Norco

Sorry, just saw your message Are you sorted now? To be honest. It was a process of things. I wants something max 2-3 years old. That meant the headlines in the Octavia would be those awful split lights which put me right off. Looked elsewhere as hadn't considered a Superb. Not really an Audi or BMW man. Finally came back round to the Skoda garage to look at a new Octavia non vRS and saw a superb in the right colour and a Sportline. It was a customer's car but was sold on looks alone. Sat in an estate and the wife declared it too cavernous. I agreed with the size of the hatch boot so the decision was made. I said I wanted the 280 for the power and so it was just a case of finding one. One eventually popped up on Motorpoint and we reserved it with 2 hours of it being on the site and had it brought up. Wife is more than happy driving it. Just looking into a tow bar now to save putting bikes on the roof.

Was in a similar position to you about 3 weeks ago. Aging Octavia and 2 kids (4 / 6) with camping trips and weekend breaks meant an upgrade on space was also needed. Budget was also pretty much the same with a trade in value of £4.5k and £16-17k to put towards. Coming from a vRS I was used to not having to wait to get going and wanted the punch to move a bigger car. The 280 handles this really well. Also needed to have DSG. Went for the hatch and having just come back from a a weekend away with the family the space in the boot was more than enough. Sportsline is the best looking by far and I still enjoy seeing it on the drive or in a car park). I had to take my time to find one that was the right spec with the miles and age I wanted but eventually found a 2018 plate with less than 10k miles in budget. Warning though. They don't come up that often in that config so they good ones disappear fast. We managed a respectable 36mpg cruising on the motorway without trying to drive economically. I can see 40plus if taken steady. Around town it will be a kill and I would guess mid to late 20s (again not much different to the vRS).