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Cheers Stuart, I'm Newcastle Upon Tyne which is a bit far from Kent lol I was going to go to Silbury today but things conspired against me, perhaps mid week...

Cheers Rob Now that's exactly the kind of deal I am looking for!

Edit: Oh and I wouldn't be entitled to the 0% finance deal over 2 years. I set his straight though, muppet

Very premature apparently although the chance was there so I took it. It's not often someone buys a 3 litre petrol. So I was in the showroom today asking if they had any ex-demos etc They only had one and as luck would have it, it was an estate but iunfortunately the managing director had it out for the day. Earliest I could see it would be Monday........strange that he taks the car away for the weekend when it's more likely to sell. Car was advertised at £21,000 for3 months old with 7000 miles on the clock. Sale rep got very upset when I said I could get brand new for that price with my exact spec (£20, 500 for estate with DSG, Bolero, PDC, Xenons, Metallic) Started going on about supply and demand and yes there was a shortage at the moment. He suggested that if I bought from drive the deal I may end up waiting a very long time for the car if at all as they would be making a loss on that kind if price. And if it is supply and demand that sales through Skoda would take priority. Ended the conversation with a bye bye which I thought was very amateurish. So looks like drive the deal and I'll get a rundaround for the wait. Anyone know what sort of times it could be?

Not when I don't have a car (sold on Saturday)and am biking to work. Plus need it for the trip to the Lakes in August. You talking about Derek Slacks in Middlesborough I think?

So just phoned Silbury Skoda to get the low down, nothing in stock near him. So I asked what the delivery times would be on a brand new model vRS CR DSG Estate - approx 4 months :'( now there's no way I can wait that long, ar$e!

Not many of them on the Autotrader but just as an example: Year:2007 SKODA OCTAVIA 2.0 TDI PD 170 VRS 5dr Diesel Estate Mileage: 36,000 £10,500 I'll admit I would quite happily not buy brand new but there is very litle currently available at the 6 months mark. DSG would be preferred as I can spend quite a bit of time queueing to get through the Tyne Tunnel twice a day Diesel as it gets better mpg, easier to sell on etc Fair enough I could go hatchback or estate without too much issue Xeons yeah I could take it or leave it but again come resale it'll probably **** quicker with Leather seats are not for me, I've had a few and it's too cold in the winter and gives you a sweaty back in the summer

So I'm looking to buy a decent perfromance diesel hatchback or estate and am having really problems decding what I should do. I really fancy the Skoda Octavia vRS CR TDi DSG Estate (facelift) but I'm having problems justifying the costs. Drive the deal will sell the car with certain options (Columbus, Maxidot, Xenons, PDC, Metallic paint) for £20,500 which is a great price. However when you look on Autotrader or Pistonheads and then query Parkers the used price for a 3 year old car (based on 60,000 miles which fair enough the most I'll do is 30,000) the recommended price is £10,000. That's an eye watering £10,000 in 3 years of driving! I'm not sure I can justify that, especially when you could get say an older Audi for less and it would probably not depreciate that much, admittedly I'm struggling to find a decent low mileage one in Avant spec too. Skoda lists very few 1 year old VRSs in estate form with the DSG gearbox For the ones avalable as it's a Skoda price you're paying more so approx £2000 difference between that and the DTD price which for that you'd be better buying new with 0 miles. Then there's the issue of ordering and length of build / delivery. Just wondering what people's thoughts are on the depreciation ascept of the vRS Are prices tumbling as fast as suggested? Anyone managing to get lower new prices than the ones advertised? I know new cars have slumped a bit again so was wondering if there are any deals to be done. Thanks for reading

Yeah doesn't look good: Octavia Hatchback CR170 DSG with: 3 spoke multifunction steering wheel with audio controls and gearshift paddles Bi Xenon headlights with adaptive front lighting system and headlight washers Cloth upholstery Columbus DVD sat nav with Maxidot Front and rear parking sensors Full size steel spare wheel Heated front seats Metallic paint Bloody ditherer!!

Although I am slightly worried about the CR170 fault thread. If I ordered from DTD this week what do you reckon my chances wuold be or getting it before the end of the year? By the looks of it it doesn't look good :(

Have sent you a PM Phil

Cheers 4 the quick replies guys Yeah I thought it would come with 6 months tax (in fact I thought most dealers would do that buy he there you go) Cheers for the heads up TaviaRS, unfortunately Bristol is a bit far for me, coming from Newcastle I don't think I can justify going that far. Have also looked at the Skoda site but cars for the same price have double the mileage and this dealer is not approved by the looks of it. Bloomin' typical. It's for

Just been to see a Silver 2001 Octavia vRS advertised for 26, 000 miles Seemed to be in good condition etc and we haggled about the price of car as part exchange etc. However, the dealer would not include any road tax or warranty with the deal. He stated in order to keep the warranty up to date I would have to purchase an extra year for

Well get cracking then, I need to know asap LOL

Shame it's not a good looking car :tongue2: Not wanting to upset anyone but I think the Octavia is a more desireable shape. The Fabia just looks a little bit ugly. Each to their own tastes mind you, my last car was a Calibra :shiner: OUt of curiosity I see from the Skoda brochure that the Fabia vRS does 0-60 in approx 9 seconds, does anyone know what sort of times it's achieveing after a Jabbasport remap? Is it close to the Octavia's times or still a way off?