I am looking to dispose of my lovely 75000 mile VRS and replace it with a 1.9 diesel estate (towing and country lanes in future !). I have tried my local dealers for a test drive (Burton upon Trent area) but it seems the car is rare and to date I have had no luck. Anyone know of a car that I can travel to ?

There's 6 used ones on Autotrader at various places around the country. Prehaps worth getting a test drive in one of those.

BTW welcome to the forum!

Robinsons Skoda of Norwich, Simpsons Skoda of Gt Yarmouth and David Ian Skoda of Morecambe all list used New Octavia 4X4 Estates on Skoda UK's website - although all would be a long drive. Why not contact Skoda Customer Services on 08457 745 745 and ask if they can help locate a more convenient dealer with a demonstrator?

Simpsons (near Burnley) have on their demo fleet. 01282 864266