Skoda says EVs ARE KILLING US! And Geoff buys a Superb.

[@GeoffBuysCars]

This video now has a PART 2...! kzbin.info/www/bejne/famqo4yKj5p-qLs

[@nixswatson]

Woohoo!!! Double fix of GBCs' on this miserable gloomyeeee dayeeee!!! Oh, I really enjoyed this vid finding cars to buy. Now off I go tooooo part twoooooo yayeeeeee lol

[@Mr.0.007]

​@@nixswatsonI was about to say the same thing. 😂

[@Crosshatch1212]

Know you're a car guy Geoff but think you should address the bikes economy market it's getting a walloping. Z1000 ,4 yr ago 15 to 20k .can't even move it for 6,k

[@paulpaintshop103]

EV'S, an Impractical solution to an Imaginary problem

[@elgarpazo]

Spot on. 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@philipbrown9006]

True, though there is a reason for it. A study by lindzen, Happer and Winjgaarden entitled “Net Zero Averted Temperature Increase” calculated that even if the entire world were to achieve net zero, this would only reduce global temperature by 0.07°C. We need more CO2 to increase food production. This is the last thing the global elite want since a food shortage is a proven control mechanism. Net zero could cost $3.5 trillion per annum. It is the biggest scam since lockdown and has the same aim which is to take down the economy and destroy democracy in favour of ESG.

[@simon-k7m]

Bang on the money 👍👍

[@TeaBreak.]

The problem is high fossil fuel cost. Electric is a solution to that. What is your imaginary problem?

[@Craig-wp3pz]

Never buy an EV unless its built by real experts that have been doing it for years........... 🎮 🏎 🏎 🏁 Scalectrix and Tamiya, the REAL Market leaders 😂😅😂😅😊😂😊

[@smudge0161]

Issuing fines to companies for not selling products people don't want. That is the mentality of politicians. Crazy.

[@jdavis460]

Look at the idiot politicians we have in charhe now!

[@richwatts8824]

​They're not in charge, they facilitate the designs of our technocratic overlords ​@@jdavis460

[@nathansmith7153]

WE DON"T WANT YOUR CO2

[@chriswarren2599]

Communism.

[@briantitchener4829]

@@nathansmith7153 CO2 keeps oxygen-releasing plants alive. Nut Zero.

[@robingreer8098]

Skoda would not have made this statement unless VW had approved it. This is VW sending an arms length warning shot.

[@6581punk]

VW laid off 60,000 workers to move to EVs. Then nobody bought them and so they're probably rehiring them all again.

[@stivowen5710]

That’s a fact, VW themselves will not speak out because they cannot push against the government.

[@CarsofGlasgow]

so true

[@jimd385]

When a major manufacturer or two goes under, or files for bankruptcy, and tens of thousands of workers lose their jobs and billions in corporation taxes are wiped away, even then the western governments won’t do anything. They’re all atheists, the only thing they do believe in is the climate crisis, they will not change and they’ll take us all to hell with them.

[@neil1997]

Exactly, for "Skoda" read VAG

[@barneyrubble9309]

the EV...the solution to a problem we dont have

[@tims9434]

Someone paraphrased this already

[@beachcaster56]

Twice the price and half as useful

[@nathansmith7153]

Lying toad - global warming is REAL

[@ChazWyvern]

​@jgtemperton clearly a climate change denier the whole world could be either flooded or on fire and they still say it's not really happening

[@miskatonic6210]

The problem guys like YOU don't have. Who cares about giving millions of people asthma and cancer from exhaust gasses... I can sit inside my closed garage with my EV car running. Can you?😂

[@TheRealWindlePoons]

I have driven Skodas for the last 18 years. They make pretty good diesels. I purchased the last one from a main dealer. I have had to unsubscribe from their e-mail list because I was being bombarded with sales mails for their EVs. Such a shame.

[@RStantun]

Same here, I unsubscribed and still get emails from Simpson Skoda even after I told the liars I wouldn't buy a car from them if they had the last car on the planet

[@davecooper3238]

@@RStantunPlease explain why you call the liars ?

[@thesheepman220]

@@davecooper3238 your just a brainwashed idiot troll , you bought a ev you can burn in it ho sorry live with it slip of truth tongue I mean 😁

[@illegalopinions4082]

@@davecooper3238 Skoda dealerships have a poor reputation. I had to deal with Yeoman's in Bridgwater and they basically refused to inspect the car under warranty until I started putting everything in writing. Then they recommended all parts of the front suspension be replaced except a single shock, which was just moronic. Then they refused to let me buy the part and only quoted the full part+labour time to have it replaced while the other work was being done. Absolute scumbags.

[@davecooper3238]

@@illegalopinions4082 May I take it you have all the qualifications that techs hold nowadays.

[@ogasi1798]

hey skoda, here's a tip: listen to the people and not the idiots in gvt - it's not hard really as it is us who buy cars, not gvt....think on

[@RushfanUK]

Government have made the rules though and there are serious penalties for the car makers, Green ideology is driving the motor industry into the ground.

[@paulgee1355]

But the government want to be the only ones owning cars. It's their big plan. Own nothing and be happy.

