What will you buy when your Octavia doesn't arrive?

[Lawson123]

I was looking (2nd hand so no waiting) If I didn't get the Octavia it would have been either a yeti in manual (rare!)

an Audi A4 S-Line
or a a Mini Clubman, I wanted the mini but the ridiculous amount wanted for a tow bar knocked that on the head

[anthony]

Has anyone driven or considered a used jetta 147tsi highline? Just your thoughts would be great?

The Jetta 147 Highline is a great car.Now been replaced with the TSI 1.4 and 2.0 TDI Highline Jetta models.

[Polo GTEye N9]

Alternative is VW Tiguan MY14 TDI Pacific or MY15 TDI with STD RVC etc.. wife asked about WRX.. drove Mazdas CX5 & 6 wagon Diesel not my cars. VRS is a pearl but hard to get yeah! Cheers Al

[Bob51]

Forrester TDI. At least Subaru will still sell you a diesel with manual gearbox - unlike Skoda now.

[GTR27]

Forrester TDI. At least Subaru will still sell you a diesel with manual gearbox - unlike Skoda now.

Have you driven one? It has absolutely no nuts. Gotta rev the bejeesus out of it. Not to mention the dpf issues they have. Avoid Subaru diesels. While you can have dpf issues in any new diesel, there are certain models that have lots more issues than other due to the way they handle regeneration. Mazda's diesel is another (although the Mazda diesel is gutsy at least)

[aware]

Have you driven one? It has absolutely no nuts. Gotta rev the bejeesus out of it. Not to mention the dpf issues they have. Avoid Subaru diesels. While you can have dpf issues in any new diesel, there are certain models that have lots more issues than other due to the way they handle regeneration. Mazda's diesel is another (although the Mazda diesel is gutsy at least)

Subaru DPF issues seem to be fixed now. Neighbour has had an Outback 2.0D with CVT for about a year and it hasn't had an issue at all, even though most of their driving is around town.

Meanwhile, the Golf driver across the road is enjoying his VW sourced Europcar i20.

[Halcyon]

What would I buy if not an Octavia vRS? Good question and I have considered it.
My diesel RS will be 3 year old in Dec and I will keep it maybe for another 12 months and then what? If the delays continue to be ridiculous I may try something else and the thought crossed my mind that for the new price of a RS I could get a low kms 2012 BMW 320d or 328i. Probably the equipment level won't be comparable to the RS and brand snobbery is of no interest to me so the question is would I be getting a 'good as' or better car?
I don't like the thought that VW might be trying to push me into buying a Golf by rationing the supply of Skodas, but then again the wait for a Golf GTD may be similar.

[OilBurna]

Passat v6 wagon?

[spud75]

Manual turbo wagon? I think the only ones that can do that are a i30 diesel, and BMW and Audi do manual turbo wagons, with similar wait times. Wait, a Renault gt220 is smaller and not as nice, but slightly cheaper and available as manual.

All other wagons were auto only (Mazda 6, Mondeo, i40, forester).

You found a manual AUDI wagon?? I would have bought one except I couldnt get a manual. Although I did want a diesel. AUDI dealer told me he couldnt help me and to buy a Skoda. How's that for an up sell???

I is really hard to get a manual diesel, in anything. Skoda Australia dont even do one now. So now if I want a manual diesel wagon, I cannot buy a VAG car in Australia.

Guess I will have my current RS for a very long time....

[GTR27]

Sorry, I was more thinking petrol, with the i30 thrown in

[KWICKS]

FG-X G6E Turbo looks a close match to Octavia RS for price and spec, closer than most if you ignore its size and fuel consumption and accept 270+kW of stonk. When is it released I wonder... It's now almost $10k less than the outgoing model's RRP.

[GTR27]

No active cruise, no xenon's, no wagon. Crazy fast in a straight line, yes. Rwd which is great, but, another 5-8k over a fully specced Octavia. For less tech.

Edit: xr6t seems like the real value buy now

[KWICKS]

And still looks and sounds like a taxi.

[KWICKS]

2nd hand M3? There's a nice one in MEL for $44k on carsales. 73000kms, well cared for, genuine sale.

[GTR27]

I thought you were getting a wagon?