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So looks like I'm going to be selling this privately, do I need to pay to be able to post a car for sale in the classifieds on here? Cheers

Cheers @Scot5 I'll stay away from Skoda in that case!! I'm looking at a major case of depression, I mean a ford S-Max or a Citroen Grand C4 Picasso 🤮 So far the guys at Arnold Clark Citroen in linwood have offered me the most, unfortunately it does need a bit of work to the bumper due to a careless wife! But I reckon I can get that fixed, get my mot done and sell the car at a reasonable profit, the cars I'm looking at are abundant but I just can't seem to get them to shift enough to make it worth my while, I just worry that the octy takes some damage in the meantime!

Luckily the only mods I've made is seat covers, a bootliner and a full size spare wheel!

true, the good thing negotiating with them for a car that you don't really want and trading in one you really do want gives you a strong position! (no matter how many times the wife elbows you when you are telling them to bugger off with their offers 😂)

thanks, it's the lack of other comparables that's making it tough to judge, so I've been using the ones on autotrader to put into arnold clark's site to compare, some big swings, I wonder what sort of profit they need to make on a trade in I'll also have to buy a new wagon before I sell it too as we're down to one car which is another thing to add in the balance!

Thanks, I've spoken to Arnold Clark already, I really want to get a handle on the private sale value - the advert prices on autotrader seem to be consistently 4-5k over what these sites tell you the car's worth for the petrol estates, so I could spend some money and get the car into showroom condition if these price are achievable and still get a good dunt extra

Hi folks, not been on here for ages, mostly because the car has been going well! Sadly the addition of a roof bars and a box have somewhat reduced street cred!! Anyway, is there a specific forum/section for price checking? I'm unfortunately having to sell the octy due to additional child arriving soon so trying to figure out whether just to trade in and avoid the hassle of a private sale or not... but there's nothing comparable on the big sites (rarely a petrol estate for sale in Scotland at all) Also take it with the classified changes that I could pay to place an ad when the time comes? Cheers Hope you're all well, life takes over from car forums these days for me!!

So, my VRS is now just outside the extended warranty period and as is the rule, there's a few things started to happen! The touchscreen regularly is unresponsive on startup, the radio stations seem to decide where they want to be stored, sometimes selecting a different station will just replace the one you want with the one you are listening to on the saved slot. Steering wheel controls only go backwards with radio control, if you press the forward arrow it just stays on the current station, back arrow goes backward... Now the dipped beam light is occasionally throwing up an error, seems like a loose connection as works fine most of the time, other times it flashes and other times not on at all (or is that just the way these bulbs fail?) Are these likely to be related issues or just coincidence? These issues pale in comparison to my wife reversing it into a roughcast wall!

I get around 34-35 average out of each tank... And I really don't try for economy, quite a mix of roads/journeys

Loving my vrs after 7 months or so of ownership but one issue I have is that I'm getting a few really bad chips on the bonnet - has anyone wrapped theirs? Or is there any kind of solution to it (apart from not driving so fast)

does the mk7 golf one fit? quite fancy the golf ball style one

any pics of them?

Is there such a thing? Have been digging about for a while for some good covers but not seen any yet that look like they sit that well or are just generic covers Any suggestions welcome!

of course! just after my stuff arrived!

Went with the suggestions from @flybynite got the wheel fitted when I was getting the tyre put on just to make sure it definitely cleared the brakes! Got the kit from superskoda as was ordering some other bits