[@johnelliott9415]

Spot on I agree ☝🏻

[@stivowen5710]

That’s the problem, the government want to push for net zero, lol at the situation in Northern Europe, there is not enough CO2 to feed the trees so they are dying!

[@paulgee1355]

@ogasi1798 but the government wants to be the only ones owning cars, it's part of the big "own nothing and be happy" plan.

[@colinclegg7911]

The politicians are also destroying what little steel industry we have left, namely Tata Steel in Wales and also don’t forget all the jobs associated with the oil industry in the North Sea. I think the national grid warned that the.lights might go out this winter.

[@thetourk]

They have done more damage to britian than any of us realise, now labour are being used to distroy what's left of British culture. The c02 and global warming lies are useful tools to increase taxes and limited our movement. As far as they are concerned only those who can afford £50,000+ for a new car should be allowed on public roads. The rest can pay far to much for unreliable, unsafe and dirty public transport or walk. Better still stay in their alloted zones while being taxes into debt.

[@leefisher816]

You will own nothing…. And you WILL be happy, or else!!

[@timhicks2154]

And our local coal-fired power station is now shut down. (Ratcliffe On Soar). Idiotic move. Power cuts soon. The Greentards all cheered when it was shut down. I wonder if they’ll still be cheering when they will be having to light candles, and have no central heating when the power is off?

[@6brman224]

There goes the contents of your freezer....

[@davidbillyard6629]

I don’t trust any government

[@AyupStuggy]

Three years ago I bought my skoda superb 2.0tdi for £10k. Road tax is £20. It does 70mpg on a long run! It's a fabulous car!

[@ogasi1798]

@@AyupStuggy 20 quid? Wow, that's amazing

[@AyupStuggy]

@@ogasi1798 Yes it wasn't a typo. £20 is my road tax! It's the biggest car I've had and the most economical. If you ever want to buy one check out the 2016 Superb with the 2.0 litre tdi engine. I still find it hard to believe. I'm not complaining though!

[@HappyBagger]

Wait until Comrade Reeves gets hold of these cheap diesel tax bands on 30 October... I have two diesels, a Focus at £0 and an Ibiza at £35. I'm bracing myself...

[@AyupStuggy]

Let's hope efficient deisels are overlooked

[@CarsofGlasgow]

this is exactly what we need

[@robertaurens5665]

Is it me or has the world gone totally bonkers when I blinked.? None of this makes any sense

[@malcomyoung7637]

It does when you know the destination

[@robertaurens5665]

@@malcomyoung7637 David Icke has been predicting this since 1990. Just wonder how it will play out.

[@musicbruv]

@@robertaurens5665 No he did not!

[@robertaurens5665]

@@musicbruv Whatever you wish to be ignorant of

[@nathansmith7153]

Yes - burning more fossil fuels when global warming is a disaster makes no freaking sense

[@alwaysabore]

I have a 2012 2.0TDi diesel Skoda Superb Elegance estate. 60mpg is easy. Cost me 8.5k in 2019, still worth 5k today. A splendid car!

[@BRMCaptChaos]

An excellent car, I don’t own one, but I recognise how good it is.

[@alwaysabore]

@@BRMCaptChaos . Thank you. Beige Champagne is the colour.

[@tryhugging212]

Had a 16 plate 2.0l diesel as a company car, 60mpg easily achievable. Loads of room inside. Had 2 Octavia's, both brilliant cars, and now have a Yeti and Karok.

[@HP3.14]

Skoda just needs to go out and threaten with mass redundancies. And to say quite honestly that if you vote left/green in the future, it means that in the future you will not have a job or can afford to buy a car.

[@DavidJohnson-yg8qm]

They may not need to threaten, they may just have to do it.

[@jamescollins3647]

The governments don't care, they are not being made redundant.

[@andrewgarner2224]

The government will happily scarifice jobs on the alter of Green. They don't really want a mobile population. they want us to have a life within 10 miles of our house. We are easier to control that way

[@markpayne4067]

Still have my Skoda Fabia Vrs Mk1. 20 years old.

[@bsimpson6204]

Well done 👍

[@catman2629]

I had a Clio 182 for 10 years a natural rival for the Fabia . I’ve got a Fabia 1.0 110 hp now it’s a nice car , do miss the Clio though

[@heatherhoole8084]

Love my fabia too xx

[@MK5446]

Yes, good cars, I bought a 2004 Fabia estate 1.9tdi (remapped) for £600 four years ago. I've done 80,000 miles in it, now on 234,000 miles. Does 50 - 60 mpg and goes like a trooper.

[@colinjones2505]

Same here....19 years actually 05 reg, and absolutely mint and pampered. Keep getting asked if I'd like to sell it. Not a chance

[@MarkB-33]

47k!? For that money i would buy a pre owned db9 and bank the 17k for maintenance and servicing. People are stupid paying rediculous prices for white goods.

[@andypicken7848]

MarkyBoy Calling somebody stupid who would buy an AM. That really quite funny. AM are well known around the world to be rubbish vehicles.

[@DwaynePipes]

​@@andypicken7848👍

[@yinyangsaladgang8789]

​​@@andypicken7848 Tell you what, I'll show up to work in an Aston Martin with 17k in the passenger seat and you show up in an electric Skoda and we'll see who people think is stupid.

