Just out of interest - has anyone done some rough calculations on the current fuel prices? For example, since petrol is cheaper than diesel, does the lower petrol price make up for the lower MPG of the petrol engines?

I'm willing to guess that the overall running cost of petrol vs diesel (in terms of fuel alone) is pretty much closer these days - although diesel probably is still slightly cheaper to run (but not by as much as it used to be).

Did some figures here

65-70mph motorway cruise in a petrol vRS - What mpg? - Page 2 - BRISKODA - The Skoda Forums

For fuel comparison figures, my vRS TDi is 18k miles old now, had no problems at all and is regularly returning 46-48mpg on decent length motorway trips. Did York to Warrington yesterday afternoon - 90ish miles at a seady 90-ish mph, and it came back at 49mpg overall. Pretty good. Upwards of 50mpg is easily possible with a slightly lighter right foot...

Round town I get mid 30s to low 40s mpg depending on exactly how bad the traffic is. Roughly the same for "spirited" b-road blasting.

Reckon on 10 less from the petrol in all arenas. Horses for courses, but just thought you'd like to see the figures!

Tharts useful, thanks.

Update

Plan to drive a petrol on Saturday at the dealers so I can then compare/decide, will let you know how I get on!