Forecourt Price and room for movement

[Jake02]

The answer we got from the man at Skoda at the Melbourne motorshow was that the 7-speed DSG (not seen here before in the Roomster - that was the 6-speed) couldn't lock in Park or something similar (I remember sitting in a Roomster when we got our RS and the gearknob could move out of Park) and it needs to be by ADRs so it took them that long to get it here. Good old ADRs (Y).

Also Pomie have you considered the special edition Yeti 77TSI Urban? I've seen it advertised for only $1k more than the 77TSI and it's got the Reef Pack (with the black wheels - which isn't available on the 77) as standard equipment. Just a thought.

[brad]

Pomie: You live in Perth. How bad can the traffic be? I do 90km per day in Sydney peak hour traffic (peak hour now goes from approx 7.00am-9.30am & 3.30pm-7.00pm) and live very easily with the M6 in my Octavia. I had Autos from about 1997-2005 (and a few before that) so it's not like I'm a manual bigot.

[pologti18t]

The answer we got from the man at Skoda at the Melbourne motorshow was that the 7-speed DSG (not seen here before in the Roomster - that was the 6-speed) couldn't lock in Park or something similar (I remember sitting in a Roomster when we got our RS and the gearknob could move out of Park) and it needs to be by ADRs so it took them that long to get it here. Good old ADRs

How does that make sense when that gearbox is prolific through the VAG range (including the Polo 1.2TSI) sold here?

I think you will find the requirement to lock in park (brake interlock etc) was forced upon the world by the US market. Remember Audi and the unintended acceleration (in the USA) furore of the mid 90s? That was the start of it.

[Pomie]

Pomie: You live in Perth. How bad can the traffic be? I do 90km per day in Sydney peak hour traffic (peak hour now goes from approx 7.00am-9.30am & 3.30pm-7.00pm) and live very easily with the M6 in my Octavia. I had Autos from about 1997-2005 (and a few before that) so it's not like I'm a manual bigot.

yeah Brad the traffics prob not as bad as the sydney traffic but the roads over here are not as good as the roads over east,( well i dont think so) also i have just got used to the idea of having a auto after not even driving a auto until i was about 30, and for future resale down the line i know auto's sell much better than manuals.There was nothing wrong with the manual monte cracking little car but the auto has won me over.
i read somewhere last year before the vrs came here they were expecting it to be about $25k pitty its another 5k as i could have streched to 25 for one of them

[brad]

Fair enough.

I have a solution to your money issues. Get involved in the mining boom. You're in the right state.

[Pomie]

Fair enough.

I have a solution to your money issues. Get involved in the mining boom. You're in the right state.

i have a problem doing 9 hours a day let alone 12 ..lol, and you should see the car/bike/toy posts over here on gumtree ect saying I work in the mines dont have time to use it,
what i need is some miner to buy a vrs and not have time to use it and sell it to me for $25k

the sales person rang yesterday and asked if we had given any thought about the manual we told them we were either going to wait for the auto or see if our finances could stretch to the vrs ( it was then a big speil about how good the vrs is, and come down and take it out for a test drive.i am just not sure i wanna fork out the extra 10k when the monte is everything we need but juts not auto ....on another note i just got my mate to try the fabia monte as he looking for a new car he was impressed and he not bothered about it being a manual
so he will maybe get one before me.
anyway will keep posting if we decide on anything

Pomie

[pologti18t]

$30K will get you a VRS in WA driveaway before bargaining (carsales).

Seems ok value compared to what they may charge for an auto MC. The VRS is fully loaded compared to a MC.

[Pomie]

well after bleating on to a mate at work how good the little monte is he went down and took it for a test drive and liked it so much he brought one ( he gets his brand new silver monte with a 5 year warranty in 2 weeks ) and he got just about 10% off the drive away 21990 he not bothered about it being maunal as we are, so he is a very happy skoda owner to be.

still pondering on mine .....vrs yeti or wait for dsg .......arrrggghhh think ill buy a bike its less hassle and i wil get fit

[pologti18t]

I think i saw normal Fabias advertised for 16990 drive away. Is the monte worth $5000 more?

Looks like a few updates for MY13.

http://skoda.com.au/downloads/brochu...a-brochure.pdf

[Scarfies]

So, as an aside, today a dealer told me DRLs aren't activated on Fabias, even though they physically are there, on the front of the car?! WTF?! I can only assume he's wrong (?).

Anyway. Looking for a second car. I think the Polo loses to a Fabia (basically on the price to goodies ratio). I have an Octavia Scout so am happy with Škoda's reliability etc. Only real question is (to return to this thread's topic) how much movement is there on price? Sure, the current drive away deals are a 'special deal' but, a) looking on CarSales there 343 Škodas listed as 'demos and near new' and b) a Polo, and even the new A1 5 door, is listed at only a few grand more than a Monte, which together makes me suspect there's got to be wriggle room.

Any thoughts/ experiences?