Hello. I'm looking at getting a Fabia vrs and deciding between two cars.

First one is:

May 06

18000 miles

Leather pack vrs seats

Black magic

12 months warranty skoda

6 months tax and tank of fuel

£7700 but 5hours drive from me!!

Or

Silver fabia vrs

July 06

38000 miles

Cruise control

12 months warranty

£7150 and in same town as me

Hmmm which one. It seems like a no brained but which one will retain value more? Is it worth paying the extra for seats and mileage?

Cambelt will be done on both

Edited 18 October, 201015 yr by juanhenry

Leather pack and have a haggle? I'd be surprised if you went in with £7200 cash and they said no? Of the VRSs I've seen themost common issue is the seats.

go for the black one

18000 miles in over 4 years is pretty good

less than 5k per year

Black one for me fella, even though I love the silver ones, having one myself, the black one IMHO would be the one to go for.

5 hours drive would be worth it for the leather alone but with the lower mileage aswell plus you could always get cruise fitted afterwards as it's not that expensive (approx £150 IIRC)

On both cars check that the 4 year cam belt change has been done - the low mileage is irrelevant in this context.

...you could always get cruise fitted afterwards as it's not that expensive (approx £150 IIRC)

Provided it can be done - some cars can't (a friend's 08/2004 car couldn't)