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Author:  Guest [ Sun May 09, 2004 2:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Bad news if you recently bought a Skoda Suburb

But good news if you going to buy one :)

http://www.skoda.co.uk/skoda3g/content/showroom/superb/pricing.aspx

Author:  Cgull [ Sun May 09, 2004 5:28 pm ]
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How much have they gone down by then plaease? :shock:

Author:  Sussex [ Mon May 10, 2004 7:26 am ]
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I think many will now buy the new longer Octavia. :wink:

Author:  Guest [ Mon May 10, 2004 5:18 pm ]
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Cgull wrote:
How much have they gone down by then plaease? :shock:


Quote from Auto Express website:

Skoda's Superb Deals


Czech firm Skoda has cut prices across the Superb line-up. The biggest saving is on the flagship Elegance 2.5 V6 TDI, which is down £3,250 to £21,600. The base 2.0 Classic is £355 less, at £13,900.


Comments: 0 Article from: Auto Express

i know the 1.9tdi (130) Comfort used to be £17,755 now its £16,800. so thats a nice £955 off retail price.

Author:  Guest [ Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:39 pm ]
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who would be daft enough to buy a skoda when you can get a nice pug 407 for £17000

Author:  SCOT [ Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:12 am ]
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THE SKODA OCTAVIA VIRTUALLY RULES DUNDEE AND RIGHTLY SO OVER 50 PERCENT OF CABS ARE SKODAS SO IM TOLD AND I WOULDNT BLAME THEM IM CURRENTLY WAVE PLATED BUT FONDLY REMEMBER MY SKODA THE LOW RUNNING COSTS WONT BE MISSED UNTILL YOU MOVE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE DEALERSHIPS ARE THE ONLY COMPLAINT NOT THE CAR, AND THERE IS A WAY PAST THEM IF YOU KEEP LOOKING,
THERE IS A NEW SIX SEATER SKODA ON THE WAY BUT IM NOT SURE IF ITS WHEELCHAR ACCESSIBLE . THE SKODA HAS TAKEN OVER FROM THE CAVELIER FOR MILEAGE MANY HAVE COVERED OVER 250000 LIKE THE CAVELIER BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS ALL WERE BOUGHT BRAND NEW UNLIKE THE CAVELIER WHICH WERE MOSTLY BOUGHT FOR UNDER 2000 IN DUNDEE AT LEAST, BUT SAYING THAT IVE SEEN MANY EX CAVALIER TAXIS STILL RUNNING AS PRIVATE CARS ONE WHICH I USED TO DRIVE AS A SECOND DRIVER OVER SEVEN YEARS AGO AND STILL LOOKING GOOD, DUNDEE HAS ALL THE USUAL NEWBIES BUT I DOUBT ANY WILL COMPARE, MEANWHILE DUNDEE CABBIES HAD A BIT OF A FRIGHT LAST WEEK DUE TO A NUT RUNNING ABOUT WITH A KNIFE THE MESSAGE FLASHED TO HANDYS WAS MAN WITH KNIFE IS THREATENING TAXIS
THE MAIN POINT BEING IN LIGHT COLOURED TROUSERS MANY WERE AVOIODING ANYONE IN LIGHT COLOURED TROUSERS AND ARE NOW [edited by admin] OFF http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/outpu ... 915t0.shtm I CANT BELIEVE HOW EASILY THIS SXXT COULD HAVE STRUCK US ANYWAY WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON THE POLICE THEY HAVE MANAGED TO PIECE TOGETHER THAT A CON WHO WAS GIVEN SIX YEARS FOR ASSAULT ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY WHO WAS TRANSFERED TO HUNTLY OPEN PRISON THEN DECIDED TO DO A RUNNER MIGHT BE
RESPONSABLE http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2004 ... 6271t0.asp
I DONT UNDERSTAND THE BIT ABOUT(POLICE HAVE ASKED FOR THE PUBLICS HELP IN TRACING BALMER BUT SAID THEY SHOULD NOT APROACH HIM AS HE IS DANGEROUS? SO WHY WAS HE IN A HOLIDAY CAMP DISGUISED AS A PRISON?OPEN IS QUITE CLEARLY AN UNDERSTANDABLE WORD EVEN AMONGST CRIMINALS, THIS SO CALLED PRISON SHOULD ONLY BE OPEN FOR A DISTANCE THEN SURROUND IT WITH 20 FEET FENCING AND A FEW DOBERMANS INSIDE THEN SEE WHO DECIDES TO ABSCOND,THE POOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MET THIS CXXXT WILL BE SECOND TO HIS ( HE HAD A BAD CHILDHOOD STORY )WHICH WILL SEE HIM DOING A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF EXTRA TIME,IMAGINE IF AFTER THEY WERE ALERTED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON THEY DECIDED TO ARM THEMSELVES THEN WERE SEARCHED BY THE POLICE
PLATE BADGE BOTH GONE AND A OFFENSIBLE WEAPON CHARGE,ITS NOT OFTEN I PICK UP FROM THIS PISON BUT NEXT TIME IM GOING TO RUN DOWN EVERYBODY IN SIGHT DOWN AND BLAME IT ON LOSING MY DOG WHEN I WAS ONLY FOUR THAT SHOULD BE GOOD FOR ONLY SIX MONTHS....

