DangerousAL

I drove the 1.2 and was really surprised how good the little motor was - far punchier than the size would imply. Looking at alternatives to PCP, I'm not overly happy throwing the best part of £12K on something that I may not have anything to show-for in three years...

Thanks for your thoughts. Still figuring out what we'll end up doing - the numbers in my original post have involved no haggling, and you've got to haggle!

Evening All, I've been a member of these forums for a while, but I believe this is my first post (I owned an 02 plate 1.4MPI Fabia back in 2010, and signed up shortly after that purchase - car sold early last year) and wouldn't mind marking this occasion of a first-post to sanity check a possible future purchase. The wife and I have decided to retire our 10 year old Honda CRV and top of the list for a replacement is an Octavia Estate. Ideally we were looking for a lightly used car, but today have been offered a brand new 1.4TSI SE+ for about £15800 (0 VAT offer) and with a down payment (including trade in) of £4K. We are looking at a monthly of ~£250, and since it is PCP, final of ~£5K. The numbers are within our budgets... ...but I guess the questions I have - and would appreciate your thoughts on - do those numbers look competitive and would you go for the 1.4?! It drives really well, but have a sneaky feeling it might not be enough under the bonnet. We can't find a 1.8 SE+ for love nor money, and since we do less than 10K miles a year, a diesel doesn't make sense... As I said, your thoughts much appreciated. Cheers, Al