[What tyres for my vRS - due to change fronts soon.]

Top work gents - will let you know in due course but by the looks of things the Eagles F1's look best of the bunch.

[What tyres for my vRS - due to change fronts soon.]

14k on my vRS Mk3 and happy with it so far.

 

However will need to change front tyres soon and wondering what people are going with.

 

Came with Continental sport contact 2 225/40/18 on anthracite geminis.

 

I'm generally a motorway driver - not particually wild on the tyres. 

 

Can get the same tyres again for around £95 a corner. I guess I need to change all 4 if considering a change of tyre manufactuers etc?

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

[My new VRS]

looks excellent - enjoy

[VRS hatch, mudflaps]

What's the 'new car package' I've heard mentioned? Is it a Skoda option that you pay for or a 'goodwill' gesture by the dealer? (I've driven a bit of a bargain with mine and they no longer want to throw in a bootliner for 'goodwill'). 

 

i believe my dealer called it "winter pack", included mudflaps, rubber mats in the car and rubber boot liner. They gave me the carpet mats as spares as well. Was thrown in by the dealers.

[Diesel Vrs mpg and miles to tank.]

3.5k done, averaging 50mpg - diesel vRS estate manual with roof bars

[Impressions after 2,000 miles in a mark 3 vRS]

same for me 3.5k and 3 months in - still love it.

 

vRS diesel manual - 50mpg, that's with roof rails and cycle carriers on all the time.

 

Lovely place to be, comfy seats, no issues, DAB radio is superb.

[Lane assist - do you like it?]

I like it, barely even notice it now.

 

agreed - for now I like it. find it good. Novelty might wear off after a few k's mind you.

[So what made you buy one? Share your mk3 rationale:)]

need to get rid of an 8 year old E60 beemer as it was heading for a large bill soon!

 

Wanted to get something with plenty of space, still a bit of poke but economical as well.

 

Had at look around but nothing floated by boat in April/May time and decided to wait it out till new vRS was out.

 

Test drove it and that was all that was needed.

[Mobile Phone Contact Photos on Amundsen or Bolero]

works with my 4 year old blackberry fine - all photo's of contacts etc appear on the bolero screen.

[What tyres are supplied with the vRS as standard on the 18" rims?]

Then you must either

a) Be a really good driver

Be good at planning and sticking to A roads

c) Be driving really slow at winter to the point where its annoying your fellow motorists ...

 

 

fair point I guess. Mainly A roads/motorways/ town centres etc. Each to their own but i've never felt the need for winter tyres. 

[What tyres are supplied with the vRS as standard on the 18" rims?]

I don't get this whole winter/summer tyre thing!

 

I've driven for 20 years and 20k a year mileage and never bothered with changing tyres for the various season. Just drive the car - simples!

[VRS hatch, mudflaps]

Fitted to mine as part of the new car package with my dealer.

 

Got mudflaps, rubber boot mat, rubber floor mats all included on my car. also got the carpet maps included for the summer time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[VRS hatch, mudflaps]

I flaps fitted on my vRS estate from new. It was part of the dealers "new car" package.

[Are there too many options?]

cruise is a must - this should be standard and it's just stupid that it's an extra that needs ordered.

[SD card question]

Is it possible to use a portable HDD drive with the USB port? You can then use that instead of a SD card.

no reason why not, but surely at £8 for a 16gb SD card that doesn't show once you insert it makes much more sense than having a portable USB hard drive plugged in. Bear in mind the USB is unlikley to power a portable USB hard drive so you may need to plug the hard drive into the 12V connection as well.

 

Just get a SD card for simplicity!

 

I dragged and dropped my music last night - 15gb onto SD card - all good this morning in the car including album art for most albums as well.

[White vRS TDi Estate: Wednesday pick up!]

I've had my candy white vrs since Friday - lovely car. Done 80 mile round trip today and car was superb. Loving it so far and still playing about with all the various radio/media/phone/car settings etc.

 

Enjoy when you get it!

[My new vrs is here]

just de-badged the back,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mice and smooth easy to clean

also had the rear windows tinted for glare and privacy and must say he as done a great job

 

any instructions on how to de-badge it?

[New VRS DSG EST Sprint Yellow]

that's a brave choice but I quite like it. Not sure long term I could cope with it mind you! Great car - enjoy!

[New VRS Hatchback]

nice - like that green. Not sure if I could live with it long term but it's nice all the same!

 

Enjoy!

[Week 40]

I got my wk 41 build on friday. All good so far

[Mythical vRS button....]

Got mine on Friday (wk 41 build) - just mode button. Can't see me bothering to change it mind you. Normal mode seems fine.

[New arrival]

Nice car - enjoy.

 

Hated the experience with AC I had when checking out a few dealer to purchase from - awfully pushy, wanted me to commit to the figures before test driving the car, didn't like at all. 

[Boom - ordered!]

Very nice looking car as I know already, mine came last week same white with black pack, red leather interior and columbus

 

I like the look of those mudflaps as like others I didnt think they were available

 

Were they normal mk3 octavia ones and did they require a heating cutting to fit at the back as you mentioned earlier in the post?

 

mudflaps were offered by the dealer as part of "their" pro pack (not a skoda thing, a dealer thing) - got mudflaps, rubber mats (as well as the proper skoda carpet maps) and rubber boot liner for £150. No idea how they were fitted or otherwise, just that they are fitted!

[Boom - ordered!]

 

 

 

 

 

[Boom - ordered!]

Mud flaps fitted fine by dealer as well