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    nice little Skoda story

    Hi All,

    I parked the RS wagon down at the local shopping strip yesterday, and as I got out of the car 2 guys in an E Class AMG Benz pulled in behind me, and the driver started pointing out my car to his passenger, then called me over to the window to ask if I was happy with my RS. When I said it was brilliant, he turned to his mate and said "I told ya, they're the best car on the road for the money".

    He then told me he has always hired Audi's from Europcar when he goes interstate for business, but last time they didn't have an Audi and apologised for having to give him a Skoda. When he returned the car he asked them not to give him Audis from now on, only Skodas.

    He was full of praise, telling his mate that you'd have to spend $30k more on an A4 wagon to get a car anywhere near as good as the RS.

    I guess the word is spreading.
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    It's stories like that that also give us owners more confidence in our purchase aswell. When I was looking at getting a Skoda, I had a quick look into the A4's and was only able to pick up a reasonably high km second hand one, a few years old and nearly out of warranty for the same price as a brand new Skoda.

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    Cool story.
    Quote Originally Posted by dru View Post
    I love my Skoda
    Yep! I still get out of it each day with an ear to ear grin

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    i haven't got to that stage yet, i'm still getting "huhhh?!?!" or "wat was that?!?!?" looks
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    A few months back, I pulled into a car park in my RS Wagon and a complete stranger came over and said "is it as quick as they say?"...

    He just went on and on about the RS. He was like a guy with a wife and 5 daughters => no one to talk cars with!
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    I still get people taking 2nd or 3rd looks and scratching their heads thinking what's that ? whilst its parked at maccas or hungry jacks where I can see my car. But really nice to get a good conversation and a knowing nod and hello from fellow skoda drivers (happened the other day at chaddy).

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    I hired an octy as I usually do with europcar for work last week and it was substituted with a Holden Cruze. I've seen them about and they sell well so thought it would be something different. It is honestly the worst car I hav ever driven. It was brand new, full leather, sunroof etc, but it drove like a slug, used 11l/100km on freeways, had that dangerous lag like a bad turbo, the boot was crap, and the layout and function inside must have been designed by Stevie wonder.

    I got a call today from the qld state sales manager for feedback, and told her that car was sub par. She said the octys have been very popular but the fleet manager had just got in a heap of Cruzes now but have had similar complaints. What's the bet there was some kickback to switch to them, as europcar staff always rave about the skodas and some have even bought their own. Someone stuffed up pretty badly, a sunroof and leather seats wasn't going to make up for the fact it was a polished turd. I'm not a big commodore fan but I was embarrassed that Holden even sell something that bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by woofy View Post
    Someone stuffed up pretty badly, a sunroof and leather seats wasn't going to make up for the fact it was a polished turd. I'm not a big commodore fan but I was embarrassed that Holden even sell something that bad.
    Was it the new model? Sounds to me like GMH may have dumped a heap of the remaining old stock (the high spec unsaleable ones) on Europcar at a price that was too attractive to pass up.
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    I didn't realise there was a new model, looking at the website it was the runout CDX hence the sunroof which was their cookie...I like how it says it has spirited performance....I think the one I drove had given up the ghost.....

    It was this one National - Latest Offers - Holden. Go better.Holden.com.au

    I guess they are a lot cheaper looking at the price of the CDx (21k driveaway) than the 1.8L skodas which would have been nearly 10k more. I like how they still charge the same rate for either car though.

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    Yeah I test drove one of those Cruze CDX's in diesel auto and diesel manual forms and were a complete piece of crap. Diesel was by far the loudest of any diesels out there in the passenger car range and was pretty much lifeless. Even though I'm a short asian guy, I still sat quite high up even after adjusting the seat. Felt like it wobbled everywhere and the interior felt nasty and tinny especially the boot. Only good thing about it was the solid sound when closing doors. Other than that, feels and looks cheap. Its a bit of grand deception in that you get leather seats (don't know how much if it really is genuine leather). The dealers also try to sell them off for bloody close to or just a tad over $30k. Not worth the money one bit and worse still they won't budge to even try and sell you the turd. They think their product is so good that they too are blinded by the fact that its only a turd rebadged and sold as a holden. Even then, I don't personally don't really like a holden. Similar thing as the captiva, the folks tried to flog one off to me for...and I quote them "$55,500". Who the hell pays anymore than $35,000 for a loaded korean rebadged as a holden let alone korean car for that kinda money? For $55k, I can go get myself a decent VW Tiguan or Subaru or if not an suv, a bloody Octavia RS or Superb and the list goes on!!! Even Kia who recently brought out their new optima prices their cars quite amazingly at $36,990 and that thing is damn FULLY loaded with luxury features. Even Holden's motto is deceptive..."go better"???? All I can say now is, HOLDEN you're bloody dreaming!!!
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