Skoda Octavia vRS CR in Candy White
Discussion
Some of you would of already seen this as another member here must of seen it on Photobucket and posted images already.
Got it almost a year ago today. Covered 30k and its been faultless so far.
In the cabin its a similar size to the A3 and A4's that I have driven but the boot is cavernous. 60 odd litres bigger than the A8 and 5 Series.
Its quick and quiet, although not as quiet as a BMW soot chucker.
The only mods so far are colour coded grill, LED replacement interior lights and recently gloss black wing mirrors. Mods to come: Black Grill Surround, Parking Sensors and maybe a remap.
Some pics:
chrome grill
white grill
wonderfull snow foam
black mirrors
Interior:
And my outgoing A3 Sportback Sport 170 PD with my new vRS:
Got it almost a year ago today. Covered 30k and its been faultless so far.
In the cabin its a similar size to the A3 and A4's that I have driven but the boot is cavernous. 60 odd litres bigger than the A8 and 5 Series.
Its quick and quiet, although not as quiet as a BMW soot chucker.
The only mods so far are colour coded grill, LED replacement interior lights and recently gloss black wing mirrors. Mods to come: Black Grill Surround, Parking Sensors and maybe a remap.
Some pics:
chrome grill
white grill
wonderfull snow foam
black mirrors
Interior:
And my outgoing A3 Sportback Sport 170 PD with my new vRS:
I love the new vRS , very nice and love the grill mods people are doing although not sold on the black mirrors with white.
Edit:
How are you finding the CR vs the PD?, I drove a 2.0 PD140 a while back and felt it lacked the torque my 1.9 PD130 has, it drove a bit more like a petrol in terms of usable rev range though.
Edit:
How are you finding the CR vs the PD?, I drove a 2.0 PD140 a while back and felt it lacked the torque my 1.9 PD130 has, it drove a bit more like a petrol in terms of usable rev range though.
Edited by DaveL86 on Friday 14th January 14:13
James_N said:
Thats lovely Always liked the vRS.
Thank you, I liked the old one but the SWMBO had a bit of badge snobbery then so got the Audi, this time round the fact it was bigger and was £4k cheaper swayed it a bit. What other soot chucking saloon/hatches are available at £16.7k? not many good ones i can tell you. Moley RUFC said:
Brothers! Love the grill too but then I would.....
Amenrecognised you from the recent delivery and grill over at BRISKODA
al1991 said:
There's a lot of Skodas appearing on these pages recently.
Got to say, I'm enjoying them all.
I'd love a Fabia VRS.
The new Furby vRS looks great and its a cracking engine and gearbox despite some issues with DSG. Driven a Golf 1.4 TSI with dsg - amazing. the sound of the supercharger is great.Got to say, I'm enjoying them all.
I'd love a Fabia VRS.
DaveL86 said:
I love the new vRS , very nice and love the grill mods people are doing although not sold on the black mirrors with white.
How are you finding the CR vs the PD?, I drove a 2.0 PD140 a while back and felt it lacked the torque my 1.9 PD130 has, it drove a bit more like a petrol in terms of usable rev range though.
The CR is much better than the PD - its marginally not as punchy as the PD but fuel economy is so much, much better now. 37mpg vs 55mpg. The power is more linear than the PD which seems to run out of steam very quickly. Its a lot quieter as well, which never bothered me before as music was always on. Like the PD first and second will wheelspin in wet and dry so there's aplenty of torques. How are you finding the CR vs the PD?, I drove a 2.0 PD140 a while back and felt it lacked the torque my 1.9 PD130 has, it drove a bit more like a petrol in terms of usable rev range though.
Disco You said:
I like it and I'll be interested to see how it looks with a black grille surround.
The seats I'm not sold on though, there are too many different colours and materials making them a bit busy.
I was initially dubious of the seats as well, but they are great, mesh near the sweaty bits, leather on the sides and alcantara at the front of the base and at the shoulders. Seems to the best of all worlds especially when wearing shorts during the 3 days we have blistering sunshine.The seats I'm not sold on though, there are too many different colours and materials making them a bit busy.
phillyctr said:
looks lovely in white,black grill would make it more aggressive for sure,still looks the dogs with the white thou.
Cheers, just waiting for some dryer weather to get the grille surround done (again).mcelliott said:
That's a very good looking car you have there bud.
Cheers - will check out yours in a bit.Edited by prolfe on Friday 14th January 18:34
This thread and the one about the blue VRS just prove that the grille surround should be body coloured on the sporty model.
I loved the vRS when i drove it, but was put off by the 'big chrome'.
Now i know what it looks like (in blue specifically), it has jumped to the top of my list again.
I loved the vRS when i drove it, but was put off by the 'big chrome'.
Now i know what it looks like (in blue specifically), it has jumped to the top of my list again.
Beefmeister said:
This thread and the one about the blue VRS just prove that the grille surround should be body coloured on the sporty model.
I loved the vRS when i drove it, but was put off by the 'big chrome'.
Now i know what it looks like (in blue specifically), it has jumped to the top of my list again.
its a diy job too,pop off the chrome,prime and spray simples.I loved the vRS when i drove it, but was put off by the 'big chrome'.
Now i know what it looks like (in blue specifically), it has jumped to the top of my list again.
Old Gregg said:
The white grille surround makes a heck of a difference, it looks loads better.
Nice car, OP.
Thank you. it does get a fair few looks when out and about, and doing 70 on the motorway is fun too, people wrongly assume plod.Nice car, OP.
Shaw Tarse said:
Old Gregg said:
The white grille surround makes a heck of a difference, it looks loads better.
Nice car, OP.
Howsabout BlueNice car, OP.
I'd still like to see it in black.
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