Here’s Why this Skoda is the Best Pickup Truck in Malta
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- Skoda Felicia truck review. Here’s Why this Skoda is the Best Pickup Truck in Malta, truck review and truck tour with Scotty Kilmer. Car show off contest winner Marvin and his 1997 Skoda pickup truck. What it's like to drive a Skoda truck. This 22 year old truck is small, but it's perfect for driving in the small streets of Europe. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 51 years.
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That robot car has the steering wheel on the wrong side.
Hey Scotty. I really want a 89-91 Benz SEL. I'd probably drive it twice a week. Maybe use it to visit the vineyards on Eastern Long Island on the weekends in the summer (no, I'm not rich) is it a bad idea?
I like it
Damn right scotty! Equal car love around the world. It was sweet watching him drive aroumd another country. So cool, i love yutes
Love it. Don't like it too bad. 🤣
In America huge pickup trucks drive around with empty beds, the banks own them and let drivers use them as along as they keep making payments.
Tony Montana haha 😂 it is true
Same as here in Singapore, irregardless if you purchase on loan or paid in full for the vehicle (from bikes to trucks), it's never yours cause after the COE (certificate to allow a person to 'buy' and 'keep' a vehicle for 10 years) expire, the owner (driver) will have to decide to either renew the COE to 'keep' and continue using it or scrap the vehicle...
@@silcosilva Same for cabs in Thailand except it's 10 years as a cab then must become a private vehicle or scrapped.
My folks have a Silverado 1500 and a Dodge Ram 3500. The dodge is for hauling horses a couple times a week and the Silverado is for moving around bails of hay and equipment. When I see empty beds all the time it makes me laugh 😂
Good point Tony. I see those pickups all the time but I never paid attention to how many have empty beds. LOL!
Greetings from Czech Republic! This is a Scotty type of car :) Extremely cheap to run and extremely reliable. The Czech designed and made 1.3 motor can do 1mil no problem. Unfortunately, now we get Škoda cars only with VW motors which more or less suck.
Can't find Czech Republic on the map, is it close to Czechia?
@@paulparoma Its cutout Felicia, not Favorit. Its newer but still kinda crap.
@@henoch44 They are both terrible names. Just say it the proper way. Česko (chess - ko)
@@komixan crap because of communists😉
paulparoma Well it may have been the VW upgraded Favorit, since there was a minor facelift in 1991 when VW bought Škoda, the original czech/czechoslovak Favorits had asymetrical front mask and no round Škoda logo on the back. Felicia is based on the 1993 Favorit’s facelift, since almost the entire interior shares the same design, though rounded in some places. This can be visible mainly on the lower part of the console and door interior. Exteriorwise, Felicia is a rouded Favorit, and the 1.3 liter engine is the same Favorit used, only varying in power (40-50kw, carb/SPI/MPI).
This particular engine type is an upgraded version of the engine from 1960’s used in 1000MB, 100, 110 and 742 models. It was upgraded from 1L to 1.4L when it was supplied to Fabia with 1.4MPI configuration. Then the engine was discotinued. Škoda still develops engines, but they are now VW branded. They are produced in Vrchlabí, where Felicia’s were also produced (I do also own one, but that particular one was made in Mladá Boleslav).
The Terminator decided to drive a car with 1.3l engine , good call man
Seriously bro you can't kill a 1.3 Skoda engine , mine had blown head gasket kept working for a year that way lol 😂
+Chris Ayres
But it still blew a head gasket and didn't work after a year I presume?
@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge nah it still ran ok as long as coolant was topped up everyday lol , car only cost me £300 in first place so was happy to get a years usage from it, most reliable car though I ever owned was a Citroen ZX Turbo Diesel 247 thousand miles before the Turbo blew not bad
LOL Good One!
Scotty is a simple man, live free or die loving Toyota
Live free or buy this one brand. Sooooooooo...communism?
AJSMR 😂 yeah no doubt. l think that Scotty likes the ganja and why he wears glasses all the time LOL
Stone S lol
@@stoneseabolt If it works.............
Stone S - hardly. He’s entitled to his opinion. The key thing about Scotty is that he’s got zero concerns about maintaining some image, which most of there rest of the over-commercialized, image-conscious USA canNOT say about themselves.
Malta is beautiful place and your pickup is cute.
I also visited, people were very friendly, and so much history packed in such a small Island. my main purpose of my trips was to visit the ruins.
