buying used vrs

[summerof44]

Hi,

After the girlfriends purchase of a new vrs cr in may i am now looking at buying a used vrs after christmas. Probably an 06/07 petrol with hopefully less than 40k miles. Is there anything to specificaly watch out for in the way of faults or is it a case of just checking for the usual stuff?

[silver1011]

Not sure I'd be happy about the GF having a nicer vRS than me!

[vrsCR]

Not sure I'd be happy about the GF having a nicer vRS than me!

+1

[summerof44]

+1

Its not too much of a hardship really as i can still get to use it if i want, just dont feel like i should cane someone elses car!

[Nobafett]

Not sure I'd be happy about the GF having a nicer vRS than me!

Think you misread it, his girlfriend has a diesel! :-)

[Rhoobarb]

Common Problems

-Check the ESP, an 06/40k example is ripe for failure, plenty of threads on this. (A big repair bill, get it under warranty)

-Water in the spare wheel well, popped off washer pipe, again plenty of threads.

-Seat airbag wiring loom, can be either side, dodgy connection causes fault.

I believe some have had problems with uneven tyre wear and sawtoothing, cant say Ive had that.

[summerof44]

Common Problems

-Check the ESP, an 06/40k example is ripe for failure, plenty of threads on this. (A big repair bill, get it under warranty)

-Water in the spare wheel well, popped off washer pipe, again plenty of threads.

-Seat airbag wiring loom, can be either side, dodgy connection causes fault.

I believe some have had problems with uneven tyre wear and sawtoothing, cant say Ive had that.

Is esp standard on an early mk 2 vrs?

[dunc69]

Think you misread it, his girlfriend has a diesel! :-)

+1. If you buy a petrol vRS, you'll have the bragging rights!

[Rhoobarb]

Is esp standard on an early mk 2 vrs?

I believe it was established in another thread that it was. :yes:. Think it was optional on Mk1

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/180386-esp-abs-issue/page__st__20

halfway down

also to an earlier point all M2 VRS had esp as standard, still got the brochure

Edited 6 December, 2010 by Rhoobarb

[summerof44]

looks like i will just have to budget for a replacement should it fail, if i buy a car privately it should be around £800 cheaper than from a dealer, dealer car will have 12 months warranty so its swings and roundabouts. Anyone know if the leon cupra/ fr comes with the same set up?

[Rhoobarb]

It affected a lot of cars across the VAG range as well as BMW and Volvo.

Dont let it put you off too much, the Octavia VRS is a cracking car and excellent value for money. I think if you asked most users on here would agree..

Edited 6 December, 2010 by Rhoobarb