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Vrs estates - any good ?
« on: January 30, 2013, 01:56:28 pm »
I'm considering all sorts of weird and wonderful cars at moment. Would a VRS Octavia estate work out as a GTI with a massive boot? Anyone got one? Is the ride smoother than the GTI ?

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Re: Vrs estates - any good ?
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2013, 03:02:31 pm »
I'm considering all sorts of weird and wonderful cars at moment. Would a VRS Octavia estate work out as a GTI with a massive boot? Anyone got one? Is the ride smoother than the GTI ?
Yes it would.  Its an awesome compromise.

Same chassis, engine gearbox, brakes, ECU etc as the GTI.  Interior quality is as good as the GTI( I actually preferred it to the GTI personally :evilgrin:), it has masses of boot space(my hatch managed 3 suit cases and 2 prams without even removing the parcel shelf!!)
 
I wouldnt say the ride is smoother than a GTI, but its certainly not worse.  Plus if you go aftermarket then it wont mater anyway.


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Re: Vrs estates - any good ?
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2013, 03:16:24 pm »
Any suspension tweaks for the GTI are applicable for the vRS.

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Re: Vrs estates - any good ?
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2013, 03:22:45 pm »
I'm considering all sorts of weird and wonderful cars at moment. Would a VRS Octavia estate work out as a GTI with a massive boot? Anyone got one? Is the ride smoother than the GTI ?

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Re: Vrs estates - any good ?
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2013, 03:33:34 pm »
I want a Yeti VRS.
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Re: Vrs estates - any good ?
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2013, 04:58:17 pm »
I want a Yeti VRS.

The new Yeti looks much nicer than the current model.  Id have that one. 

Something that made me laugh, a guy on briskoda with a stage 1 diesel Yeti 4x4 spanked a Octavia vRS with k04 conversion, coilovers, brakes etc around bedford on the how fast day  :grin:  apparently it wasnt the driest of days, but thats still funny :grin:

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Re: Vrs estates - any good ?
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2013, 05:18:41 pm »
That is funny, yeti is one of my thoughts
« Last Edit: January 30, 2013, 06:07:06 pm by mad_pete »

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Re: Vrs estates - any good ?
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2013, 06:18:21 pm »
I loved my vRS wagon so much I bought another!


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Btw theres a k04 1.8 yeti on briskoda..  300bhp IIRC. 

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Re: Vrs estates - any good ?
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2013, 06:21:15 pm »
That is funny, yeti is one of my thoughts

We're looking for a Yeti as a family barge, the in-laws have a TDI urban limited edition and I can't keep out of it, its ace!  :happy2:


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Re: Vrs estates - any good ?
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2013, 06:57:04 pm »
You've no idea how hard I tried trying to get Liz to have Yeti. I think they're brilliant cars.

EVO had one as a long termer and rocked up to a Ring trackday with it on a set of semislicks - and drove round a lot of stuff  :grin:

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Re: Vrs estates - any good ?
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2013, 08:06:15 pm »
Dead impressed with this.  Now 300hp+ with kO4, brembos etc.  http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/253927-beti-the-yeti/

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Re: Vrs estates - any good ?
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2013, 08:43:58 pm »
Dead impressed with this.  Now 300hp+ with kO4, brembos etc.  http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/253927-beti-the-yeti/

Oh, now that is a funny car!
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Re: Vrs estates - any good ?
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2013, 09:46:21 pm »
You've no idea how hard I tried trying to get Liz to have Yeti. I think they're brilliant cars.

EVO had one as a long termer and rocked up to a Ring trackday with it on a set of semislicks - and drove round a lot of stuff  :grin:



EVO brought it along to one of their Silverstone track days too with a spare set of wheels and R888s. Went very well.
« Last Edit: January 30, 2013, 10:23:08 pm by john a »

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Re: Vrs estates - any good ?
« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2013, 10:09:59 pm »
It's a shame there's no VRS 4wd wagon.

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