NotSoSimple

I too can provide a comparison as i have had my Golf GTE for a few weeks now and still have the VRS. As Pipsy says the overall build quality and feel is a lot better than the Octavia - which is should be as the retail price was about 10k more. This car has LED headlights which are awesome but they don't move with the steering wheel which is something the VRS did which was really nice. I also miss the beep on locking as this was great in car parks. The screen in the GTE is much higher quality than the VRS, the pixel count is certainly higher though i can't comment on the latest VRS equipment. I would certainly agree that you get a lot of Octavia for 25k but you certainly have no hope of retaining any of that value when it comes to selling. Mine has been on the market for a while now with very little serious interest and for the price I have it for sale now it is only £100 more than a similar spec MK2! The money its really the issue for me (although it hurts), but i think that the market is so flooded with MK3 Octavias that the second hand price value is completely ruined (and not representative of the true value) and if i didn't buy the Octavia at 0% it really would have been an awful financial mistake and I would advise people who only keep their car for a short while to avoid buying a new octavia.

The day has come - off to VW to collect the GTE! Still have the octy so can enjoy both of them at the sametime - always wanted a threesome :p

yep 38 is good for a roof box - i get about 36 with the mtn bikes on the roof of my vrs. Although over the life of the car (18months or so) the average is 34 - so fairly happy with that - if the fuel tank wasn't so small i probably wouldn't notice but as it just makes 350 miles to a tank i do stop at the good ol' pump quite often...

I agree but i just mentioned on the other topic, i have had a couple of cash offers of £16k - slightly below an 'excellent private sale' valuation. However, i only owe 15k and only put in a 1k deposit, so if i achieved 16k i would get my deposit money back and the monthlys i have paid were simply an interest free lease.

With my sale, i have had cash offers around £16k - as far as equity goes this would return almost my entire deposit as I only put in £1k on a 0% deal. I currently owe £15062 to SF, so you could argue that 18months is a good time to sell and upgrade...

It might be a buyers market - but looking at Petrol VRS - there just aren't any Mk3's for sale in the UK. From memory the Skoda website had 5 (and they are all roughly less than 1 year old) and auto trader has 2... I can understand that octavia generally are two a penny second hand (thus pushing the used values down), but the type of person looking for a VRS specifically doesn't have much choice (for petrol)

Thanks for the comments - it certainly seems that the 0% deal and a high list price has hurt the depreciation of the cars. My VRs was on the 0% deal and I'm not in neg equity (but it is close dependant on the sale price!) I think the main thing is that i look at the car in the driveway and it looks gorgeous and is in perfect condition inside and out and then think to myself it must be worth more than £14500 - you can barely buy a new Peugeot for that! . Certainly the second owner of a nearly new octavia gets a cracking deal as the depreciation must slow down after 20 months or so..

Yes, I have all the original parts (springs and wheels - though these have the winter tyres on) No winter pack, it was possible to have the heated seats without the heated screen - i think this has changed now...

Im selling the car as i have a company car coming and i can't afford to run both - :(. She has done 31000 miles and is in excellent condition. I would link to the auto trader ad but i fear this post would be pulled so a quick search of auto trader will find it as it is one of only two private VRS for sale in the UK!!!!!! The car is white with black alloys (pics with roof bars) so should be a safe colour bet.

I am in the process of selling my VRS and of course you look around to see what it available and price accordingly. There are approximately 4 petrol VRS estates in the UK for sale on the Skoda website - most of them are under 1 year old. Mine is only 18months old or so and yet there are very few similar examples on the second hand market. So when i got a 'free' valuation from WhatCar to give me an indication i chuckled at how low the valuation was (£14000). If this is accurate the VRS must be up there with the fastest depreciating cars out there! However, on reflection if there are little or no cars on the open market - surely the valuations cannot be accurate as there are simply not enough trades happening? Anyone got ideas or do i sell my immaculate car with loads of extras for an absolute pound land price? Feeling :(

You are right, confirmed by my dealer that the 'imminent' MY16 model does get a larger 6.5" screen. He says it is the only change for the new MY. Carnet is included already for three years. So i miss out, but i will get my GTE before the main dealer gets their demonstrator!

I got 148mph on the sat nav speedo on the autobahn last august. There may have been more but traffic/corners didn't allow. VRS TSI manual estate (2013) - oh and the insta fuel use was at 11mpg

Well the GTE is on the ship to Grimsby now, having been built in Germany. Annoying to read that they are up speccing the screen - i will have to have a word with the dealer about that! This is on a company lease - approx £300 p/m with 3 months upfront. As the Bik is only 5% and i can charge at the office (the tax man doesn't YET class staff using electricity as a BIK) this will be a lot cheaper than the VRS - though i am going to miss it as it is an awesome car Definitely gonna miss the boot, but as it is normally full of dog crate the bikes, kayaks, skies etc already go on the roof so it shouldn't be too hard to adapt and the dogs don't get a say!

Oh didn't know that!

Well, just a quick post to say that i am giving up my VRS beauty in the next few weeks as a new car is coming. A Golf GTE....