Just looked at the first page of UK national results for the vRS and the average price is

I guess the value of the vRS next year depends to some extent on how good the new vRS is. There are not a lot of vRS' on the road, and if the replacement is not great, prices could well hold quite well. I guess we'll have to wait and see...

The new Fabia vRS won't be out until 2008...

In that case I can't see the value of vRS' dropping to much then

You might be able to pick up a 3 year old car for under £7k, but that still means depreciation levels are well under 50% (ie. very good).

Makes it almost 'lucky' that mine was written off and recouped me a hefty:thumbup: insurance pay out.

Just looked at the first page of UK national results for the vRS and the average price is

FWIW

I don't think they are coming down.

All that is happening is that there are a heck of a lot more high mileage models appearing (with corresponding lower prices).

3 - 4 months ago, when I started looking for a vRS there were a lot more lower mileage models and thus the '1st page' had a higher cost average.

The milage appears to be average of between 12-25k per year, which isnt excessive its pretty normal usage given you use your car to commute day in day out.

Even if your daily one way trip is 25 miles thats 13k on commuting alone add in trips to the shops weekends away/visiting family/friends further away + from what I read here you lot seem to enjoy going for a drive without any purpose appart from the pleasure so by definition milage has to increase.

Note I'd have no issue buying a 130TDI with 150k up for

Note I'd have no issue buying a 130TDI with 150k up for

Wellas you say 200k on a tuned engine before it needs attention well in that case a std engine will last much longer.

On this site you do get the impression that 70/80k miles is high....wtf. This would have been an issue in cars pre 1995 from then onwards cars really have made huge steps forwards in reliability.

To be frank today you cannot buy a "BAD" car, you may get a Friday afternoon car but thats not te same as an entire model range.

Rust is not a problem at all - electrics are very good and engine tolerances have really come down less tolerance = longer life.

To be honest, some of what you say there is not true. Diesel engines prior to 1995 were actually very strong (what you say applies more to petrol engines). They were much more basic than current diesel engines, and operating at much lower stresses. Just look at how many pre-1995 diesels are still on the roads today.

When I said higher tuned versions of the TDI, I was refering to the 130bhp and 150bhp versions, not remapped engines. The SDI and lower tuned TDI (ie. 90 - 110bhp engines) are likely to last longer because they are under significantly less stress.

However i agree that 70/80k miles is not high at all. I think you can pretty much expect any diesel engine to achieve 150k miles with very few problems.

To be honest, some of what you say there is not true. Diesel engines prior to 1995 were actually very strong (what you say applies more to petrol engines). They were much more basic than current diesel engines, and operating at much lower stresses. Just look at how many pre-1995 diesels are still on the roads today.

When I said higher tuned versions of the TDI, I was refering to the 130bhp and 150bhp versions, not remapped engines. The SDI and lower tuned TDI (ie. 90 - 110bhp engines) are likely to last longer because they are under significantly less stress.

However i agree that 70/80k miles is not high at all. I think you can pretty much expect any diesel engine to achieve 150k miles with very few problems.

Fully agree the more stress an engine has the shorter its life.

Look at US cars I think Corvette/Buick etc have a 4/5ltr V8 which needs servicing every 100k miles....

Fully agree the more stress an engine has the shorter its life.

Look at US cars I think Corvette/Buick etc have a 4/5ltr V8 which needs servicing every 100k miles....

servicing every 100k, lucky buggers

The Cadillac 'Northstar' V8 has is 1st spark plug change at 100,000 miles!