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Edited 2 March, 201610 yr by TrevsieB

Interested to get another picture of the black stripes on the side and around the front bumper. Looks great!

It had to rain on day 1 - here are the pictures with the dirt -_-

What I didn't say......I b****y love it :-)

Edited 2 March, 201610 yr by TrevsieB

So this is the second day of ownership and I love it!! Delayed the pickup yesterday by a couple of hours because it was raining and have had to clean it already!!! I have the diffuser and splitter here ready to be fitted when I can find someone willing to help me. Also was thinking of getting the roof wrapped black?? The windows will definitely be changed to limo tints in the near future.

What splitter and diffuser you gone with benhants?

Loving all of the pics and forum - making me wish away the time until my estate is delivered in July! It's a company car, so went for the diesel in racing blue, with the black package plus amongst a raft of other options.

Was considering the Mazda 6 sport nav tourer or VW Passat GT as alternatives, but engine and viable options (in terms of lease budget) made me sway with the Skoda. Also prefer it's more agressive (IMO) looks and stance.

What splitter and diffuser you gone with benhants?

Splitter is on eBay, and the diffuser was from superskoda

Little dusting of snow this morning, made it look quite nice I thought.

Here is a pic of the same colour/spec car I will be getting in late June/early July - can't wait!! Even before I chose the car, it always made me look twice.

 

Spec includes Bluetooth + (interested to hear if this works as my Vodafone signal can be awful driving around my region of work?), Canton sound system, electric boot, heated front seats, parking sensors (all round), black design package plus and heated/folding wing mirrors. Main option I wish I had pushed (bizarrely lease company said I couldn't have it) was the heated screen.

 

Haven't test driven one, but having had an A4 avant and Passat previously, I can't see it being bad! Was considering the Mazda 6 sport nav tourer (175bhp) or VW Passat GT (150bhp) as alternatives, but the engine in main plus the viable options (in terms of lease budget) made me sway with the Skoda. I also prefer the more aggressive (IMO) looks and stance of the vRS. 

 

 

Here is a pic of the same colour/spec car I will be getting in late June/early July - can't wait!! Even before I chose the car, it always made me look twice.

 

Spec includes Bluetooth + (interested to hear if this works as my Vodafone signal can be awful driving around my region of work?), Canton sound system, electric boot, heated front seats, parking sensors (all round), black design package plus and heated/folding wing mirrors. Main option I wish I had pushed (bizarrely lease company said I couldn't have it) was the heated screen.

 

Haven't test driven one, but having had an A4 avant and Passat previously, I can't see it being bad! Was considering the Mazda 6 sport nav tourer (175bhp) or VW Passat GT (150bhp) as alternatives, but the engine in main plus the viable options (in terms of lease budget) made me sway with the Skoda. I also prefer the more aggressive (IMO) looks and stance of the vRS. 

 

The race blue sure does look nice in the flesh, everyone compliments the colour, but I am also Biased. 

Cheers @davitc, it is a great colour IMO. Must admit, most of the colours in the range wouldn't be knocked back. The Meteor Grey has grown on me too

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Here is a pic of the same colour/spec car I will be getting in late June/early July - can't wait!! Even before I chose the car, it always made me look twice.

 

Spec includes Bluetooth + (interested to hear if this works as my Vodafone signal can be awful driving around my region of work?), Canton sound system, electric boot, heated front seats, parking sensors (all round), black design package plus and heated/folding wing mirrors. Main option I wish I had pushed (bizarrely lease company said I couldn't have it) was the heated screen.

 

Haven't test driven one, but having had an A4 avant and Passat previously, I can't see it being bad! Was considering the Mazda 6 sport nav tourer (175bhp) or VW Passat GT (150bhp) as alternatives, but the engine in main plus the viable options (in terms of lease budget) made me sway with the Skoda. I also prefer the more aggressive (IMO) looks and stance of the vRS.

How come so long??

 

21 months old, just ticked over 38,000 miles. 

Edited 4 March, 201610 yr by skodanorman

How come so long??

Was signed off at the end of Feb and I was told it would be end of June before it was built and delivered - on holiday till first week of June, so works out nicely!

