My Octavia vRS CR170

[DanBoy]

Thought I'd post up a few pics of what I replaced my Golf with, its a 2010 Octavia VRS TDI, so far I'm loving it never fails to make me smile driving it  

[JoeDarKa]

Good choice and nice colour

[DanBoy]

Good choice and nice colour

I missed having a nice colour after having a black car, felt a bit bad trading it in but nevermind.

[rdfcpete]

Do they call it sprint blue Dan, like the Seats do? Good looking motor though, I do like these. Might have seen you about actually, I catch a couple of these on my commute going the other way.

A lot of people (particularly in Northants) will think you're the old bill for sure 

[DanBoy]

Do they call it sprint blue Dan, like the Seats do? Good looking motor though, I do like these. Might have seen you about actually, I catch a couple of these on my commute going the other way.

A lot of people (particularly in Northants) will think you're the old bill for sure 

I have noticed people backing off lol, it just feels very smooth and quiet to drive, you can nearly forget its a diesel still.

[DRM92]

Looks the part 

[rdfcpete]

Do they call it sprint blue Dan, like the Seats do? Good looking motor though, I do like these. Might have seen you about actually, I catch a couple of these on my commute going the other way.

A lot of people (particularly in Northants) will think you're the old bill for sure 

I have noticed people backing off lol, it just feels very smooth and quiet to drive, you can nearly forget its a diesel still.

Not surprised  Yeah, I get the same comments at motorway speeds in fairness. I gave it beans the other week to Milton Keynes and my mate who's dad has a 997 Turbo commented on how un-diesel like the growl and pace is when pushed.

[DanBoy]

Not really posted much in a while so thought I'd update this.

I've not got round to doing much with the car as I've changed jobs and moved house but hoping to do a bit more with this soon. I now have a work van I use for work so can start to save some pennies and get things done to the car and enjoy it again.

Here's how it is for now, really needs and clean and lowering but I'll get round to that, least I can get suspension cheap now through work. I had the wheels refurbed but still not sure if I made the right choice on the colour but I still really want 19's instead though.

[Eddie-NL]

Nice Car, but I would say that

and in Race Blue too

[DanBoy]

Nice Car, but I would say that

and in Race Blue too

Any decent oem upgrades you can recommend ??

[Eddie-NL]

have a look here

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,56721.0.html

[TommyR]

Love the colour!

[Joesoap]

As above
Good motor them and thats the colour you want 
would say it looked better with the wheels silver 

[rdfcpete]

I think all things considered Dan, 18"s are just about right. Aesthetics aside, I've weighed up many times and concluded that 19"s don't offer that much over 18"s in this country given our quality of roads, and tyre prices of course.

On a bigger car, 19"s appear the right thing but I guess you pay for it.

Spacers and coilovers on the agenda? I think they'd suit this very well.
I also know a friend of a friend with the same colour as yours that's wrapped the grille in a gloss black (to match his gloss black wheels) and it looks very smart, very aggro too 

[Another Fluffer]

Lovely car!