Skoda Superb Estate tow bar

beggars_bush

Hello
I've been looking at a few skoda superb estates, 2016 onwards
both Irish and Uk reg cars

Can anyone tell me if a towbar comes as standard on them as its very hard to know from the descriptions of the vehicles if they have the hidden towbar or not

thanks

whippet

It would have always been an optional extra

jmreire

if it does not have one, they are not too difficult to fit, but you have to get the correct one as they are listed as different for saloon / estate. And the wiring need's a bypass relay, so for the electric's, you need to know what you are doing. It's a good choice of car, we have 2 Superb's in the family, no problems ( so far, touch wood )

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jmreire wrote: »

if it does not have one, they are not too difficult to fit, but you have to get the correct one as they are listed as different for saloon / estate. And the wiring need's a bypass relay, so for the electric's, you need to know what you are doing. It's a good choice of car, we have 2 Superb's in the family, no problems ( so far, touch wood )

Have a superb estate. Great car. I put down the back seats yesterday and threw in 3 full size pallets

SpannerMonkey

its an optional extra. nice feature though. i can highly recommend the car . i have the standard saloon/hatchback. after 10 years of only BMWs i have no regrets switching to skoda

colm_mcm

The detachable towbar is the one to look for.

beggars_bush

colm_mcm wrote: »

The detachable towbar is the one to look for.

As in, a car that has it already
Why is that?

colm_mcm

They’re just really handy because you don’t wallop your knees off it. They look neater too.

The brother has one on his Superb and they’re really simple to detach.

I’d probably not look for a car with one on because you’re running the risk that it was towing something heavy and that might take its toll on the car.

Stallingrad

SpannerMonkey wrote: »

its an optional extra. nice feature though. i can highly recommend the car . i have the standard saloon/hatchback. after 10 years of only BMWs i have no regrets switching to skoda

I'd second this, I prefer the Superb to the BMW that preceded it. I have a removable towbar on mine which easy to use and a fraction of the factory price, though the factory is more convenient of course.

jmreire

Stallingrad wrote: »

I'd second this, I prefer the Superb to the BMW that preceded it. I have a removable towbar on mine which easy to use and a fraction of the factory price, though the factory is more convenient of course.

Did you fit it yourself or the Garage fit it for you? If you fitted it yourself, any harm in asking you where you bought it?

Wailin

jmreire wrote: »

Did you fit it yourself or the Garage fit it for you? If you fitted it yourself, any harm in asking you where you bought it?

Had it done on my f10, just for a bike rack, no towing. Detachable and very useful. Malcolms towbars in Dublin did mine. Not cheap though, €500.

jmreire

beggars_bush wrote: »

Hello
I've been looking at a few skoda superb estates, 2016 onwards
both Irish and Uk reg cars

Can anyone tell me if a towbar comes as standard on them as its very hard to know from the descriptions of the vehicles if they have the hidden towbar or not

thanks

If you have access to one, run a measuring tape across the seats, with the doors closed, and then measure the 3 seats. That will tell you. I think that they will fit myself, but if you are still unsure, I will measure one for you, OK?

beggars_bush

Ok.
Have been out testing a few superb estates

Do you think it's worth trying to get the 2.0 engine over the 1.6?
Presumably the 1.6 is more economical

jhud

I am in same boat as yourself and i think the 1.6 is under powered for the heavy car. I have 1.4 diesel corolla and its got almost as much power but its lighter. 2.0 liter would be good enough on economy and would but powerfull enough for pulling the heavy body. Long drives and motorway dual carrageway would be best. I know someone who had the saloon 1.6 and 2 liter and found the 2 liter more economic for his style of driving. Hope this helps. Where are you planning to buy and what year?

bazz26

beggars_bush wrote: »

Ok.
Have been out testing a few superb estates

Do you think it's worth trying to get the 2.0 engine over the 1.6?
Presumably the 1.6 is more economical

Why do you presume the smaller engine is more economical? Laws of physics - big heavy car with smaller engine needs to work harder so uses more fuel.

jmreire

beggars_bush wrote: »

Ok.
Have been out testing a few superb estates

Do you think it's worth trying to get the 2.0 engine over the 1.6?
Presumably the 1.6 is more economical

Go for the 2 ltr....to put it in context, I was driving a 5 speed 1.6 tdi Octavia today, and at 80 kph, the rev counter was at 1500. If that had been a 2 ltr, the rev counter would only have been at 1200 or 1250. If it had been a 3 Ltr, then it may have been doing only 1000 RPM to give 80 KPH. Sounds strange maybe, but I think that the 2Ltr will be lighter on fuel, that has been my experience anyway. One thing you may need to think about is that some VAG 2.ltr diesel engine's need an additive to be added to comply with emission standards, It's called AD-BLUE. It has it's own tank, and needs to be kept topped up.

