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Octavia VRS TDI DSG

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  • 04-07-2008 12:57pm
    #1
    Vico1612
    Registered Users Posts: 915 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Just wondering if anybody has an Octavia VRS TDI DSG and would be willing to share their experience.

    Thanks
    Vico


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    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    I'd suggest debadging it , all those letters on the back would put a serious dent in your fuel consumption;)


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    ShayK1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,602 ✭✭✭ShayK1


    just having a look at them now... never drove one but.....

    http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Skoda/Octavia/VRS-Tdi/1079362/

    check the windscreen price and the ad price :D


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    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,218 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    I drove one last year, not the DSG, and I was impressed.

    Very nice in blue.


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    Malari
    Registered Users Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    Have a petrol one, but drove a diesel before I bought it and it wasn't as nippy. Good car though.


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    R.O.R
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    I've driven a manual VRS TDi (personally preferred it to the Petrol version) and I've driven a Passat 2.0Tdi DSG.

    Only fault with the Manual VRS Tdi was bogging down in first gear. Only problem with the DSG in the Passat (and more so in the Octavia 1.9Tdi DSG we have) is when it's in Sport mode and holds the gears to long - just makes extra noise when it should change up to hit the peak torque.

    Feedback from a Hyundai / Skoda Salesman on the car was - whoooooaaaaaaa - that's f**kin mental.


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    omega man
    Registered Users Posts: 4,712 ✭✭✭omega man


    Vico1612 wrote: »
    Hi

    Just wondering if anybody has an Octavia VRS TDI DSG and would be willing to share their experience.

    Thanks
    Vico

    Havent driven the DSG but i must say the petrol vRS is a lot better than the TDI model. Would only consider the TDI vRS over the petrol if driving big miles. Also bare in mind depreciation with skoda in general. I lost about 7K on a one year old petrol Vrs.


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    Malari
    Registered Users Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    omega man wrote: »
    Havent driven the DSG but i must say the petrol vRS is a lot better than the TDI model. Would only consider the TDI vRS over the petrol if driving big miles. Also bare in mind depreciation with skoda in general. I lost about 7K on a one year old petrol Vrs.

    I don't think depreciation is that bad. Quick check on a few carzone type websites tell me we lost less than €1000 in a year. We bought an 06 last summer.


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    Vico1612
    Registered Users Posts: 915 ✭✭✭Vico1612


    Thanks for the replies

    I currently have a 1.9 TDI DSG which is great.
    I'm looking at upgrading to the combi as the family as grown , and was quite happy to see that the VRS TDI DSG was now available , at a lower price than expected thanks to the new VRT rules

    Think I'll go for a test drive soon. :rolleyes:
    Vico


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    omega man
    Registered Users Posts: 4,712 ✭✭✭omega man


    Malari wrote: »
    I don't think depreciation is that bad. Quick check on a few carzone type websites tell me we lost less than €1000 in a year. We bought an 06 last summer.

    People can ask for whatever price they want but the reality is you will have to seriously review it if you want to sell. I bought mine new for about 32K and a year later was looking for 28K but ended up selling for 25K. I would bet it will be even harder in the current climate.


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    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Malari wrote: »
    I don't think depreciation is that bad. Quick check on a few carzone type websites tell me we lost less than €1000 in a year. We bought an 06 last summer.

    I don't think anyone's paying the asking prices you see on Carzone though :)

    What kind of power has one of these things got?


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    R.O.R
    Registered Users Posts: 12,672 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    Stephen wrote: »

    What kind of power has one of these things got?

    200bhp for the Petrol (Golf GTI engine), 170bhp for the Diesel.


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    vectra
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    omega man wrote: »
    People can ask for whatever price they want but the reality is you will have to seriously review it if you want to sell. I bought mine new for about 32K and a year later was looking for 28K but ended up selling for 25K. I would bet it will be even harder in the current climate.

    Did you trade or sell?
    If traded.
    What model did you trade up to ?

    I was planning on one of these as my next car but am having second thoughts now :confused:


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    Zonda999
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    You'll struggle to find someone whos driven it TBH because the DSG 'box has only just became available in the vRS TDI.They have changed the injection system in the engine as well recently(For both manual and DSG transmission obviously) from PD to CR.i dont know what this does for the engine but its bound to be quieter!I'd reccommend one in Race Blue or Candy white BTW;)


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    alpina
    Registered Users Posts: 448 ✭✭alpina


    Have never driven a skoda, however am impressed with the VRS facts & figures, but in reality can anyone say what they are like to drive, in other words is it a sporty car and take bends etc with confidence?:confused:


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    Vico1612
    Registered Users Posts: 915 ✭✭✭Vico1612


    Zonda999 wrote: »
    You'll struggle to find someone whos driven it TBH because the DSG 'box has only just became available in the vRS TDI.They have changed the injection system in the engine as well recently(For both manual and DSG transmission obviously) from PD to CR.i dont know what this does for the engine but its bound to be quieter!I'd reccommend one in Race Blue or Candy white BTW;)

    Thanks, didn't know about the engine


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