Hi all, 

 

I have the opportunity to purchase a new, unregistered diesel VRs Hatch from a Skoda main dealer for around £20k (including the finance incentive).

 

Perfect you would think as it'll save me around £100 a month PCP payment, but I'm currently driving a 2017 BMW 520 with a few options added and the VRs has zero options, my mileage is around 18-20k a year but I've recently changed jobs and no longer need the space the 5 series gives me. My wife has a VRs 245 already so I know what I'd be getting and if it had a few options such as heated seats, folding mirrors and front parking sensors I'd have probably already done the deal. 

 

Something is holding me back but I don't really know wha, well I do the lack of options, it's a very fortunate position to be in I just need help! I'm thinking of asking for the folding mirror parts at cost price to them and I'll sort them myself

Are the options you want, which aren't fitted enough to make you to regret your decision in a few months time?   It may seem a good deal now but if you are going to regret not getting the spec you want then it could become expensive when you eventually give in and look for another one. 

 

I've seen heated seats being retrofit to an A4 Avant and there's plenty of places who can fit parking sensors to look like OEM fitment.  With the money you're saving on a brand new car, are those after market options feasible? Can the supplying dealer provide a quote or even do a deal on the retrofits to secure your business? 

 

Have you looked around at ex-demo/nearly new cars?  Why are you looking to get rid of the 5 series?  

 

 

20k for a brand new unregistered diesel seems to good to be true, the dealer must be loosing on this deal I doubt you could even match this on any of the discount car sources like car wow and drive the deal. Thats a whopping 8k or over 28.5% discount on list price. You say you currently have a BMW 5 series 2017 om PCP is your dealer paying off all that cars outstanding finance owed as I doubt that you have paid off 50% of that cars value leaving you with no debt on that car. It may be true what you say but the dealer must make money somewhere or may be they are putting on any outstanding debt onto your new PCP, God knows.

 

if not go for it.

 

Thanks for the replies, thinking of getting rid of the 5er as I'll be £100 better off on PCP payments, its the SE model so isn't exactly sporty in anyway and it's a big old barge. I'd be quite happy to keep it but I'm tempted by this. 

 

The 5er has got some negative equity which I'd be rolling into the Octavia PCP but this is still £100 a month cheaper than keeping the 5er, I haven't included this in the £20k price that's just the price of the Octavia if that makes sense? 

 

The car is ex showroom but we bought my wife's VRs from the same garage as an ex showroom demo, I'm still not sure how it's so cheap and you're right I can't match, or get anywhere near, to the price on any of the comparison sites! 

I agree with Penguin17, getting the right spec on purchase is a sound idea, there's nothing worse than getting into your car on a daily basis and being annoyed that it doesn't have that you wished it did.

 

Retrofitting is fine as long as you can be bothered to do so and afford the time &  work. I retrofitted full leather heated seats to my vRS, however, had I not needed to change my car so quickly, I would have waited for one with heated seats (I have a bad back). 

Back in 2014 I picked up an ex demo VRS 2.0TDi hatch, 810 miles on the clock. £19995 so they do crop up from time to time.

18 hours ago, andyb_sv said:

Hi all, 

 

I have the opportunity to purchase a new, unregistered diesel VRs Hatch from a Skoda main dealer for around £20k (including the finance incentive).

 

Perfect you would think as it'll save me around £100 a month PCP payment, but I'm currently driving a 2017 BMW 520 with a few options added and the VRs has zero options, my mileage is around 18-20k a year but I've recently changed jobs and no longer need the space the 5 series gives me. My wife has a VRs 245 already so I know what I'd be getting and if it had a few options such as heated seats, folding mirrors and front parking sensors I'd have probably already done the deal. 

 

Something is holding me back but I don't really know wha, well I do the lack of options, it's a very fortunate position to be in I just need help! I'm thinking of asking for the folding mirror parts at cost price to them and I'll sort them myself

My advice don't do it because I made the same poor decision back in July 2015 when I decided to buy a January 2015 (64 plate) Vrs Tdi DSG in Rallye Green with zero options (not even Sat Nav it was so basic). After 7 months and 7,000 miles I ended up trading it in for a new Superb with a few options I picked myself. The used Vrs cost me £20,500 at the time so no bargain and got £17,600 on trade in against the £23,600 price of the new Superb. After 16,000 miles in the Superb took the plunge and ordered a new 245 with a few options and absolutely love everything about it and wouldn't swap it for anything that Skoda currently sell so it looks like a keeper.

Well I've gone for it! The only options I would have specc'd would have been folding mirrors, front parking sensors and heated front seats. All of which I can retrofit if I really want to, paid a shade under £21k for it (Inc deposit contribution) so I'm pretty pleased with that deal! 

 

No why the hell did I brim the 60 odd litre tank on my 5er the day before I made the decision! Idiot! 

Three and a half years ago, I was looking.  Went to test drive a 1.6TDI Black edition, which I liked, and had nice options.  We couldn't agree over a large stone chip in the middle of the bonnet (It was just shy of a year old), so I went back to the drawing board about what I was going to order, but saw the vRS and bought it.  Impatient on my part and it didn't have options on my tick list, but what the hell.  Don't regret it one bit and I hope you're as happy with yours 

 

Gaz

Another BMW driver seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and getting a proper car not a taxi. Enjoy your new purchase.

£20500 is the going rate for a new Hatch Diesel vRS at the moment, It looks something like this. £28k, minus £2500 Skoda contribution, £3500 dealer discount and then another £1500 on top for a Diesel (Petrols dont get the extra £1500), must be stock vehicle and registered before end of March.

 

I was offered a 245 DSG Estate for £24k brand new from stock with a couple of extras.

 

What put me off was the optional final payment on the pcp, £12300. After 36 months they were basically only guaranteeing a price on trade in of £12300, if its worth more then i get that towards my next car, if i walk away I lose, If i pay the £12300 to keep then its not exactly been a cheap way to buy a new car.

 

 

Edited 23 March, 20197 yr by jonnyboy78

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When was the Unregistered Octavia built and when did it come into the UK. 

Is it a car with MY19 car that is WLTP Certificated and not one built pre WLTP and that can be First Registered under Derogation Rules?

Not sure, its a Skoda main dealer stock but as I say the pcp put me off, looking around and other manuf are still offering decent gfv of around 50% after 3 years, Skoda are down to 35%. All they could say was there would be equity towards your next vehicle doing it this way. Sorry Bye

The one I went for is MY19, not sure when it came into the UK to be honest

Simple fact is they can not shift them, not selling like hot cakes, if they could they would be at TK Maxx reduced.

 

So just lease them if they suit your needs, wants and the price is right.

Plenty other manufacturers diesels are as popular as a fart in a space suit.