Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Alnico Blue]

May be rising up the ranks at work  . . .job will come with a car 

Skoda Superb has been mentioned  . . .as I am 6' 5"  and not a lightweight  just wondering how roomy they are in the front .

Best to do a trial "sitting" I know  . . .but just wondering if any Oofers  have one & their verdict.

Or any other suggested  suitable make /model along the superb budget figure ?   

[STEMO]

Lots of superbs used as private hire taxis, usually a good sign.

[aaronjb]

Very roomy - the biggest interior I sat in of anything in its class, and at least as big as the Omega, if not roomier.

Granted I'm no beanpole but at the time I was 5'10" and 29st (22st, now, so it feels considerably more roomy! ).

[tunnie]

Very roomy - the biggest interior I sat in of anything in its class, and at least as big as the Omega, if not roomier.

Granted I'm no beanpole but at the time I was 5'10" and 29st (22st, now, so it feels considerably more roomy! ).

That is some achievement! 

Seriously, well done there. 

[aaronjb]

Thanks tunnie - though I have a long way to go; and after a week in London last week it might be more like 22st 7lb at the moment! 

[Alnico Blue]

Very roomy - the biggest interior I sat in of anything in its class, and at least as big as the Omega, if not roomier.

Granted I'm no beanpole but at the time I was 5'10" and 29st (22st, now, so it feels considerably more roomy! ).

That is some achievement! 

Seriously, well done there. 

yes very well done   I will second that 

And thanks for the feedback on the Skoda     i will try & get a "sit / fit " in one . 

[Viral_Jim]

Yup, they're a company car option for us, which I ended up not taking but I did sit in and test drive one.

I'm 6'1" and 23st, and I found it the most comfortable of that size of car that I tried.

[tunnie]

Sounds like you are getting brand spankers one, so perhaps of no use. But the VCDS/VAGCOM software is easily available and very easy to use, so it would allow easy diagnosis and enabling features. 

[Alnico Blue]

And more positive feedback from the above 2 posts . . .thanks gents 

[Doctor Gollum]

Current one looks smaller than the previous model... Aaronjb currently has one and seems happy enough with it. Not a car I would buy with my own money speaking personally.

As for taxi drivers buying them... There's a company in Scotland that churns out thousands of them on zero deposit weekly finance deals.

[Alnico Blue]

Current one looks smaller than the previous model... Aaronjb currently has one and seems happy enough with it. Not a car I would buy with my own money speaking personally.

As for taxi drivers buying them... There's a company in Scotland that churns out thousands of them on zero deposit weekly finance deals.

Seems new models only available in Hatch or Estate . . .no saloon that I can see ( as yet )  

Will have to ask Aaronjb if he has the latest shape ? 

[Doctor Gollum]

He does

Sussex use the new Superb as a dog wagon. Looks about the same size as an Octavia... But VAG products are tricky to gauge as the are all essentially different sizes of Golfs

[aaronjb]

Yup, latest shape (2016 reg, but there hasn't been a facelift yet - 2019MY may change the car, I know they are making sweeping changes to other models) estate, in my case.





There's a lot more space in the back than the Octavia I think the rear doors are a couple of inches longer, as is the boot. The front is probably closer in size between the two, though, if the arse end is of no concern

[johnnydog]

On a recent visit to the Czech Republic, we got picked up at the airport by taxi in a Skoda Superb. It appeared to be a high spec one with wood (plastic wood really) cappings and leather, but I was really impressed with the quality of the interior, and the front and rear leg room. Although a passenger, the quality of the drive appeared to be excellent. Decent luggage space too. Not heard many bad reports about the modern bigger Skodas to be honest.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Yup, they're a company car option for us, which I ended up not taking but I did sit in and test drive one.

I'm 6'1" and 23st, and I found it the most comfortable of that size of car that I tried.

Fooking ell......Jimmy. I'm 6' 1" and 14 stone. The doctor was too polite to call me a fat bastard but said I should aim to lose a stone and a half.

[Viral_Jim]

Yup, they're a company car option for us, which I ended up not taking but I did sit in and test drive one.

I'm 6'1" and 23st, and I found it the most comfortable of that size of car that I tried.

Fooking ell......Jimmy. I'm 6' 1" and 14 stone. The doctor was too polite to call me a fat bastard but said I should aim to lose a stone and a half.

Indeed. I am working on it, at my lightest ever (as an adult) I was about 16stone and there really wasn't much to lose, unless you counted lopping a limb off. I even had one of them there six packs people seem so obsessed with.

Many many six packs later, I now have about 7 stone to lose. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Yup, they're a company car option for us, which I ended up not taking but I did sit in and test drive one.

I'm 6'1" and 23st, and I found it the most comfortable of that size of car that I tried.

Fooking ell......Jimmy. I'm 6' 1" and 14 stone. The doctor was too polite to call me a fat bastard but said I should aim to lose a stone and a half.

Indeed. I am working on it, at my lightest ever (as an adult) I was about 16stone and there really wasn't much to lose, unless you counted lopping a limb off. I even had one of them there six packs people seem so obsessed with.

