Hi all,

It's finally come the time to trade in my wife's 2.5 year old VRS. We're getting a reasonable price for it in part ex for a Mini Cooper 5 door which she'll get in a months' time.

It's been an entirely average ownership experience. A few quick points some may find interesting.

Pros:

Cheap.

Reliable (in my case) 1 litre of oil in 23,000 miles.

DSG gearbox

Cons:

Rattles (mostly sorted)

Terrible satnav

Worse dealer (Westover Poole)

My wife's propensity to find kerbs (not Skoda specific unfortunately)

I'll still hang around - sorry - I like this forum. I'm a member of others and this is by far the most active brand forum, though the Audi A6 one is great too. I particularly love the old man in the Yeti forum who occasionally barks, "block" whenever something doesn't agree with his viewpoint :-)

I'll still hang around - sorry - I like this forum. I'm a member of others and this is by far the most active brand forum, though the Audi A6 one is great too. I particularly love the old man in the Yeti forum who occasionally barks, "block" whenever something doesn't agree with his viewpoint :-)

 

haha! Yes! I know exactly the member you are describing.

 

It's ok, him and other members who frequent the Yeti section will never see these posts....they keep themselves to themselves you know....

 

Back on topic, best of luck with the new car, hope you got a good trade in price for the VRS?

 

Can I ask what you got trade in ? I'll start  

 

I had worried that mine was going to be pretty much worthless. I've just ordered a new Octavia VRS tsi and the dealer gave me £8300 for my 15k MY2012 CAVE , WBAC offered me £7300

 

My ownership has been about the same but no sat nav and my wheels are mint , due to not letting the wife drive it too often

What's the spec like on your new mini?

Hi,

I'm getting £8,000 which would've been £8,500 but, as I said, my wife had scraped a couple of wheels and both front corners whilst parking. Couple of parking dings too. I paid about £14,500 so about £2,500 depreciation per year.

The spec on the mini is pretty good.

Auto

Chili pack

Media pack

Heated seats

Heated screen

Tinted windows

Chrome bits n bobs

14,500 was a good price with satnav. Mine was 15200 with parking sensors and cruise