Went to the garage to look at an E38 740i BMW, had a patchy service history, spotted the Octy the otherside of showroom, quick test drive, next thing you know i'm going home in a bright yellow VRS

Volvo XC 70 - Just couldn't justify the price over the TDi 170 4x4 Superb Estate...

Al.

When I choose the Leon FR the other Option was a vRS TDi, never got one because of the poor dealer response to pricing.

When I got the Mazda it was the first thing I looked at!

Next I can't decide between:

Nissan Qashqai

Another Mazda 6

Audi A3 Sportback S Line

VW Amarok!

Ford Kuga

VW Tiguan

Skoda Yeti

Octavia vRS TDI

Superb Estate would be an outside contender too

If I didn't have the kayak I would have almost certainly bought a Lotus Exige. Always wanted one and I will do once I have a house, hopefully in the next 10 years

Was going to get a Mk5 Golf GT TDI but decided to upgrade to a Skoda VRS, no regrets.

Would have been another Vdub, either a Touran or Passat estate but put off by the dreadful service and unforgivable mistakes they made.

Also looked at the SEAT Altea XL and Mazda 6 estate both good in there own way but neither could match the Octy VRS Estate as a good all around compromise.

I nearly bought a brand new Octavia L&K 1.8TSI Combi. In fact i actually ordered one..... but skoda kept putting the delivery date back and back to the point it would have been over 6 months since I ordered it before delivery. So when I saw the Audi and managed to negotiate a cracking deal, I cancelled the Skoda order.