[@CiderGuy]

@@yinyangsaladgang8789😂😂😂 brilliant comment!

[@Starlight22215]

I’d have stopped at stupid.

[@jimmyd707]

All Skoda have to do is make a yeti 2, and they're safe for many years.

[@tigersilberhannes9153]

Its called the Karoq and it looks just like any other crossover estates wagon.

[@mattsyrett3086]

@@tigersilberhannes9153yup….. dull as dishwater… and definitely not a true Yeti replacement!

[@catman2629]

@@tigersilberhannes9153 I’ve got a 1.5tsi Karoq as well as a Fabia , Karoq is a nice car , my brother has 2 .0 Karoq 4x4 it’s good as well

[@fredEVOIX]

@@tigersilberhannes9153 not the same car, the Karoq has been urbanized (like all other brands do) with a focus on look rather than interior space or utility I tried to buy a SUV for months in 2024 before giving up as they treated me like a deseperate customer ready to pay anything and to get swindled on lease and trade-in when I really have a perfectly working car and could buy the new car cash I just don't have the space nor need for two, anyways everyone told me get a Yeti...was not convinced at all by the current Skoda offering

[@colinjones2505]

Evertyone is completely baffled as to why they stopped producing the fine Yeti. Absolute trevesty. Cracking pronouncable and remeberable name too, unlike the crappy suv's they churn out now

[@HappyBagger]

I wonder if Tesco will start being fined if their lettuce sales are not 22% of their Dairy Milk sales? That's the daft economy we seem to be heading towards.

[@hudsonbear5038]

Don't give tescos Ideas!!!

[@Kaesemesser0815]

A Skoda for 50K... ? This is insane.

[@tigersilberhannes9153]

Thats before tax right? Or are cars so cheap in England?

[@thetourk]

Yes but such a nice car to dive. Will be interesting to see how it copes with cold weather 🤔

[@liamjohnhawkins4212]

Definitely not lol

[@firkit2]

Look at the cost of an audi to the same spec and size as the skoda

[@GallAnonim-jx2cz]

I live in China since 10 years and skoda is dead here not without reason:) same as all french brands. Best selling cars are EV or long range PHEVs. Nobody buy petrol cars! Exactly 52% of market are EV or long range PHEVs. Difference vs Europe? They are cheap here!!!! And long range PHEVs dont even exist in Europe:) Europe is 10 years behind China

[@markscrivener979]

Interesting video. In 2019 I bought a new Skoda Octavia 2l diesel, in top SEL spec (at that time) for an impressive £19,000. I was travelling 1000 a week for work. Here we are 5 years later and the same car new is now listed at £35k. Terrifying. I even got £18500 trade in for the diesel three years later. New car prices have gone barmy.

[@anthonygee7687]

Atmospheric Co2 is no problem and governments know that.

[@blito3wot]

yep that .05 percent down to .04 percent.....i guess those greenies want to kill off plants, nature loves co2, nature doesn't like pollutants.

[@GeoffreyEvans-re8bp]

Bought a 2019 superb about 10 weeks ago and I find it by far the best car I've ever had .cannot believe the spec. and quality.even the glove compartment can double as a fridge if required!

[@irinadavid800]

How do Skoda have the audacity to charge over £800 to warranty a £50k car for 5 years! All cars should be forced to warranty for at least 5 years. In the UK Kia do 7 years but in the US it’s 10?? How is there a difference? UK consumer laws need updating

[@gimble447]

Government doesn’t have any control over Kia doing 7 instead of 10, both exceed consumer law requirements, but I have a feeling it’s more to do with climate/corrosion etc tbh as to why it’s lower in the UK (and the whole of Europe as most manufacturers just have continental policies on warranty)

[@Richard-r1x7d]

I know someone who bought a new Skoda. The 7 year’s warranty is a con, just a sales thing. Lots of things went wrong. He kept talking it back, they would say it was fixed and it wasn’t it just did the same things again and again. Either they didn’t know what they were doing or they didn’t do it. In the end after about a year of this he sold it and bought a new Citroën C5 and never looked back. This was all about 2010. Imagine if all new Jag- Land cars had a 20 year warranty owners would still only have their cars for a couple of months a year.

[@illegalopinions4082]

@@gimble447 It sounds like they need to make better cars.

[@gimble447]

@@illegalopinions4082 well i don’t and wouldn’t own one so make of that what you will 😂 but in their defence many “more respected” manufacturers don’t offer a warranty as long as that and any car made by any manufacturer will obviously always last longer/better in less harsh conditions

[@1ForTheShieldz]

​@@gimble447 😂 the government don't have any control over the law 😂 best comment of the year unfortunately with this bunch of labour clowns you are also ironically correct!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@IPM440]

Let's hope that Skoda can stop the insanity.

[@markstarmer3677]

Anything to do with 'green' issues are an expensive con.

[@nathansmith7153]

Bugger off - YOU CAUSED global warming

[@curtcoeurdelion]

Over a third of all EV buyers are so disappointed by that technology that they have returned to gas and diesel cars thus further diminishing the consumer base for EVs. Major markets and car producers like the whole US market or Toyota have finally abandoned the EV scam.

[@contra_plano]

Scam are the sellers of fuel. I prefer use my home "fuel".

