New car ordered.

"Svend" (svend)
02/08/2019 at 11:34 • Filed to: None

In the interests of time I eneded up with, not Petrol Blue Metallic, Emerald Green Metallic or Velvet Red Metallic but Cappuccino Beige Metallic.

Yes I know I didn’t want the green because I thought it would make me look a little too old but the lead times for anything other than the Cappuccino Beige Metallic and Black Magic Pearlescent is 16 weeks (I don’t have that sort of patience). The beige and several black ones are already in the system and can get the beige one in the first week of March.

I’ve asked for the removal of any existing wheels to be replaced with Pegasus wheels like on Piglet, if they aren’t already on.

((the car below is for illustration purposes and not the actual car)).

The only real update is the infotainment screen, it’s now all touch except the two buttons at the bottom corners.

DISCUSSION (41)

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Svend
02/08/2019 at 11:36

Wait, you’re replacing Pig let?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Svend
02/08/2019 at 11:38

hmmm... welp it still looks good in beige

you have my permission :p

CaptDale - is secretly British > Svend
02/08/2019 at 11:41

I like everything but the color. But if you like it then who cares?

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Svend
02/08/2019 at 11:42

Mmmm want

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > Svend
02/08/2019 at 11:43

Congrats!

I find that my perception of the implications of colors (colours?) is quite different that yours . . . I mean, a color with the word BEIGE right in the name says old to me, while I would love to have a green option for whatever my next car might be.

Of course, I am getting older every year since my birth more than 4 decades ago , so my opinion might therefore be invalid.

Svend > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
02/08/2019 at 11:45

Ye’, she’s three years old in March , will have her first MOT, the estate while only being 35 litres bigger will mean I can put a dog cage in the back as my sister’s and step-brother’s dogs have done a number scratching the interior plastic surfaces, etc... and as I can’t not let them in the car without the family shouting how unhelpful I am, ya dda yadda yadda. The way families make you feel shite for even thinking no to what they are asking (families hey, who’d have them).

Svend > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
02/08/2019 at 11:47

Cheers mate, it’s not exactly what I want but the Superbs are getting more popular so the waiting times have doubled over the last year or so and I don’t have that sort of patience.

Future Heap Owner > Svend
02/08/2019 at 11:50

That looks great. I like how clean the front end looks, in contrast to the overwrought spaceship styling of most cars these days. And l ook at all the space in the trunk, er , boot!

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Svend
02/08/2019 at 11:53

lol understandable

long as your happy with it :)

arl > Svend
02/08/2019 at 11:55

Nice!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Svend
02/08/2019 at 11:57

Very nice!

Bummer about the wait time.

Svend > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
02/08/2019 at 11:59

Started off the Skoda love with the Superb Mk2 estate in Silver Brilliant Metallic.

Kinja'd!!!

Went to the Su perb Mk3 li ftback

Kinja'd!!!

So now it’ll be a mix of the two.

Svend > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com
02/08/2019 at 12:01

Ye ‘, the beige is an old neutral colour but I can get it in less than a month as opposed to 16 weeks.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Svend
02/08/2019 at 12:01

I’m as big fan of Peuguots new cars and the Skodas. Having never seen/been in them, it would be hard for me to choose which I would want.

Svend > Future Heap Owner
02/08/2019 at 12:15

I like the recess under the headlights (it doesn’t go anywhere) that makes the headlight look like it’s suspended in the air.

Kinja'd!!!

MUSASHI66 > Svend
02/08/2019 at 12:16

Buying a car in USA is so much easier. Stocking only 2 colors? Wait 16 weeks to buy a car? Unless I’m after some very specific color or option, I can walk into just about any dealership for any brand and buy a car in an hour.

Svend > arl
02/08/2019 at 12:18

Thanks. It’s essentially the same vehicle, 35 litres more capacity in the boot, different colour, updated radio and same engine though classed differently (the 1.4TSi ACT 148bhp is now called the 1.5TSi 148bhp).

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Svend
02/08/2019 at 12:23

I have that screen in my GTI, and other than they have been known to crack(my loaner Tiguan had a cracked one), they work flawlessly.

412GTI > Svend
02/08/2019 at 12:24

Very cool! Is this a MQB based vehicle, it looks like it from the interior, but I could be wrong. Estates FTW!

Textured Soy Protein > Svend
02/08/2019 at 12:28

This is how I’d order mine!

Kinja'd!!!

The Dummy Gummy > Svend
02/08/2019 at 12:32

Beautiful. Thats a huge boot.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Svend
02/08/2019 at 12:32

16 weeks?!?! Yeah I’d have struggled with that as well.

Svend > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
02/08/2019 at 12:41

The comfort and rear legroom is that of a limousine.

Kinja'd!!!

The size is not much if at all bigger than a VW Passat (which it shares it’s platform, engines and transmission with).

The 1.4TSi ACT engine turns 50mpg (UK) in the town doing city driving and on motorways.

It looks great too.

The Peugeot equivalent would be the Peugeot 508SW.

Kinja'd!!!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Svend
02/08/2019 at 12:42

Di d you get the estate?

Svend > MUSASHI66
02/08/2019 at 12:48

Ordering Piglet, we were in the dealership for 32 minutes and out again, then the 8 week wait.

The Superb is selling great so new build cars having a 16 week wait.

The two colours are black (common for taxis) and this beige one that someone pulled out of the order and still in the system (get another discount because Skoda can get it out of the way).

Svend > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
02/08/2019 at 12:51

The current one in Piglet can be prone to lag on cold days until the car warms up.

It’ll be inter esting to see how this plays out as it’s the only real change to the car.

Svend > 412GTI
02/08/2019 at 12:55

Yes, it’s MQB, shares the platform, engines and transmission with the VW (Euro) Passat and VW Arteon.

It’s a really fantastic car. Better looking than the Passat, more spacious than the Passat and cheaper than the Passat.

Svend > Textured Soy Protein
02/08/2019 at 13:03

Ye’, I’d love that one. That colour is only available on the Sportline spec which is £1,300 more and comes with alcantara sports seats as opposed to the leather in the SE L Exec.

Sportline

Kinja'd!!!