Anyone changed their old vRS to a new vRS ?

Just trying to weigh up the pros and cons in my own mind

confused to which vRS's you are refering. do you mean the new octavia vRS?? if so they ain't out yet

The new Octy vRS is not out until December time.

confused to which vRS's you are refering. do you mean the new octavia vRS?? if so they ain't out yet

Ah no mate, I mean to chop in an 03 vRS to an 05 vRS. Same car, same spec... just new

Not sure that the change would be worth it. I would keep your current one, mine is nearly 4 years old now on a "Y" reg.

You will loose quiet a lot in depreciation and end up with the same car, maybe wait till the new one later this year (I hope).

Not worth it imho unless you fancy upgrading to the far better looking estate version

or you want one with extras this time that you didnt have before like Xenons, cruise and parking sensors for instance... wouldnt bother if i were you tbh. seems a waste when the new one will be out (hopefully) at the end of this year.

Mind you,a fantastic new Octavia vRS 180bhp and all the kit for less than

Octavia vRS on drivethedeal.com is currently

Agree. May be a good deal now but it will take a big dip in value when the new one comes out, thereby (easily imho) negating any savings made earlier.

Be patient......

Agree. May be a good deal now but it will take a big dip in value when the new one comes out' date=' thereby (easily imho) negating any savings made earlier.

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True.

Skoda seem to improving their position on depreciation(or lack of)and predictions for the new octavia seem to be extremely good.Test Drive mag referring to skoda as 21st century chic!

So,reluctantly I agree

Proton Impian

Proton Impian

I've just chopped in a 02' for a 53'! Lost

I traded in my 51 for a 54 and wish I hadn't. The new one isn't a patch on the old one. I get less MPG, it's not as quick, it's much noisier (wind roar and road noise from the back), the breaks squeal in reverse (the dealer fix lasts about 100 miles then it starts again), the brake discs rust overnight and ruin the pads (need de-glazing regularly), there are numerous trim rattles and it generally seems as though Skoda have cut costs e.g the other day I noticed the headlights seem to be plastic (they were flexing as I cleaned them) whereas the old ones were glass, the dealer had to put various bits of boot trim in which were missing (probably just came out of my old one), the spare was steel rather than alloy (though I swapped the alloy out of my old one), the boot net is much smaller and less effective than the old one (minor point I know but it's harder to secure small items which fly around the boot).

My 51 plate was a dream - loved it from the minute I got it and was a big skoda fan and on variable servicing it only saw the dealers twice.

The 54 plate has been a complete pita since I've had it with various trips back to the dealer to put (or try to put in most cases) things right. It (coupled with probs on Mrs R's Fab RS) has put me right off Skoda and Mrs R has already told me I will not be buying Skoda again.

Get a furby 1.2 and give it to the missus when the new octy arrives