After much faffing around by the Lease company, I have finally managed to place the order for my White vRS Estate!!!

 

I'm not sure I will be able to survive the next 12 weeks or so - I may go "pop"!

Out of interest, why go with a lease company as opposed to using Skoda (VAG) finance? 

Hope that isn't a blonde question!! 

Yes, I would be interested too to hear the logic here as I am planning on buying new vrs this week sometime..

Steve

Maybe it's a company car?

As mentioned above, it's a company car.  The company I work for give me an Essential Car User allowance that I can only spend with their corporately appointed leasing company - it covers about 30% of the cost - not too shabby.  The only criterea are that the car must have a P11D valus of less than £25k (including options), emissions of less than 135g CO2/km and be from a limited selection of manufacturers (of which Skoda is one).

 

I have a young family to transport too so needed something with a bit of room.  I also travel about 600 miles a week, so I wanted something fun to drive with a bit of 'poke'.

 

I test drove loads of cars and had narrowed it down to a Volvo V60 (mentioned on another thread - fantastic ergonomically but not practical at all), Mazda 6 (great engine but uncomfortable seats for me @ 6'2" over a long journey) and Mercedes B200 Sport (my Wife loved it, but the boot was smaller than my current BMW 320D).

 

I stumbled across the MK3 Skodas as there was a garage next door to a Merc dealer I was visiting.  I was really impressed and was about to order an Elegance estate when Skoda announced the vRS.  I've been champing at the bit ever since!

Edited 11 September, 201312 yr by freddyg

As mentioned above, it's a company car.  The company I work for give me an Essential Car User allowance that I can only spend with their corporately appointed leasing company - it covers about 30% of the cost - not too shabby.  The only criterea are that the car must have a P11D valus of less than £25k (including options), emissions of less than 135g CO2/km and be from a limited selection of manufacturers (of which Skoda is one).

 

I have a young family to transport too so needed something with a bit of room.  I also travel about 600 miles a week, so I wanted something fun to drive with a bit of 'poke'.

 

I test drove loads of cars and had narrowed it down to a Volvo V60 (mentioned on another thread - fantastic ergonomically but not practical at all), Mazda 6 (great engine but uncomfortable seats for me @ 6'2" over a long journey) and Mercedes B200 Sport (my Wife loved it, but the boot was smaller than my current BMW 320D).

 

I stumbled across the MK3 Skodas as there was a garage next door to a Merc dealer I was visiting.  I was really impressed and was about to order an Elegance estate when Skoda announced the vRS.  I've been champing at the bit ever since!

Cheers