[@AlfaGTA156]

Interesting. Where did you get that info from and what was the main reason for selling their EVs? The range test in the real world was lower than manufacturers figures🤔?

[@fredEVOIX]

everytime I see an EV owner just saw one it can only be two possibilities either he's really st...or he's a victim, I don't think that's the image the owners think they project

[@contra_plano]

@@fredEVOIX Of what? Driving a car that is more cheaper to use and to maintain? It is just Change tyres 1 time, 12V batterie 2 Times and oil brakes, in 6 years.

[@dcarbs2979]

@@contra_plano You realise that the "home" fuel essentially comes from the same wholesalers as the 4-star at the pump? The same corporate groups.

[@epicrising9895]

Nice one Geoff. Great to see you rescuing the stranded LR driver yesterday. Acts of kindness are always rewarded. Oh and I love my 6spd manual diesel estate Superb, as do my passengers. Peace dude

[@lkearney7299]

Private sector being told what to do by meddling civil servants always ends in disaster.

[@peglor]

Sometimes it ends up with fewer people being murdered by their employer's negligence or poisoned by products sold to them as food. Government regulation is essential to keeping the sociopaths who migrate towards leadership positions in large corporations under some kind of control.

[@josephberrie9550]

@@peglor civil servants are supposed to CARRY OUT the policies of the democratic government not make them

[@peglor]

@@josephberrie9550 The democratic government is supposed to represent the interests of the people of the country. There is no conflict of interest there. There is a major conflict of interest between the billionaire agenda and that of literally everyone else.

[@WilliamLaverick-wo1nb]

Toyota has stated the EV’s will only be about 30% of new cars. Plus the owner of Vauxhall are thinking of closing the factory here because of Net Zero.

[@contra_plano]

That is why they are vanishing from China. And Sweden.

[@kevinmoffatt]

I think Ellesmere will be closed; Stellantis are drowning and need to shut plants urgently and the UK is an obvious choice.

[@orbitalair2103]

Evs will be 100% in 2030 because it will be the law. Whether you like it or not. They don't really care, the point is they don't want anyone driving cars.

[@Fred-gu6pk]

​​@@orbitalair2103 100% of buggerall is not very much

[@contra_plano]

@@orbitalair2103 You drive if you want. Just turn off the aid. Drive an electric car is cool and quiet, or you can listen, just your sound system without noise.

[@Zerofightervi]

On my route to work I noticed one of the terraced houses had made a tiny parking space at the front of their house, later a wall mounted charger was installed, then a bright blue VW E-Up was parked on the driveway. Now, there's a purple Citroen C1 ( petrol ) in place of the EV. I feel like pulling over to quiz the owner on what happened, I'd love to know.

[@LeonieHall-c4o]

Bet they would love to tell anyone who will listen.

[@Starlight22215]

My friend had a neighbour in Bristol who works on the oil rigs, north of Aberdeen. He bought a milk float and it lasted less than a year before being replaced by a diesel. Guess what it’s a long way from Bristol to Aberdeen, who knew. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Beauloqs]

Go on, you know you want to😂😂

[@NeilBarratt]

@@Starlight22215 I'm surprised someone in that business was so gullible.

[@ChazWyvern]

​@@Starlight22215 sure.......😊

[@69spook]

China gives C02 credits although they are 70% coal fired power stations 😂

[@whitehart11]

You haven't seen their solar farms destroying the landscape? And their gigantic HEP dams submerging whole towns?

[@geoffsclassiccars]

That's C - O car bon MON ox ide not C O 2 DI OX IDE

[@geoffsclassiccars]

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[@geoffsclassiccars]

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[@geoffsclassiccars]

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[@Snowy1of1]

Back in 2019 we owned 1 of the first SEAT Tarracos to come in the country. All 4WD, 2.0TDI with the DSG gearbox. For a SUV, we got a decent 45Mpg, think we touched the 52Mpg at one point. It has an acclaimed combined 49-52MPG. We have something else now that is smaller engined, petrol, but its MPG is worse than the 2 ton SEAT. We no longer need a 7 seater, although we are looking at vans now due to how many dogs we have LOL I want the 850, boot huge and can easily fit a bunch of dogs in and far cheaper than our chariot. Im off to get soaked on my Motorbike now, Cheeeeeerrrrs! Great Vid Geoff 👌

[@cruisingwithnarrowboatiris6161]

I browsed my local VW showroom today...of the 8 vehicles on show...1 was electric the rest were ICE...I had a chat about ordering my new car (GTi) and milk floats were not mentioned...that's the reality of the car market not what the media would have us believe.

[@Djickeee]

My 308 SW 65 plate 1.6blueHDI will give me 65mpg on a run and 39mpg around town and the best I’ve had on a run was 82 mpg

[@BrainfromSpain]

Where do you keep your carpet slippers when you are not driving ?🤣

[@AI-Records24]

Get that egr and dpf off and she’ll do even more

[@garywebster6453]

On current fuel prices my tesla does the equivalent of 250 to 300 mpg. No servicing costs, no range issues, can manage 300 miles on a charge. Costs me about 18 quid a month over 150 for the previous bmw. Works for me, people talk utter rubbish, buy what you like, i did.

