Hi to all.

I'm looking to take my first step as a Skoda owner (having owned VW's in the past), and have my eye on a new Octavia vRS estate (petrol).

I want to get the car for the best price possible and have seen good deals on the following sites:

Drivethedeal.com

Broadspeed.com

autoebid.com

Has anybody used these brokers - if so, are they to be recomended? I think my main concern is that none of the suppliing dealers are near to where I live (west surrey).

Thanks in advance and apologies is this has been posted in the wrong forum.

Hello and welcome to Briskoda

Can't help on the broker question but hopefully someone will be along shortly with some advice.

Welcome to Briskoda

Hi, and welcome

Welcome aboard:)

DriveTheDeal get my vote...cousin bought a BMW from them and they were excellent and the price was superb too

Welcome. I would try searching on Google for feedback on those 3 sites as I have just done. I didn't find any adverse comment on the first 2 but did find this feedback about autoebid.com which would make me think twice about using them.

Hello Mate and Welcome,

I used a company in Brighton called Griffin, he specialises in dealing with forces for Tax Free motors but i'm dam sure he would sort you out with a good price. I've had 2 motors from him and the service is outstanding.

Give Wayne a ring on 01273574000 tell him Lee Hughes reccommended you.

Thanks all.

I have tried to find reviews on the 'net about all of these companies, but am always a bit sceptical when I only see positive reviews!

I'm off to my local dealer shortly, to see what they can offer. I'll keep you posted as to what I decide to do.

Cheers

R

Dealer should be able to match the drive the deal price with a little bit of haggling.

Drive the deal let me know last week they had new discounts on vRS models. Tdi estate pretty loaded saved £3k @£19k. Think of all that torque!!

hi welcome on board, can't help you on your question as I live in anothr country (Jordan) but hope everything works out well with your new Octavia vRS estate (petrol)

Hi all,

As promised, I popped into my local dealer the other day and took out an Octavia VRS (petrol) for a couple of hours and came away with one on order.

I paid £18.8k for an estate with the following (metallic paint, dual climate, 18" wheels, cruise, maxidot, light assist, curtain bags and active headrestraints). Even though the car won't be delivered until the 1st March, I will also get 3 years free servicing and not fogetting the all important 'free' boot liner!

I decided to go with the dealer even though he was £400 more than DTD - primarily because he was a nice guy :-) and DTD couldn't offer the 3 years servicing, so in all it was probably a better deal than DTD.

I guess the next 12 weeks or so will drag now though...