My 'New' Skoda Superb

otispunkmeyer · September 6th, 2009, 11:20 AM

well, after trawling auto trader for months.... looking at all kinds of cars, octavias, A4's, passats, golfs, renault megane, mondeos, focus's you name it i end up buying a car i nearly didnt even bother going to see.

i didnt have long to buy, around 10 days or so, and every car we went to see seemed to be getting successively worse and worse. the last octavia we seen was a red estate and that thing was in very poor condition...not at all worth the £2250 asking price.

so i went to see this on a whim, talked the man down a couple of hundred quid and said ill have it. its not in perfect nick, but what 6 year old motorway muncher will be?

anyway i got this for £3200, its done 116k, has full skoda service history, just had new tyres n brakes and its mildly tuned to 160bhp so overall im very happy with it. and before anyone asks....yes i am 23, not 56. guess people will get a shock when they see a young guy driving it.

i know some people are gonna lambast me, moan about my choice of car, call me an old man or tell me i paid too much (tho according to parkers guide it should of been over £4k). thats fine, i dont really give a rats what people think... im happy with it, thats all that matters.

pics

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sorry the photos are a bit duff, im off to newcastle shortly... ill be giving it a proper wash an some T-Cut tomorrow so will take better pictures then.

Aston Martin · September 6th, 2009, 11:22 AM

Awesome, the umbrellas still there? images/smilies/cool.gif

klankymen · September 6th, 2009, 11:24 AM

Wow, looks nice, I hope for you that it doesn't suffer the typical Volkswagen AG fate and explode, cause it looks real nice to waft in.

Pedrocas · September 6th, 2009, 11:26 AM

I've always loved that Skoda, even thought it looks like a stretched VW Passat. Nevertheless, it's a great car for your money. Also, that color rocks. images/smilies/wink.gif

jayhawk · September 6th, 2009, 1:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedrocas

I've always loved that Skoda, even thought it looks like a stretched VW Passat.

I think it is a Passat, or maybe what we call here a Jetta.

AiR · September 6th, 2009, 1:35 PM

Jetta = Golf
Superb = bigger Passat

I think it's Superb, nice engine too.

villej · September 6th, 2009, 2:10 PM

That's a nice car, and the only Skoda that I really like. Should be a good buy. images/smilies/smile.gif

devil500 · September 6th, 2009, 3:46 PM

A big Passat not bad haha! I like that color blue sooooo much images/smilies/biggrin.gif

edkwon · September 6th, 2009, 4:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Aston Martin

Awesome, the umbrellas still there? images/smilies/cool.gif

Great choice of car and again i'm curious if it has the umbrella option too.

Brother Michael · September 6th, 2009, 5:42 PM

3200£

....wow....the cheapest Superb on sale at the moment in Finland has the same 1.9 TDI, 320.000km/200.000 miles.....9500€. The next one is almost 12.000€ !

As for the car, I like it, always have. Got to sit in the back of those once; it's enormous !! I know the rear legroom always was the main selling point on these, but you could really get lost in there.

nammedijus · September 6th, 2009, 5:57 PM

it seems very luxurius and in perfect nick
truly worth to call it "superb"

TomCat · September 6th, 2009, 6:07 PM

I like it too. Very slick.

Is it RWD?

nammedijus · September 6th, 2009, 6:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomCat

I like it too. Very slick.

Is it RWD?

no its FWD
its a shame that now rwd saloons are just bmw merc and stuff like that images/smilies/sad.gif

TomCat · September 6th, 2009, 6:17 PM

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Originally Posted by nammedijus

no its FWD
its a shame that now rwd saloons are just bmw merc and stuff like that images/smilies/sad.gif

Oh well. I just noticed that the engine position almost makes it look RWD or AWD. But I had an old VW Fox that was like that too.

nammedijus · September 6th, 2009, 6:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TomCat

Oh well. I just noticed that the engine position almost makes it look RWD or AWD. But I had an old VW Fox that was like that too.

mabie it has awd option i duno

yeah engine straight like in rwd car but its fwd they do that in large sallons like pasat

darkshark0159 · September 6th, 2009, 8:37 PM

Looks good, and it is very clean! The Superb is miles ahead of the generation of the Passat it was based on IMO. Excellent colour as well!

