SKODA Octavia VRS WRX ?

Booner! · 10 Jan 2008 at 10:15

Vinyls are aweful and make it look very dated

ScoobyDoo69 · 10 Jan 2008 at 11:31

Anyone else come into this thread expecting an Octavia VRS vs Impreza WRX? probably just me

Fr0dders · 10 Jan 2008 at 11:34

i was expecting to see a boy racere'd VRS with a subaru paint job

excaliborg · 10 Jan 2008 at 12:20

i was expecting a skoda with a subaru engine!

Psycrow · 10 Jan 2008 at 13:55

I was just expecting a VRS driver to have added a subaru WRX badge to the back.

Firestar_3x · 10 Jan 2008 at 13:57

Psycrow said:
I was just expecting a VRS driver to have added a subaru WRX badge to the back.

Same ere.

Looks nice in white with white wheels actually, don't mind the WRC edition but i wouldn't buy one.

Swissy · 11 Jan 2008 at 17:50

Just had a better look at this tonight it is very nice idd but £8k, thats with £1k off hmm.

Anyway i just did a search on Pistonheads to see whats available for that price and i was shocked ,So many nice cars even a nice 330d that i took a shine to, don't know what to do now , should i go take a test drive in the vrs ?

[TW]Fox · 11 Jan 2008 at 17:53

I actually saw one of these today with all the stickers. It certainly stands out!

Scuzi · 11 Jan 2008 at 17:53

Swissy said:
Just had a better look at this tonight it is very nice idd but £8k, thats with £1k off hmm.

Anyway i just did a search on Pistonheads to see whats available for that price and i was shocked ,So many nice cars even a nice 330d that i took a shine to, don't know what to do now , should i go take a test drive in the vrs ?

Given the choice I'd take the 330d over the Skoda any day. It's a far superior car.

Mikey · 11 Jan 2008 at 18:10

I 2nd that, but depends how you are comparing milage and age etc.

As I'm sure you could pick up a Leon Cupra R or Audi S3 for that price, but depends what details you want. I.e. low milage over age etc etc.

Liverpool-Lad · 11 Jan 2008 at 18:39

I was quite tempted to buy this one. Mega value.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/329645.htm

Scuzi · 11 Jan 2008 at 18:48

Liverpool-Lad said:
I was quite tempted to buy this one. Mega value.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/329645.htm

It would be a nightmare to drive with 337bhp going into the front wheels. The chassis on the VRS isn't that great.

ethos · 11 Jan 2008 at 19:01

Scuzi said:
It would be a nightmare to drive with 337bhp going into the front wheels. The chassis on the VRS isn't that great.

It's not that bad... I know the guy from the forums. Pretty damn quick!!

The chassis isn't bad at all standard, with some tweaks it's pretty solid.

ethos · 11 Jan 2008 at 19:03

Scuzi said:
Given the choice I'd take the 330d over the Skoda any day. It's a far superior car.

In what way?

It's not much faster, infact i've kept up with 330i and 330ds in mine without much trouble.

I'm guessing build quality + cost of parts?

[TW]Fox · 11 Jan 2008 at 19:05

ethos said:
It's not much faster, infact i've kept up with 330i and 330ds in mine without much trouble.

I doubt they were being driven on the limit - the public road isnt the place for that. The 330i has a large power advantage and is considerably faster.

Scuzi · 11 Jan 2008 at 19:07

ethos said:
In what way?

It's not much faster, infact i've kept up with 330i and 330ds in mine without much trouble.

I'm guessing build quality + cost of parts?

Build quality, refinement, handling, steering, proper wheel drive.

The handling and steering alone would be enough to make me pick the Beemer.

ethos · 11 Jan 2008 at 19:08

[TW]Fox;10870008 said:
I doubt they were being driven on the limit - the public road isnt the place for that. The 330i has a large power advantage and is considerably faster.

I'm talking about a remapped vrs sorry.... which is similar power just a difference delivery method. Infact the 330i is 230bhp, so about 10bhp more but with 150kg more weight...

You'd be suprised, 30-70/80mph on the remapped vRS is pretty decent. I had a 20-110 odd straight line race with an m3, he only really started pulling away at 75+ I kid you not. This was on a track of course though.

ethos · 11 Jan 2008 at 19:09

Scuzi said:
Build quality, refinement, handling, steering, proper wheel drive.

The handling and steering alone would be enough to make me pick the Beemer.

I'm yet to drive a 330i / 330d, my mates got one- i'll have to try and blag a test drive!!

I think my next car will something rwd.

tblocksom · 11 Jan 2008 at 19:12

Scuzi said:
It would be a nightmare to drive with 337bhp going into the front wheels. The chassis on the VRS isn't that great.

No it's not. Take it from the man who is selling it

Scuzi · 11 Jan 2008 at 19:13

tblocksom said:
No it's not. Take it from the man who is selling it

The man who is selling it wouldn't be forthcoming with any negative points after spending a fortune on modifications.