goodbye fabia, hello octavia

[preston334]

well now a proud owner of a octivia vrs 2.0 tsi. so far just been out and about here in south wales. i loved the fabia but the driving experience is unbelievable. this is my first performance hatch so have nothing to compare it against. the engine is so quiet and refined and the 6 speed dsg compared to the 7 speed dsg, well its alot smoother and less jerky. the paddles do help with approaching bends, roundabouts etc. so just finding my feet-wished i booked tomorrow as well so will take it up to brecon for a spin on saturday.

i hope i've managed to upload the pics ok

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[vRSy]

^^ another member of the RE i see

[silver1011]

You need to paste the 'direct link' from Photobucket into the 'image' box at the top of your thread...

[preston334]

^^ another member of the RE i see

Ex-Sapper now mate but still got friends in the corps

[james_19742000]

Nice, looks great in silver :-)

What year is it?

[preston334]

Nice, looks great in silver :-)

What year is it?

12 plate. Just picked it up yesterday. So far well impressed with it.

[Paul007]

What do we say about this thread being useless without pics....? :rofl:

[preston334]

What do we say about this thread being useless without pics....? :rofl:

Will try to get pics uploaded later

[preston334]

Silly question. Do I need to be a freedom member in order to upload pics?

[blueR36]

No

[blueR36]

Copy and paste the img code

[preston334]

Copy and paste the img code

Will give it a go later when on the laptop. Cheers

[preston334]

hope this works

[Paul007]

Nice...my second choice after yellow. I'd had a race blue one so didn't want another although it's a great colour.

[preston334]

i had a choice of 3 vrs. black no thanks been there and forever cleaning it. Race blue i love but was just the standard model without dsg. so ended up with the silver. had the extras i was after but being silver doesnt stand out to much so wont attract much attention

Edited 5 March, 2012 by preston334

[rap1]

Really like the silver in the vRS. Good choice.

I know what you mean with the constant cleaning of black!! I'm on my 4th black car and each time said "never again"!!

[silver1011]

Really like the silver in the vRS. Good choice.

+1, silver was my first choice but I couldn't find one in the right spec, I think it suits the facelift better too.

[preston334]

So far in enjoying it. Not been out too much in it due to working weekends since January. The dsg is better suited to the engine and even the missus finds it better to drive than the fabia. Had a course in Taunton last week so first long drive and had 41 mpg allowing 5 to 10% difference I'm very happy with it. Boot space is fantastic for a hatch. So Easter coming up so have to go out in it somewhere but I have work on the house to do :(

[silver1011]

Xenon's too, and rear parking sensors, sounds like a nice spec