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BMW v Skoda Advice

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    #32
    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭368100


    Bigcheeze wrote: »
    Hehe I guess you're under 35 and don't remember them as the iron curtain sh1t boxes they were for most of their history. In the 80's every school boy had a collection of Lada and Skoda jokes.

    I'm under 35 and I remember them, now if only I could remember a few


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    #33
    rock22
    Registered Users Posts: 1,548 ✭✭✭rock22


    Bigcheeze wrote: »
    Hehe I guess you're under 35 and don't remember them as the iron curtain sh1t boxes they were for most of their history. In the 80's every school boy had a collection of Lada and Skoda jokes.

    This reputation seems to only date from around 1990s in UK.
    I remember them in the 60's 70.s when Skoda did come from behind the iron curtain, They were always considered basic but extremely well made. They were idiosyncratic ( iron head on an aluminium block !) but I never heard any comments at the time concerning their quality.

    They were certainly never confused with lada


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    #34
    Armchair Andy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭Armchair Andy


    Arthur Daley wrote: »
    Imagine this thread title in 1988. Skoda sure have come a long way. A masterclass in brand reinvention by VAG.


    So bad even Terry McCann wouldn't be seen in one.


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    #35
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    Sigerson wrote: »
    Same situation so really.

    Just the "prestige" attached to having a BMW is attractive but I suppose you can get better specs in other cars for a lesser price.

    The VRS has 184 BHP and would only cost an extra €200 in terms of insurance.

    Yep, but a brand new VRS with all the toys has a certain level of prestige too.

    I understand what you're thinking, but there's always next time too. I'll get a 4 series M Sport in 3 years, but it was just stretching me a little too far this time. If you're a student I assume you'll be buying many more cars, it's nice to be able to upgrade a little each time.

    Saying that, I do like the 3 series. It's a lovely car. But needs to be M Sport spec for me.


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    #36
    DARK-KNIGHT
    Registered Users Posts: 10,206 ✭✭✭✭DARK-KNIGHT


    Where did i go wrong lol when i was working full time i drove a van and now as a mature student i couldnt afford a 1990 rustbox


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    #37
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users Posts: 11,866 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Worth mentioning a new VRS is about 34.5k plus whatever extras like metallic paint, nav, upgrade wheels etc. If the 3 series is the same price that's an awful lot for a 3 year old 4 cylinder 3 series.


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    #38
    bidiots
    Registered Users Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭bidiots


    DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »
    Where did i go wrong lol when i was working full time i drove a van and now as a mature student i couldnt afford a 1990 rustbox

    Absolutely this, did well to feed myself as a student AND a bus pass.... Hell I'm working 20 year's and couldn't think of buying new!


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    #39
    chriity139
    Registered Users Posts: 939 ✭✭✭chriity139


    VRS hands down. BMW are nothing special until you start getting into the big engine models.


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    #40
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,074 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Student with a 35k car? I'd take the new one, sell it, and give the parents back 34k. Buy a run around.


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    #41
    Idbatterim
    Registered Users Posts: 17,849 ✭✭✭✭Idbatterim


    was in a VRS taxi the other day, the driver said he picked up a demo model with 5k on the clock for 30k...


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    #42
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    368100 wrote: »
    I'm under 35 and I remember them, now if only I could remember a few
    What do you call a Skoda with two exhausts? A wheelbarrow
    What do you call a Skoda with a sunroof? A skip

    Those were the classics.


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    #43
    Stallingrad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,143 ✭✭✭Stallingrad


    Skylinehead wrote: »
    What do you call a Skoda with two exhausts? A wheelbarrow
    What do you call a Skoda with a sunroof? A skip

    Those were the classics.

    I think Lada had dibs on those.


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    #44
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Stallingrad wrote: »
    I think Lada had dibs on those.
    Fairly interchangeable really!


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    #45
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users Posts: 11,866 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Ah lads, the best one was why does a Skoda have a heated back window...tut tut...can't believe ye missed that:)


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    #46
    coolbeans
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    chriity139 wrote: »
    VRS hands down. BMW are nothing special until you start getting into the big engine models.

    Agree with this. skoda every time. No envy or prestige with the likes of a 520d for example or anything below it. 318 I just think is a boggo Beamer. Ok car but certainly nothing special. Gimme a specced up Skoda with 40 more horses out of the factory any day. I reckon you need to be spending at least €70k plus to get something special or prestige from the BMW stable.


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    #47
    Bigcheeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Bigcheeze


    Stallingrad wrote: »
    I think Lada had dibs on those.

    To be honest I think the lada jokes were recycled UK Skoda jokes.

