Hi all new to the forum and was hoping for some advice and thoughts on a potential first time Skoda purchase. Currently driving a Scirocco R but need something more baby friendly etc but not too dull. I have done a lot of research and it certainly seems to tick all the boxes and hardly seen a bad thing said about it. So found this 2014 example on Auto Trader. Looks like a good spec and like the candy white. My only concern is the high mileage (77K) for a 2014 car. I know the DSG will need serviced at 80K and I have had two different quotes for timing belt change intervals 80k or 4yrs and 140k miles or 5yrs. So any thoughts and advice would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

 

http://www.asperformanceltd.co.uk/used-cars/skoda-octavia-2-0-tdi-cr-vrs-dsg-5dr-burnley-201607035492943

Sounds like this may be the same car - http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/408808-would-i-be-mad-to-consider-a-77k-mile-14-plate-vrs-tdi/

Thanks SimonD316 I think you are right sounds like exactly the same car. Should have had a browse before posting another topic. Some interesting points about the car. I've managed to knock him down £250 on the basis the dsg needs serviced and chances are at least 2 new tyres in the not so distant future. Also still has 11 months warranty left. Tempting very tempting.

I've just read the spec sheet on the Advert and it states the car has Park Assist ans Adaptive Cruise Control.

 

Doesn't Park assist need front sensors and sensors on the wheel arch ?  Does ACC need the sensor in the lower grill ?

 

Winter pack, Heated Windscreen and heated seats, ? If you enlarge the picture of the Dash there doesn't appear to me buttons for the heated seats or one from the heated screen

 

 

You might want to check it has what it says it have.

Edited 18 August, 20169 yr by Auric Goldfinger

Thanks SimonD316 I think you are right sounds like exactly the same car. Should have had a browse before posting another topic. Some interesting points about the car. I've managed to knock him down £250 on the basis the dsg needs serviced and chances are at least 2 new tyres in the not so distant future. Also still has 11 months warranty left. Tempting very tempting.

I've left it for the time being as I don't think things stack up.

Firstly if it is on the 3yr warranty then thats gone. It would have ended at 60k. If it's a 4yr one then that finishes at 80k.

Couldn't see the radar in the nose for ACC.

It's overdue a service by more than 2k. Variable service is up to 19k iirc. This is 22k since last service.

Plus its 220miles from me, can't exactly pop down!

It does seem like a bit of a red herring for want of a better phrase.

 

That's an excellent point about the warranty, either one does not give much peace of mind. Likewise for the service intervals. I phoned a dealer near me in Fife and she said the last service carried out was a minor one. When I asked the seller he said the last service was a major one mmmmm. When pushed on tyres 'all look good' once again mmmmm,

 

There does seem to be a growing case for walking away from this one. One of the many reasons forums are a great resource for us car nuts.

 

I'm about 160 miles away myself so in the annoying position of relying on pictures and second hand car salesman honesty!

 

This was the original contender before I seen the 77K mile motor.

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/skoda/octavia/skoda-octavia-2-0-tdi-cd-vrs-in-race-blue/6069835?v=c

 

Trouble is I have been offered a lot less trade-in value for my Scirocco R than I was hoping for ranging from 11.5k to 12.8k. The dealer selling 77k Octavia wanted my car plus £1k! Thanks but you can poop in your hands and clap matey!

Edited 18 August, 20169 yr by DarthMather

He also only started trading in June this year. Flash website but not much to back it up. Viewings by Appointment only? No thanks

Yeah that doesn't fill me with confidence. I did notice the by appointment only thing, seems a little pretentious, he isn't trading F40s and original GTOs. That little alarm bell in my head is ringing. One to walk away from I think.

I've just read the spec sheet on the Advert and it states the car has Park Assist ans Adaptive Cruise Control.

 

Doesn't Park assist need front sensors and sensors on the wheel arch ?  Does ACC need the sensor in the lower grill ?

 

Winter pack, Heated Windscreen and heated seats, ? If you enlarge the picture of the Dash there doesn't appear to me buttons for the heated seats or one from the heated screen

 

 

You might want to check it has what it says it have.

I'd agree with all these points, I have those extras on my Octavia, and the required buttons and sensors aren't on that car, nor is candy white a metallic paint option, it's the solid one. So it is wrongly described. But it is still cheap... Park Assist on a vRS? Has that option ever been fitted? I thought they were all j-turned into a parking space...

It does seem like a bit of a red herring for want of a better phrase.

That's an excellent point about the warranty, either one does not give much peace of mind. Likewise for the service intervals. I phoned a dealer near me in Fife and she said the last service carried out was a minor one. When I asked the seller he said the last service was a major one mmmmm. When pushed on tyres 'all look good' once again mmmmm,

There does seem to be a growing case for walking away from this one. One of the many reasons forums are a great resource for us car nuts.

I'm about 160 miles away myself so in the annoying position of relying on pictures and second hand car salesman honesty!