[@Djickeee]

@@AI-Records24 tell me about it the dpf is a fing pain in the bum

[@rickbaines8262]

@@garywebster6453 The definition of an automotive appliance, but if you like it, that's great, everyone has a choice.

[@TeaBreak.]

The demand for buying way over priced cars never materialised. What a surprise. Lol

[@rustysmith3565]

@TeaBreak. : Good un mate, that comment made me smile.

[@comicmania2008]

It is the same on every green issue. At this rate, there will be hardly any companies in any kind of profit, we'll revert back to living like church mice, eating bugs and driving nowhere, or worse still living in caves. The writing is on the wall!

[@miskatonic6210]

😂 You never left the caves... I could easily challenge every single one of your uneducated arguments. But why, when you could just educate yourself...

[@comicmania2008]

@@miskatonic6210 Naff off, you complete doom-goblin. When I want your opinions, I'll ask.

[@comicmania2008]

@jgtemperton Jog on pal.

[@josephberrie9550]

is that on the inside of the cave or outside ??

[@theodavies8754]

Who put China in charge of global ice vehicles?.

[@anthony208]

Virtue signalling vacuous politicians in the West by default, as they race to see who can become a WEF prefect and display their pointless green credentials badge. Trashing everyone’s existence to save the planet from a nonexistent anthropogenic climate crisis, Net Zero the new death cult!🤦‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@PorchBass]

We did by outsourcing

[@pappamike2314]

I’ve just give back a company lease EV and bought my own Diesel. EVs may work for some, and good luck to them, but they don’t work for me and many others. Skoda’s revelations are not a surprise. There is no appetite for EVs for a number of reasons among private buyers, and the corporate market is only so big. Second hand market is even. worse. Who wants a car where you are getting a main battery that has already lost efficiency and is likely to cost £10k+ to replace? The idiotic pursuit of “Net zero” by western nation and especially our own cretinous Govt is an act of enormous self harm.

[@silvermane9370]

i had a mk1 superb. It was the most economical diesel I’ve ever had. I could get just under 60 mpg at a steady sixty. I also liked its ability to get up to just under thirty on tickover alone.

[@palandi]

Skoda is the new "old Volvo". practical, sturdy, roomy, and the Laurin & Klement finish is luxurious enough, in the way how a Volvo 164 or a 780 were back in the day

[@colinjones2505]

My daily, 2nd hand in 2023, 2017 2.0 diesel estate L & K Superb with everything bar the pan roof, which I specifically didn't want,....dislike them...., 150 bhp manual. Absolutely love it. 55mpg around town, no problem, 60-65 on a steady run keeping to all the speed limits. Absolutely love it still after 2 years, and zero problems so far with 45,000 miles now completed. A keeper as far as I'm concerned....oh, and £20 RFL currently. No doubt that'll change in 2 weeks time though

[@Cuzzazbuzz]

Hopefully the EV mandate will lead to the fall of the UK government and EU project. Then we can get back to sensible planning for citizens.

[@CosmicSeeker69]

The BRICS might help - Serbia was invited to the significant meeting in Kazan next week and has said it intends to join the group. Germany in free fall and with Hungary bucking the rules - how much longer can the US keep it going?

[@CosmicSeeker69]

Then there's the potentiality of the USD being crashed. That would do it for certain.

[@CosmicSeeker69]

.......

[@stanthesteelguitarman8228]

All the adverts on TV these days for new cars are for EVs or for hybrids, not one advert have I seen for a wholly ICE vehicle. Are the manufacturers not allowed by Government to advertise ICE vehicles, just the same as tobacco companies not allowed to advertise their products, I wonder? Hence, my point is that EV sales remain abysmal, even with the unbalanced advertising in their favour!! Great video as always, Geoff.

[@lips5913]

I suggest we call EVs diverted emissions rather than zero emissions.

[@N8KOW]

I have had 7 cars with DSG across 2008-2024, mixture of petrol, diesel and PHEV. Probably covered 200k miles across them all. 0 problems. That’s my experience 👌🏽

[@andrewmack2161]

The price of new ICE cars is increasing because they're desperate to try to offset the losses from their EV sales, which also makes the EVs ludicrous prices look less ludicrous....

[@Mr.0.007]

I have just had a tripple Geoff fix with his brilliant videos. Keep up the great work

[@BonannoCM]

Government solution ... sets a closing date for the closure and sale of all domestic car manufacturers assets to China. No domestic manufacture, no domestic emissions. Partial net zero goal achieved.

[@lesrylett636]

Hi Geoff. I live in the southeast of Spain, and a lot of the taxis are Skoda Superbs. Having talked to our local taxi driver he said that it's the cheapest car for him to run. In our neighbourhood, most of his runs are on the motorway. E15/A7. I drive the 1.6 Skoda Octavia 2016 estate DSG. Lots of MPG, around 60 on a long run, and 50/55 locally.

[@GeoffBuysCars]

I actually cut out a whole minute of me speaking German from the video 😂

[@matthewkeith8605]

Thank god for that. Please leave the poor Germans alone, your pronunciation makes me cringe in sympathy for them.

[@asambrook76]

Save that footage for the bloopers DVD release!

