999vrs

Hello all, new-ish here,

About to change jobs and will have to get myself a motor, previously i had been looking at 5 series bmw's as they are reliable and very nice to drive but i have been keeping an eye on Octy VRS's recently as for my budget (£6K) you can get a significantly newer car than the bmw and they also look very nice as well as having the spec i was after and the space.

Im looking at a VRS on a 51 plate with 83K on the clock, 2 owners, full service history and cambelt at 77K. In silver advertised at £5500.

I intend to keep this car for 3-4 years all being well and will cover approx 10-12,000 miles a year. So if i buy this car and keep it 4 years the mileage will be around 130,000.

What im really asking though is can VRS's cover high mileages? I dont want to have to fork out for much more than the usual tyres, servicing, consumables, etc.

Many thanks

Graham

DeanoctyVrs

Can't say for definate but would have thought most modern cars if well maintained would reach 130k easy, plus it's vag which also inspires confidence.

Deano

999vrs

Cheers Deano,

Thats my thinking too, and the fact the cambelt has been done too is reassuring.

Any other opinions?

mannyo

Should be no problems at all. As stated modern engines are far better than old ones. As an example my mondeo is on 151,000 miles and still drives like new. Jabba run a tuned 1.8T that has well in excess of 100,000 miles on it.

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999vrs

Good good, really like the look of this one so i'll go and see it on monday, wish me luck

fabman

nice one on ebay worth a look ???
Item number: 4623224288

high mileage though

WrightyRS

Well my Octy is 2.5 years old and it has now covered 74K.

It was Jabba re-mapped at 10K and has an FMIC,Full Exhaust,Samco TIP and is also converted to run on LPG.

I intend to run it to at least 200K,my last VAG group car i had had over 250K on the clock when i sold it.

So i wouldn't worry,at least you'll get your money's worth out of it as all the depreciating has been done.

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Quinten

Mine's a 51 plate which I bought with 35k on the clock. It was remapped by Jabba around the 45k and I'm currently at 113k... and I still drive it like a loony, and I plan to do so for another year at least

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Groundzer0

I picked up an 03 plate vRS with 100k on it for £6.5k if you didn't look at the clock you wouldn't know. There is absolutley no wear on the interior, just a few stonechips on the bonnet. I have been in a couple of other vRS's and can say that there is absolutley no difference in the driving/performance of the lower mileage cars. Just look for the obvious Main Dealer FSH. I spoke to Awesome about a re-map on an engine with this sort of mileage and they were all for it stating that I would get maximum BHP from the map due to the engine been run in.
I also know from past experience with the VW 1781cc lump (Mk1 GTI) that all the VW boyz swear blind that this motor is only run in after 100k.
I bought my vRS with the intention to keep it for 4-5 years and I am in no way worried about the mileage.

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Stuart_J

If your un sure PM TaviaRS, he ran a highly modded RS to something like 150000 & that included several thousand miles round the nurburg ring. the car was driven shall we say to its limits & beyond. It was a testament to the strength of the RS & when it finally died it was due to a mechanical failure that the dealer should have spotted.
Their are people on Briskoda who have tuned their Rs's to 330 bhp & yet are still running std internals, thats how strong these engines are.
With good maintenace you should not have any problems.

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999vrs

Cheers for all the replies, very reassuring. Made my mind up now that the vrs is what i want, much better mpg over the bmw too. Been looking on autotrader and ebay, anywhere else i should be looking? really want a black one but they seem to be few and far between

Ianto

Keep Looking! They are out there!

Even if you have to travel or get the AA to do an inspection before you buy!

I have just picked up a Y reg Vrs in red with just under 39k with FSH for £6500!
This was in a garage in bridgend and they did the 40k (major Service) before i collected so i havent got to worry about that either!

Ian

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kartdemon

Well, I just bought a VRS with 93k and it is as solid as my Seat Leon with only 20k on the clock.

I had a Vauxhall carlton which did almost 300k and the engine was still supurb when I sold it!

And these are German!!!. Last bloody ages if maintained correctly and not by cowboys.

bengie

its a different engine to that one, this ones a 20v and was used from 95 onwards in the audi A4 and eventually got used in most vag cars over the following years including the A6, TT, A3, golf, bora, passat, sharan, octavia, superb, leon, ibiza, beetle, polo and maybe a couple more i've forgotton

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999vrs

Found a 2002 plate VRS, 93K miles in Red. Full service history, belt done at 60K, new pads and disks, looks nice and straight. New front tyres, blue flame exhaust and metal dump valve.

Up for £5300, sound a good deal? Going to look at it tonight

Goochie

£5300 seems a bit steep to me - but I havent looked at prices recently. Knock the seller down to £5k

kartdemon

That sounds like a good price to me to be honest. I will have to have a search myself ;-)

Cheapest I have heard and a nice exhaust to save you some cash. Subtle mods are never a bad thing and will save you £500 later.

Even if he does not budge at that price I would still buy it.

Good luck if he has not already sold it.