Author:  blobby [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:38 am ]
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SCOT wrote:
THE SKODA OCTAVIA VIRTUALLY RULES DUNDEE AND RIGHTLY SO OVER 50 PERCENT OF CABS ARE SKODAS SO IM TOLD AND I WOULDNT BLAME THEM IM CURRENTLY WAVE PLATED BUT FONDLY REMEMBER MY SKODA THE LOW RUNNING COSTS WONT BE MISSED UNTILL YOU MOVE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE DEALERSHIPS ARE THE ONLY COMPLAINT NOT THE CAR, AND THERE IS A WAY PAST THEM IF YOU KEEP LOOKING,
THERE IS A NEW SIX SEATER SKODA ON THE WAY BUT IM NOT SURE IF ITS WHEELCHAR ACCESSIBLE . THE SKODA HAS TAKEN OVER FROM THE CAVELIER FOR MILEAGE MANY HAVE COVERED OVER 250000 LIKE THE CAVELIER BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS ALL WERE BOUGHT BRAND NEW UNLIKE THE CAVELIER WHICH WERE MOSTLY BOUGHT FOR UNDER 2000 IN DUNDEE AT LEAST, BUT SAYING THAT IVE SEEN MANY EX CAVALIER TAXIS STILL RUNNING AS PRIVATE CARS ONE WHICH I USED TO DRIVE AS A SECOND DRIVER OVER SEVEN YEARS AGO AND STILL LOOKING GOOD, DUNDEE HAS ALL THE USUAL NEWBIES BUT I DOUBT ANY WILL COMPARE, MEANWHILE DUNDEE CABBIES HAD A BIT OF A FRIGHT LAST WEEK DUE TO A NUT RUNNING ABOUT WITH A KNIFE THE MESSAGE FLASHED TO HANDYS WAS MAN WITH KNIFE IS THREATENING TAXIS
THE MAIN POINT BEING IN LIGHT COLOURED TROUSERS MANY WERE AVOIODING ANYONE IN LIGHT COLOURED TROUSERS AND ARE NOW [edited by admin] OFF http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/outpu ... 915t0.shtm I CANT BELIEVE HOW EASILY THIS SXXT COULD HAVE STRUCK US ANYWAY WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON THE POLICE THEY HAVE MANAGED TO PIECE TOGETHER THAT A CON WHO WAS GIVEN SIX YEARS FOR ASSAULT ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY WHO WAS TRANSFERED TO HUNTLY OPEN PRISON THEN DECIDED TO DO A RUNNER MIGHT BE
RESPONSABLE http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2004 ... 6271t0.asp
I DONT UNDERSTAND THE BIT ABOUT(POLICE HAVE ASKED FOR THE PUBLICS HELP IN TRACING BALMER BUT SAID THEY SHOULD NOT APROACH HIM AS HE IS DANGEROUS? SO WHY WAS HE IN A HOLIDAY CAMP DISGUISED AS A PRISON?OPEN IS QUITE CLEARLY AN UNDERSTANDABLE WORD EVEN AMONGST CRIMINALS, THIS SO CALLED PRISON SHOULD ONLY BE OPEN FOR A DISTANCE THEN SURROUND IT WITH 20 FEET FENCING AND A FEW DOBERMANS INSIDE THEN SEE WHO DECIDES TO ABSCOND,THE POOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MET THIS CXXXT WILL BE SECOND TO HIS ( HE HAD A BAD CHILDHOOD STORY )WHICH WILL SEE HIM DOING A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF EXTRA TIME,IMAGINE IF AFTER THEY WERE ALERTED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON THEY DECIDED TO ARM THEMSELVES THEN WERE SEARCHED BY THE POLICE
PLATE BADGE BOTH GONE AND A OFFENSIBLE WEAPON CHARGE,ITS NOT OFTEN I PICK UP FROM THIS PISON BUT NEXT TIME IM GOING TO RUN DOWN EVERYBODY IN SIGHT DOWN AND BLAME IT ON LOSING MY DOG WHEN I WAS ONLY FOUR THAT SHOULD BE GOOD FOR ONLY SIX MONTHS....


