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I've driven diesels and petrols in both hatch and combi's and not noticed any difference in noise at all. I got a combi/estate petrol model and it's fantastic and so versatile when I need that bit of extra carrying capacity.

It's also my name!!

Really like that new interior and all the red stitching

You know what Ash.... despite all this 'differing opinion' on here.... your car looks absolutely fantastic. Thanks for showing me what can be done and the stuff you did it with. Cheers.

Looks fantastic and really does appear to have been well looked-after. Hope it goes well for you.

Petrol vRS for you without any doubt given the low mileage you are doing. Badge??? I part ex'd a BMW 320d Msport which was mine from new for my vRS Estate and would do it all again. http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/227927-opinions-on-20-tfsi-vrs/page__fromsearch__1 If it helps you decide I would recommend reading the above link from this forum:

That sounds like good mpg for the 2L petrol but as you'll see from mine, I'm regularly getting this in the vRS and even more at times on my 30 mile round trip daily commute. Seems to be getting better as the engine is loosening up (8000 now) and best on mine's TSI engine when using 95 RON Shell instead of V-Power.

Hi and welcome. Very pleased with my petrol vRS too.

Welcome and yes, awesome machines aren't they. So well sorted and screwed together.

Hello and welcome. Awesome aren't they.

Hello...hope you enjoy it.

Fair play.... you really do sound like you've had a lifetime of badness happen to you. Made me laugh though (noy at you mind!) Anyway welcome back.

Welcome and enjoy the new machine. I couldn't agree more with your assessment above.

Welcome and hope you'll be as pleased as i am with mine.

Excellent pics of a great looking car. Sunset glass really sets them off doesn't it and the silver roof rails really add some class to the overall look.

This looks outstanding. Love the white black and green theme.

Really like the black/dark grey in the centre of the leading edge of the front spoiler which looks outstanding against the white.

I find that my Octy vRS DSG is fantastically smooth when changing up or down the box at all speeds and I would not go back to a manual version. Sometimes in slow-moving, queuing traffic travelling up-hill, depending on the gradient and how and when you press the accelerator pedal, it can tend to (very slightly) lurch forward and then can 'fall-back'a bit if you ease off the gas too much. As I said, depends on the gradient, the steeper it is the worse it gets but easily controllable and not what I'd call a problem. I'm more impressed with this box than the BMW 320d auto I had until last yr and that is saying something.

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Well done! Put it this way...I think you'll be smiling for some time with this car! Cheers

Like others have said on here already, I've tried all types of diesel and petrol in my various cars over the years and come to the conclusion that I've not had any better consumption or performance figures as a result! I agree that over a very long mileage life of your engine the cleaner (and very much more expensive) stuff will probably keep your filters and engine in spic and span condition but who keeps their cars that long anyway nowadays and we're not talking serious harm in any case if you do, just marginal difference. I've noticed that changing the type/ rating of fuel too often on any of my cars has resulted in slight 'spluttering' or hesitancy at times when starting or accelerating but when I keep to one fuel or another constantly the cars have been better for it. This is probably due to the ECU's fitted to most cars needing approximately two full fuel-ups in order to guage the RON levels of fuel being used and then to reset themselves to advance or retard ignition / firing timing of the engine to suit. So, I would tend to avoid the temptation of a valentines day so-called 'treat' for your beloved cars as this might only confuse its ECU!!! Give it what it already loves.... a stable relationship with whatever fuel!!!

I have a vRS petrol estate and put anywhere between 33/34 on front and 34/36 in the back depending on how fully loaded the car will be. Day-to-day general driving it's 33 front and 34 rear.

I see now why you asked that question on Bluetooth issue. I'd say yes much more user friendly. The Columbus screen and map is great and plenty large enough for touch screen operations, although I find it needs a rather firmer 'touch' than I'm used to with other touch screen devices (eg phone/ computer tablet, etc which are literally 'touch') in order to change radio stations or type out a text or even to select a contact to call. Mine's all set up with short-key one touch for certain favourite contacts and home number etc but I still find it sometimes disconcerting that I have to look to check whether my 'touch' has actually worked! Still not used to that! I also now know how scared those NASA Space Shuttle and Apollo astronauts mus have been when about to press a switch on their 'dashboards' whilst being shook about all over the place with all that explosion going off behind them as it is sometimes difficult for me over moderately bumpy surfaces to actually be able to 'press' the right radio station channel or phone contact button on screen. (I know it's also all possible from the mfsw buttons but I'm just saying how I sometimes find it)! One great safety feature is that when your phone connects with 'Skoda BT' as it says on screen (BT = Bluetooth not BT Brit Telecom)it disables your phone's touch screen so that you are physically unable to text or even read its screen whilst driving! You can only receive these through the Skoda screens system (i.e. either the Columbus or the Maxidot). You can press the override button option on the screen but why would you do that? The sat-nav itself I haven't really used that much as haven't been anywhere 'strange' that I haven't been to before, however, on times when I've tried it out I've found it's database slightly clunky when it offers you selections on post codes you punch into it, eg with my home address, but this may be a 'Welsh' area glitch, although one address in Cambridge threw up a similar issue. But all-in-all its a fantastic unit and the phone connectivity and sound is very high quality with great tone. If all this helps make your mind up? Do you think you'll go for it?

By-the-way, I forgot to mention your Bluetooth query... mine has this and the mfsw with maxidot and Columbus so my phone gets paired on Bluetooth on entering the car and turning ignition switch on and then I can either use steering wheel buttons to control calls or even view texts in the maxidot screen on the dashboard directly in front of me in between the speedo and tacho OR I can use the large touch screen in the centre console to choose the contact or even to read, compose or send a text. Incoming calls can be answered from the steering wheel control and will be heard through audio/ radio speakers and volume can be adjusted quickly and easily by rolling the left thumbwheel vol control on the steering wheel. A really great and functional tool.

I fully agree with 999pooch on those mpg figures,(Mine's standard, not stage 1'd), and I've had my petrol vRS 2011 FL DSG model for over 6 months now and only use Shell petrol in it. There is not a hill-start assist on it but there is 'launch control' for when you'd like to do a quick start from rest! I've conducted detailed mpg tests on V-Power for many tanks and have now gone back to fuelling with their regular 95 RON and am getting EXACTLY the same mpg figures as above so.... no difference at all, nor with power delivery or smoothness. I went into the experiment with a totally open mind after hearing garage proprietors and some other people, either friends or forum users, swear that I'd get 'more mpg' from the high RON stuff..... all I can now say is 'no way' in my case. I also became quite a 'saddo' and worked out that a diesel version of the car costs at least £1500 more than my petrol version and that as a full tank on a diesel should get on average 120 to 130 miles more than a full tank of petrol and that given the extra outlay cost for a diesel this would take me at least 66.66 tank fill-ups or 27,000 to 30,000 miles before I broke even. Then there is the cost of a full tank of diesel nowadays to take into account!!! Shocking. I say, unless you're doing over 27,000 mls a year then get the petrol, it's very economical for such a powerful and wonderful car to drive. I can't fault it ...yet.