[@mattjagger4360]

😂😂😂

[@SouthpawDavey]

I dropped you a comment on X might be interesting to you. About the new speed control GPS and Chinese market of EVs. Some scary possibilities.

[@JohnHaveaguessGoogle]

Well quoting Hitlers Munich speech was never a good idea.

[@geoffgray1166]

I have the same supers that you picked at the end but with a black interior and she’s got 195,000 with regular servicing . Love it to bits . Love the channel

[@charlesoleary3066]

Second hand electric mini in Hungerford, low mileage, low price and still can’t sell them

[@IvanMectin]

You don't need a car in a 15 mile prison. People need to wake up!

[@devonsteve2347]

Hence why there will be fully automated taxis running continually 24/7 - you will own nothing & be happy- itll also stop you trying to move out of your area as well.

[@IvanMectin]

@@devonsteve2347 In a cashless society, your card will only work in that 15 mile prison. It's that easy.

[@devonsteve2347]

@@IvanMectin true, but they will have taxis, just to keep squeezing that bit extra ‘money/credits’ out of us. Remember, they want it ALL:)

[@nordia1976]

In the Netherlands I cannot even buy this car; only available option is hybrid! WTH! I'm sure this version with diesel would have cost 70K+ though... Tax would also be like 2000 euro a year!

[@evileyes4070]

Government can swivel

[@garywebster6453]

Get your head out the sand, no hidden agendas, buy what you like. Another neanderthal.

[@dudejames5681]

All going to Plan..

[@Qlyphy]

love the DSG gearbox, I've run two over 120k miles now, no issues at all.... others mileage may vary (literally)

[@MikeG-rh1lk]

None related story that no one else seems to report on is that ai is deleting KZbin comments with no human intervention

[@MarkB-33]

💯

[@EnglishTurbines]

The moral of this story is, don't listen to Governments trying to tell you what to do....That's the CUSTOMERS JOB....🤔😳😏🇬🇧

[@wanted-33]

This is a prime example of what we get when we elect lunitics to seats of power.

[@CosmicSeeker69]

You still think that voting makes any difference? Woooo, no sir

[@CosmicSeeker69]

Boris was a prime example of that -

[@kevinclarke3026]

Here in Ireland I purchased a brand new 2ltr diesel Octavia Estate in July and so far so good. It will run on an oily rag consistently returning over sixty mpg. I purchased now to avoid the new euro7 coming out in January 2025. The car industry and aircraft industries regardless of brand need to join up and fight back. Sponsor candidates at any elections who stand against the EU bull shxt and beyond.

[@adairwilkinson6916]

Another good vid Geoff, however, I don’t agree with your remarks on DSG boxes. I have owned over the last 16 years, 6 VW group DSG diesels (all higher power versions)and never had a problem. Gear sticks are past history!! As for the price of new cars, utterly barmy!!

[@peglor]

The dry clutch DGS's that went on some of the weaker petrol models had issues, but the wet clutch ones that had to be put on every diesel to handle the torque are very reliable apart from the mechantronic issues that some of the very early DSGs sufferend from probal15+ years ago. I wouldn't worry about buying a DSG now, though I have no intention of changing my current car until it's unrepairable. Continuing to drive my dieselgate TDI until the wheels fall is way better for the planet than manufacturing a new car every 2-3 years - especially since I don't do massive mileage.

[@alanflint7732]

Back in the 2010s, my late wife bought her first, and only brand new car. A 1.4 classic blue coloured Octavia. cost just over 14,000. It was fabulous. Spacious, comfortable, quick and economical. Since then, everything has gone taller and fatter and heavier. I ended up with a mark 1 vrs 1.8 turbo. The first Octavias were sleek and pretty. Now it's all angles and grills that look like they came from the kerbside drains. Can we go back to pretty and practical please.

[@tigersilberhannes9153]

They knew all this when then Euro6 and 7 norms were decided on, which is why they all tried to go electic because they knew those norms were impossible.

[@BlokeOnAMotorbike]

my son has a 2005 Superb, the 1.9TDi. It launches like a rocket. Gotta love an Volksaudi.

[@Elsie-uy2kl]

This is the start of the fightback against EVs. Yay. 👍

[@doctorsatansrobot]

'How is it we're only getting 47mpg?' The engine is tuned for emissions! The most economical car I've ever owned was a 1998 PD TDI passat. I've had other newer, smaller cars since and none of them have got close in mpg. The old TDI wouldn't get an MOT today though, because it sharts out so much soot.

[@aircooledmatters2291]

When did a politician ever have a well thought out solution to a problem? Never!!! The car companies need to stand up as do we all, and tell the so called powers that be, to go do one, Governments around the world need to wake up to their self made problems.

[@baronvonjo1929]

It's quite amazing how little value used cars in the UK have.

[@reinmansmith]

A perfect example of what ‘normal’ people will do when they want a car…. Go on autotrader and find a decent car at an affordable price! Unlike overpaid politicians, with their expenses all paid, who have no concept of the fact that ordinary people cannot just go out and spend £50k on a car and don’t have a driveway with a car charger! 😡

[@dheath2000]

Great video. Probably relevant to everyone and helping car manufacturers.

