Decided to sell my fl vrs tsi. Been a great car over the last two and half years and 43k miles. Currently has 62.5k miles on it and had no issues. Have bought a 6 month old leon st fr184 with a few options. Not overly impressed with the new octavia and believe they are no longer the value that they were with the mk2. Trading in my vrs which breaks my heart as it is immaculate and has been maintained to the highest standard. The initial trade in prices I was offered were shocking but I don't have the time to try and advertise it privately. Some of the "we buy any car" websites were quoting £6.7k!

Enjoy the new one.

 

Trade-ins are a bit sickening when you see what they get relisted at. I got £4200 for my 07 TFSI with 83k on the clock (very good nick) it went back on for £5800 which I though was way too high but it sold within 2 weeks.

My 5year old 80k 2.0tsi facelift sold to wbac.com this weekend, actually a good experience.

I was gutted to get rid of such a great car. I too feel the new mk3 skoda does not represent the good value they did when I paid 16k new for my mk2 inc leather.

I decided to go contract hire and am getting a golf r dsg, I did consider the skoda but at £50/month cheaper the golf was a no brainier. Just need to get the snap back!

Well after a couple of weeks driving the leon fr I gave it it's first good blast down a country road. Given it is diesel I thought the handling would be worse than my petrol vrs but have been shocked/suprised to discover it handles far better - bear in mind this is only an fr not a cupra! Feels far more reponsive and no where near as nose heavy as the vrs. Obviously I do occasionally miss the power of the vrs (especially as it was remapped) but the 170miles more from a tank (leon tank is a gallon smaller than the vrs) makes up for it. Very impressed with the car overall - better build quality, far less road noise and better handling. I've not driven a mk3 vrs to do a fair comparison but given the prices/spec on the leon the mk3 octavia struggles to compete on overall value.