Funktastic drive. Smooth and so much go seeing as I'm used to turbos in my recent cars. Condition fantastic. It is due a service, but a mate in the Skoda club works at the local dealership. Didn't have an alarm, just the factory imobiliser, so needs one of them.
It is surpsingly useful compared to the two older Saabs. Not as quick as they were when spooled. but much smoother and eveything is much tighter. Steering feels over light though. I guess I'll get used.
It isn't bad. just slightly light. The Saab 900 was heavy PAS. The 9000 is about right. The Celica was a joy as it was speed variable, but ideally needed more lock. The Octavia is a little light, but you still feel what is going on. Missus says I mustn't play wth it for 3 months (to shake down any little niggles, get it serviced, and fit a decent remote alarm). But I have a cunning plan once I can. Firstly nice shiny alloys (yes I know it vanity). Second privacy film, within legal bounds (don't want them seeing who is being vane). Either KW or HP coilovers. CarPC (sat nav, Radio, MP3, DVD, games for passenger). And a MK4 Golf R32 steering wheel with a Skoda logo instead of a VW one (nice leather instead of slippy plastic).
Later, a Leon Cupra R front and rear seat set, and better spec Octavia Door cards (they match).
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