e30thomas · September 6th, 2009, 8:43 PM

nice car and damn nice pricetag. cheapest models quicksearched on mobile.de are ~5700-6000€, going up to 10k easily

matt2000 · September 6th, 2009, 8:48 PM

That does look very nice and clean. Gotta love post-2000 Skodas. Nice colour, and an extremely nice price, that's a lot of car. I was flicking though the classifieds in the paper and saw cars like this going for £6000 at dealers and thought the days of nice, reasonably new, reasonably priced used cars was over. I guess it's not then. images/smilies/smile.gif

Donington · September 6th, 2009, 8:49 PM

I've been in Superb taxis before and i must say they are super comfy. It's a nice choice for a cruiser and it's hell of a lot of car for the few english pounds you spent! The milage is high, but cars like this are designed for that these days.

vRS · September 6th, 2009, 9:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomCat

I like it too. Very slick.

Is it RWD?

You can get a 4WD Superb with a 3.2 V6.

Very nice car; there comfy as fuck and so roomy in the back. Sot of car you'd love for long trips.

September 6th, 2009, 11:20 AM	#1
otispunkmeyer Joined: May 15th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Loughborough UK Age: 23 Posts: 3,358 Car: '03 Skoda Superb (Comfort) 160HP Rep Power: 39	My 'New' Skoda Superb well, after trawling auto trader for months.... looking at all kinds of cars, octavias, A4's, passats, golfs, renault megane, mondeos, focus's you name it i end up buying a car i nearly didnt even bother going to see. i didnt have long to buy, around 10 days or so, and every car we went to see seemed to be getting successively worse and worse. the last octavia we seen was a red estate and that thing was in very poor condition...not at all worth the £2250 asking price. so i went to see this on a whim, talked the man down a couple of hundred quid and said ill have it. its not in perfect nick, but what 6 year old motorway muncher will be? anyway i got this for £3200, its done 116k, has full skoda service history, just had new tyres n brakes and its mildly tuned to 160bhp so overall im very happy with it. and before anyone asks....yes i am 23, not 56. guess people will get a shock when they see a young guy driving it. i know some people are gonna lambast me, moan about my choice of car, call me an old man or tell me i paid too much (tho according to parkers guide it should of been over £4k). thats fine, i dont really give a rats what people think... im happy with it, thats all that matters. pics sorry the photos are a bit duff, im off to newcastle shortly... ill be giving it a proper wash an some T-Cut tomorrow so will take better pictures then. __________________ Transport History: 96' Ford Ka 1.3 02' Ford Focus 1.4 CL 03' Skoda Superb 1.9 TDi (160bhp) in blue

September 6th, 2009, 11:22 AM	#2
Aston Martin Wirelees noob Joined: Sep 20th, 2006 Last Online: 2:21 AM Location: Hull, England Posts: 2,253 Rep Power: 0	Awesome, the umbrellas still there? __________________ "The last really fast car I drove was Ferrari’s 599 GTB Fiorano. Hardly a slouch, the 599 reaches 62mph in 3.7 seconds and 124mph in 11 seconds. But drive the Ferrari 599 past a stationary Veyron at 62mph during its 11 second 124mph sprint and the Bugatti will catch up by the time the Italian reaches 124mph." "I wish it would be Gumball every day."

September 6th, 2009, 11:24 AM	#3
klankymen BLT Master Joined: Jun 3rd, 2008 Last Online: 9:07 AM Location: München, Königreich Bayern Posts: 3,015 Car: 965hp MVG-Baureihe A, 3218hp MVG-Baureihe C Rep Power: 113	Wow, looks nice, I hope for you that it doesn't suffer the typical Volkswagen AG fate and explode, cause it looks real nice to waft in. __________________ 27% Die Linke? Enough is enough. We are not here to subsidize you lazy unemployed east Germans or follow your communist agenda. Build the wall back up NOW.

