I am thinking of changing my octy2 elegance to a secondhand Superb2, but will be looking at the best way to maximise the return on my octy and hence get the smallest cost to change.

If I were to plump for a Elegance 2.0TDi, as the model to go for then I could obviously sell the following bits to get some money back..

Columus headunit,

Maxidot dashboard,

RS6 Replica wheels with 4 week old tyres,

Nokia phone kit.

If I were to go for the SE then I will need to retain the columbus and fit that in place of the Bolero, although I could sell the wheels.

Any thoughts, on which way to go.

A lot depends on the price premium of a used Elegance over a used SE, if that's not quoting the obvious.

You'll likely be able to claw a fair bit back on your MFD3 as people would more likely trust you as a seller than a Lithuanian ebay seller (bearing in mind lots of comments on other threads, which I do not necessarily agree with}, and the other bits come to that.

I presume you are looking at CR models as opposed to the PD ?

it would be the PD140 on the elegance, rather than the CR version which are a little outside the price range. Although I could manage a CR on the SE version.

I have seen a greenline 1.9PD TDi, but the lack of dualzone climate and weird stereo kind of put me off. It does have the multifunction steering wheel as an extra though.

Thats was quick,

The Octy is now sold, and I have just bought this one.

Sept 58 reg2.0PD TDI140, Elegance DSG in Rosso Brunello with Black leather interior. ex skoda car with 12K on the clock.

http://www.skoda.net.r66.co.uk/carview.aspx?id=600811434

Went for a test drive and well, what can I say except that the car is amazing to drive.