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Article in this Saturday's The Age. In Drive - What cart should I buy. It pitched an A4 Avant 2.0T Quattro v's Ford Modeo Wagon titanium and Skoda Octavia RS wagon.
The wagon was the pick except that it was too cheap?
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I presume you mean the Octavia wagon was the pick?Originally Posted by spud75
It must be an absolute b**** to be upstaged by a cheaper car. Almost feel sorry for them....almost.
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What sporty wagon should I buy?
If it's too cheap for him, he can have mine for $60K...
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I am very confused by the 'too cheap' comment, did he mean the cabin of the car? if so, I am pretty sure he did not actually sit in the ford and the skoda to compare the quality, he also mention the Occy RS is missing the Sat nav, and I am pretty sure there is a Sat Nav in our RS as standard.
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I don't think there's anything that feels cheap on the RS. It's just too cheap for his set budget of 'about 60k'.
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"Lack of Sat Nav".....Huh, what planet is this guy on.
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Cheap journalism - the guy probably wrote the article never having driven the car and just doing a "paper" comparison of specs. He may have looked up some other reviews, though surprised he didn't include an SV6 or SS Commodore sportswagon in the mix. Not that I'm a massive fan but if it's the price point and wagon + sports you'd think it would be on the shopping list at least.
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Yeah, like the last time I walked into a car dealership I said to the sales guy " I would buy this car from you as it is great and ticks all the boxes, but it doesnt cost enough. If you charge me an extra $15k I will buy it"
Stupid Journo obviously only wants the new subaru as he even only made mild mention of the new golf R wagon.
2001 - A4 B6 1.8T Sedan Manual - (sold @ 254,000km)
2008 - A3 8P 1.9tdi Sportback Manual - (sold 90,000kms)
2013 - Octavia RS wagon - 1z - Race Blue - TDI - 6M - Leather - MDI - Whispbar S44W - LED interior kit - RVC forward?/retrofit - Mk3 gear shifter
2021 - Q3 S-Line wagon - F3 - Daytona Grey - Westfalia towbar - no other options available.
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I think a fe people on here have gone from Liberty to Octavia & the Octavia isn't quite as "quality" as the Liberty was. Octavia is significantly cheaper and definately cheaper to run (and more reliable).
I rarely take notice of what Australian journalists write as they are usually inaccurate, fairly lazy & simply parrot press releases.
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