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hello all i think im after a new octavia vrs but im having a bit of a ponder over if i should go for perol or diesel mainly.
i will be doing circa 20-25k a year and keeping it 3 years i have had derv's before and quite like the grunt given by the oil burner but i do like petrols
what sort of real world economy are people getting out of them ?
also is there anywhere doing any great deals at the moment ?
cheers guys
i will be doing circa 20-25k a year and keeping it 3 years i have had derv's before and quite like the grunt given by the oil burner but i do like petrols
what sort of real world economy are people getting out of them ?
also is there anywhere doing any great deals at the moment ?
cheers guys
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Remember when doing cost comparisons that the petrol is meant to be run on 98RON or higher fuel. I haven't tried ours on 95 to see what that does to the consumption.
Remember when doing cost comparisons that the petrol is meant to be run on 98RON or higher fuel. I haven't tried ours on 95 to see what that does to the consumption.
Edited by kambites on Monday 2nd April 09:38
As I've been doing a lot of company miles I've been sad and geeky and kept track of the costs of my diesel.
Over the last 16000 miles I've average 46mpg (based on fills not on the gauge which reads about 4-5% high), most of that commuting on a mix of dual carriageway, A roads and single track back roads, and generally driving around the speed limit on the motorway/DC's. If I cruise 10mph below the speed limit I've manage 63mpg on the gauge on my 45 mile commute, and if I thrash it I've rarely managed to get it below 40mpg unless it's a short journey with plenty of town driving.
60k service just cost me £500 from a main dealer including new front disks and pads which seemed a reasonably price to me, especuially as the service intervals are 20,000 miles. A pair of SportContact3s set me back £275. It does get through front tyres though, I only did 6000 reletavely gentle miles on my Avon Ice Touring and it's eaten half the tread on the fronts while the rears still look like new.
Mines the common rail, I believe the older PD uses a little bit more fuel but there's anot a lot in it. http://www.briskoda.net/ is worth a look of you're thinking of buying.
Over the last 16000 miles I've average 46mpg (based on fills not on the gauge which reads about 4-5% high), most of that commuting on a mix of dual carriageway, A roads and single track back roads, and generally driving around the speed limit on the motorway/DC's. If I cruise 10mph below the speed limit I've manage 63mpg on the gauge on my 45 mile commute, and if I thrash it I've rarely managed to get it below 40mpg unless it's a short journey with plenty of town driving.
60k service just cost me £500 from a main dealer including new front disks and pads which seemed a reasonably price to me, especuially as the service intervals are 20,000 miles. A pair of SportContact3s set me back £275. It does get through front tyres though, I only did 6000 reletavely gentle miles on my Avon Ice Touring and it's eaten half the tread on the fronts while the rears still look like new.
Mines the common rail, I believe the older PD uses a little bit more fuel but there's anot a lot in it. http://www.briskoda.net/ is worth a look of you're thinking of buying.
kambites said:
Try here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Remember when doing cost comparisons that the petrol is meant to be run on 98RON or higher fuel. I haven't tried ours on 95 to see what that does to the consumption.
Why do they have to be run on Super? In fact why does any modern petrol car HAVE to be run on 98?
I used to have a MINI Cooper S and there were a lot of people on the MINI forums that said only run it on super etc. However on the flip side there were also lots of people that said it was rubbish, ran them on normal unleaded and saw absolutely no difference. I too did the same, ran on super for a period of time then switched to normal, I couldn't tell the difference.
Back on topic though, for that mileage it'd have to be the diesel! Great car too!! I test drove a DSG version and whilst I don't like auto's it was very impressive.
Remember when doing cost comparisons that the petrol is meant to be run on 98RON or higher fuel. I haven't tried ours on 95 to see what that does to the consumption.
Why do they have to be run on Super? In fact why does any modern petrol car HAVE to be run on 98?
I used to have a MINI Cooper S and there were a lot of people on the MINI forums that said only run it on super etc. However on the flip side there were also lots of people that said it was rubbish, ran them on normal unleaded and saw absolutely no difference. I too did the same, ran on super for a period of time then switched to normal, I couldn't tell the difference.
Back on topic though, for that mileage it'd have to be the diesel! Great car too!! I test drove a DSG version and whilst I don't like auto's it was very impressive.
Edited by kambites on Monday 2nd April 09:38
Forgot to say an all motorway run crusing at 70 (I love cruise control) gets about 55mpg on the gauge, so probably about 52mpg in reality, so about 15mpg better than Kambites is quoting for the ptrol sounds about right. Where you really save fuel is down hill, for a 2 litre diesel I'm amazed how little engine braking it's got, a hill that it'll cruise up at 30mpg it'll go down again without using any fuel as it'll shut the fuel off completely on engine braking.
Bear in mind Diesel is about 5-6% more expensive than petrol at the moment though that eates in to it a bit.
Bear in mind Diesel is about 5-6% more expensive than petrol at the moment though that eates in to it a bit.
18's are standard now 
the vrs was great untill i sat in the superb (has a name ever been so deserved ?) thatlegroom is just unbelievable !
it does seem well specked plan was alcantara interior, xeons, maxi dot, parking sensors, variable boot, light assist and possible rear blind cant decide between black magic, hover white or race blue
the vrs was great untill i sat in the superb (has a name ever been so deserved ?) thatlegroom is just unbelievable !it does seem well specked plan was alcantara interior, xeons, maxi dot, parking sensors, variable boot, light assist and possible rear blind cant decide between black magic, hover white or race blue
Chris71 said:
Slightly O/T, but has anyone here owned both the mk1 and mk2 Octavia vRS? Quite curious to hear how they compare to each other.
Petrol or diesel? I've not driven a Mk1 but the diesel will be the PD, while they changed to the CR a few years in to the Mk2 (somewhere around 09 plate I think). The engines apparently feel quite a lot different. Briskoda is definatly the palce to ask that question thoughChris71 said:
Slightly O/T, but has anyone here owned both the mk1 and mk2 Octavia vRS? Quite curious to hear how they compare to each other.
Not owned both but used both through work and put serious milages on Them Can't fault either really, the mk2 felt quicker but the draw to both cars was how easy they were to drive quickly. Compared to the 330, 530 and s60s they were no where near as quick but were never embarrassed as they had adequate power rather than silly power like the s60. I really enjoyed them! I don't think I've ever put super in mine. I get mid 30's day to day and 42 is about the best on a run. I average around 16k pa in my 2yo one.
I didn't like the Diesel at all the engine felt nowhere near as strong as the petrol, maybe I just got a bad one. For your mileage I'd drive both and do the maths to see if it works out.
I didn't like the Diesel at all the engine felt nowhere near as strong as the petrol, maybe I just got a bad one. For your mileage I'd drive both and do the maths to see if it works out.
How much more does a diesel one cost compared to a petrol one?
More or less than it would cost to convert the petrol one to LPG?
More or less than it would cost to convert the petrol one to LPG?
RizzoTheRat said:
Where you really save fuel is down hill, for a 2 litre diesel I'm amazed how little engine braking it's got, a hill that it'll cruise up at 30mpg it'll go down again without using any fuel as it'll shut the fuel off completely on engine braking.
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