Skoda Kodiaq - Good shooting vehicle?

[pob]

I'd like to hear more about one of these please, if anyone is running one as their shooting vehicle.

My 017 plate Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian just died. The engine ate a thrown turbo bearing. My mechanic says to scrap it. I think that I'm done with Mitsi's and pick-ups. The truckman hood kept getting broken into and wasn't watertight. The two dogs got chilled on trips back from the marsh, and I couldn't easily transport anything long. That and the fact that it's a "light goods vehicle" and I got fined for going through the Rotherhithe tunnel.

I wondered if a Euro 6, seven seat 4WD SUV type would suit me better? It would have to take the odd fallow.

Was looking today at a 2 something plate in Nissan X-trail or Kia Sorento but the Kodiaq came up as possibly a better option. Not pretty though......

 

[scotch_egg]

I think these type of vehicle are far more practical than a pickup.

Keeping an eye on this thread as my 2009 Volvo xc90 is just too thirsty to keep running like I am as a daily driver.

 

[Yeomans]

I have one of these, not used it for a shooting vehicle, more of a family car that sometimes get used for shooting. Excellent car all round. Cant fault it and the boot is biggest and most practical i've come across. Also have a Xtrail and it doesnt come close to the kodiak!

 

[Ronin]

Cheaper to rebuild or replace with rebuilt engine on the Mitsubishi and install a 12v fan to heat the rear load compartment or dog box

 

[lochty]

Not running a Kodiaq, but I do have a Yeti which is capable off road, if it's not too rough, does 54mpg on a run and I can get 3 fallow in the boot, at a push.

 

[Dunwaters]

I have one, so far so good.
Its reliable, cruises happily on the motorway and can carry 4 adults, 3 hounds and 2 deer in comfort.
You have 7 seats, but the rear 2 are small and awkward to access, for kids only or very short hops.
It’s a bit thirstier than some in the 4x4 version but so far I have no complaints.
Theyre actually a pretty big car, maybe a bit too big in an urban setting.

 

[ikapdunn]

I’ve always loved the thought of a Yeti.

 

[slider]

I think these type of vehicle are far more practical than a pickup.

Keeping an eye on this thread as my 2009 Volvo xc90 is just too thirsty to keep running like I am as a daily driver.

hmm, i went the other way, VW Tiguan to L200 pickup and find it far better for my needs

 

[alan123shooting]

I use a Sorento, have done for the past five years, put decent set of tyres on it, plenty of room in the back, and comfortable

 

[Bavarianbrit]

I have one, so far so good.
Its reliable, cruises happily on the motorway and can carry 4 adults, 3 hounds and 2 deer in comfort.
You have 7 seats, but the rear 2 are small and awkward to access, for kids only or very short hops.
It’s a bit thirstier than some in the 4x4 version but so far I have no complaints.
Theyre actually a pretty big car, maybe a bit too big in an urban setting.

Saab were going to do a 3rd row of kids seats in their estate cars but dropped the idea due to the fact that the small kids would be strapped in in in the rear end shunt crumble zone.

 

[Dunwaters]

Saab were going to do a 3rd row of kids seats in their estate cars but dropped the idea due to the fact that the small kids would be strapped in in in the rear end shunt crumble zone.

I’ve had three rows of seats in other cars, definitely for the vertically challenged or kids.
Fortunately, the extent of the shunt crumple zones was never tested.

 

[bullet chucker]

Mine is 4x4 dsg 150bhp diesel Edition very economical plenty of adult room, was good on a trip to Germany. Off road is only 60/40 electric, no competition with a defender. I have never put any fallow in the back of mine there would be plenty room.Dog box limits my space.

BC.

 

[eldon]

We have a Skoda Octavia estate and even with a 50 litre total freeze extreme freezer in the boot ( that will take x3 roe butchered) it still has half of the boot unused with the back seats up and roller blind across.
In the other half we have a plasterers/gardeners 6" deep tray which is ideal for carcases.

