RE: Skoda Roomster Scout | Shed of the Week

[woops]

It’s not very pistonheads, but actually if you owned one you’d use it more often than not, it’s everything you need and nothing you don’t. Probably quite fun to thrash about in and I’d rather this 2nd hand than a new £100k ev that takes me to 60 in 3 seconds, offers me 15 driving modes and then leaves stranded at a service station for 2 hours

[cerb4.5lee]

Court_S said:

Blackpuddin said:

If SOTW was bingo, with cliches instead of numbers, you'd nearly have a line there.
PS It's Werthers. According to a friend.

It maybe a cliche, but it does give of some serious pensioner vibes.

Totally agree. You'd have to be almost completely dead to drive around in one of these for me.

[Escort Si-130]

Snubs said:

Uncle John said:

No, just no.

You need to be over 70 to drive one for a start.

Not even reading it.

Agreed!

Definitely agree, wtf is this piece of st, shed you been smoking crack, has Mrs shed kick you out on the streets to go find a fktard vehicle

[Llandudno]

Perfect family car for us. Two babies, rural living (15" rims with snow tyres) and 80k faultless miles. Only got rid because the babies grew into kids. We have a Kodiaq now.

PS its sahara sand, not beige.

[MC Bodge]

cerb4.5lee said:

Court_S said:

Blackpuddin said:

If SOTW was bingo, with cliches instead of numbers, you'd nearly have a line there.
PS It's Werthers. According to a friend.

It maybe a cliche, but it does give of some serious pensioner vibes.

Totally agree. You'd have to be almost completely dead to drive around in one of these for me.

Why so?

[anonymous-user]

If it’s a good car, the image doesn’t matter when it comes to shedding. Amazes me how image conscious this forum can be.

[MC Bodge]

F20CN16 said:

If it’s a good car, the image doesn’t matter when it comes to shedding. Amazes me how image conscious this forum can be.

Quite.

If you were driving about in it, a useful car that a lot of people regard quite highly, I'm not sure why anybody would care what other people looking on would think about them, if they even notice them.

[StuntmanMike]

Snubs said:

Uncle John said:

No, just no.

You need to be over 70 to drive one for a start.

Not even reading it.

Agreed!

I agree with the sentiment, it would be a decent shed though.

[biggbn]

Buy a cheap one, turn turn tdi wick right up, replace the R with a Z and annoy people with your Zoomster!! I love these, would buy one for dog and bike duties

[MC Bodge]

biggbn said:

Buy a cheap one, turn turn tdi wick right up, replace the R with a Z and annoy people with your Zoomster!! I love these, would buy one for dog and bike duties

Like this one

[Klippie]

Back in the day I was given one as a courtesy car when my Fabia VRS was in for a service...it was quite impressive, horror show to look at though.

Cheap reliable transport whats not to like.

[cerb4.5lee]

MC Bodge said:

cerb4.5lee said:

Court_S said:

Blackpuddin said:

If SOTW was bingo, with cliches instead of numbers, you'd nearly have a line there.
PS It's Werthers. According to a friend.

It maybe a cliche, but it does give of some serious pensioner vibes.

Totally agree. You'd have to be almost completely dead to drive around in one of these for me.

Why so?

I'm coming more from the direction of being a car enthusiast. So this would be one of the last cars I'd think of driving/owning from that perspective that's all. If you have a genuine interest in cars I just can't see how you'd ever think of this as an option imo.

[ajprice]

As a few others have said, I like the Skoda's of this time before they were more fully assimilated into the VAG Borg. Roomster, Yeti, going back a bit, the Felicia Fun pickup with the pull out rear seats. It didn't get to the UK, but in Europe there was a Roomster Monte Carlo model, we did get a Black Edition that's similar but all black.



It's still the same shape, but a few blacked out semi VRS bits do make it less Werther's Original . Everything has potential.

[Mammasaid]

BFleming said:

They did the Roomster as an actual van in some markets. I give you the Skoda Praktik.

That does have a look about it.

[MC Bodge]

cerb4.5lee said:

MC Bodge said:

cerb4.5lee said:

Court_S said:

Blackpuddin said:

If SOTW was bingo, with cliches instead of numbers, you'd nearly have a line there.
PS It's Werthers. According to a friend.

It maybe a cliche, but it does give of some serious pensioner vibes.

Totally agree. You'd have to be almost completely dead to drive around in one of these for me.

Why so?

I'm coming more from the direction of being a car enthusiast. So this would be one of the last cars I'd think of driving/owning from that perspective that's all. If you have a genuine interest in cars I just can't see how you'd ever think of this as an option imo.

As a driving enthusiast, it's not necessarily about the car or what it looks like.

