Re: Top Gear survey 2005

See my other reply.

No misinterpretation going on, just making the observation that the whole survey means very little.

People expect Skodas to be flimsy, s*it and slow. If they perform in a merely average way then they'll get very strong results.

Unfortunately, this doesn't actually mean that they're any good.

FWIW, if I were choosing a company car, I'd go with the Superb every time.

You prob wouldn't though, the whole thing is a farce tbh, how many VW Passats are on the road compared to S200's, say 3 people rated the S200 against 500 rated the Passat does that make it a fair judgement?

Merc drivers already expect alot when they buy a Merc but Skoda owners expect nothing, that's why they buy a Skoda.They get in the car and think "f*ck me, this is nice"

If you gave a Skoda Octavia to an avid VW Passat driver he would be pissed right off, and the same goes for an Audi driver who gets a VW. Try giving the cars to other people then draw a comparison.

Same goes for the end of the list, how many people own a 807? maybe 5 people reviewed it and said it was s*it but 100 bought it and loved it, the people who tend to take part in reviews are usually f*****ts anyway.

I just looked at a few reports, and take Volkswagon Polo for example, Engine and gearbox reliability 2 stars??? wtf is that all about, does that mean 60% of the people who reviewed the polo had problems with the gearbox/engine?

Where as the Skoda Fabia gets 5 stars for the engine and gearbox.

It's a crock of s*it :)

Oh, if it were company money I would.

You could get a Superb 2.5V6 TDI for the same money as a Passat 110TDI.

That's a bit of a no-brainer if you don't care about the badge.

Not quite.

When I had the Passat 4Motion, it was less epxensive to lease than a Superb

That's leasing though - it could be quite different now.

The message from snipped-for-privacy@italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) contains these words:

My eight year old's friends do that. It's about the most annoying thing they do.

Nope, that survey is a prime example of how to misintepret data. Any sort of professional statastician would laugh at it (I know I've heard them laughing!).

In news:Qy7af.73$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net, AstraVanMan decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

The equivalent of 50 mpg on LPG, ITYF.

Yes, they do look s**te. But they're a very well selling car, so it's inevitable that a fair few will get crashed. I bet you haven't seen many VW Phaetons in there. A lot less of those were sold than the Focus. I wonder if that's a coincidence?

'cooking' Imprezas and Lancers are tediously dull cars.

AstraVanMan ( snipped-for-privacy@Whataloadofforeskinbollocks.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

The *new* Focus? I've hardly seen any about yet.

In fact, that's a point. I may have been talking s**te.

You probably have, it's just that they're so bland you haven't noticed.

SteveH ( snipped-for-privacy@italiancar.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Ah. Of course.

They're still nice to drive, that's what matters to me. Good handling, zesty engine.

You have strange standards.

Nice to drive? ROFL go get in a car that really is nice to drive like an Elise.

Yeah, very practical, an Elise. I wouldn't get an Elise anyway if I wanted an out and out sports car I'd go for the Exige or a Porsche Cayman, way out of my price band though and not practical for me. Christ what a mindless suggestion.

You never said anything about practical just a very wrong statement about Imprezas and Lancers being good to drive. I know where to file the rest of your posts.

Always surprises me when I see recent model cars with parking sensors, and a big dent in the bumper!