How many Skoda Drivers are ex Subaru Drivers?

[spellbound]

Yes liberty 3.0r wagon,with slush box , loved the car except the crazy auto and the terrible economy .

[aware]

Current MY05 Forester driver here. Also have a MY09 Forester and an 08 Accord (being replaced with either Superb or A4)

Mum and dad have had them since before I was born, their first was purchased over 25 years ago. I have been a Subaru nut all my life, mainly because, like Jake said, there was something different about them, and they were reliable. Now they appeal to a different demographic, and quite frankly have lost their 'Subaruness'. Whilst mum's 09 isn't a bad car, its like owning a Toyota - it just fits in with the crowd, whereas a car like mine was different from others in '05. Interesting that in Europe they are rated as being less reliable than Skoda, which has now been enough to sway me completely.

My next car will be either a Yeti or Octavia - although as a uni student that purchase is a few years away still. I wouldn't say I'm disgruntled owner, just saddened that a company I once loved, has gone the way that it has.

I will admit that we looked at an Outback 3.6 R after looking at the Superb - and promptly walked back out of Subaru.

[onyertod]

Currently parked at ours is a 2009 Octy tsi 118 and a 2011 Forester.
I recently did a couple of 800k + days in the Subaru and whilst there is nothing glaringly wrong with the Forester, the Skoda has so much more going for it.

[Inego]

I had an 04 Outback and, although I'd had a really quick look at Skoda, was going to replace it with a 10 Outback, but no stock of the Outback I was going to get when I wanted it, so looked at the Scout again.

Rear seat legroom was less, but the interior reminded me positively of the MkIV Golf the Subaru had replaced (Subaru interiors are awful) and it wasn't unecessary tall as the ugly new Outback. Having bought it, the diesel torque (I'd been looking at the 2.5 petrol Subaru) was a fantastic gain.

Overall, no egrets about switching from Subaru, and very happy to recommended Skoda.

[mcole439]

Didn't think I was the only one... The only thing I truly miss is the AWD. The RS could really do with a bit more traction in the wet. Neither the traction control or the electronic diff make up for the lack of AWD. The Skoda is better in pretty much every other way though. Only slight unknown being the resale...

[woofy]

Resale in reality has been good in the cases I know of.

[Transporter]

Not exactly the Skoda driver, but I have repalced Forester with Tiguan. Was always driving Subaru from 1993.

[brad]

I had a Gen2 Liberty RX (the 2.5 quad cam that promised so much & delivered so little). It wasn't a bad car but was incredibly gutless & drank fuel like a V8. Bought a 2.0 Golf mk3.5 Cabrio as the wife's car when she did a 12 month secondment to UTS & there was no car in the package. I couldn't believe how much gruntier the VW was, so when she went back to her old job & got another company car, i took the VW. Then went to Skoda when the VW got tired.

Wife now has a 2.5 Subaru Outback (hand-me-down from her predecessor). It appears to be the current car of choice for "packaged" State/Local Government employees. I think that speaks volumes about where Subaru are aiming at. The Outback looks very nice at first glance (alloys, sunroof, leather) but it's amazing how many features are missing (park sensors, trip computer, bluetooth, decent sound system, etc)

[LaserJet]

I had MY01 Outback for ten years since new. When time came for an upgrade I gave Subaru the first dibs. I had a look at the new Outback and realized that it was essentially the old one, but with whining noisy sluggish CVT. No other equipment had progressed in the years passed since I had the car. Navigation was extra, no media or hard drive, xenons - extra, interior was actually worse then in my old Suby. Diesel was only available with manual transmission. And all that was packaged into an ugly shell. Disappointment.

After some research and test driving of various contenders (not really!) I settled on a Superb wagon, and what a car it is! No regrets. I mean, everything in this car, except AWD option which is sadly wasn't on offer last year with the diesel, everything is much better then Subaru.

I also decided to keep the old Outback in the family FTW!

[Scarfies]

Had an older Impreza wagon and was keen to replace it but new ones are near to identical: felt the same, sound the same (noisy), even minor switchgear etc seemed unchanged. So decided to buy a Golf, except then they seemed too small -and no 4x4. Scout seemed logical