[cerb4.5lee]

MC Bodge said:

cerb4.5lee said:

MC Bodge said:

cerb4.5lee said:

Court_S said:

Blackpuddin said:

If SOTW was bingo, with cliches instead of numbers, you'd nearly have a line there.
PS It's Werthers. According to a friend.

It maybe a cliche, but it does give of some serious pensioner vibes.

Totally agree. You'd have to be almost completely dead to drive around in one of these for me.

Why so?

I'm coming more from the direction of being a car enthusiast. So this would be one of the last cars I'd think of driving/owning from that perspective that's all. If you have a genuine interest in cars I just can't see how you'd ever think of this as an option imo.

As a driving enthusiast, it's not necessarily about the car or what it looks like.

That is a fair point, however I personally still couldn't get enthusiastic about driving this.

[MC Bodge]

cerb4.5lee said:

MC Bodge said:

cerb4.5lee said:

MC Bodge said:

cerb4.5lee said:

Court_S said:

Blackpuddin said:

If SOTW was bingo, with cliches instead of numbers, you'd nearly have a line there.
PS It's Werthers. According to a friend.

It maybe a cliche, but it does give of some serious pensioner vibes.

Totally agree. You'd have to be almost completely dead to drive around in one of these for me.

Why so?

I'm coming more from the direction of being a car enthusiast. So this would be one of the last cars I'd think of driving/owning from that perspective that's all. If you have a genuine interest in cars I just can't see how you'd ever think of this as an option imo.

As a driving enthusiast, it's not necessarily about the car or what it looks like.

That is a fair point, however I personally still couldn't get enthusiastic about driving this.

I'm not sure how that could provoke the hyperbole of an "almost completely dead" reaction, though.

If you wanted a cheap, small, utilitarian (better?) alternative to a Berlingo it could be a good choice. Preferable to carrying bulky items and a family by hand. I'd prefer driving this on a good road to driving a supercar around Manchester city centre.

The MK1 Fabia wasn't bad to drive, and this is apparently better.

[cerb4.5lee]

MC Bodge said:

cerb4.5lee said:

MC Bodge said:

cerb4.5lee said:

MC Bodge said:

cerb4.5lee said:

Court_S said:

Blackpuddin said:

If SOTW was bingo, with cliches instead of numbers, you'd nearly have a line there.
PS It's Werthers. According to a friend.

It maybe a cliche, but it does give of some serious pensioner vibes.

Totally agree. You'd have to be almost completely dead to drive around in one of these for me.

Why so?

I'm coming more from the direction of being a car enthusiast. So this would be one of the last cars I'd think of driving/owning from that perspective that's all. If you have a genuine interest in cars I just can't see how you'd ever think of this as an option imo.

As a driving enthusiast, it's not necessarily about the car or what it looks like.

That is a fair point, however I personally still couldn't get enthusiastic about driving this.

I'm not sure how that could provoke the hyperbole of an "almost completely dead" reaction, though.

If you wanted a cheap, small, utilitarian (better?) alternative to a Berlingo it could be a good choice. Preferable to carrying bulky items and a family by hand. I'd prefer driving this on a good road to driving a supercar around Manchester city centre.

The MK1 Fabia wasn't bad to drive, and this is apparently better.

Yes and my comment was probably a bit over the top to be fair.

Don't get me wrong as a car to chuck stuff into from a practical perspective...and a cheap runarond I do understand the appeal. This is PH though, so in many ways I struggle to see how it even ends up on here(even as a shed) that's all.

[Jaguar steve]

MC Bodge said:

F20CN16 said:

If it’s a good car, the image doesn’t matter when it comes to shedding. Amazes me how image conscious this forum can be.

Quite.

If you were driving about in it, a useful car that a lot of people regard quite highly, I'm not sure why anybody would care what other people looking on would think about them, if they even notice them.

To denigrate the Roomster for it's perceived image is to miss the point of a Roomster entirely.

It's a common conceit on PH that everybody automatically strives to be seen in the most expensive and prestigious car they can get their hands on in order to maintain their image and social status. Many become quite hostile when it's pointed out not everybody is interested in image or status and not everybody aspires to play the same silly games they do.

[Hotel Indigo]

First time I heard of these was when my FIL was ordering a new one in 2007. As a bit of a car nerd, my first surprise was that I had not heard of it. Then I saw the pics in the brochure....

...and 4 years later, he live it so much he replaced it with another one! Much nicer, petrol, pano roof.

We had both of him. They were both real growers: I soon saw why the FIL was impressed.

When my other car was a Chimaera, this was fabulous. Whipped the seats outs for bikes, booze cruises, and it even took a kitchen to the skip.

Very, very sad when we sold the last one and bought a Peugeot Partner Teepee (seems I cannot escape the stupid car names).

Also disappointed the the mooted replacement was canned.

Super transport.