Hi, I'm looking at getting a second hand Roomster Scout 1.9 TDI and would be interested to hear from anyone else that owns/owned one. In particular what were your impressions of the projector headlights and body roll. I'm only going to be towing a trailer so towing ins't a major issue. Any thoughts or comments appreciated.
Dave
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because rough men stand ready
to do violence on their behalf."
Not had one myself, but one of my customers has had one for a while now. He loves it, he reckons it is great. Personally I prefer the yeti, but thats all about personal taste.
As for projector headlights, my mazda6 has them. They are very good in all weather conditions, but if a bulb blows, only use quality replacements. Ours blew a bulb and I got a cheapo off ebay. The focal point of the bulb was slightly off, and that light was next to usless. After fitting a quality bulb, everything was great again.
As for body roll, with any tall car you will experience varying degrees of body roll depending on how you drive. But you will get used to it very quickly and in the end you wont even notice it.
Good luck with your new car (when you get it) I am sure you will enjoy it
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Not got the one you are looking at, but I got ours about 4 months ago and I can tell you its a very versatile car. I bought it for camping, without having to buy a large estate or mpv. I know nothing much about the tecky side of things as all I wanted was a reliable roomy car that I could remove the back seats to fit everything in.
All this lot went in the back of the car with the seats removed, and we haven`t got roof box or trailer.
All I can say is If I had seen a scout for the money I wanted to pay (around £5k) with low mileage I would have snapped it up, as it looks better and has roof rails, which I would have to have fitted by Skoda to mine, as universal fitting ones wont fit the Roomster, which is something I didn`t check 1st. Geoff
OH wants a Yeti next year, but petrol version due to DPF and only averaging around 6,000 a year. Can't get a 1.6v so I'm going to suggest he look at this. Been reading up on sites such as honest john. Also YouTube has some stufff. I am quite impressed.
A friend's Roomster first put us onto Skoda's "camping friendly" cars.
We went to have a look and as it happens our local dealer had a demo Yeti with DSG in stock at a good price so we ended up with that. Rear seats tip, fold, or come out altogether.
Only a petrol 1.2tsi but has taken us to France and back 3 times with no dramas.
They are a good bang for the buck and use many VAG parts. Indeed, several Audi and VW models are made in Skoda factories.
------------- Mike
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For camping van like cars are excellent. True MPVs are OK, but many of them are quite large vehicles.
I have a Merc B class, which swallows all our camping gear, but it is shorter than a Focus so easy to park in tight spaces. The rear space with seats down is large enough for a standard pallet and I'm sure this is not a coincidence. The height helps to as larger objects can be loaded on their edge.
Thanks for all the replies, most useful. Have been for a test drive in one at a local second hand dealer and was impressed with the car. 5th gear, 25mph up a small incline and it still accelerated pretty quickly. A bit of body roll but I just need to get used to not entering roundabouts at 50mph (Damn those tactical driving courses)but all in all very impressed. Just need to find a decent low mileage cheap one now
Dave
------------- "People sleep peacefully in their beds at night
because rough men stand ready
to do violence on their behalf."
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Topic: Any Skoda Roomster owners out there?
