I have a 2014 Skoda Rapid, 2015 162KW VRS Octavia Wagon and 2016 Skoda Rapid Monte Carlo. All cars are 6 speed manual. Son drives the 2014 Skoda Rapid and apart from paying bills I hardly ever drive it, my wife likes the Rapid so when the 2016 one came up for sale the week after my Silvia was written off I grabbed it for her as I knew there would be times we all need a car. I prefer the Octavia so happy she wants to drive the newer Rapid
The Octavia has a lot of nice features other cars didn't seem to have. I love that the Adaptive Cruise Control keeps working at low speeds while I change gears. As someone who prefers manuals my view of the Octavia is as much technology as can be squashed in while still letting me drive the car as I like.
The only issue is all three cars had the water pump go but luckily all went while under warranty.
All three have been serviced by the local dealer since new and they have looked after me so plan to keep the cars even after the extended warranty runs out, just keep my fingers crossed nothing goes wrong. As the service manager said to me you could trade in to get new cars and still have warranty but you can't get those models in manual in Australia any more, also you are then spending a lot of money just to cover yourself for the what if something goes wrong. I am hoping for no issues for a few years and start replacing them with electric cars assuming all the nice options overseas start arriving here.
