[please help in dilemma over which vrs to buy]

;-) ;-) my mind is made - thankyou very much for your valid inputs, im so bloody excited now, gotta try and concentrate on work till tonight ;-)

Do any of you guys have regular meets hampshire way, would be fab to meet a few fellow octavia vrs drivers

did i mention im really excited ;-)

back in 2005 i owned an na toyota supra - that was a fun car, im so looking forward to a fun drivers car again ;-)

[please help in dilemma over which vrs to buy]

thanks for the replies guys really appreciate it ;-)

I think my heart is in the petrol, i like the shove in the back feeling of the tdi aswell, my previous car was a 2000 plate bmw330d with 128000 miles on it. I've been spoilt by the smooth 6 cylinder diesel though so the vrs tdi feels a bit rough and noisy after that.

Reason i sold the bmw was it being high mileage and and se rather than sport, it was fab in a straight line but not so fun in corners and the 2000 model had overboosted steering (could move the steering wheel and inch either way without the wheels turning!)

So I'm after something more sporty to drive with better road feedback steering wise, octavia vrs fits the bill perfect, love everything about the drive of the car.

Going to hopefully buy the petrol one tonight - wish me luck! ;-)

spec wise the tdi and petrol were both magic black (my fav) and same spec apart from diesel had the maxidot and mp3 where as petrol doesn't

petrol still has parking sensors, jumbox armrest, all elec windows and hid lights.

what would you pay for a 2006, 48000 mile 2 owner with the above spec and 18inch wheels full service history....... anything under 8k a good price ?

hasn't had a cambelt change which skoda tell me should be done every 4 years - so thats a bargaining point along with the scratch on door and slightly curbed alloys

[please help in dilemma over which vrs to buy]

Hi Guys been reading lots on here but im still in a real dilemma over 2 octavia vrs's.

Im really wanting any comments or advice on the buying an older 2006 petrol vrs or a newer diesel vrs.

I do about 6000 miles a year (500 a month on average). I've found a 2006 black petrol vrs for around 7.5k with under 50k on the clock. Ive also found a diesel 2007 vrs with the same mileage on it for 11k.

I do drive my cars hard and enjoy going for a blast with no destination in mind ;-)

My daily commute to work is only about 10 miles in total. Im in a luck position to have an intrest free loan for either car

If im doing my maths right with a heavy ish right foot the petrol my return 25mpg on average there fore:

£7500 over 6 years repayment would be £104 a month

500 miles a month at 25mpg would cost:

500 / 25 = 20

20 * 4.54 ( converts to litres of fuel) = 90.8 litres at 1.20 a litres thats £108.96 in fuel. = total monthly cost is £108.96 + £104 = £212.96

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Diesel summary is:

£11000 over 6 years repayment would be £152 a month

500 miles a month at 35mpg would cost:

500 / 35 = 14.3

14.3 * 4.54 = ( converts to litres of fuel) = 68.8 litres at 1.22 a litres thats £79 in fuel. = total monthly cost is £152 + £79 = £231

So here is were ive been losing sleep thinking over positives and negatives of both.

thoughts on the petrol are:

- smoother

- cheaper overall monthly cost

- less chance of expensive things to go wrong (ie diesel injectors dpf ect)

- is 1 mile from my house

-1 lady driver

thoughts on the diesel are:

- its a newer car

- still 1 year skoda dealer warrenty

- will hold its value better over 5 years or so

based on that i was for about a hour last night swaying towards the diesel, then i read more and thought about the whole pd engine vs common rail.

As the CR diesel is much quieter and smoother alot of peeps seem to be trading up from there pd to a cr so maybe the pd would depreciate a bit faster that i originally thought.

So i would be spending alot of money (for me) for older technology where as the petrol is tried and tested and still the same engine today ( i think? ).

Also if i had a tight month money wise i could drive the petrol not as hard and save some money on fuel.

With the diesel my monthly payments are higher and i cant really save much money or bring down my total cost per month (load and fuel combined)

The other thing is i am ocd about cleaning my cars and keeping paintwork in perfect condition. The newer diesel is in like new condition and has been well looked after, the petrol has a few scratches so not perfect, although nothing a £300 paint correction couldn't sort out.

Well theres my ramblings ;-) im going to look at the petrol again 2night to maybe put a deposit on it, it was very dirty last time i viewed it and the owner is having it valeted today so tonight i can see how good the paintwork really is.

I think at the moment petrol is the one to go for - any commets / advice, please please please post a reply today to help me decide before tonight.

Many thanks... very much looking forward to owning an ocativa vrs and becoming part of this forum ;-)

no doubt ill be speaking to you all alot more in the future ;-)