    Lada was big for a while in Ireland in the late 80's. The big selling point was a new car for under £5,000. It helped that the new reg system started in 1987.

    Skoda was big in the UK Before lada appeared here. I don't remember seeing many of the communist era Skodas here.


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    #48
    Marcusm
    Registered Users Posts: 10,226 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Bigcheeze wrote: »
    To be honest I think the lada jokes were recycled UK Skoda jokes.

    Lada was big for a while in Ireland in the late 80's. The big selling point was a new car for under £5,000. It helped that the new reg system started in 1987.

    Skoda was big in the UK Before lada appeared here. I don't remember seeing many of the communist era Skodas here.

    I remember a fair few Skodas, they stood out because they were rear engined. I would agree that there were more Ladas and FSO Polonezs than Skodas though. Definitely lets of jokes too.


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    #49
    Bigcheeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Bigcheeze


    "Marcusm wrote: »
    FSO Polonezs

    Ha forgot about those Yugoslav yokes!


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    #50
    Idbatterim
    Registered Users Posts: 17,849 ✭✭✭✭Idbatterim


    Agree with this. skoda every time. No envy or prestige with the likes of a 520d for example or anything below it. 318 I just think is a boggo Beamer. Ok car but certainly nothing special. Gimme a specced up Skoda with 40 more horses out of the factory any day. I reckon you need to be spending at least €70k plus to get something special or prestige from the BMW stable.

    Well if you want to go for a new BMW, that may be the case, there is a2006 760 on carzone asking 13k with several months tax! Or any number of older s class, a8 , 7 series barges being literally given away... If I did have 70k and had to spend it on a new car, it would be the a7 id be buying I reckon ...


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    #51
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,389 ✭✭✭cml387


    Bigcheeze wrote: »
    Ha forgot about those Yugoslav yokes!
    Polish. The Yugoslav yokes were Yugos,basically a downgraded Fiat 128.


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    #52
    Bigcheeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Bigcheeze


    cml387 wrote: »
    Polish. The Yugoslav yokes were Yugos,basically a downgraded Fiat 128.

    Oh yeah. The marketing team must have been up all night coming up with that name!


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    #53
    Falcon L
    Closed Accounts Posts: 891 ✭✭✭Falcon L


    Lada, FSO, Yugo etc were all a good step up from Skoda. One of the RWD models had a bonnet (the front) that lifted at the side and flopped around like cooking foil. Can't remember which one... 110 maybe?

    I can't look at an Octavia without seeing an old model Passat, built on licence. I know it isn't, but... :D


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    #54
    MidMan25
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    MarkR wrote: »
    Student with a 35k car? I'd take the new one, sell it, and give the parents back 34k. Buy a run around.

    Who cares if he's a student and somehow has that to spend on a car! :rolleyes:


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    #55
    blackbox
    Registered Users Posts: 4,177 ✭✭✭blackbox


    Sigerson wrote: »
    Hey everyone, I need some advice....

    131 BMW
    318
    M Sport

    or

    161 Skoda Octavia VRS
    2.0
    184 BHP

    Same price, which would you choose? IF, you were a student.


    When I was a student, the choice was ride a bike or walk.

    You must have a great summer job.

    .


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    #56
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users Posts: 11,866 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    MidMan25 wrote: »
    Who cares if he's a student and somehow has that to spend on a car! :rolleyes:

    The begrudgers mainly. Could be a car, a holiday, a fancy phone, a mars bar, anything really. But one things for certain - someone will begrudge it.


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    #57
    MidMan25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭MidMan25


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    The begrudgers mainly. Could be a car, a holiday, a fancy phone, a mars bar, anything really. But one things for certain - someone will begrudge it.

    Sure we're a nation of begrudgers :P


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    #58
    Zurbaran
    Registered Users Posts: 785 ✭✭✭Zurbaran


    For the price of a new VRS you could get a 131 320 MSport. I'd have the BMW every time.


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    #59
    _Kaiser_
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    Falcon L wrote: »
    I can't look at an Octavia without seeing an old model Passat, built on licence. I know it isn't, but... :D

    Then there was the now few gen old Superb which looks exactly like a streched B5.5 Passat with a Skoda front-end

    800px-Skoda_Superb_blau_Heck.JPG

    Volkswagen-Passat-2000-800-02.jpg


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    #60
    Brian Scan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭Brian Scan


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Ah lads, the best one was why does a Skoda have a heated back window...tut tut...can't believe ye missed that:)

    What's the answer?


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    #61
    Falcon L
    Closed Accounts Posts: 891 ✭✭✭Falcon L


    Keeps your hands warm when you're pushing it. :D


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