This weekend, there has been a reasonably strong Easterly wind, it makes quite a difference Your journey West from Warrington would have been strongly wind assisted, and the opposite (obviously) on the way out which makes the difference even more stark)

(I'm a cyclist, so I'm painfully aware of the wind direction and strength on any given day )

now that dave is some good information and would explain it weather is one thing we too easily forget about when calculating mpgs

It's true, the average motorist has no idea what's happening outside the car in terms of wind etc, they/we only know the temperature as it's on the dash :P

 

Still, those figures you got are pretty good I reckon, I'll be happy with that!

It's true, the average motorist has no idea what's happening outside the car in terms of wind etc, they/we only know the temperature as it's on the dash :p

 

Still, those figures you got are pretty good I reckon, I'll be happy with that!

It's when it gets windy IN the car that I worry, especially if there's no one else in the car to blame  :think: 

Thanks very much for putting up such a good review, I very much enjoyed reading it, and I'm really pleased you're enjoying your new car so much. From reading the forum I am suprised more people haven't gone for the petrol TSI. I had the privelidge of borrowing the TDI for a weekend before I ordered, and I was very impressed with it, it was excellent, but I felt the car needed the TSI to really do it justice.

 

By the way, the race blue is looking fantastic!

just a message to the post owner, just found a review and it shows the vRS complete with cornering fogs...does yours have these ???

just a message to the post owner, just found a review and it shows the vRS complete with cornering fogs...does yours have these ???

nope.  Its only available on the continent for the VRS.  I had this off Skoda

 

 

 

Octavia vRS foglights error Brochure and some POS materials contain an error about lights’ specification

The Octavia brochure and some point-of-sale (POS) leaflets about the Octavia vRS contain an error about foglights.

They say cornering foglights with a darkened surround are standard equipment on the Octavia vRS. The standard foglights are not darkened and do not have cornering functionality.

Please make sure customers are aware of this error when handing them brochures and POS leaflets. We will update the brochure as quickly as possible.

 

Great review!!!  Took a MKiii out on saturday and love it. Not too sure on the dual climate display (thinking old style casio watch inserts?).

 

Order for a candy white est goes in today!!!!! Will miss my 2012 beast tho.........

Great review!!! Took a MKiii out on saturday and love it. Not too sure on the dual climate display (thinking old style casio watch inserts?).

Order for a candy white est goes in today!!!!! Will miss my 2012 beast tho.........

What is your of and what offer did you get if you don't mind me asking?

My dealer offered me an insulting £13,500 for my 11 month blackline Dsg with 12k on the clock. I would have dine a deal at 3k more.

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What is your of and what offer did you get if you don't mind me asking?

My dealer offered me an insulting £13,500 for my 11 month blackline Dsg with 12k on the clock. I would have dine a deal at 3k more.

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No Worries,

Old car: 2012 Anthracite Grey Octy VRS est 2.0 TDI  man with auto mirror, Leather and aftermarket OEM Blutooth intergrated system

26K on the clock....

Wait for it.....£12565!!

No Worries,

Old car: 2012 Anthracite Grey Octy VRS est 2.0 TDI man with auto mirror, Leather and aftermarket OEM Blutooth intergrated system

26K on the clock....

Wait for it.....£12565!!

There is no way a one year old vRS is worth that money.

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Thats what they offered me!!

What did you pay for your VRS a year ago? 17K?

What did you pay for your VRS a year ago? 17K?

Something like that. Was on that "No VAT" deal.

17K down to 13.5K is a fair enough drop for a first year to be honest. The first year you always loose a lot of money unless the car is very limited. They will want to make around 1K on passing the car on 2K selling it them selves which means it would be up for ~15.5K which is about where they are

17K down to 13.5K is a fair enough drop for a first year to be honest. The first year you always loose a lot of money unless the car is very limited. They will want to make around 1K on passing the car on 2K selling it them selves which means it would be up for ~15.5K which is about where they are

Yeah i'm not bothered by the price. I thought less actually with the mileage on it!!!

 

Candy white Mkiii VRS est  just been ordered.....

She's gonna kill me........

No Worries,

Old car: 2012 Anthracite Grey Octy VRS est 2.0 TDI  man with auto mirror, Leather and aftermarket OEM Blutooth intergrated system

26K on the clock....

Wait for it.....£12565!!

I was given £16000 for my Met Grey vRS TDI FULL LEATHER ETC.SPEC. In px  for a new Octavia vrs tsi estate. One off special deal with my dealer,with on a from stock std spec in met blue.% finance and 3yr free servicing included

Not bad I thought.

I was given £16000 for my Met Grey vRS TDI FULL LEATHER ETC.SPEC. In px  for a new Octavia vrs tsi estate. One off special deal with my dealer,with on a from stock std spec in met blue.% finance and 3yr free servicing included

Not bad I thought.

Sorry forgot to say mk 2 was a Sept 2012 hatch with 14000 miles with Neptune alloys in top condition . from the same dealer.

I was given £16000 for my Met Grey vRS TDI FULL LEATHER ETC.SPEC. In px for a new Octavia vrs tsi estate. One off special deal with my dealer,with on a from stock std spec in met blue.% finance and 3yr free servicing included

Not bad I thought.

That is more like what I was expecting for my Blackline.

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July 2012 white vRS DSG Diesel hatch, with black alloys, black alcantara, £15K, not too bad, would of liked a few quid more, but got about 3-4% off the cost of the new one, plus my payments will be less per month, so overall, cant complain.

Looking at the px offered,i dont feel to bad now,62vrs tdi hatch manual,14250 px held until delivery date req of march next year,for a tdi vrs estate,and payments similar,i wanted more as you do,but not too bad,il end end up with some freebies on pick up day

Looking at the px offered,i dont feel to bad now,62vrs tdi hatch manual,14250 px held until delivery date req of march next year,for a tdi vrs estate,and payments similar,i wanted more as you do,but not too bad,il end end up with some freebies on pick up day

nope.  Its only available on the continent for the VRS.  I had this off Skoda

 

Octavia vRS foglights error Brochure and some POS materials contain an error about lights’ specification

The Octavia brochure and some point-of-sale (POS) leaflets about the Octavia vRS contain an error about foglights.

They say cornering foglights with a darkened surround are standard equipment on the Octavia vRS. The standard foglights are not darkened and do not have cornering functionality.

Please make sure customers are aware of this error when handing them brochures and POS leaflets. We will update the brochure as quickly as possible.

 

 

Trouble is that even that is wrong as they do have darkened surrounds....

That is more like what I was expecting for my Blackline.

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Mine was a manual box though and no sat-nav.

Superb review by OP.

 

Was toying with the new facelifted Yeti.......now not so sure.

 

Vrs estate in blue - looks the biz. Colour reminds me of the 555 rally Prodrive Imprezas

 

Must admit to changing a bit too often (like every 6/9 months) - but hey, what the heck - at 61 I need some excitement back in my life!

i managed to get some pics today at dinner time before the rain came.  Note this is a proper HDR and its been photoshopped

 

Skoda Octavia VRS mkiii by Stu Worrall Photography, on Flickr