Many many six packs later, I now have about 7 stone to lose. 

As men grow older a six pack becomes a 'party seven'

[Viral_Jim]

Indeed, and since my filthy student days were swapped for 50hr weeks and 30 weeks a year in hotels, I absolutely mushroomed!

It is frankly madness to turn down steak and chips and a couple of points a night when someone else is footing the bill. 

[STEMO]

Yup, they're a company car option for us, which I ended up not taking but I did sit in and test drive one.

I'm 6'1" and 23st, and I found it the most comfortable of that size of car that I tried.

Fooking ell......Jimmy. I'm 6' 1" and 14 stone. The doctor was too polite to call me a fat bastard but said I should aim to lose a stone and a half.

12 1/2 stone and 6' 1" is too thin, I would say. Tell your doctor you don't want to look like Jacob Rees Mogg, or live in the 19th century as he and your doctor obviously do.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Yup, they're a company car option for us, which I ended up not taking but I did sit in and test drive one.

I'm 6'1" and 23st, and I found it the most comfortable of that size of car that I tried.

Fooking ell......Jimmy. I'm 6' 1" and 14 stone. The doctor was too polite to call me a fat bastard but said I should aim to lose a stone and a half.

12 1/2 stone and 6' 1" is too thin, I would say. Tell your doctor you don't want to look like Jacob Rees Mogg, or live in the 19th century as he and your doctor obviously do.

Nobody.....absolutely nobody wants to look like JRM.

[STEMO]

Yup, they're a company car option for us, which I ended up not taking but I did sit in and test drive one.

I'm 6'1" and 23st, and I found it the most comfortable of that size of car that I tried.

Fooking ell......Jimmy. I'm 6' 1" and 14 stone. The doctor was too polite to call me a fat bastard but said I should aim to lose a stone and a half.

12 1/2 stone and 6' 1" is too thin, I would say. Tell your doctor you don't want to look like Jacob Rees Mogg, or live in the 19th century as he and your doctor obviously do.

Nobody.....absolutely nobody wants to look like JRM.

Well.....his mam thinks he looks very smart. 

[tunnie]

Yup, they're a company car option for us, which I ended up not taking but I did sit in and test drive one.

I'm 6'1" and 23st, and I found it the most comfortable of that size of car that I tried.

Fooking ell......Jimmy. I'm 6' 1" and 14 stone. The doctor was too polite to call me a fat bastard but said I should aim to lose a stone and a half.

1.5 stone sounds like too much?

I’m 6’ 5” and 13.5 stone.

[BazaJT]

So at just over 5ft 11ins and 10st 2lbs I'd look like part of the seat belt arrangement

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

There was a 70 stone gentleman on TV the other night. Poor bastard hadn't been out of the house for years and couldn't reach round to wipe his own arse.

Not all bad news though. By the time the documentary was over he was down to a svelte and athletic 50 stone, and was well enough to 'sit up in bed' without help.

I love a happy ending.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

.....not sure he'd fit the Superb though.

[STEMO]

There was a 70 stone gentleman on TV the other night. Poor bastard hadn't been out of the house for years and couldn't reach round to wipe his own arse.

Not all bad news though. By the time the documentary was over he was down to a svelte and athletic 50 stone, and was well enough to 'sit up in bed' without help.

I love a happy ending.

He'd lose a load of weight if you just left him in on his own with bottles of water and some fruit.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

There was a 70 stone gentleman on TV the other night. Poor bastard hadn't been out of the house for years and couldn't reach round to wipe his own arse.

Not all bad news though. By the time the documentary was over he was down to a svelte and athletic 50 stone, and was well enough to 'sit up in bed' without help.

I love a happy ending.

He'd lose a load of weight if you just left him in on his own with bottles of water and some fruit.

[/highlight]


I believe he was from the north so probably won't be very familiar with fruit and vegetables.

[ronnyd]

Back from Weight Watchers to original topic, I had a Superb estate auto as a loan car when the cretin across the road from me left his hand brake off and it rolled 50yds into the back of mine.   Found it a very good drive all round and if the opportunity arose i,d certainly get one. It would  probably have to be about 15yrs old to be in my price bracket though.

[Andy B]

Yup, they're a company car option for us, which I ended up not taking but I did sit in and test drive one.

I'm 6'1" and 23st, and I found it the most comfortable of that size of car that I tried.

Fooking ell......Jimmy. I'm 6' 1" and 14 stone. The doctor was too polite to call me a fat bastard but said I should aim to lose a stone and a half.

1.5 stone sounds like too much?

I’m 6’ 5” and 13.5 stone.

You need to go on a pudding, chips, peas & gravy diet .....  (I know suvverners don't really do chippies  )

[Andy B]

....
I love a happy ending.

You know he actually died ...... 

[grifter]

Sat in one a couple of weeks ago, headroom I thought wasn't great (I'm 6") but bearable, rear and front leg room huge, boot huge (for any dead bodies)!