September 6th, 2009, 3:46 PM	#8
devil500 Joined: Aug 8th, 2007 Last Online: 3:59 AM Location: NYC for now, Penn State in 2010 Age: 17 Posts: 1,268 Car: I hate my w202.. Rep Power: 21	A big Passat not bad haha! I like that color blue sooooo much __________________ iRacing

September 6th, 2009, 5:42 PM	#10
Brother Michael Joined: Jan 29th, 2007 Last Online: 6:51 AM Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1,496 Car: Coming soon Rep Power: 143	3200£ ....wow....the cheapest Superb on sale at the moment in Finland has the same 1.9 TDI, 320.000km/200.000 miles.....9500€. The next one is almost 12.000€ ! As for the car, I like it, always have. Got to sit in the back of those once; it's enormous !! I know the rear legroom always was the main selling point on these, but you could really get lost in there. __________________ -Every man dies, not every man really lives- Last edited by Brother Michael; September 6th, 2009 at 5:43 PM.

September 6th, 2009, 11:26 AM	#4
Pedrocas Joined: Feb 6th, 2008 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Setúbal, Portugal Posts: 714 Car: Citroen ZX 1.4i Tonic Rep Power: 26	I've always loved that Skoda, even thought it looks like a stretched VW Passat. Nevertheless, it's a great car for your money. Also, that color rocks.

September 6th, 2009, 1:35 PM	#6
AiR Joined: Dec 19th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: La Suède Posts: 2,233 Car: 2007 Astra Diesel Rep Power: 79	Jetta = Golf Superb = bigger Passat I think it's Superb, nice engine too.

September 6th, 2009, 2:10 PM	#7
villej Joined: Jan 30th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Posts: 62 Car: '97 Renault Megane Coupe 5d 1.6e RT Rep Power: 20	That's a nice car, and the only Skoda that I really like. Should be a good buy.

September 6th, 2009, 5:57 PM	#11
nammedijus Joined: May 19th, 2009 Last Online: November 19th, 2009 Location: Lithuania Posts: 101 Car: vw mk2 Rep Power: 5	it seems very luxurius and in perfect nick truly worth to call it "superb" __________________ 1989 Vw golf with 1,8 mono carburator -scraped

September 6th, 2009, 6:07 PM	#12
TomCat Joined: Dec 11th, 2005 Last Online: 5:56 AM Location: Arizona Age: 25 Posts: 4,173 Rep Power: 70	I like it too. Very slick. Is it RWD? __________________

September 6th, 2009, 8:37 PM	#16
darkshark0159 Joined: Dec 24th, 2007 Last Online: 7:44 AM Location: a snowy land Age: 18 Posts: 1,848 Car: Mercedes-Benz C240 W203 Rep Power: 78	Looks good, and it is very clean! The Superb is miles ahead of the generation of the Passat it was based on IMO. Excellent colour as well! __________________

September 6th, 2009, 8:43 PM	#17
e30thomas Joined: Feb 17th, 2007 Last Online: November 18th, 2009 Location: 71106 Magstadt / GER Age: 25 Posts: 54 Car: '05 BMW 118d Rep Power: 12	nice car and damn nice pricetag. cheapest models quicksearched on mobile.de are ~5700-6000€, going up to 10k easily __________________ J.C.: "Germany, the last refuge of the speedfreak."

September 6th, 2009, 8:48 PM	#18
matt2000 Hedgehog Sandwich Joined: Feb 17th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Meerkat Harborough, UK Age: 19 Posts: 5,610 Car: 1977 lol sprung Land Rover shed LFS Status: Rep Power: 101	That does look very nice and clean. Gotta love post-2000 Skodas. Nice colour, and an extremely nice price, that's a lot of car. I was flicking though the classifieds in the paper and saw cars like this going for £6000 at dealers and thought the days of nice, reasonably new, reasonably priced used cars was over. I guess it's not then. __________________ Forza 3 Owners Club

September 6th, 2009, 8:49 PM	#19
Donington Joined: Jan 26th, 2007 Last Online: 6:31 AM Location: Now in Plymouth, Englandshire Age: 20 Posts: 4,263 Rep Power: 176	I've been in Superb taxis before and i must say they are super comfy. It's a nice choice for a cruiser and it's hell of a lot of car for the few english pounds you spent! The milage is high, but cars like this are designed for that these days.

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