Cor that was loud !

Author:  blobby [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:38 am ]
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SCOT wrote:
THE SKODA OCTAVIA VIRTUALLY RULES DUNDEE AND RIGHTLY SO OVER 50 PERCENT OF CABS ARE SKODAS SO IM TOLD AND I WOULDNT BLAME THEM IM CURRENTLY WAVE PLATED BUT FONDLY REMEMBER MY SKODA THE LOW RUNNING COSTS WONT BE MISSED UNTILL YOU MOVE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE DEALERSHIPS ARE THE ONLY COMPLAINT NOT THE CAR, AND THERE IS A WAY PAST THEM IF YOU KEEP LOOKING,
THERE IS A NEW SIX SEATER SKODA ON THE WAY BUT IM NOT SURE IF ITS WHEELCHAR ACCESSIBLE . THE SKODA HAS TAKEN OVER FROM THE CAVELIER FOR MILEAGE MANY HAVE COVERED OVER 250000 LIKE THE CAVELIER BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS ALL WERE BOUGHT BRAND NEW UNLIKE THE CAVELIER WHICH WERE MOSTLY BOUGHT FOR UNDER 2000 IN DUNDEE AT LEAST, BUT SAYING THAT IVE SEEN MANY EX CAVALIER TAXIS STILL RUNNING AS PRIVATE CARS ONE WHICH I USED TO DRIVE AS A SECOND DRIVER OVER SEVEN YEARS AGO AND STILL LOOKING GOOD, DUNDEE HAS ALL THE USUAL NEWBIES BUT I DOUBT ANY WILL COMPARE, MEANWHILE DUNDEE CABBIES HAD A BIT OF A FRIGHT LAST WEEK DUE TO A NUT RUNNING ABOUT WITH A KNIFE THE MESSAGE FLASHED TO HANDYS WAS MAN WITH KNIFE IS THREATENING TAXIS
THE MAIN POINT BEING IN LIGHT COLOURED TROUSERS MANY WERE AVOIODING ANYONE IN LIGHT COLOURED TROUSERS AND ARE NOW [edited by admin] OFF http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/outpu ... 915t0.shtm I CANT BELIEVE HOW EASILY THIS SXXT COULD HAVE STRUCK US ANYWAY WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON THE POLICE THEY HAVE MANAGED TO PIECE TOGETHER THAT A CON WHO WAS GIVEN SIX YEARS FOR ASSAULT ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY WHO WAS TRANSFERED TO HUNTLY OPEN PRISON THEN DECIDED TO DO A RUNNER MIGHT BE
RESPONSABLE http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2004 ... 6271t0.asp
I DONT UNDERSTAND THE BIT ABOUT(POLICE HAVE ASKED FOR THE PUBLICS HELP IN TRACING BALMER BUT SAID THEY SHOULD NOT APROACH HIM AS HE IS DANGEROUS? SO WHY WAS HE IN A HOLIDAY CAMP DISGUISED AS A PRISON?OPEN IS QUITE CLEARLY AN UNDERSTANDABLE WORD EVEN AMONGST CRIMINALS, THIS SO CALLED PRISON SHOULD ONLY BE OPEN FOR A DISTANCE THEN SURROUND IT WITH 20 FEET FENCING AND A FEW DOBERMANS INSIDE THEN SEE WHO DECIDES TO ABSCOND,THE POOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MET THIS CXXXT WILL BE SECOND TO HIS ( HE HAD A BAD CHILDHOOD STORY )WHICH WILL SEE HIM DOING A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF EXTRA TIME,IMAGINE IF AFTER THEY WERE ALERTED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON THEY DECIDED TO ARM THEMSELVES THEN WERE SEARCHED BY THE POLICE
PLATE BADGE BOTH GONE AND A OFFENSIBLE WEAPON CHARGE,ITS NOT OFTEN I PICK UP FROM THIS PISON BUT NEXT TIME IM GOING TO RUN DOWN EVERYBODY IN SIGHT DOWN AND BLAME IT ON LOSING MY DOG WHEN I WAS ONLY FOUR THAT SHOULD BE GOOD FOR ONLY SIX MONTHS....


