New Skoda VRS

[woofy]

No droning, they have a nice exhaust note without the brain numbing drone.

[nrb62]

Got back from my OS holiday and picked up my Candy White, FL, Petrol, Manual Wagon/Combi today. Wow.......What a beautiful car to drive. The quality is brilliant.

I will detail it this weekend and give it its initial wax and take some photos for you guys.

So far, my expectations have been exceeded and they were high to begin with.

My Dad should pick his up later this week as well, so I know of two in Brisbane

Hey Tunes, did you buy it from Brisbane Prestige? I saw one parked out in front of the service dept when I dropped my black RS wagon in for its first service

[gregozedobe]

No droning, they have a nice exhaust note without the brain numbing drone.

Yes, my vRS engine (2.0 TFSI) is pretty quiet in highway cruising, but I can get a bit of road roar from the tyres (Michelin Exalto) on bitumen covered in the large aggregate gravel that is (unfortunately) so popular these days. On smooth roads it is much quieter.

[nyc863]

That is what I had read in several reviews, it was about the only negative I could find repeated. so I was wondering. Something about the sound insulation not being too great, especially for those kinds of roads.

[TuNeS]

Hey Tunes, did you buy it from Brisbane Prestige? I saw one parked out in front of the service dept when I dropped my black RS wagon in for its first service

Sure did. I picked it up on Monday. My dad should pick his silver one up this week too.

[woofy]

I dunno if its sound insulation, those tyres make a racket on pretty much any car. A lot of people who complain about tyre noise always seem to have michelins.

[spellbound]

I have continentals on my rs , same thing , quite noisy on rural roads , quiet in the city .

Maybe just from the rear , not enough insulation back there ?

What other tyres are being fitted to the rs ?

[mjd]

Mine came with Dunlop SP Sport maxx

[woofy]

I think those are the three types people encounter, the Dunlops seem to wear the quickest, at one stage people could get what type they asked for, but I suspect they were just swapping wheels around in the storage yards.

[gregozedobe]

..... at one stage people could get what type they asked for, but I suspect they were just swapping wheels around in the storage yards.

That's what my dealer did (I wanted Michelins), but when I look at the very detailed Car Data for my wagon I noticed PR Number "V0A Tires w/o specification of tire brand" which seems to imply it is possible to specify what brand of tyre you want.

Whether the Skoda Oz ordering system is capable of accepting and properly processing such sophistication is another story altogether. There seem to be a whole lot of other build specs (PR Numbers) that didn't appear on the Oz list of options when I ordered mine eg:

• (NB all these are prefixed with "w/o" or "without" for my wagon)
  
  Special edition (E0A)
  Special purpose vehicle (F0A)
  Special Upgrade measures (GP0)
  Adaptor (ND0)
  Different battery alternator capacity
  Compass/traffic sign display (QR0)
  TV reception/digital radio reception (QV0)
  Electric interface (UF0)
  Hill hold control/hill descent (descent may be for Scouts only ? - UG0)
  Extended pedestrian protection measures (VL0)
  Mass damper for steering wheel (IQ0)
  Additional engine guard (Scouts only ? - ISA)
  First aid kit & warning triangle
  "drive select" (whatever that is - 2H0)
  Fuel tank differenttiation of special material treatment (flourination/co-extrusion) - 2LD
  Partition (3CA)
  Roof insert (3FA)
  Child seat anchor front (ISOFIX)
  Cargo area (???? mine does have a very large cargo area - 3GA )
  Backrest release for front seats
  Without Load-through provision (mine does have this ??? - 3X0)
  Roll-up sun screen
  Stowage box (mine has one under the passenger front seat - 3Z0)
  Controls (???? - 4LA)
  Fire Extinguisher
  Mud Flaps
  Trunk Floor covering (got one dealer installed)
  Interior light in footwell
  Cruise control warning system (6Y0)
  CD changer/CD player (mine came with a 6 CD player in the dash)
  Heat accumulator/auxillary heater (7E0)
  Navigation device
  Taxi alarm system
  Preparation for 2-way radio installation
  Emergency lighting/radio preparation
  Identification lights (9KA)
  Auxillary/parking heater
  Heated washer nozzles (9T0)
  Car phone preparation