One thing that stood out about the culture there, is how people preserve things, you can still see "graffiti" on the walls from Roman occupation, or even earlier, the public buses are really old, but look like new vehicles built as retro. people in general seem to take care of things , not the "disposable" society you see in the West.
Yes!! I LOVE Malta!!! I visited for a couple weeks in July 2005. My heart has yet to return from this beautiful island!!
Hey Scotty , I had a Skoda Felicia with same engine , these are so well made I drove with a blown head gasket for over 1 year , all I did each day before work was top up the coolant and the thing kept going. One day the plastic oil cap came off the engine due to excess pressure , but the thing kept on running , in the end I sold it for £100 to a mechanic and I'm sure it's still running today lol 😂 not bad for a 25 year old Czech car.
My dad owns a Skoda Felicia 1.3 from 1997. He's 5th or 6th owner and every owner was treating that car without respect and it is still running. Due to being run on LPG the engine blew out completely, but managed to find new engine and mechanic to replace it, all for 300 euros :D
tonchie23 yeah bro these things are cheap as chips to repair and buy, you can get an engine with low miles for under £200 on eBay , any other car the cost would be over £1000 at least
These cars don't give up! will forever love mine!
I like Skoda. Better than VW
I think they look better
From what I understand, Skoda is the same, but less expensive and better looking.
VW owns skoda and the engines are vw
@@Definitely_Someone VW engine problems in the 2010s affected Skoda too unfortunately. God bless those who have pre-2010s engines!
Here's my none offensive comment, Morning Scotty rev up your skodas
I'm a diet skoda guy, myself.
Steve P me too! My favorite diet skoda is Coke Zero!
Now hold on Scotty thinks a Volkswagen Group product is good? HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE!
Pretty sure he likes 1st gen beetle.
Skoda owns a different story,lots of their products are simple projects,you snitch and they run,even though VW cars in EU are decent vehicles
the felicia was made mainly by škoda only a few parts were made by volkswagen, this is the last model that is somewhat pure škoda after this one they were all made by volkswagen afaik
@iBiana Doubt They made them in Mexico,I live in China and the VW made in China are also junk,they may only produce well-made VWs in Europe
Skoda are known in general to be better built and more reliable than VW. Although in Europe Volkswagens are fairly reliable too.
Driving a Skoda pickup in Malta is now on my bucket list. What a beautiful place!
Scotty, thank you for Show Off Sunday and taking us near and far!
Good to see that we managed to get featured in one of your videos, loads of fans on the Island Scotty :)
Scotty, thanks for sharing your knowledge with the world. Information is priceless. Especially for those of us that are do it yourselfers. Keep up the good work!
Holy crap what goes for a street there wouldn't pass for an alley here. That lady walking along the wall sure is trusting. That pick-up is certainly the perfect vehicle for its mission. Thanks for the video.
The best car ever! ✌🏻👀
(I got one)
Thank you for showing us your truck. I might be in the minority on this, but that is the first time that I have ever heard of or seen a Skoda. It reminds me of a little Nissan Frontier that I had a long time ago. It had a small 4 cylinder engine, a 5 speed manual transmission. It was a great little truck and it got really great gas mileage. In the three years that I leased it, it never gave me the first problem. Thank you for showing us some of the footage of Malta. The background at the 0:32 mark looked like a very beautiful area. It is a country that I have only read about.
Great video about the Skoda and lovely to see the streets of Malta. Looks fantastic.
This is a great new feature on your channel, sir. I look forward to seeing more cool and useful rides from around the world. Wish we could get these little trucks here in the U.S.
Wow...Malta looks like a beautiful country. We had alot of those Scoda pick ups and hatchbacks here in Trinidad and Tobago back in the early 2000s, most of which are off the roads now due to a lack of affordable and reliable replacement parts in our stores.
Skoda is like the solid VW
Thanks Scotty. In the early 80s here in Canada, friends of ours with a motorcycle shop picked up a license to sell Skodas. If you called it a "dealership" people would laugh at you. The Skoda 120s that came here first had a rear-engine and were barely able to "get out of their own way." I was driving a VW Bug back then so that's saying something. My buddy's dad got rid of them after a few years because they were taking up too much space and he was always fixing them.
i wanted to see the harbor in Malta ,,,GOOD VIDEO AGAIN ...THX Ed Loretto Ontario Canada
First gen Škoda Fabia / Octavia are legendary and almost invincible cars on the level of american '90s Toyota Corolla
My dad has one and you are right!
