I have to say I am really impressed with the Skoda, I have had 4 Golfs (2 x Mk6 and 2 x MK7), but wanted a change. First impressions, the car interior is a little bit more plasticy than the VWs, but I think that is reflected in the price.

The boot space is massive so won't be an issue with all my tri stuff.

The car itself seems a lot more nimble than my golf, same engine. Not sure if it is because it is an automatic, but pop it in sport mode and it lifts quickly.

It is averaging 54mpg on my commute.

A big thumbs up

That's good to hear, glad it's worked out. Skodas are grand. I really like our Yeti, though I can feel it starting to creak now.*

*May just be my brain trying to persuade me the MG ZS EV is justified**

**I took it for a test drive last weekend - really easy to drive, nippy enough, and the cabin felt like a nice place to be. Impact of electronics on range is beginning to concern me, and making me look longingly at a Jag iPace, but no amount of man maths can make that add up.

A Model 3 sits right between those two price brackets.

Any recommendations for wireless charger, phone mounts for a car?

I’ve got one you can have that I don’t use as I have a stereo with Apple CarPlay now. Do you still have an iPhone 8? It does Qi charging, right?

That is fab..
yes, i have. i looked at car play, but they want £200 to enable it

PM me your address and I’ll dig it out. Are you at the cottage? If not, I’ll post it some time next week

I’ve got one you can have that I don’t use

You better not be talking about car mounts!

I thought I'd responded to the but in weird coincidence the exact same thing came up in another forum at the same time - buy vagcom/vcds instead and get access to all the other things that are in the car but behind a paywall!


That is fab..
yes, i have. i looked at car play, but they want £200 to enable it

My other half (who I shall now refer to as Misty forevermore...Miss T... geddit), is looking to buy a Ford Mustang. I see no problem with this, and have managed to convince her that the 5.0 makes just as much sense as the 2.3 ecoboost...

I don’t think so? They’re required I think

Because they may have been a gift?

I’ve got one you can have that I don’t use as I have a stereo with Apple CarPlay now. Do you still have an iPhone 8? It does Qi charging, right?

Now that I've elected to keep the yeti, I've noticed a certain stickiness when changing gears. Especially between second and third. How expensive a problem is this likely to be?

It's a manual btw

Is it when moving the shifter side ways or the back and forth action?

Misty has gone and bought a ridiculous car after all. It's only the 312BHP 2.3 Ecoboost version, so it won't sound as nice as the V8, or go quite as quick, but it should be a lot cheaper to run!

Back and forth

Oh yeah, sorry forgot to reply, there's 2 cables that run from the shifter to the box, one deals with side to side movement and one deals with the back, back and forth, forth. I expect one is sticky. You can lube them a bit but replacement is a better idea.

Thank you! When you say replacement, you mean cable replacement, not gearbox replacement?

Just spray WD-40 on everything.

Then wipe with a microfibre cloth.

Well, that's annoying. Confirmed the car was available, sent over the deposit, sorry it's sold...

Back on the hunt.

HTH HAND https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/201 ... ro-z-28-2/

HTH HAND https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/201 ... ro-z-28-2/

Over a grand of fuel to cover those 2k miles!

Cor, ugly thing. Bit too pricey to buy and run though!

It is a tad cold

No, well, yes, but also I bought a new car yesterday.

2017 C-Max 2.0 TDCi Powershift Titanium X. 12k miles.

Mostly we wanted more space for the dog, and something a bit more powerful and nicer to drive than the Skoda was.

It has some pleasant quality-of-life upgrades, like two-zone climate control and mirrors that fold themselves in instead of having to do it manually (London streets be narrow.) Also has some cool gadgets, like hands-free powered tailgate (you waggle your foot under the rear bumper and it opens), CarPlay and Android Auto (because fuck car mounts and cable clutter), and auto-self-parking (which is _amazing_ by the way.)

I have the self parking. It is quite cool.