1999 Skoda Octavia GLX from UK and Ireland - Comments

Nothing.

This is an excellent car. It is better to drive than the Audi I had before and it performs better. Ride, handling, performance and equipment levels are better than much of the competition.

The boot is huge and fuel economy is unbelievable, I have averaged 36mpg (from a 2 litre!).

UK dealers are friendly and very efficient. There are still very few on the road in the UK so you have the feeling of driving something quite exclusive.

Beware when people say the ride quality is excellent. It errs on the firm side of comfortable, and tends to crash and bang a bit. A Peugeot 406 is much better. The Octavia is not particularly quiet either, and space in the rear is very poor.

I can't agree with this criticism. The ride is faultless and in fact much better than the Vectra I had before. There is not too much noise at speed; although it is louder than the Vectra this is really down to the engine (diesel). My only disappointment is the sound system quality. Everything else about the car is superb and of course the price is unbelievable. And this car (1.9TD) will do over 60 mpg even if you cruise at 90 (the revs at this speed just 3000!)

Well let's face it, any car is better than a Vauxhall.

I just bought a 1999 Octavia, and being from Ireland, my Suzie is well outperforming on all aspects.

Irish roads are a disaster to drive on, and the Octavia, though a little flighty on the rear (going to get steel cable & tie the back down a bit].

It's handling is only superb, it sticks to the road, feedback in the steering wheel is great, and the loud pedal practically talks to you when it wants more juice... I have a 1.6 petrol, GLXi and I'll never change to another make of car, value for money is only fantastic, €5k got me this one with only 34k miles on the clock, I've run it in, and at 80mph you can still get average of 40mpg...

The engine is VW Audi, and I've had it referred to as a Yellow Pack Audi... same girl went out & spend €30k on an A3... No need to spend that, ridiculous price, when you can drive the Octavia and arrive to work smiling.. GRIN factor in this works every time.. Massive car.