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All change
Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 5:20 pm
by Mr Cholmondeley-Warner
So the boring little French thing went on Wednesday to the nice people who want any car, and today this arrived:
Then this afternoon I was reunited with the yellow peril, not quite as yellow as before, sniff ... but much shinier and less flakiness:
so quite a day, really!
Re: All change
Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 7:46 pm
by Horse
Are you going to go all Ben Hur, one foot on each?
Re: All change
Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 7:47 pm
by Mr Cholmondeley-Warner
No, but I may have a bit more trouble deciding which to take, now
Re: All change
Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 9:16 pm
by akirk
Well, as someone who has a skoda of that era in that colour I thoroughly approve! Will be interesting to compare the vrs and scout - which is lower power but 4x4
But.....
Your Porsche wheels....
Noooooooooooo!
Alasdair
Re: All change
Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 10:26 pm
by Imsensible
A Skoda Octopus VRS (Visually Really Sombre).
I do like that shade of blue though. That Porch would look really good in that colour.
Re: All change
Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 8:29 am
by Horse
Imsensible wrote:A Skoda Octopus VRS (Visually Really Sombre).
I do like that shade of blue though. That Porch would look really good in that colour.
So would a Fewawi, for anyone who knows the old joke
Re: All change
Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 10:25 am
by angus
Are they the same wheels on the Porker?
Re: All change
Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 10:37 am
by Mr Cholmondeley-Warner
Same wheels, silver because the two-tone yellow / silver was too hard / expensive to reproduce but the yellow was flaking and / because corrosion was setting in on some of the spokes and I didn't want it getting any worse.
VRS - yes can see the point - I think the intention is for it to look macho and mean. Either way it's still a hell of a lot of car for the money.
My porch is a brick arch with the lower half rendered, so I'm not sure metallic blue would really suit it
Re: All change
Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 11:41 am
by Synchromesh
Good moves on both counts.
I haven't driven the new shape Octavia vRS yet, but I drove the previous generation car last week and really enjoyed it. Assuming yours in the diesel?
Re: All change
Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 2:24 pm
by Mr Cholmondeley-Warner
Yes. Economy over fun, because it's the work car and it needs to earn its living on business journeys. The mileage rates as published by HMRC now are cut to the bone, so petrol probably wouldn't cut it. I haven't driven it more than 2 miles myself, but I'll post something when I have. Initial impression is - wow, this is big, and lots of toys. Goes well when you press harder on the loud pedal, very refined and gentle with less pressure