Forgive my ignorance, but as the title suggests how can you tell if a VRS is a 230 or 245?

 

My brother in law has asked me to go look at a facelift petrol vRS estate but I s there an obvious way of knowing, just so they don’t try pulling a fast one saying it’s one or the other.

 

It was so much easier buying my oil burner!🙈

Easiest way I find is black exhaust tips.

 

Many "standard" vRS have black pack + options, but AFAIK only the "special" ones (pre-fl 230, fl 245, challenge) have black exhausts.

Unless they have been painted

Exhaust tips will 99% say if it's a 230 - if they are silver, but them being black doesn't guarantee a 245.

For starters, stick the registration in something like TotalCarCheck - before you pay for a full check it'll give you info like this:

 

Manufacturer	Skoda
Model	Octavia Vrs 245 Tsi S-A
Colour	White
Vehicle Type	Car
Fuel Type	Petrol
Engine Size	1984cc
Euro Status	6b
BHP	245 BHP

My 245 has silver exhaust tips,front grill,window surrounds,roof rails and Gemini wheels.

...because I like shiny bits and that’s the way I ordered it!

My 245 has shiny exhaust tips, as standard from the factory.

I think he's talking about the proper 245s 😁

All silver exhaust tips tell you is that it's not a launch edition 245 or a 245 Challenge.

 

It could well still be a regular 245bhp vRS. 

49 minutes ago, Kenai said:

For starters, stick the registration in something like TotalCarCheck - before you pay for a full check it'll give you info like this:

 

Manufacturer	Skoda
Model	Octavia Vrs 245 Tsi S-A
Colour	White
Vehicle Type	Car
Fuel Type	Petrol
Engine Size	1984cc
Euro Status	6b
BHP	245 BHP

 

^^ This. ^^     and 245's have the little wheel arch extensions on the rear wheel arches, N/S at 2 o clock , O/S at 10 o clock  the 220/230/ didn't have these as standard 

 

 

That is all 

 

 

Edited 27 November, 20196 yr by Auric Goldfinger

50 minutes ago, Kenai said:

For starters, stick the registration in something like TotalCarCheck - before you pay for a full check it'll give you info like this:

 

Manufacturer	Skoda
Model	Octavia Vrs 245 Tsi S-A
Colour	White
Vehicle Type	Car
Fuel Type	Petrol
Engine Size	1984cc
Euro Status	6b
BHP	245 BHP

 

Awesome thank you for that, I use the Vehicle Smart app usually but BHP isn’t one of the things it shows so this is great to know.

 

Thanks everyone else for your responses too. 👍

 

Oh in case anyone is interested...it’s a very well equipped 230.

22 minutes ago, Auric Goldfinger said:

 245's have the little wheel arch extensions on the rear wheel arches, N/S at 2 o clock , O/S at 10 o clock  the 220/230/ didn't have these as standard 

 

Unfortunately, not correct. The FL 230 (and even the 184 2.0TDI I think) got those too, as it was facelift change, rather than a 245 change.

If the big hand is pointing to the six it's 230. If it's pointing to nine it's 245. HTH  

2 hours ago, Auric Goldfinger said:

 

^^ This. ^^     and 245's have the little wheel arch extensions on the rear wheel arches, N/S at 2 o clock , O/S at 10 o clock  the 220/230/ didn't have these as standard 

 

 

That is all 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Kenai said:

Unfortunately, not correct. The FL 230 (and even the 184 2.0TDI I think) got those too, as it was facelift change, rather than a 245 change.

Indeed. The arch extensions were as a result of the wider rear track on the facelift models. 
 

For reference of anyone who wants to check when at a car..

 

Only the pfl230 and fl245 have the vaq differential.

 

When in the car, press the vRS button, select 'individual' on the infotainment, see if there's an option to change the front differential lock.

Edited 27 November, 20196 yr by Alex-W

18 hours ago, teamt84 said:

Forgive my ignorance, but as the title suggests how can you tell if a VRS is a 230 or 245?

 

My brother in law has asked me to go look at a facelift petrol vRS estate but I s there an obvious way of knowing, just so they don’t try pulling a fast one saying it’s one or the other.

 

It was so much easier buying my oil burner!🙈

Open the driver's door and look at the sticker at the bottom of the B-pillar.  Engine code CHHA is 230PS/169kW, codes CHHB, DLBA, DKTB are 245PS/180kW.

Is it a DSG the original 245 has a 7 speed box while the 230 only had 6

4 hours ago, GaryL said:

Open the driver's door and look at the sticker at the bottom of the B-pillar.  Engine code CHHA is 230PS/169kW, codes CHHB, DLBA, DKTB are 245PS/180kW.

I'll correct that for you  "Engine code CHHA left the factory with a minimum of 230PS/169kW, codes CHHB, DLBA, DKTB left the factory with a minimum of  245PS/180kW." 😍

 

As most with decent fuel will be higher than that on a RR - plus of course some have been remapped 

How to tell 230 or 245?

 

Having passed a fellow Octavia owner this afternoon, just south of the Queensferry Crossing, I noticed the owner had put the numbers 2, 4 & 5 in front of the vRS badge on the back. Simples...🤣

 

Apologies if it is anyone on here!

1 hour ago, Wangarai said:

How to tell 230 or 245?

 

Having passed a fellow Octavia owner this afternoon, just south of the Queensferry Crossing, I noticed the owner had put the numbers 2, 4 & 5 in front of the vRS badge on the back. Simples...🤣

 

Apologies if it is anyone on here!

I’ll need to keep my eyes peeled for that one. 

If there's only one real exhaust pipe behind the trims then it's a diesel. 😁

Another simple one no one has mentioned.. all proper 245s have larger ventilated rear discs  230s only have non ventilated smaller rear discs

Adding to the clues about checking infotainment for VAQ diff on driving modes, 7th Gear if a DSG.

Good shout on the door code sticker above too.

Edited 29 November, 20196 yr by Scotty72