Hey folks, newbie here. Currently own a 2018 Golf GTE. About due to swap the car out for something else, and I've always wanted an Octavia vRS. My goodness the second hand market has gone nuts! I would normally get a car thats about 3 years old but can't afford that now! So, been looking around, got a Skoda dealer about 20 minutes away.. They had on their site, a red 2019 with about 42000 miles on it at around the top end of my budget but it had some optional extras that I wanted like heated seats, heated steering wheel and heated front screen and the upgraded Columbus Nav and Canton speakers. Now, the main one I wanted was the heated seats, the others would be nice but not a deal breaker and I'l be using Android Auto anyway and audio books on my commute so the uprated MMI isn't essential. Anywhoo, went down to the Main Stealers today and... It had sold! Went on the website then sold the same day. But on the lot was one in the beautiful blue.. 2019, higher mileage but about 7,000 miles less than my 2018 GTE at 82000 miles. It was so new to them, the salesman didn't even know it was there! However, he was able to get the records for me to show it has a full Skoda service history, had the DSG oil cchange at 50,000 miles, new spark plugs at about 65000. So, I have enough of a problem with impulse control so fortunately, the universe put the brakes on to slow me down.. He's going to get a price for it tomorrow (Monday) and a price for part ex my golf. I've done a car report checking it for outstanding finance, taxi use, stolen etc etc and its all clear as it seems. It also seems that it was used as a mobility vehicle before so between that and the FSH, I guess it hasn't been ragged and has been well taken care off. So tomorrow, if they come to me with a decent price for it and an acceptable price for my GTE, then I could be getting a new to me vRS as soon as tomorrow 👍 I will miss the fuel economy from the GTE (easily 60mpg on my 60 commute to and from work) and the virtual cockpit but other than that, tech wise I think it'll be very similar.
