[Closed] Anyone own a new Skoda Octavia VRS.

I liked it. Thirsty though. I had a petrol estate mk3 - in the year I owned it my average mpg was 24.2

Got rid, now have a nice comfy x trail.

IIRC you were after "a car with economic MPG", this car is not one that will deliver it. Ace cars though.

I've got the 1.4tsi estate SE L quick enough - 8 secs to 62mph. I've driven it fully loaded with three bikes on a Thule tow bar rack, 4 adults and luggage and averaged 43mpg not bad for petrol, the performance does not suffer too much either when loaded - great car would have another.

I have the golf GTD same engine. Not sure how different it would be on MPG as there are a few differences (weight/aero dynamics etc).

Driving carefully circa 50 MPG giving it some stonk 40 MPG.

Check the sizing though... 😉

I've got one, 10k on the clock and 33mpg long term economy on mostly short journeys. Great car and surprisingly quick when fed good petrol. On long journeys I can average 40+, but you can easily see low 20s if you cane it everywhere.

I have the diesel version as a company car which I've had since September.

On a long run I'll get 60 sitting at 75 or so. On my daily commute it's high 40's / low 50's.

I rally like it, it's pretty dull but so are most VAG cars, it's comfy enough on long drives, has plenty of room for bike and child related crap. It's pretty good to drive, brisk enough. The sat nav seems ok and it's more intuitive than others I've used. Spec is pretty good - cruise (wish I'd paid extra for adaptive), nav, xenons, auto lights and wipers, auto dim mirror etc. It seems pretty well built.

The one thing that bugs me is when it's been raining, when you open the boot lid water pisses in all over the boot. The headlight washers use a huge amount of water and soak everything within the same county.

I really enjoyed my diesel estate but never got over 50mpg.
It was a bit high on C02 as a company car and I wished it was slightly bigger.

Cheers all.

It's the petrol estate I'm looking at.
If we can get 40 on a run I will be happy with that.

Stick it in Eco and drive like my mum... You may have a chance. Even when I really, really tried...35 was the best I got.

Mates have had diesels, they fare better but are much duller.

I've had one for 18 months now. Commuting from Edinburgh to Livingston regularly I got 32mpg, commuting to Glasgow I've been getting 38/39. Love the performance an it's been reliable apart from the rear tailgate electric struts leaking oil and the starter is now playing up intermittently. After years of diesel company cars it's fun having a powerful petrol car. The load carrying capacity is good, easily coping with four adults for a weekend climbing. Aye, if you do give stick mpg suffers but if you can't live with that get another model.

You don't buy a vRS with economy in mind. Just buy a more normal petrol model.

like cycle life i have the 1.4 TSI. older - mk II - so the newer one has all the adaptive energy saving stuff.

40 - 50 easily managed on journeys. 50 achievable if you drive like an old man. I can see 50...

If we can get 40 on a run I will be happy with that.

I'd say it's unlikely, either enjoy it for what it is or get an N/A petrol or diesel if you want the mpg.

You can get near that if you're really trying but realistically day to day is going to be 30-35 if you're sensible. I usually average around 29/30 but as mentioned can easily drop to low 20s.

James was that the newer Octavia or the previous one.

Love ours to pieces, it's a 63 plate estate, petrol and it's perfect for us. On a run to Pembrokeshire, four times a year, get low forties mpg. Round Sheffield I get low twenties but then enjoy the acceleration and handling.
The boot is incredible, front seats very comfy, back ones are comfy but the view out isn't great. I have winter tyres for ours and they don't do anything to the mpg but make it into a capable snow car. The water pump played up on ours but replaced under warranty and never been a problem since. Doubt I'll have anything else unless I win the lottery...id still keep the vrs though.
Oh it's a manual btw.

You can get ok MPG from the petrol ones, I've got an older one (2010) and get 38-40 on long motorway trips. When I'm being particularly boring I've seen 45-46 for 50/60mph A road type journeys. If buying a newer one I'd go smaller petrol or diesel and an auto, however. For me as an estate it works well but the vRS isn't adding much, it's a warmer VAG car which isn't IMO a driving experience worthy of the extra cost over a normal one.

Iain

James was that the newer Octavia or the previous one.

Sorry - just reread the title, mine is a mk2, tfsi.

No worries mate.

The newer engine is meant to be 25% more economical than the previous gen engine.

I think the stop/start helps.

Ive ordered one now anyway.

I thought you sold the smax because it wasn't very economical?

It wasn't very economical at all.
But it was an auto gearbox and also over 2000kg in weight.

Mine was the new shape. Economical it's not.

It was lovely to drive, but when you're on first name terms with the staff in pretty much every local petrol station...you know something has to change!

The 1.4tsi has a reputation for going pop. I only know one person with one, and I joked "has the engine blown up yet?". He'd paid over a grand on engine repairs.

I might be pointing out the obvious but surely you are losing more money on changing cars yearly than you pay in additional fuel costs.

craigxxl - i have a feeling.....

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For me as an estate it works well but the vRS isn't adding much, it's a warmer VAG car which isn't IMO a driving experience worthy of the extra cost over a normal one.

For me the seats, dark headlining, steering wheel and red stitching really help lift the interior of the Octavia a bit. I'm not a fan of the none vRS interior. It does look better too externally too.

Talking to a lot of owners on the briskoda site about it to and they are getting some good calculated figures.

We test drive one and it was a much nicer motor to drive than the mondeo.

Ive got a 15 plate vRS, done 11k miles so far and its excellent. I got the panoramic roof and imo it`s worth it, brightens the interior up no end and nice to have open in summer.
Engine imo is excellent, very flexible and fuel efficient compared to the same performance a few years ago, imagine a RS Cosworth getting the same figures?