Hey all.

I'm looking at buying a race blue Octavia vrs cr diesel(2008 or later for cheap tax). Trouble is they are very scarce in Ireland. I'm wondering what peoples opinions are in terms of the newer model v older model. Two choices at the mo:

(1) 2008 Older Model 50,000 miles €16000.

or

(2) 2010 New Model 8,000 Miles €24,000.

What do ye think? Or would it be much cheaper to cross the pond?

Can you not come across to the UK and pick one up? 24K for a used one seems an awful lot of money! Are they any taxes/charges etc to take one back to Ireland from the UK?

Can you not come across to the UK and pick one up? 24K for a used one seems an awful lot of money! Are they any taxes/charges etc to take one back to Ireland from the UK?

€24,000 is about £21,000 - still expensive for a year old car, new ones aren't far off that with the current 5% VAT offer. Are we talking hatch or estate here?

An import into Ireland needs to be atleast 3 months old and over a certain mileage - otherwise it is treated as a NEW car and VAt in Ireland applies as well as import duty (VRT). It should be possible to get a UK dealer to skip the UK VAT for export cars - but my experience is that it is very difficult.

To the OP I suggest VRT calculator

The revenue site will give a very exact answer as to how much an import will cost.

I'd be careful if its from 2008 a diesel you are going for,as my vrs was July 2008 model and still had the PD Engine and not the CR.

I'd give James at Allams a call, see what he could advise. Especially if an export could be arranged.

http://briskoda.net/...0-allams-skoda/

Otherwise, something like this and then drive back

Thanks guys. I've decided to defo go with the 2010 vrs. The cheapest on autotrader comes in just under £15,000. This is approx. just over €17,000 euro. The VRT I would have to pay is over €4,000. So your talking over €21,000 before flights, ferry, hpi checks, rac checks etc.This is compared to the €24,000 over here. What do ye think? I heard the Irish spec is higher for some reason dunno what the difference is though? Will an Irish dealer cover the warranty for me? Its the hatchback by the way.

Edited 20 July, 201114 yr by skodahunter

€3k saving still sounds like quite a lot to me.

Just download the Irish and UK brochures and compare spec. Yes, there as some differences.

Warranty - first 2yrs is with the manufacturer, 3rd year is covered by the country's Skoda agent. So you wouldn't be covered for warranty work in the 3rd year, within RoI.

Yes your UK Skoda warranty IS good in Ireland. Although Irish dealers ain't going to be your friend.

The first two years are unlimited mileage and are covered in Ireland as if the car were bought in Ireland.

Unlike Ireland the UK Skoda warranty is three years provided the mileage in the last year is below 60 000 miles / 100.000 km. Irish warranties for Skoda IIRC are just two years.

BUT! if you have a problem in Ireland in your third year, you have to have it fixed at your own expense at a Skoda dealer, and then send the bill to a Skoda dealer in the UK within a month.

The reason is that two years unlimited mileage is a european wide warranty whilst the third year (60k) is a UK extra. That's why Skoda UK will pay for a repair but Skoda Ireland (or any other European country) won't.

Another point on VRT: The website gives an estimate based on the EXACT model. Each model has a "statistical code" representing the model. You will see that on the results page. Make absolutely sure you are getting a quote for the right model. The fine men and women of the revenue commisioners have a habit of moving the goal posts. (happened to me twice).

I recommend a phone call before purchase.

HTH

Warranty - first 2yrs is with the manufacturer, 3rd year is covered by the country's Skoda agent. So you wouldn't be covered for warranty work in the 3rd year, within RoI.

Don't think you are correct on this point?

Quote from Å kodaAuto New Vehicle Warranty booklet (available in .pdf format)

Travelling abroad within the first two years of

your warranty

In the event of warranty repairs being necessary when

travelling abroad, any member of the Å koda authorised

network in the country you are visiting will be able to

carry out any rectification work under the terms of the

manufacturer’s warranty. They will require the vehicle

information data details contained in the front of your

car’s Service schedule book to enable them to carry out

the repairs. They will undertake the repairs free of charge.

Travelling abroad within the third year of

your warranty

Should your Å koda suffer a manufacturing defect covered by the third year warranty while outside the United Kingdom, the repair must be carried out by a member of the Å koda authorised network in that country. The cost should be settled by you with the repairer and a claim made for reimbursement through your local member of the Å koda authorised

network in the UK.

In order for reimbursement to be possible the repair

invoice should be returned to a member of the Å koda

authorised network in the UK within 28 days of the

invoice date.