beggars_bush

jmreire wrote: »

Go for the 2 ltr....to put it in context, I was driving a 5 speed 1.6 tdi Octavia today, and at 80 kph, the rev counter was at 1500. If that had been a 2 ltr, the rev counter would only have been at 1200 or 1250. If it had been a 3 Ltr, then it may have been doing only 1000 RPM to give 80 KPH. Sounds strange maybe, but I think that the 2Ltr will be lighter on fuel, that has been my experience anyway. One thing you may need to think about is that some VAG 2.ltr diesel engine's need an additive to be added to comply with emission standards, It's called AD-BLUE. It has it's own tank, and needs to be kept topped up.

Never heard about this before

jmreire

beggars_bush wrote: »

Never heard about this before

Oh, it exists all right!!! Just google "cars using Ad-Blue". It's pretty standard now in diesel engined car's. It helps to clean the exhaust gases before they exit the tail pipe. It's no big deal really....and it's not that expensive...when the tank runs low, you will get a warning on the dash to tell you to top up. Maybe someone here on the forum who is driving a car that uses Ad Blue can give you abit more info.???;)

awec

jmreire wrote: »

Go for the 2 ltr....to put it in context, I was driving a 5 speed 1.6 tdi Octavia today, and at 80 kph, the rev counter was at 1500. If that had been a 2 ltr, the rev counter would only have been at 1200 or 1250. If it had been a 3 Ltr, then it may have been doing only 1000 RPM to give 80 KPH. Sounds strange maybe, but I think that the 2Ltr will be lighter on fuel, that has been my experience anyway. One thing you may need to think about is that some VAG 2.ltr diesel engine's need an additive to be added to comply with emission standards, It's called AD-BLUE. It has it's own tank, and needs to be kept topped up.

The 1.6 has adblue as well.

jmreire

awec wrote: »

The 1.6 has adblue as well.

Really? Must be in the newer one's so.....we have 2 Superb's, a 152 and a 162 reg. but neither has AdBlue. So as it's the same 1.6 engine that is used in the Octavia's too, they must now be AdBlue as well?

awec

jmreire wrote: »

Really? Must be in the newer one's so.....we have 2 Superb's, a 152 and a 162 reg. but neither has AdBlue. So as it's the same 1.6 engine that is used in the Octavia's too, they must now be AdBlue as well?

My 161 Superb takes adblue. It's the greenline model, which might be the reason for it.

jmreire

awec wrote: »

My 161 Superb takes adblue. It's the greenline model, which might be the reason for it.

Ah, yes that would explain it all right. So that's where the "Green" come's into the "Greenline". Handy to know. They are a great car, for sure.

beggars_bush

Have my search narrowed down to 3 models in 3 different garages
Also keeping an eye on a car in the UK

What would people consider reasonable mileage/km on a 2016 Skoda superb estate?

Stallingrad

beggars_bush wrote: »

Have my search narrowed down to 3 models in 3 different garages
Also keeping an eye on a car in the UK

What would people consider reasonable mileage/km on a 2016 Skoda superb estate?

20,000km a year would be average.

beggars_bush

Stallingrad wrote: »

20,000km a year would be average.

really? because most cars for sale seem to have a lot more done than that done

jmreire

beggars_bush wrote: »

really? because most cars for sale seem to have a lot more done than that done

It's bit like saying " how long is a piece of string" One of the two Superbs in my family, 152 Reg, just 4 years old this month, has only 65'000 Klms, while the 2nd one , 162 Reg, has 120'000 Klms done. If previous experience is anything to go by, we expect to get 400'000 Klms out of them. We have already reached this milage in a Skoda Roomster . Can you tell us what mileage is on the ones you are looking at?

awec

beggars_bush wrote: »

really? because most cars for sale seem to have a lot more done than that done

Superb's are Skoda's "executive" type car, which is geared toward people with decent commutes, so seeing them with relatively high mileage is pretty common.

jmreire

awec wrote: »

Superb's are Skoda's "executive" type car, which is geared toward people with decent commutes, so seeing them with relatively high mileage is pretty common.

When we were getting the last Superb, the salesman told us that they were selling quite a lot of Superb's to company's who would have normally bought Audi A4's. For example, according to carsireland:

Audi A4 new prices from:- Base Model 37'000 ----46'000
Skoda Superb prices from:-Base Model 29'000

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