Skoda Octavia vrs mk2.5

[darren9]

I’m looking at potentially buying a mk2.5 vrs I haven’t decided on petrol vs diesel or manual vs dsg. Ideally I’d like an estate but would consider a hatch.

I had a mk2 diesel manual couple of years ago and it was a really good car apart from massive DPF issues which resulted in me having it removed. From what I understand this would now be an MOT fail so I don’t want to go down this route again.

A few questions;
1. Do the mk2.5s have the same dpf issues as the mk2’s? From what I remember the engine changed from a PD to a CR?
2. What’s the fuel consumption on a petrol?
3. Are there any issues with the DSG gearbox I should be wary of?
4. Does the DSG have a manual paddle type option for changing gear should I want to be (slightly) more involved?

If I don’t go for the Skoda then I’m thinking of an 3 series msport diesel.

Thanks.

[RizzoTheRat]

I'm on about 120k miles with a manual CR and not had any DPF issues. It quite happily spends weeks at a time doing 9 miles each way to work, with only a short stretch of dual carriageway to get the revs up. It's not uncommon to find the fan going quite a while after I turn the engine off, which I guess could be due to running hot for a regen cycle when I stopped? But the only time I've have the DPF warning light come on was when the garage broke the sensor.

[stuart_83]

Yep, it was the older PD engine which had issues with the DPF. The engine wasn't designed with the DPF in mind apparently, and could be very problematic.

I had a MK2 Leon FR TDI with the same engine and had 6 issues in my first 6 months of ownership, all surrounding the engine, DPF and exhaust.

CR is far better.

[darren9]

Thanks for the info.

I’m still torn between a petrol and diesel or even if another Skoda is really what I want.

[Shiv_P]

darren9 said:

Thanks for the info.

I’m still torn between a petrol and diesel or even if another Skoda is really what I want.

What sort of mileage do you do?

[darren9]

I do About 10,000 miles per year

[Shiv_P]

darren9 said:

I do About 10,000 miles per year

If I'm honest I'd be looking for a petrol at that sort of mileage(?)

[darren9]

Im thinking petrol might be good but years of diesel means we’re used to the driving experience of them.

[Mr Tidy]

darren9 said:

Im thinking petrol might be good but years of diesel means we’re used to the driving experience of them.

But at that mileage the petrol option seems to make more sense, and if it's a petrol Octavia VRs it's still got a turbo so not exactly lacking in mid-range!

I ran 4 cylinder turbo-diesels for nearly a decade, but once business use wasn't an issue I swapped to N/A straight 6 petrol engines. They work great - you just need to get them revving and then they are far more fun.

[stuart_83]

Definitely petrol with that mileage - it protects you against any potential downfall in the diesel market in years to come, if that sort of thing bothers you or you frequently drive into city centres.

Plus the petrol is almost as torquey and way better to drive, in my opinion.

[Lee540]

I bought a 15’ Octavia VRS TDi DSG today.

Drives well and spec really high with most options.