HI,

Pretty much settled on a fab vrs as my new company car.

ive got the best part of

You could get something like a TomTom Go that just sticks to the windscreen if you want sat nav.

Cheaper than the Skoda one , and more powerful.

You'd just have to persuade the company to pay for it for you

one thing to remember - if its an option on a company car it will be part of the taxable value so will increase your company car tax! :( .But an after market add on like garmin or tom tom can be bought seperately and may escape tax if you are lucky but at the worst the value will be about

I done it on my company Octavia VRS, I'm pretty lucky in getting a generous benchmark, I got the Octavia because it was such a good car, and incredibly cheap, I got it kitted out with factory Sat Nav also, I so prefer it than add-ons, it's built into the car, I like the directional arrow which comes up on the dash-board, it's so much neater, but yes, you'll pay tax, the good thing with me is I'm going to replace the unit with an OEM CD player before hand-back.

Oh and I have the CD-changer, I have the older shaped Octavia, (54 plate), it came as part of the Sat Nav option, my Sat Nav unit will not play audio CD's

The Skoda SatNav headunit can be got on ebay for circa £500 if you are funding it yourself. Portable SatNav's are very good these days.

Yellow - Will have a lesser residual than other colours, not an issue if you aren't buying yourself. Black isn't hard to keep clean, it's a myth.

We have a CD changer but to be honest an MP3 adaptor would be better, if you want the headunit to control the MP3 then you may lose the CD changer (Although I have heard of some people managing to get both working)

i have a black Octy vRS as a firms motor .. easy to keep clean ..

also spent £300 on Garmin Quest sat nav rather than go the factory option .. its mine ( not company's ) and can be used anywhere , not just in the car ( eg walking, on bike etc etc )

Go Portable, young man go portable .........

1) Can you use both audio+nav if you have the autochanger+sat nav option?

Audio as far as radio, as you are aware the unit cannot directly play audio cd's- a seperate converter non-vag would be required if composite phono inputs required. If sat nav not purchased with cd changer its probably a waste unless you dont play cd's. I would only go down this route if you want the OE look. Its an expensive option, if a good seperate sat nav can be purchased seperatly using your own cash maybe this would be better and get the other goodies instead.

2) Is the sat nav any good?

Navigation wise - Yes its fine similar units have been fitted to VW's Audis and Skoda's for many years unchanged to any great degree. It made by blaunpunkt (sp) map discs (teleatlas) are in the region of

Black easy to keep clean????????????? What do you do order HI to do it? Also found the black shows scratches very easily ie pale undercoat. Considering yellow myself but must admit residual value is a concern as it will be a private purchase, having said that looking in autotrader yellow cars aren't nescasarily the cheapest.