Edited 20 July, 201114 yr by FriendlyFire

OK, so reimbursement could be sought from SUK for any repairs carried out under warranty by a Skoda dealer in RoI, in the 3rd year

However, it would be an interesting one, seeing as the vehicle would have been permanently outside of the United Kingdom, and the party seeking money to be refunded is not a UK resident. So you'd be seeking reimbursement, and asking that to be sent either to an RoI address, or an RoI bank account. Not sure how that would work in practice, from SUK's point of view?

Not sure that the text you've copied in above fully covers this sort of situation really.

Thanks Wardy!

I've also got a brand new one, if that somehow helps?

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/208031-brand-new-candy-white-vrs-tsi/

To give you some idea of whats available out there, I've just picked up an 11 plate March 2011 registered Race Blue 170CR DSG with parking sensors for £17,600 from a main dealer. It's a pre registered so has sat in the showroom for 4 months. 9 miles, warranty till March 2014, tax till March 2012. Nice :-)

Search around, there are bargains out there!

Hey james. Wardy said to give you a shout I just haven't got round to it. I'm actually looking for 2010 blue manual diesel if ye have any in stock?

Wardth, what dealer did you buy from? Sounds like you got a bargain

James, Palmer and Willis Skoda seem to have the two cheapest on autorader - both coming in under £15,000 and both under 20,000 miles . I rang one of them and they said that is the lowest price they would do. What do you think of these prices? Would I be right in expecting a price reduction seens as I be using the trader's warranty?

FWIW, I imported a 2009 CR TDI VRS hatch into Ireland in July last year, in Anthracite but pre-FL and not an LE. It had 18000 miles on,with the only options being maxi-dot and jumbo box. No rain or light sensors/Xenons/parking sensors/leather or anything. It belonged to my brother-in-law previously, who is also my employer, so I did not actually 'buy' it, as it is a company car, albeit registered to me as the company I work for is not VAT reg'd in Ireland therefore there is no way of reg'ing it to them!!

IIRC the VRT was €4200, based on a market value then of €21500. When I rang a dealer to value it independently of Revenue, they came back with an identical figure! So the VRT calculator is pretty accurate. Road tax is 'only' €290 PA though, compared with €520ish for my previous VRS.(Early 08)

Availability is the biggest single problem here in Ireland-used CR's are like hen's teeth. Likewise, Irish standard spec. seems to be higher, albeit we get 17" Zeniths instead of 18" Neptunes as std.

Just a thought, but why not look for a 2009 (2010MY) that way it will be cheaper, still have the CR engine and be older than a year to avoid the VAT on import thingy!!

Yep a 2009 would be ideal but I haven't come across one for sale can't seem to find one anywhere. The VAT isn't an issue bringing in a 2010 its the VRT and that can't be avoided. There are a couple of the LE for sale in Ireland but they just don't seem as nice in grey. I know people might disagree with me on that; but I must say I love the seats!

Yep a 2009 would be ideal but I haven't come across one for sale can't seem to find one anywhere. The VAT isn't an issue bringing in a 2010 its the VRT and that can't be avoided. There are a couple of the LE for sale in Ireland but they just don't seem as nice in grey. I know people might disagree with me on that; but I must say I love the seats!

Don't let skodaphile hear you say that.....

€24,000 is about £21,000 - still expensive for a year old car, new ones aren't far off that with the current 5% VAT offer. Are we talking hatch or estate here?

Hi

Blue, 2010 VRS CR, 6 months old, 11,000 miles - £16,000 - I thought that was pricey enough.

£21,000 is far too much - they are just trying to ream you.

Try a dealer on uk mainland.

Cheers

Dave

Don't let skodaphile hear you say that.....

Yacheekybollixya. I'll let you in on a deep dark secret-I didn't like the 'grey' at first either......basically until I was given it as a company car....

Anyway, black maybe the deepest shade of grey, but it's no substitute.. :p

At least we agree on one thing: race blue=why, why, why? They're on every farkin street corner!!

A few people seem to be missing the point that VRT is unavoidable on new or imported used cars here in Ireland-it's basically a first registration tax but linked to emissions and OMV of the vehicle. So to buy a well priced UK car may still end up being nearly as dear as an Irish secondhand, although the Euro/STG rate is favourable at present!

The only really important thing to consider is that the 170 PD engine is pretty much crap....I would never go and buy a used one....

The only really important thing to consider is that the 170 PD engine is pretty much crap....I would never go and buy a used one....

Why?

Why?

one of the faults on the pd is the injector problem:

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/197422-vag-170-ps-diesel-injector-failures-vosa-action/

Sorry Skodahunter no offence intended!Colour is just a personal thing. I haven't actually seen the grey up close so I guess its hard to tell from what you see on websites and stuff. I still think the blue is the colour I will get and there aren't many, if any, round my way.

one of the faults on the pd is the injector problem:

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/197422-vag-170-ps-diesel-injector-failures-vosa-action/

Does the 140 suffer the same issues?