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Skoda Octavia Estate or Superb for tricky road parking??

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Mammmma · 18/07/2019 10:56

Settled on buying a skoda but have heard Superb is tricky to park/drive?? Live on a narrow street but need a bigger family car. Is Octavia Estate more reasonable to Superb as is its much bigger?

Got 2 young children (under 3yrs) with possible 3rd in the future 😕 but DH refuses to contemplate a family car like C-max/S-max/7 seaters as too big.
(I appreciate 3 car seats won’t technically fit in but our childminder can get 3 sensible seats all forward facing in back of a c-max so DH thinks it’s possible if pushed in a Skoda or buying those fixed rows of 3 seats 😆- he’s desperate not to get too bigger a car!) Is Superb better if 3rd kid even a possibility? Thanks 😅

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Nowthereistwo · 18/07/2019 11:01

Love our Octavia estate VRS, it's now the older model. Ours has parking sensors 360 and can self parallel park which would solve your parking issue. The boot is huge in both.

But we couldn't get 3 car seats in the back - we had 2 early stages and you couldn't sit between them

JoinTheDots · 18/07/2019 19:26

I also love the Octavia estate VRS we have but no way you would get a third seat in the back. Interested in what people think of the Superb, as DH is interested in getting one to replace the Octavia at some point. Had not heard it might be hard to park....

Mammmma · 20/07/2019 13:47

Just an update! Sister in laws family all have Skodas- always have. Her mother just upgraded to Superb and ended up exchanging it for Octavia as too long for standard parking spaces. In theory it is. So think we’ll go Octavia but like the vRS parking!

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lovelyupnorth · 09/08/2019 21:27

Love my superb estate. Not had any issues parking it. Though would get front park sensors next time as well

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