My family used to have one
Seeing pictures and seeing them on the road just makes me smile😊
I still have the first gen Skoda Combi
I visited Valetta, Malta in, are you ready for this, 1968. I was in the Knavey then. We were there twice and I enjoyed both visits. The folks there were great, the country was great. Great video. Geez, why is everything great with me? Adios, Scotty.
Cool little truck AND I LOVE MALTA!!! Such a lovely, beautiful, magical place!!!
02:30 Those tiny streets surrounded by those old buildings are so cool! I dont think our American cars would do well there though.
Every European country have those narrows streets and in fact is pretty cool.... is like going back in history
malta is a niece place to visit.most people have no idea were it is.
how true@InfiniteMushroom
I want a Felicia just so I can get plates that say BYE. Great video!
Finally a car made by my country :D
Ha! I grew up in Czech and I would have never believed that Skoda can be considered a good car. Amazing.
Trust me Alena the Felicia was better made than anything the UK had at the time , here we get awful Vauxhall and Ford's that won't last 5 days let alone 25 years lol 😂
Alena Klimesova you have to wait ten years to buy a car. cars come from Poland, Yugoslavia, Romania East Germany, and the Soviet Union.
Alena...The Czech people are very smart and great engineers. They were unfortunately dominated by more aggressive powers. The Germans stole so much Czech technology.
@@frankdenardo8684 What are you babbling about grandpa?
Wayne T they had a waiting list to get a car.
I have been to Malta and their English was very easy to understand.😃
Never knew Moonman had a vehicle
@Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji hahaha
@Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji best reply to a YT comment I've seen in a long time
Wooooow from my country Malta!!! I thought I'm the only one watching Scotty from this island.... but I was wrong 😊😊
Grazzi Siehbi
I've had three Skoda Octavias, all of them as fleet vehicles in different specifications over the last past year. All of them very good cars, reliable, safe, good build quality. The best thing about them is that they use the best of tried and test parts of the VW Group and utilise them into their own vehicles. I would definitely recommend them to anyone and I hope that one day that the US Market will recognise just how good these cars are in comparison with most other vehicles already in their market place.
I want to drive an F-350 around Malta 😀
How about a Ford L-9000 conventional?.(HAHA!!)
Good luck, man, :V
You'd get stuck between those narrow streets.
@@herbwag6456 I'd have pull in the mirrors yes,but getting stuck...probably not,but it would be one whopper of a challenge though.
@@4gauge10 eh, I drive trucks at times and I go into UK residential areas. You'll be fine. If I can fit with an 18 tonner you could probably fit with your Ford just fine.
A nice clean small truck, small trucks like shown do have a advantage at times.
Cool truck,nice city .
I have a Skoda Octavia Estate(based on the Mk3 VW Passat) with a 1.9 SDi (non-turbo) diesel engine. 55+ US mpg. I can drive 913 miles(1470km) on one tank of diesel(58L)
O1 is based on Golf 4
Was there 2.0 l gasoline engine in Golf IV? I believe it originated from Passat and was transformed to Skoda Octava U1 Combi
I like seeing old little vehicles like this, simpler times.
I noticed the narration was a robotic voice but to be sure about that I checked your comment Mr. Kilmer and my theory was right. It would be very hard to understand the real person's accent.
Wow! Someone of intelligence!
We had one of these back in Türkiye. That was so much fun to drive in the country side.
Perfect. Next time we in Malta, I'll get one.
Ive got a V-6 1999 tacoma pre-runner, garage kept with only 130k on it i bought almost new. Eat your hearts out!
People walk up to me trying to buy it fairly often... I just smile bigly.
I didn't know steph hawking was still alive and drove pick ups this was a interesting video!
nice dash cam of the streets of Malta! Neat little truck!
I have fabia with 1.4 engine which is basically that 1.3 and it is undestructable on 384000 km already!
model year?
@@loumidis15 it is 2000 year model but I think they made them till 2004 with 1.4 8v which is way better than vw 1.4 16 v that replaced it
@@mirkicbacekovc i see.. i am driving a 2008 fabia 1.2, 180.000klm not a single problem
Morning Scotty! Thanks for all your advice!👍
morning!
This little thing was very popular in the Dominican Republic in the mid nineties. I remember seeing it loaded with about 2 tons of platanos and running trought potholes like nothing's wrong.
I love that truck. Simple and sweet. Work on it myself. Cheap transportation with a perpose
My dad was given one of these for a goverment job in the Dominican Republic i leant manual in this one we traveled the entire country mom and dad in the front and kids and friends in the back we used to put a mattress in the back. Tears in my eyes.