[@simonh870]

China is building more and more coal fired power stations to power factories that build "Environmentally friendly" EVs. How bonkers is that? As for the Skodas, the price for the fine for selling too many ICE cars is probably built into the price as £52K for a 2.0 diesel Skoda is bonkers. £6000 for a 13 year old one with 90k is also ridiculous.

[@luobomu9747]

A Skoda made in China will be made using more renewable energy than one made in the Czech Republic.

[@maxbee4460]

My new car is a VW Troc 1.5 auto petrol. Absolutely fine after 7000mls. Up to Scotland touring around and back home to Berkshire 1233 mls 53 mpg. I had diesels for 20 years but the emission controls on modern diesels is beyond comprehension at best, and major problems and expense in the future. My last car was a Tiguan tdi, the best I got was 43mpg. At 80,000 miles I could see a replacement dpf coming up, oil dilution and maybe an EGR valve either way expensive. I wouldn’t go back to diesel.

[@iggysfriend4431]

Reality comes knocking.

[@Krisemann]

If you're considering buying any Skoda of that era with a manual keep a close eye on the gearbox. These are troublesome. Dual mass flywheel separating on TDIs as well as gearbox leaks eventually causing the box to run dry and explode. I've changed a gearbox on a 2011 Octavia 1.6 TDI 4x4 and my advice is to get a FWD one. Servicing/replacing the gearbox on the 4x4 is a LOT more expensive.

[@julesviolin]

My 2003 Rover 75 achieves 49mpg & now on 210k trouble free miles. Owes me nothing and is now going up in value 😆 Proper car Happy days Owned since 2007 and has saved me £107,000 by not opting for a £400 / month lease deal 😊

[@garywebster6453]

Poor you.

[@julesviolin]

​@garywebster6453 laughing all the way to the bank actually

[@goodviewfromuphere120]

I cancelled my order for an Enyaq and bought an Octavia. I'm happier with the outcome.

[@MrPetervice]

Thank you so much

[@chrisshaw8744]

Almost as if 'they' want the motor industry to collapse leaving us no choice. Like the wierdo dressed like Ming the Merciless said - "You will own nothing and be happy. " Where's James Bond when you need him? Ming has obviously recruited what was left of Smersh😂

[@andymyers2759]

I had a Skoda Super Estelle for a few years in the mid eighties, I think it cost me about £300 for a ten year old motor without silly miles. Good value but it did have a tendency for the accelerator cable to snap and I did often have puddles in the seat wells but I still think fondly of it.

[@iainweller452]

If factory’s are being threatened with closure governments will sit up and listen, possibly

[@Tommi-C]

They don't care. The powers at be want the factories to close down. Then everything can come from China and we will need to eat the bugs.

[@garyc7464]

Not the UK, they are happy to see manufacturing go to other countries

[@gregoriousgilbert519]

Hay man again. Finally did my chain and sprokets on my Fazer on Sunday. Been out for a ride everyday since though the weather is horrible. Still got a few things to do, mainly putting a powerpoint and camera on my RoadKillr, also got a radar to fit.. Done the brakes, put an led rear light on ,so removed the crappy indicators, also done a radiator guard - has four tabs with none on alu radiator, so used jb weld, liquid metal is great stuff. Don't you agree? Also got new panniers.. cheers for this will watch part two.. From Greg-Gilbert in Somerset UK..

[@Davetheeskimo]

The normal people of the world need to start ignoring the governments the idiots are in power and those in charge don't care

[@CosmicSeeker69]

The problem is: it's the manufacturers that are getting screwed. All part of the plan

[@phils4634]

I had a Skoda Superb Wagon 20+ years ago! One gets a LOT for the money - bi-Xenon headlights, heated seats, sunroof, climate control, the lot. As a turbo diesel, extremely economical!

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

Impossible the first Skoda Superb estate was released in 2010.

[@phils4634]

@@paulie-Gualtieri. Might actually have been their hatch back. I bought it in 2002

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

@phils4634 It would have been the Passat based Superb saloon back in 2002 or first-generation Octavia.

[@therealdojj]

Have you done a thing about Australia where there is so much solar usage that the grid isn't being used and the government are paying people not to use their own solar 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Tommi-C]

Next, they will want to charge you for generating your own electricity.

[@TheSwayzeTrain]

They do charge you in certain states in the US. I saw a news segment about a man in Florida who was essentially being penalized by his electricity company for exporting more energy to the grid than he was using.

[@Tommi-C]

@@TheSwayzeTrain Crazy, I have also seen that in some states that you are not allowed to be off the grid. You will be forced to connect up at your cost.

[@paulmuff9883]

Good video and looking forward to the mugs coming out ❤️

[@leefisher816]

It’s clear that the governments know that the public will rebel if an aspect of choice is “banned” so they cannot do that directly. Instead they choose arbitrary legislation and regulations that they can force on manufacturers, in essence achieving the same aims. The manufacturer can only go bust, increase prices to pay fines, or hope that the public vote into office someone else with the balls to stop this nonsense. Given the fact we’ve just voted in Labour, that’s not going to happen soon.

