Yep gone and done it at last. Sold the Fabia VRS to the son (40K on clock but new engine 10K ago after he turned it into a submarine :eek:- but runs fine now) and ordered a new VRS TDI estate in race blue.

Great price from Autosales in Cannock - their first offer was better than "Drive the Deal" !!

Collecting in March when I get back from my hols.:D

Roll on March !!

Excellent choice there, and the best colour too.

Excellent choice there, and the best colour too.

Glad you agree.

Choice was easy really ...

Silver - too common in general (plus the flies on the farm next door seem to love silver cars - they never touched my red Fabia but continue defecate all over the wife's silver freelander

Black - had a black car once - never again - shows every speck of dirt.

Red - done that.

Yellow - alright on a track car covered in stickers.

Excellent choice there, and the best colour too.

That's why every other VRs you ever see is Race Blue.

Having said that every third one you see is Black.

I'd be tempted if I was buying again to go for White.

Well done But black is best when clean, for five mins :(

Well done But black is best when clean, for five mins :(

Yes I'll admit that they do look good in black. But for the roads I have to use it's no good, as I saw when I had my black Fabia.

Forget the colour; you've bought the TDI!

Welcome to the blue TDi club, Jules59

bahnstormervrs - Would it be possible for you to recalculate the colour/engine split ratio? Maybe not on the register itself but another sticky perhaps? I would but I was never any good at maths

bahnstormervrs - Would it be possible for you to recalculate the colour/engine split ratio? Maybe not on the register itself but another sticky perhaps? I would but I was never any good at maths

No Calculations particularly required; just (mostly) sums, addition and subtraction. Anyway; here's the present Colour/Engine stats from the vRS Register;-

There are now 270 declared vRS owners. The colour choice is -

Blue - 141 - 52.2%

Black - 75 - 27.8%

Silver - 30 - 11.1%

Red - 16 - 5.9%

White - 3 - 1.1%

Yellow - 5 - 1.9%

Total - 270

Engine preference - TFSI - 179 (inc. those not specified)

- TDI - 91

TFSI to TDI ratio (no. 49 onward) 133:91 - 40.06% TDI

NB> I have not taken any account of any that are now 'Sold' (just added the new ones to the earlist stats.

I'd have Yellow but then I'd be homeless

Welcome to OctyII vRS ownership

No Calculations particularly required; just (mostly) sums, addition and subtraction.

Exactly

Cheers

Hmmm, yellow is obviously going to be the outsider - lots of people love it but wouldn't dare to get one. It seems blue is almost too common, silver is a bit bland (but good if subtle is your thing), and black means keeping it clean is a full time job - so looks like sensible people buy red!

My local dealer has had 2 yellow vRS's sat on the forcourt for ages. 1 I know seems to have been a bit of a lemon, had all the suspension and new engine parts in under 3 months.