This was the original contender before I seen the 77K mile motor.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/skoda/octavia/skoda-octavia-2-0-tdi-cd-vrs-in-race-blue/6069835?v=c

Trouble is I have been offered a lot less trade-in value for my Scirocco R than I was hoping for ranging from 11.5k to 12.8k. The dealer selling 77k Octavia wanted my car plus £1k! Thanks but you can poop in your hands and clap matey!

You'll struggle to find any dealer who will do a swap for much less than £1k. Think after they have paid their costs and tax they could be left with £600...

Its not a public service, its their business.

They have to take a gamble on your car also.

Deal closer to home. Even if it costs more. Its easier to sort out any problems with the car face to face.

You'll struggle to find any dealer who will do a swap for much less than £1k. Think after they have paid their costs and tax they could be left with £600...

Its not a public service, its their business.

They have to take a gamble on your car also.

Deal closer to home. Even if it costs more. Its easier to sort out any problems with the car face to face.

Fair point glosrich, I think I was given false hope with the first dealer I spoke with who was willing to give me £12,800 for my car and some cash to walk away with. Sadly that was for an Edition 30 Golf GTI and once my head caught up with my heart I accepted it was not going to be practical or economical enough.

 

There is definitely a lot to be said for doing a deal closer to home if at all possible but there appears to be a drought of used VRS Octavias north of the border.

 

The dealer trying to sell the 77k mile motor called me today and I confronted him about the lack of heated seat buttons despite claiming it had the winter pack and the lack of front sensor for ACC he just deflected the question. He has since increased the asking price by a fiver to £12,500!    Thanks but no thanks. lucky escape I was ready to put a deposit down so thank you for your contributions and advice. Buying a new car can be a minefield. Trust no one and question everything. 

More info on your Scirrocco R please ? You just tickled my interest although I really shouldn't.....I had no plans of selling mine !

 

I've a genuine 2014 octy vRS petrol though bought direct from Skoda.

Not fully loaded - pretty standard features - but does have canton plus satnav - and I've not long changed all tyres to new RS3's and given a Skoda service too nearing 50k plus all the electronic service history printed out by Skoda for me.

Great car and quite economical if you drive it accordingly hehe and more space than I've had in any car

Edited 20 August, 20169 yr by vRSAnt

I've just read the spec sheet on the Advert and it states the car has Park Assist ans Adaptive Cruise Control.

 

Doesn't Park assist need front sensors and sensors on the wheel arch ?  Does ACC need the sensor in the lower grill ?

 

Winter pack, Heated Windscreen and heated seats, ? If you enlarge the picture of the Dash there doesn't appear to me buttons for the heated seats or one from the heated screen

 

 

You might want to check it has what it says it have.

 

The most ridiculous error of all must be the 'black design package', which the standard chrome grill and body coloured door mirror cappings would rather suggest otherwise.....

Hey vRSAnt happy to oblige haha I know exactly what you mean. Don't get me wrong I don't really want to sell my R and trying to find all manner of ways to justify keeping it easily the best most fun car I have ever owned consistently turns heads as well which is always nice :clap: but deep down I know it realistically has to go

 

My car details are as follows:

2011 DSG Rising Blue
57k (that will increase as it is my daily driver sitting just below 57K just now)
1 previous business owner
Full service history
Cambelt and water pump replaced 3/8/16
Major service, MOT and AC serviced 19/7/16
3 Conti Contact sport 6 tyres with plenty life left
1 P Zero with slight damage to tyre wall but still plenty miles left
19" Talladega alloys fairly minor kerb damage on front two rear two absolutely fine.
Winter optics pack
Bodywork generally excellent condition with some touched up stone chips on the bonnet and a small scratch on front wing.
DSG serviced 27/5/15

 

I think that covers all the essentials.

No pics just now waiting to get an opportunity to give it a good clean but can provide pics if required.

 

Cheers.
 

The most ridiculous error of all must be the 'black design package', which the standard chrome grill and body coloured door mirror cappings would rather suggest otherwise.....

 

I know his advert is an absolute joke from beginning to end. When I confronted him I thought he would maybe change the description but nope. Thing is it is a fairly niche car and the kind of customer who is going to seriously consider buying it is going to do their research and know their stuff. I just feel sorry for the punter who does fall for his BS advert and cough up 12.5K for a dud! Where are trading standards when you need them. 

The most ridiculous error of all must be the 'black design package', which the standard chrome grill and body coloured door mirror cappings would rather suggest otherwise.....

 

Never noticed that, good spot

Looks like he's trading from home and possibly the pics are in Towneley Park. I wonder whether he's got planning permission....?

He does have quiet a good selection of cars and by the looks of it recently sold a RS3 for £44k but defo a chancer and highly unlikely to have planning permission. I'm considering flagging his advert up to trading standards but not sure how interested they would be.