Cor that was loud !

Author:  Alex [ Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:00 am ]
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We heard you the first time. :wink:

Alex

Author:  Guest [ Sun Aug 15, 2004 11:50 am ]
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Maybe a bit of a sttttttuutterrer


STUUUUUART.

Author:  Guest [ Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:02 pm ]
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Anonymous wrote:
who would be daft enough to buy a skoda when you can get a nice pug 407 for £17000


It seems that the 407 doesn't really have a lot going for it, apart from it's very cheerful looking 'face', which is probably required to compensate for the miserable look of any driver who has been unfortunate enough to buy one.

The boot and rear space in particular seem to be lacking, which are of course very important in our line of work.

It certainly looks dramatic, and is no doubt in many regards a fine car, but taxi-wise it'll be off the pace of the best.

The new Octavia is much better rear-space wise than the somewhat cramped old model, and the Superb does of course have (err) superb rear space to boot. Talking of boots, pity is doesn't have a similar boot to the Octavia.

Author:  Alex [ Tue Aug 17, 2004 5:35 pm ]
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Anonymous wrote:
Talking of boots, pity is doesn't have a similar boot to the Octavia.


If they did that, then it would wipe out most of the Passat sales that VW have. But it would increase their Skoda sales no end.

Alex

Author:  Guest [ Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:37 pm ]
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SCOT wrote:
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2004/08/11/newsstory6206271t0.asp
I DONT UNDERSTAND THE BIT ABOUT(POLICE HAVE ASKED FOR THE PUBLICS HELP IN TRACING BALMER BUT SAID THEY SHOULD NOT APROACH HIM AS HE IS DANGEROUS? SO WHY WAS HE IN A HOLIDAY CAMP DISGUISED AS A PRISON?OPEN IS QUITE CLEARLY AN UNDERSTANDABLE WORD EVEN AMONGST CRIMINALS, THIS SO CALLED PRISON SHOULD ONLY BE OPEN FOR A DISTANCE THEN SURROUND IT WITH 20 FEET FENCING AND A FEW DOBERMANS INSIDE THEN SEE WHO DECIDES TO ABSCOND,THE POOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MET THIS CXXXT WILL BE SECOND TO HIS ( HE HAD A BAD CHILDHOOD STORY )WHICH WILL SEE HIM DOING A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF EXTRA TIME,IMAGINE IF AFTER THEY WERE ALERTED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON THEY DECIDED TO ARM THEMSELVES THEN WERE SEARCHED BY THE POLICE
PLATE BADGE BOTH GONE AND A OFFENSIBLE WEAPON CHARGE,ITS NOT OFTEN I PICK UP FROM THIS PISON BUT NEXT TIME IM GOING TO RUN DOWN EVERYBODY IN SIGHT DOWN AND BLAME IT ON LOSING MY DOG WHEN I WAS ONLY FOUR THAT SHOULD BE GOOD FOR ONLY SIX MONTHS....


Well he's dead now, so we can rest in peace. :?

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2004 ... 4287t0.asp

Author:  Cgull [ Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:08 pm ]
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Whats that got to do with the bloody Skoda Surperb?

Author:  Guest [ Wed Aug 18, 2004 12:21 pm ]
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Cgull wrote:
Whats that got to do with the bloody Skoda Surperb?


Cgull,likewise,I thought it was me that was bamboozled,thank god someone else was. :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Quizical Quincy

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