Hi peeps, been lurking on these forums for a while while I decided what to get as a company car, and surprise surprise the Octavia RS came out trumps

Picked it up yesterday on an '05 plate, it's Black Magic Pearl, has 90 miles on the clock, and is filthy already :thumbdwn: Bloody weather...

My current "own" car is a Honda Accord Type-R, which is currently in the process of being written off by the insurance company (snow+articulated lorry=ouch) but will more than likely be replaced by another exactly the same. The ATR is a great car, but it's nice to have the wadge of torque the Octy provides!

Also have a Peugeot 306 XSi 16V which the company car is replacing (will trade it in against another ATR) and a Suzuki SV650S for when the weather s a tad nicer...

Hope to see some of you around.

Ron

Welcome to Briskoda.

Whereabouts are you, Ron? I'm in Stirling. Similar Octy - just as dirty :thumbdwn:

Whereabouts are you, Ron? I'm in Stirling. Similar Octy - just as dirty :thumbdwn:

In East side of Edinburgh just now, but used to live a couple of miles outside Stirling so quite familiar with the roads out there... A811 out to Loch Lomond, Kippen to Lennoxtown road, A84 up by Callander - all classics Can't wait till I get the engine run-in properly to have a play out there, might even try this weekend as I am planning a run up the A82 to Fort William and then cross country to get back down south. Hopefully that'll get it past the 500 mile mark so I can give it the beans a tad more!

In East side of Edinburgh just now, but used to live a couple of miles outside Stirling so quite familiar with the roads out there... A811 out to Loch Lomond, Kippen to Lennoxtown road, A84 up by Callander - all classics Can't wait till I get the engine run-in properly to have a play out there, might even try this weekend as I am planning a run up the A82 to Fort William and then cross country to get back down south. Hopefully that'll get it past the 500 mile mark so I can give it the beans a tad more!

I finished running in my Octy on these roads

Welcome to Briskoda, Ron. It would be nice in due course to have your views on the merits of the vRS versus the Type R.