Hi,

 

I have a dilemma:

 

With options on each I can get a vRS Estate TDI DSG for slightly more than a L&K Estate TDI DSG.

 

Which would you go for?

 

Cheers

 

 

Do you 'sporty', or do you want 'posh'?

 

In all seriousness, go for whichever you want, and whichever meets your needs.  The Octavia is a very capable car in both guises.

Interesting options.

I have a manual tdi vrs and love it but if I wasn't specifically after the vRS I wouldn't buy one.

One the plus sides

It's a pretty quick estate car with decent handling.

For the type of car it's very comfortable.

It really eats up the miles, it won't beat much off the line but it's great for overtaking and twisty a/B roads

On the negative

On super diesel I only ever get 40mpg normally, 45 to 50 on a long run which is a little disappointing.

You get really negative reactions from other drivers trying to race/tailgating/other aggressive driving just because you are doing 40mph in a 40 (race blue doesn't help)

The suspension is fairly hard and although it rides really well it's no limo.

It fidgets on the motorway cruise, although I don't know about the l&k the vRS is good on the motorway but not great. In my opinion it's not heavy enough and the suspension etc is setup for cornering not cruising. Not a patch on my old volvo 850 or the diesel insignias.

I would test drive both and see which one you like most, as long as you can stomach the stupid fake exhausts on the vRS.

Problem is without tuning box the TDI vRS ain't really sporty and you've already had all the L&K toys in your mk2.

Sorry Tom I know you'd like the vRS but having followed you back from the Meon Hut meets I don't think you need it.

Tom, your after a quick car, after seeing the way you drive the LandK do you need a diesel? and if your going to go new how about a more modern Petrol, Focus ST, Golf GTI, Leon Cupra something edition, VRS DSG TSI? all are fairly good on fuel and all are fairly quick? or go older and buy a road rocket toy?

Interesting options.

I have a manual tdi vrs and love it but if I wasn't specifically after the vRS I wouldn't buy one.

One the plus sides

It's a pretty quick estate car with decent handling.

For the type of car it's very comfortable.

It really eats up the miles, it won't beat much off the line but it's great for overtaking and twisty a/B roads

On the negative

On super diesel I only ever get 40mpg normally, 45 to 50 on a long run which is a little disappointing.

You get really negative reactions from other drivers trying to race/tailgating/other aggressive driving just because you are doing 40mph in a 40 (race blue doesn't help)

The suspension is fairly hard and although it rides really well it's no limo.

It fidgets on the motorway cruise, although I don't know about the l&k the vRS is good on the motorway but not great. In my opinion it's not heavy enough and the suspension etc is setup for cornering not cruising. Not a patch on my old volvo 850 or the diesel insignias.

I would test drive both and see which one you like most, as long as you can stomach the stupid fake exhausts on the vRS.

 

I'd probably get even worse as I quite like Sprint Yellow :-)

Hehe.... now looking at a caterham supersport r :clap:

 

 

Caterham are no longer in Caterham!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-(

l and k with the toys..............remap later

On the negative

On super diesel I only ever get 40mpg normally, 45 to 50 on a long run which is a little disappointing.

Wow that's low. I use the cheapest supermarket diesel on offer and still achieve 55mpg on an 8 mile drive to work each morning from cold. 75% Motorway/A road and 25% town.

Long runs I see anything up to low 60's.

Maybe switch to the cheaper fuel :lol:

I do have the hatch which I'm guessing is a little lighter though.

Edited 18 July, 201411 yr by JamesVRSmk3

Agreed.

I'm regularly seeing 50mpg from my combi now she's loosened up a little, that's on the run to work, 33 miles, mixture of fast A roads and MWay

Agreed.

I'm regularly seeing 50mpg from my combi now she's loosened up a little, that's on the run to work, 33 miles, mixture of fast A roads and MWay

I'm at 9500 miles doing 2x 15 mile trips on combination of twisting a/B roads and dual carrageway a day to and from work along with some knocking about at weekends and the occasional longer run.

Last tank I got 42mpg which is pretty average. Normal diesel I get slightly less which is pretty much exactly the same as the mk1 fabia vrs it replaced.

Cars booked in for its 10k service next week.

It's an interesting question.

The performance difference between a 1.8 TSI DSG L&K and my 2.0 TDI DSG vRS isn't much, it's a tough call although the vRS would edge it on price by about £600....for me anyway.