Rusty89

It certainly is good rally country I'm looking at around the £13,000 mark and I'll be honest... I'm feeling young and foolish so I'm happy to spend more on fuel for the sake of a bit more poke to it. What attracts me to the paddleshift DSG is simply the fun factor of it. I'm just wondering what it's like to actually live with rather than just a novelty.

Good evening! I'm looking to join the fold of Skoda Octavia owners! Last year I rented an Octavia 2.0TDi estate for a week and absolutely fell in love with it. Due to financial reasons, I'm still in my old Astra MkIV (although I do love it!) but now things are changing, I'm looking to go for the Octavia VRS hatchback. I do however have two main questions. I'm finally at a point where I can spend a little more on a car, and also fancy something with a fair bit of poke so my two questions are:- Diesel or Petrol? DSG or Manual? I probably do around 1000 miles a month and it's a big mix of single track rural roads, A roads and motorways. I live in Mid Wales so have the pleasure of some of the best driving roads. I'd really appreciate your input and anecdotes. Tragically being so far out of the way, being able to get hold of one of each to test drive means at least a 200 mile round trip so I'm trying to narrow down my options before arranging a test drive. Thanks!