Skoda Octavia

[Planehazza]

So, the VXR is finally gone. Will miss the power, but good riddance if I'm honest.

Looking at something more practical now.

What are peoples thoughts on the Skoda Octavia, particularly 1.8 turbo TSI Elegance model?

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Or better yet, the vRS:

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or

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[PeteStewardson]

I have an Octy VRS, but sadly the TDI. The only thing I can criticize about it is that its slow. But then I dropped from a remapped 270bhp Leon Cupra R, to a 170bhp TDI. Build quality is above Seat IMO, and I've owned about 12 Seat cars but would always buy a Skoda above one these days. Handles well too, and the boot is HUGE!

[Mylee]

I have a passat estate with the 2.0 TFSI engine. Being petrol was cheap as chips to buy but suits my 8k yearly mileage. Only 'bad' thing is the £265 yearly tax.
Boot is huge, car is comfortable and quick being the 200bhp model.

[Arwel]

I have a VRS Blackline 170 tdi estate, It's the third one I have had. Plenty of room for helis and comfy enough to go long distances in.It's cheap to run and insure which is ideal.

[Planehazza]

Thanks all, I'm going to look at this on Friday. Sadly the vRS sold this morning.

[URL="http://www.dmkeith.com/skoda/used-cars/search/5795/skoda-octavia#"]Used Cars - 2011 Skoda Octavia 1.8 TSI Elegance Brilliant Silver Metallic[/URL]

1.8 TSI Elegance. Not a massive spec, but huge and still very fun at 7.6s to 62mph. Look comfy and plenty of heli space as said!

The dealer is an RC guy too funnily enough, so spent most of the conversations talking about planes and FPV stuff.

There isn't much room for movement on the price, but for £9995, I'd be getting a newish car with low mileage, 1 year MOT (at least 9 months he said), 1 year Skoda Warranty with AA Recovery, and he will throw in 2 year's servicing too. Is that still a high price? Should I be wangling for more or a lower price?

Really like this too, but it's a long way from Newcastle...

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