I spent a few days in Malta back in 1993. Lots of small cars and tight streets. We walked everywhere. The last time I saw a Skoda was back in Iceland in 1988.
Interesting pick up truck. Thx Scottie!
Cool little pickup. In some places something like that is a good idea
A steering knob! Heck yea! I thought only us truck drivers would use them..that's good for your shoulder..smart
Bad in an accident
Needless to say that in Malta its ILLEGAL to have a steering knob. By the way I'm Maltese
@@chvella really...
@@RaulGarcia-cg3vn Yep you must have both hands on the steering wheel. except when changing gear. Most cars and trucks are manual here
i was enjoying just watching him drive around malta.
Those styled-steel wheels are beautiful !
Sober and stylish at the same time.
So cool. Malta is an ancient place - those streets, wowo. That suicide knob takes me back.
I own the hatchback version with sunroof and all the extras (fog lights and abs lmao) it's a very good car, it has goof throttle response compared to the newer budget cars out there as it still has manual throttle cable and it's a pushrod. I love it
This was a nice video!
Just Bought One 60'000 Miles One Previous Owner Totally Original And I Think It's The Best Car I Have Owned
So cool! My family is from Malta!
Sunday morning Scotty... then it's nap time!
Cool vid. Cooler compact pickup those are some really narrow street I will never complain about doubled parked cars again 😂
Wow! Couldn't imagine trying fit my long bed Ford F-150 on those streets in Malta let alone trying to make some of those tight turns.
This place is beautiful!
Text to voice. Gotta love it
I would love a car like that - car in the front and truck in the back. Perfect.
Wow such beautiful streets. Very scenematic.
I have a Škoda Felicia hatchback as a beater car and it's awesome
I took it rallying on a horrendous dirt road yesterday, I was driving at 80kmh(50mph) and it was jumping and it bottomed out a few times, but nothing broke and it was hella fun
it's not a Toyota, but it's pretty much unkillable
If you trade it or it gets totaled, do you then get to say Bye Felicia 😂😂😂😂😂
Nice videos and infos Scotty
That was very neat to see how it is to drive in a medieval city.
Skoda sounds like a brand of beer. Even the logo looked like it.
Makes sense in our part of the world where we had Suzuki vans and pick ups for our narrow roads.
I like it, looks practical.
Im from Malta and my first car was a skoda favorit 😄
Great cars i drove one of them for 3 years
Very cool video
Sweet Lil ride
I remember they came out with a special edition called "Skoda Felicia Fun" it had retractable seats in the bed. so it was a half convertible!! that was the cool one. Just if anyone wants to check it out. Most of these (the ones from this video) pickups came with a box on the back, like most of european pickups - it looks cool with the box taken off though, gotta admit.
That is a cool little truck! Didn't we have something that looked like that here in the U.S.?
Malta looks beautiful.
Cool little vehicle. Looks like it is useful there in Malta
Judging by the air cleaner box, this has the same carb as the Favorit? It's a pretty rare sight to see a Felicia with a carb.
The Czechs build good guns but we don’t get their cars here. I’d love a little pickup like that.
That thing looks cool. I want one
Cool truck Marvin..
i live in Bosnia and got the same pickup 1.9 diesel for my shop its great for what it is
See this show is so popular, it is broadcast all around the world.
I laughed when I saw that little truck until I saw the narrow streets. Even a Toyota Tacoma would be difficult to park in that city.
Boy are those streets narrow! Nice truck!
Wow i thought uk had narrow roads but Malta it's on a whole new level lol
Looks like a fun little vehicle
Skoda superb mk2 owner here 1.9tdi very very reliable car.116000mile and no serious issues.
Right now Weird Al Yankovic is writing a song that sounds like "My Sharona" but is "Love my Skoda"!
Malta looks beautiful
Loved this one! Super cool to see cars designed and built to suit the many European countries. Our North American pickups (Even S10s) would be too bulky for Europe.
That pick up is so cool they should make more like that
Good choice. That's what most people need anyway.
I've driven many 1.9 Diesels. They're pretty good pick-ups actually!
Reminds me of my 80's Ford Courier, fun to drive with manual, but would not feel safe in US, with Suv's and cellphones on the road. In Ems, a scratch on rear Explorer bumper meant guy in Fiesta had two broken knees and a trip to the hospital and much therapy to recover. Never felt safe in old small cars after that. But nice example of vehicle.
We need to bring this kind of cheap, dependable, and simple small truck back to the U.S.