I'm starting to have niggles telling me to trade in the vRS and go for the Scout, given the past few winters we've had here in Northumberland it would be nice to know that the 4x4 was available in an emergency (although the chance of getting delivery before next year is probably remote to non-existant!!). Has anyone driven the two back-to-back? If so, how noticeable is the loss of power from the vRS? I'd be looking to go to another DSG box?

I'm starting to have niggles telling me to trade in the vRS and go for the Scout, given the past few winters we've had here in Northumberland it would be nice to know that the 4x4 was available in an emergency (although the chance of getting delivery before next year is probably remote to non-existant!!). Has anyone driven the two back-to-back? If so, how noticeable is the loss of power from the vRS? I'd be looking to go to another DSG box?

Save yourself the hit of depreciation and other costs to change and get a decent set of Winter Tyres. Seriously. Job done!

Niall

I'm thinking of the same switch. Ive had my vRS for 4 years now and although its currently off the road with DPF problems, on the whole its been a cracking car. My wife though moans now and again about the hard ride and she loves the look of the Scout so thats as good as a green light to buy a new car.

Although I'll miss the sportiness of the vRS, most of my 15k yearly miles are done on the motorway, where I like to whaft along at 60mph with the cruise control on. I'm seriously considering changing to petrol, I've worked out that it'll be 20% dearer on fuel per year, however with the savings on the list price it should be a good 5 or 6 years until I'm over the amount that I saved up front. Also, I reckon the TSi Scout should be pretty similar in terms of motorway performance to my diesel vRS.

The only downside for me is that £20k or so is alot of cash to spend on a car, I'd usually prefer to buy a model a year old or so however Scouts are so thin on the ground finding one may prove quite hard.

Save yourself the hit of depreciation and other costs to change and get a decent set of Winter Tyres. Seriously. Job done!

Niall

To be honest thanks to getting the VAT-free offer and haggling on top of that I don't think I'll be losing that much on the vRS (dependant of course on when I actually come to do a trade in 8 or so months down the line!). Looking on Autotrader similar age and mileage cars are currently selling for more than I paid, of course that's not what I'll get from a part-ex but probably won't be too much of a hit...

I really wouldn't bother changing car on account of a few weeks snow a year. I live in the North East too and there was nowhere that the vRS couldn't get me to, that was even without winter tyres.

My mate had a remapped Golf 140bhp diesel and when remapped was as quick as my remapped vRS CR, so get a Scout 140 CR, get it remapped and it will be quicker than a standard vRS CR and keep up with the remapped ones. Just don't race the petrol vRS and you'll be ok

I really wouldn't bother changing car on account of a few weeks snow a year. I live in the North East too and there was nowhere that the vRS couldn't get me to, that was even without winter tyres.

My mate had a remapped Golf 140bhp diesel and when remapped was as quick as my remapped vRS CR, so get a Scout 140 CR, get it remapped and it will be quicker than a standard vRS CR and keep up with the remapped ones. Just don't race the petrol vRS and you'll be ok

Not wanting this to turn into a "you can drive a vRS in the snow" thread, but you obviously didn't try driving on my parents street (or mine after the snow plough had been past)! Got around it by using snow socks but now my wife has passed her test i wouldn"t want her going through that with a baby and toddler in tow. Plus it gives me the chance to order things I neglected to research properly before ordrering the vRS - front and rear parking sensors (for the aforementioned newly qualified other half ), curtain airbags for the little ones etc.

+1 for fitting winter tyres on your current car - especially as SWMBO has only just passed her test!

A 4x4 will not help her stop in slippery conditions (ice or snow) whereas with winter tyres on it would

I think to be honest you'll have better traction in snow with a vRS on winter tyres than a 4x4 Scout on normal tyres. Of course put the winter tyres on the Scout and that's even better but I certainly wouldn't be changing my car for the odd week or so a year when it snows.