[@iainrobinson4280]

I literally looked at that Superb on AT today. A diesel manual estate 2.0 170 Superb with a roof box and a towbar bike carrier is the sweet spot for family holidaying

[@Rob1972Gem]

I’m not a big believer in the electric dream purely because I have never had enough money to buy a brand-new car and I know I’m not alone in this scenario when you look at the price of electric vehicles EV’s they are not attainable and affordable for a hell of a lot of general motorists and let’s be honest this includes myself a lot of people don’t really go that far in their cars the majority of the time so the range of an EV even though it is important at be a massive problem for Even myself or a lot of people but I wouldn’t buy a secondhand EV purely because the unknown is the battery the extortionate price that EV batteries are when you need to replace one it is not worth taking the risk. I have a 2 L diesel Ford Kuga and it does me well but where I live Boston in Lincolnshire we are not blessed with 1 million and one electric chargers. I also have communal parking where I live so I cannot charge my vehicle at night. Do not have a driveway. I’m not against owning an electric vehicle. I don’t like the lies that surround the entire industry that puts me off a lot and primarily the price the price is ridiculous. They want people to buy these things and then price probably 70% of the general public out of the equation even if after the complaining that people do about range of and EV possibly wouldn’t be a problem for most people people will not adopt them because of the infrastructure is not there for charging the cost of the damn things and the bill that will be coming at some point once the battery needs replacing that basically writes the car off the price of a replacement battery yes I’m fully aware that normal combustion engine vehicle so with the same problem you damage your engine through stupidity or whatever it will cost more in a lot of occasions to buy a new or reconditioned engine than what the car is worth but at least accomplished in engine vehicles are affordable on the secondhand market. EV’s are not and are not worth taking a risk on.

[@danielhayward7214]

Geoff would you speak about the junkyard in America full of classic cars going up for auction very soon

[@generic_youtube_comment]

That would be on his other channel "Geoff buys bangers" :-)

[@DwaynePipes]

​@@generic_youtube_comment I thought that was this channel? 😂😂

[@WeAreTheUnhappyMajority]

I got myself a brilliant deal 2 years ago before the world went mad, £6000 discount on a brand new Seat Leon 1.5 130 estate es dynamic for 21,000 smackers. Try buy the same today at the same price.

[@andyleonard7219]

diesel will never die

[@micksroversmg558]

Never even with no diesel my old W124 300D will run on most oils waste cooking oil engine oil etc! Oh and the high compression diesel engine is easiest too convert too Hydrogen when that becomes the super fuel! It's a complete lie that it takes more energy too produce than petrol and diesel from crude oil! Loads of people have doubled there mpg with 12v Hydrogen assist on petrol and diesel powered cars!

[@bentullett6068]

​@micksroversmg558 the diesel engine was originally designed to run on bio diesel from day one.

[@quinndavid-h7g]

Swapped our diesel 4WD Superb to a Skoda Enyaq 85x and I am saving £100 quid a week on Diesel compared with late night charging at 7.5p per KW so 360 miles a week for around £7.50 Amazingly the Enyaq was less money new and with the saving on fuel it is virtually covering the monthly payment so a no brainer!

[@catrinalumley6628]

Just been this morning and ordered my sons Motobility car... His agent has an EV... He said batteries need to be smaller because the cars are so heavy they're damaging the roads and they need to go 1,000 miles between charges... He told me about a recent trip to Cornwall and the drama that went with it x lol x I've ordered the Vauxhall Crossland petrol, didn't get much choice in the petrol, but I only need it for local traffic for my sons activities, any major problems I go back to the dealer xxx

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

Geoff the Škoda Superb mk2 estate L&K 2012 is the absolute sweet spot, with the 170 td and 6 speed DSG.

[@peglor]

Hard to find them where I live, but I agree. I ended up with the Elegance instead, but I prefer the cream leather interior to the brown one the L&K came with. Only regrets on my spec are that I couldn't get cooled seats (L&K only) or 4WD.

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

@@peglor There's only 8 taxed L&K 170 DSG estates from 2012 in the UK now.

[@alastairhonaker1155]

Good stuff mate I've got Ln k skoda superb best car I've ever had on a 150 k drives lovely

[@berniecoles2337]

Bought my BMW 530d F11 with £12k of optional extras and 78k miles on the clock for £7500. It’s a lovely car and tbh too nice to use mainly as a dog bus, but it’s worth it when I need to take it on a trip. Also at legal(ish)speeds on the motorway it returns high 40’s mpg which I’m happy with, yet goes like stink when needed.

[@kennethfields2288]

Thanks geoff. What better way to get rid of pollution than to eliminate motor manufacturers? What happened to all those vehicles from the scrappage scheme? I seem to recall there were some fairly recent models. Anyway, my January 2007 diesel is still going well so there's no reason th change it.

[@richierich9761]

I bought a new Superb twin hatch in 2009 , with some nice extras it was £22400 otr and it averaged 43-44mpg over the 7 years that we owned it

[@TonyTheNerd]

Oh lovely, I think I'll have one of those 706.2 mpg Skoda's

[@chrisaris8756]

You CANNOT legally call them zero emissions vehicles, the Advertising Standards Agency ruled that at least a year ago

[@theotherpaulsmith]

Many car companies are registering unsold cars to meet their EV Quotas and avoid the 15k per car penalty. Which will work this year but they cant afford to keep doing it. It's costing them tens of millions. Madness.