Volkswagen CC or Octavia VRS

2013 onwards they were renamed the VW CC.

CC for me. Bigger and comfier on long journeys. All boils down to spec though - ive a passat CC GT with 170hp engine and full set of extras and an octavia wouldnt come near it.

Apologies didn’t mean to come off badly there if I did.

not sure what I would choose to be honest? I see you want a VRS or CC GT

leaning more on the sporty side?

I’d probably see what type of A6 I could get for 15k will be a much better place to sit for 800km every week.

this maybe

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/29526696 Audi A6 Sline 2013

Agree with this.

Would try to avoid both but if i had to chose it would be the CC.

The emissions update isn't really a big deal, particularly at this stage in time for both the car and the scandal.

If you aren't into sportyness i'd say you'd tire of the VRS being a bit harder on the road and the interior finish although decent isn't as well finished as a VW.

The CC would hold it's value better even if you rack up the mileage on it, a far nicer place to be inside, the engines themselves aren't bad and misses out on some of the **** that the EA288 engine gives like the coolant sludging etc and spec would be comparable to the VRS in most cases.

For me, looking at either of those, good service history, low owners and not a UK import would be my key bits or research and preferential in that order. There country is awash with VRS ans CC's in particular with colourful historys. An ex UK CC with a clatter of owners and a patchy service history is primed to be a heartbreaker IMO, worth paying a little extra for one from a good background.

But it began it's life in the UK.

You'd be surprised how much more corroded underneath a UK car is vs an original Irish car, even if it was imported early in it's life. This only becomes more and more relevant as the cars age.

There was a stat until recently i believe that approx. 1 in 10 used UK imports to Ireland carried a write off status in the UK. That's a high concentration IMO.

The like's of CC's and other cars in the category were popular for Irish dealers to buy as fixer uppers from UK auctions to flip over here but many were not repaired to a great standard.

Not every UK import is going to be a bad car by any means and to discount every UK import in that category would reduce your browsing options considerably but it would be eyes wide open for me, personally, if viewing one.

The UK use a higher concentration of salt. The only person talking about magic salt is you in an effort to make me look a fool.

It's a simple and well known fact, take a 3 year old Irish car, then take a 3 year old English car with a similar mileage and the UK car will have far more corrosion underneath. Corrosion protection is far better on modern vehicles chassis but on secondary items like brake discs and backing plates, suspension arms and springs, the difference between an Irish and UK car is very obvious even after a short period of time.

When corrosion takes hold it's very hard to reverse and will generally only get worse over time.

Prepare to be surpised by the stats then, they are there to be seen (or googled) approx 1 in 10 UK imports into Ireland carried a write off status in the UK. 1 in 10 used cars on the Irish second hand market is not a write off, that's a riddiculous statistic.

I wouldn’t be put off a UK import at all. I’ve brought in a few CC’s from the UK over the years. All 1 owner company cars with very high mileage. Never had a problem with any of them. I really liked the CC’s actually.

Irish cars can be crashed and repaired too. Just do a history check and a full mechanical inspection and you will be fine. Its true that sometimes UK cars can be more rusty than Irish ones but half the cars on our roads are UK imports and they aren’t exactly rusting away are they?

Christ.

Who pissed in your cornflakes?

You.

Would you consider an automatic? I'm doing 800km a week as well, would kill me to go back to a manual

520d F10 M SPORT with the ZF transmission would trounce both the CC & the Octavia. In budget too. Whatever you choose, go auto, you’ll never look back.