at Uni in York, at 10:45, & l’m day-off, so had a little trip before l pick her back up
She was supposed to have been there till 16:00, but she ended up finishing at 14:00. so I had about an hour there

I had intended coming back over 'the tops', via; Egton Bridge, Wheeldale Moor, Newton-on-Rawcliffe, & into Pickering
However, that's a more time-consuming route, so it was (the A169) Sleights, 'Blue Bank', Fylingdales Moor, 'SalterGate', 'Hole Of Horcum', to Pickering

The marks on the tarmac were from a previous 'occupant' of the space, as the Kodiaq was 'bone-dry' underneath

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I've booked an early MoT test for the Kodiaq, as in the fortnight prior to the expiry date, I'm on weekends-off, so it'd be awkward to arrange it
I'm taking it to the tried & trusted garage, that we've used for the past 9 years or so

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sat 5th

A very ‘travelled stained’ Kodiaq this morning at work

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 12th

Not really ‘Little & Large’
More a case of height

It’s a Superb, not an Octavia

We’re in one of the car-parks at work

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 13th

Further off-road than lot of SUVs, particularly the latest Range Rovers

Off ‘Eastern Relief-Road’
By Harrisons Bridge
(it spans the Aire & Calder Navigation Canal)
Wakefield

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2333683

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 23rd


MoT test day
Just booked in

https://batleymotstation.co.uk/mot-batley/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Passed

No ‘Advisories’

 

[fossyant]

Used proies seem to be holding well - Sister has just swapped her SUV Skoda for the bigger one - got the same offered by the dealer that she paid a couple of years ago.

Fabia's look to have gone up a fair bit - only looking as son's may be written off - truck snapped it's prop shaft on the motorway, and pinged off down the motorway, taking about 10 cars with it. Son's car has a fair bit of damage to subframe, lower suspension, under panel covers and a chunk out of the rear trailing arm mounting point. Down side for him it's a big excess then the hassle of claiming. Prices seem to be £2-£3k above what we paid for his 2 years ago.

 

[Reynard]

Used proies seem to be holding well - Sister has just swapped her SUV Skoda for the bigger one - got the same offered by the dealer that she paid a couple of years ago.

Fabia's look to have gone up a fair bit - only looking as son's may be written off - truck snapped it's prop shaft on the motorway, and pinged off down the motorway, taking about 10 cars with it. Son's car has a fair bit of damage to subframe, lower suspension, under panel covers and a chunk out of the rear trailing arm mounting point. Down side for him it's a big excess then the hassle of claiming. Prices seem to be £2-£3k above what we paid for his 2 years ago.

On the upsides, he can't blow the engine of that one anymore...

Ouch, though.