see in todays telegraph that motorpoint are advertising new (albeit probably pre-registered) octy vRS, black magic for

I once bought a VW Polo from Motorpoint. It was cheaper than buying from a dealer. they don't include the price of road tax, and you also have to pay the registration fee (even though their cars are pre registrered). They also import a lot of their stock from Ireland, as the price of an Irish car is quite low to offset the heap of tax which Irish punters have to pay when they buy a new car (but which dealers don't have to pay)

When I came to trade it in for the Octy vRS, the Skoda salesman would only give me trade book price minus

Motorpoint's Octy vRS are usually Irish spec cars ..........but it's still a hell of a lot of a car for that price ..............

Motorpoint's Octy vRS are usually Irish spec cars ..........but it's still a hell of a lot of a car for that price ..............

Out of curiosity, what's the difference in spec from the UK model? I almost bought mine from motorpoint, but the dealer was only a couple of hundred above their price (I'd have paid more than the difference for the mats in the end!!)

From the haze of my fading memory, I think that the Irish spec cars have 16 inch alloys, aircon not climate, a sunroof and an armrest.

Could be wrong.

From the haze of my fading memory' date=' I think that the Irish spec cars have 16 inch alloys, aircon not climate, a sunroof and an armrest.

Could be wrong.[/quote']

... and probably kilometres on the clock now.

You won't get Skoda UK's 3rd year of warranty cover up to 60,000 miles nor the 3 year's full breakdown cover from the AA they also provide.

I was quoted

From the haze of my fading memory' date=' I think that the Irish spec cars have 16 inch alloys, aircon not climate, a sunroof and an armrest.

Could be wrong.[/quote']

And a Blaupunkt cd HU. Sunroof is not standard. Speedos are in MPH.

I bought my Octy vRS from Motorpoint just before Christmas price was