45+ mpg and £165 road tax. 1.5 tsi petrol has plenty of power.

 

[The Singing Stalker]

The Skoda Kodiaq ground clearance is 192 mm. Whatever that is in inches.
I have so experience with the kodiaq but I had a pickup for 12 years. I now have a Freelander.
couple of things to consider. If you don’t have a dog and you don’t need the best of the best, ie trails forest paths that sort of thing. Ground clearance to me is key. It is rare that I will need to be able to drive up the side of a mountain, so road tyres does me.
so, how to deal with dead stuff. Well, either a trailer, but for me, I use a heck basket. So comfort, good road handling and a basket that will handle a fallow.
other opinions are available but obviously wrong. Snigger.

 

[375win]

Lots of space, quality built, good fuel economy, reliable, drives really well, competitive pricing.
Country lanes, tracks and forestry rides, no problem.
Fallow fits in boot.

 

[Basil H]

As above. My wife has had a diesel 4 x 4 for about 18 months at 1,000 miles per month. A roomy pleasant to drive family vehicle with "enough" off-road ability. Its not a Defender or Cruiser (we have owned both for many years) but it doesn't set out to be nor does it need to be for most of us most of the time.

 

[pob]

Thanks for the replies chaps. I was only thinking of the 7 seat in terms of garnering extra space. Maybe that's a flawed idea. I'll have to check if the 5 and 7 seat are actually the same chassis. I share the safety and comfort concerns for anyone using the third row; I think they'll be permanently stowed away.

Interesting to hear that the 150bhp performance is acceptable. What engine and spec do people have, and what tyres are they using? I'm leaning once more towards a diesel. Will I have to use Adblue in ULEZ?

As to fixing the L200, the mechanic is saying that getting a reliable replacement engine is always a gamble. I could spend £4k on a new piston set and re-bore, but there could turn out to be cylinder head or valve damage so that would be £4k wasted. The bodywork needs about £2k of work to tidy it up, so it's bordering on uneconomical. He reckons it's worth £2.5k as it is and I'm already down £1.1k for a turbo refurb and refit, which was ultimately unsuccessful. Hard to know what to do....

 

[Basil H]

I think you will find that most variants come with 7 seats as standard. However, they fold right away. Unlike, say, a LC80 where the third row of seats is like something removed from an airliner !

 

[Dunwaters]

Thanks for the replies chaps. I was only thinking of the 7 seat in terms of garnering extra space. Maybe that's a flawed idea. I'll have to check if the 5 and 7 seat are actually the same chassis. I share the safety and comfort concerns for anyone using the third row; I think they'll be permanently stowed away.

Interesting to hear that the 150bhp performance is acceptable. What engine and spec do people have, and what tyres are they using? I'm leaning once more towards a diesel. Will I have to use Adblue in ULEZ?

As to fixing the L200, the mechanic is saying that getting a reliable replacement engine is always a gamble. I could spend £4k on a new piston set and re-bore, but there could turn out to be cylinder head or valve damage so that would be £4k wasted. The bodywork needs about £2k of work to tidy it up, so it's bordering on uneconomical. He reckons it's worth £2.5k as it is and I'm already down £1.1k for a turbo refurb and refit, which was ultimately unsuccessful. Hard to know what to do....

The 4x4 model and the S come with 7 seats as standard ( or they did 2 years ago) , there’s no difference in body size.
All the diesels are Euro 6D compliant, so they need Adblue, and it’s not an option, the car won’t run without it.
All the 2liter diesels have the same engine, they’re just have different chips and tuning, so in theory you could by the basic low power model and have it re-mapped.
I run mine on the tyres supplied as standard.
I don’t think there’s much point in fitting off road rubber, it’s not really an off road car.
Standard tyres keep me out of trouble.

 

[bullet chucker]

DON'T buy the 180bhp Petrol' if you need economy.

BC.