I currently have a 1.4 16v @ 86K miles - MOT til March - TAX til March - Insurance up in April this will give me 1 years NCD

What I'm looking to see is should i sell up save a while and buy a VRS or should I just keep the car another year then sell up and buy a VRS.

I want one for a few reasons - Economy would be better, There would be alot more power :p and some other reason.

Insurance would be around about 1 grand a year or so, so it's not too bad, I'm 19 with 3 points and as I say just about to get 1 year NCD...

If I was selling the current car its would come with 1 year NCD and 1 year TAX most likely

I'd love to hear what people think I should do to help me make my mind up...

(My budget would be maybe 5k max altho that's if I get finance... No finance the Budget would be probably too low for a good VRS maybe £2K - £2.5K)

It depends on your personal financial situation. If you can afford it and want to get one then yeah why not.

i presume you mean the car will come with 12 months M.O.T...If you are really thinking of getting a vRS,i'd say sell your current car and go for it you won't regret it.I've had mine now for 8 years and still love it to this day.Always puts a smile on my face every day....good luck bud..

Yes hahah 1 year MOT... Well that's 2-0 for the vRS...I am trying to compile a list of pro's and con's and am struggling...Obviously power, economy, looks & scuh are all good pro's...I dont really have con's as i've never owned a vRS, does any1 actually have any...And I know there are some out there so dont pretend there aren't :p

Edited 8 January, 201313 yr by Fabia93

i've had mine since feb and the economy awesome, average 450-500 miles on a tank full brim it you can put from light on 50 litres of diesel, 75% motorway miles, daily commute 62miles average 55-60 mpg and then give it some welly when you want it, atm standard, so i could remap it at a later date. i'm impressed, some a prone to leaky door cards. go for it.

Have you looked at the difference in price between having the year of NCD, and not? Also if you are buying straight away you can just change the car on the policy and keep earning that NCD!

This is just a For Sale ad isn't it?

19 with 3 points and 1 NCB = £1000 to insure a VRS, Is that correct?

I hate tap talk, I'll re-type my reply later on but in summary how many miles do you do a year

Not a for sale ad, I wouldn't expect any1 on here to buy my car really...This has all beeen good help...I probably do about 12k a year What I think i'll do is have a look and see if I can get a vRS then...I'll keep you all updated..Thanks for the reply's

Keep it ...........way better than a heavy diesel lump!!!..........................

......Of course I'm NOT bias at all!!!................. ..........

Back OT..............defo how many miles do you do a year?..if over 15,000 then makes more sense............a 1.4lt can be easily tuned to 140bhp with a remap and cams..............or really go for it and enlarge to 1.6 and tune to 180bhp!!!

Grass is always greener

More expensive insurance, maintenance possibly (turbo etc)

You have 2 possibilities when you trade, you get a good one or a lemon (you can eliminate some of this with checks but you can still have things start to fail on you)

Thats the problem with used cars and there seems to be a mix of lemons and good cars about particularly as they start to be older and more worn vehicles are in the used markets with lots of faults.

Is not keeping a good car you have perhaps one option. Certainly with the miles you have then money back from it will be limited too, I dont know the history and how you getting on with the car so its hard to compare.

The vRS has attracted plenty of young folk, powerful budget car, insurance goes up as a result. I think anyone would be mad to want to give £1k/yr to an insurer but pays yer money....I didn't get the vrs until 6 yrs ago and I was 34.....most poweful car I've had but then again I've had bikes that would **** over probably any car you will ever have, for a fraction of the price mate. Oh my insurance for that "supercar" style performance is about £100/yr insurance too lol

Not to lecture but with your history and insurance I'd consider an alternative view which is the sensible "stick" option. But being a youngster I doubt you would heed my advice and do the opposite anyway lol

Do it, you wont regret it!

Try find a nice vRS SE if you can.

Not at that price budget

Won't dealers but looking for more like £6-7 for a decent SE (that is the finance he is looking for), so he is really after a cheap VRS.

In which case I would say, if it aint broke dont fix it, you are just as likely to get an old lemon and a car that causes nothing but headaches, and if your existing 16v is doing you sweetly don't knock a good thing - but that just my personal opinion.

But then I've had my car from new and know how a good thing from a brand new car can start to feel less good after its been run for several years.

If you can get a thoroughly well looked after one for little money then fair play if you can. I'd be looking for replaced clutch, turbo etc if it was me.

Not at that price budget

My bad, and your right if it ain't broke don't fix it, any car brand new or used can have problems and if you have a car that you have is A OK you run the risk of having problems if you change, but I think the OP is kinda trying to talk him self into it and generally when people get stuff in there head it's only a matter of time before they take the plunge.

From owning a vRS I can testify that they are great cars but it certainly won't change your life.

I would suggest taking your time looking for one, test drive a few and hopefully you will find a good one if you have any doubts then walk away.