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Finally took the plunge and got wheels done black

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Glass coated and properly detarred today. Going in for a ceramic coating in two weeks. Had been toying with changing it but I think I'll just get a set of xtremes for it and be done with it.

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Said goodbye to the MkII Blackline this morning and jumped into a MkIII VRS.

 

I was concerned that the price increase from Blackline to current VRS might not be justified.  All I can say is - awesome!

 

Everything is sharper and more focused (Blackline felt chunky including steering wheel): styling, steering wheel, better lights, stereo great (but only listen to talk channels), massive space, no boomy noises that others report, diesel is very smooth indeed more so than the Blackline, integration with phone worked first time, more buttons than I know what to do with...

 

I didn't get any factory options and don't feel I am missing out - although if money was not object the sunroof would have been nice!

 

For the first time ever got some posh flowers as well on collection - handed over to missus who thought I was so considerate buying them for mothers day - result  :p

 

This is a great car and the right buy for me.

 

Here is the pic to prove it happened. 

I keep seeing vRS's since I bought mine.

 

Only the first day of driving home I saw a Race Blue vRS but a 64 plate, have seen about 2 Fabia's and 5 Octavia vRS's since.

Glass coated and properly detarred today. Going in for a ceramic coating in two weeks.

Do you mind me asking where you're going for the ceramic coating?

That looks very clean.

Do you mind me asking where you're going for the ceramic coating?

That looks very clean.

Another Cork man!

I'm going to D&D Detailing, they're on the old Mallow Road near Blackpool shopping centre. Two really good guys. I'm very, very picky and I trust them totally with my cars.

http://dnddetailing.ie

Another Cork man!

I'm going to D&D Detailing, they're on the old Mallow Road near Blackpool shopping centre. Two really good guys. I'm very, very picky and I trust them totally with my cars.

http://dnddetailing.ie

But more importantly, which ceramic coat are you getting and what paint prep will they be doing?

This is from a brand new skoda, which is worrying. Would need a 2 stage paint correction, and it's straight out the box

Edited 5 March, 201610 yr by village

But more importantly, which ceramic coat are you getting and what pain prep will they be doing?

This is from a brand new skoda, which is worrying,

Well the prep I assume will be wash, de-tar, deionise, clay. They'll be doing a light correction on the car - I've never let anybody bar myself or a detailer (not a valetor) near my car and you really need to look to find any swirling. The car wasn't even prepped by the dealer - I gave strict orders not to touch it. Should take two days to complete.

I have the choice of a few coatings. It will either be carbon collective platinum or Cquartz UK. I haven't decided on the that just yet.

I wasn't trying to be a douche. I picked mine up on 1st and had it booked in at KDS for a new enhancement detail with gtechniq serum. I'd obviously expected no correction given it was new. I'm waiting on the report on paint quality but sounds unlikely it'll be good

I wasn't trying to be a douche. I picked mine up on 1st and had it booked in at KDS for a new enhancement detail with gtechniq serum. I'd obviously expected no correction given it was new. I'm waiting on the report on paint quality but sounds unlikely it'll be good

Just saw your pic as it wasn't there originally. Are you sure that hasn't had a repair? That can't be right. I hope they get that sorted for you. That's pretty poor. I have noticed two tiny lumps on my paint, like there was a speck of dust painted over on the bonnet and rear drivers side door. Got the paint thickness checked to be on the safe side but it just seems they don't make them like they used to.

I had qtechniq on a previous car - you won't be disappointed with it!

Just saw your pic as it wasn't there originally. Are you sure that hasn't had a repair? That can't be right. I hope they get that sorted for you. That's pretty poor. I have noticed two tiny lumps on my paint, like there was a speck of dust painted over on the bonnet and rear drivers side door. Got the paint thickness checked to be on the safe side but it just seems they don't make them like they used to.

I had qtechniq on a previous car - you won't be disappointed with it!

It's not actually a pic of my car, but it is a brand new skoda and not a repair. That micro mottling of the surface is caused by the out gassing process. It's pretty shoddy really.

It's not actually a pic of my car, but it is a brand new skoda and not a repair. That micro mottling of the surface is caused by the out gassing process. It's pretty shoddy really.

How on earth did that get through QC?? Not very reassuring!! I would certainly have rejected that car if it were mine!!!!