Hey vRSAnt happy to oblige haha I know exactly what you mean. Don't get me wrong I don't really want to sell my R and trying to find all manner of ways to justify keeping it easily the best most fun car I have ever owned consistently turns heads as well which is always nice :clap: but deep down I know it realistically has to go

My car details are as follows:

2011 DSG Rising Blue

57k (that will increase as it is my daily driver sitting just below 57K just now)

1 previous business owner

Full service history

Cambelt and water pump replaced 3/8/16

Major service, MOT and AC serviced 19/7/16

3 Conti Contact sport 6 tyres with plenty life left

1 P Zero with slight damage to tyre wall but still plenty miles left

19" Talladega alloys fairly minor kerb damage on front two rear two absolutely fine.

Winter optics pack

Bodywork generally excellent condition with some touched up stone chips on the bonnet and a small scratch on front wing.

DSG serviced 27/5/15

I think that covers all the essentials.

No pics just now waiting to get an opportunity to give it a good clean but can provide pics if required.

Cheers.

Loved mine

Loved mine

Hey Ubbs they are cracking cars plenty smiles per gallon! Really like the colour of yours not seen many in that colour usually black, white, red or blue. I did the North Coast 500 road trip a few weeks ago cannot recommend it highly enough some of the best roads I've ever driven on and precious little traffic apart from suicidal sheep! Did you have much bother selling yours did you go trade or private?

He does have quiet a good selection of cars and by the looks of it recently sold a RS3 for £44k but defo a chancer and highly unlikely to have planning permission. I'm considering flagging his advert up to trading standards but not sure how interested they would be.

 

http://www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/planning/planning-enforcement would be interested as there's nothing on their register for that address. He's registered on companies house though.

Hey Ubbs they are cracking cars plenty smiles per gallon! Really like the colour of yours not seen many in that colour usually black, white, red or blue. I did the North Coast 500 road trip a few weeks ago cannot recommend it highly enough some of the best roads I've ever driven on and precious little traffic apart from suicidal sheep! Did you have much bother selling yours did you go trade or private?

The octavia estate is my wife's she's always had Astras estates so this imo is a big step up for her and I love driving it too it's very well spec'd too, black pack plus, Columbus, winter pack, leather, primer grey paint, with regards to the scirocco great cars I bought it as ex demo leather dsg 19's and so on, I ended up px'ing it for an rs3 in 2012 as we'd just had a child so it wasn't practical and my 10 year old would always feel sick after 30 minutes in the back, something to do with the high windows and low seats he's fine in any other car.

Hi all new to the forum and was hoping for some advice and thoughts on a potential first time Skoda purchase. Currently driving a Scirocco R but need something more baby friendly etc but not too dull. I have done a lot of research and it certainly seems to tick all the boxes and hardly seen a bad thing said about it. So found this 2014 example on Auto Trader. Looks like a good spec and like the candy white. My only concern is the high mileage (77K) for a 2014 car. I know the DSG will need serviced at 80K and I have had two different quotes for timing belt change intervals 80k or 4yrs and 140k miles or 5yrs. So any thoughts and advice would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

 

http://www.asperformanceltd.co.uk/used-cars/skoda-octavia-2-0-tdi-cr-vrs-dsg-5dr-burnley-201607035492943

For what it's worth, I came from a Scirocco Tdi 170 to the Octy vRS Tdi 184 and in real world driving noticed very little difference in terms of performance.

Hey vRSAnt happy to oblige haha I know exactly what you mean. Don't get me wrong I don't really want to sell my R and trying to find all manner of ways to justify keeping it easily the best most fun car I have ever owned consistently turns heads as well which is always nice :clap: but deep down I know it realistically has to go

 

My car details are as follows:

2011 DSG Rising Blue

57k (that will increase as it is my daily driver sitting just below 57K just now)

1 previous business owner

Full service history

Cambelt and water pump replaced 3/8/16

Major service, MOT and AC serviced 19/7/16

3 Conti Contact sport 6 tyres with plenty life left

1 P Zero with slight damage to tyre wall but still plenty miles left

19" Talladega alloys fairly minor kerb damage on front two rear two absolutely fine.

Winter optics pack

Bodywork generally excellent condition with some touched up stone chips on the bonnet and a small scratch on front wing.

DSG serviced 27/5/15

 

I think that covers all the essentials.

No pics just now waiting to get an opportunity to give it a good clean but can provide pics if required.

 

Cheers.

 

 

Just realised you are in Scotland.....sounds good/better than mine though and just 3 years older, but even still worth more than mine on paper !

 

I think my silly idea will have to pass distance is unrealistic and having looked up the online prices I'd feel bad (for me!) giving more money for older car But they are cracking cars.

Hey VRSAnt yeah I'm a haggis hunter north of the border   I do love it and gutted I have to sell but sadly mile per gallon are now priority over smiles per gallon.

 

I have just put it up for sale on PistonHeads and put a deposit down on a fully loaded 2013 VRS Octy :clap: 

 

Is it frowned upon to post a link to my advert on the forum?

 

Cheers