The Skoda Thread

[Jenkins]

I did see a nice Octavia for sale in Felixstowe over the weekend, but there may be a problem getting the mobility scooter in the boot

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I did see a nice Octavia for sale in Felixstowe over the weekend, but there may be a problem getting the mobility scooter in the boot
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And there was a 'wagon'/estate too
Circa 2016

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-skoda-thread.276955/page-8#post-6605781

 

[Legs]

We've put down our deposit, collecting from near my parents in Newbury in a fortnight.

Mrs Legs has been offered an Audi Q8 as a company car, so we are taking the leap, as a family, to ditching the infernal combustion engine altogether. The BIK is quite steep because she's a higher rate taxpayer, but it gets us out of all the responsibility of owning, managing and paying for our own cars (tax, insurance, servicing and repairs, fuelling, tyres and other running costs, depreciation).

There's an automated system for reimbursing us for when we use our home charger to fill it, and she's got a charge card for the few occasions when we might need to charge away from home, so, besides the BIK, it's pretty much free motoring.
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Well, after just over a year of happy PHEV motoring, our Octavia will be going on the market shortly...

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I received the '25/'26 renewal quotation yesterday…

I had been expecting another 25-30% rise
However, it’s gone down!!

Granted, not by much, only 12%
£317.17

I will be asking questions/revising the policy
- i dont need ‘business cover’, as wife has sold her business/retired
- I think it’s agreed on a 20,000mile average
(in the last 2years, it’s covered about 11,000miles!)
- any discount nowadays, for F&R dashcams?

I received the renewal email a couple of days ago
The requested premium has gone up!!!

The quotation is for; £320.41
i am tempted to ring & ask for a recalcuation based on mileage, but I think I've asked and minimal difference is made


EDIT @ 089:45
I've just spoken to our daughter, she tells me their insurance was £1190

'72'(?) plate X5 (petrol twin-turbo)
He; 30(?)
She; 25