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yeah they said they will call me once the car is in the country to sort the paperwork out. Really impressed with the customer service I('ve received so far. Hopefully this continues!
yeah they said they will call me once the car is in the country to sort the paperwork out. Really impressed with the customer service I('ve received so far. Hopefully this continues!
Hello,
A mk1 octavia vrs estate has popped up local to me. 77k, 03 plate. With an asking of £1800. This seems well priced, but it's been modified! Remap, alloys and some daft grille. Should this put me off? Is it a good price? Also the belts on these, are they every 60k?
60k or every 4 years on the belts.
Remap... depends on the map as to whether it would put me off. Alloys are easily swapped, also means you can get some proper 17" vRS wheels on there rather than the 16" ones the estate got. Grille is probably a Milotec (sp?) one that will get you more back from selling than a stock one from a scrap yard.
Price seems good. To put it in perspective a year and a half ago I sold my 2002 one with 114k on the clock and many issues that needed sorting and people were quick to shout me down for only getting £1200 at auction.
Thought I'd post some pictures of my Fabia finally, especially as I'm now selling it !
Grill is wrong. Wheels look perfectly acceptable to me, if i was to change my 17" Spiders i'd be going for something like those.
Looks in overall good condition (from what can be seen via poor resolution pics!). Interior looks pretty clean!
Cost wise.. i paid £190 to have the cambelt/water pump etc changed over and i service the car myself (<£100 all in). They are not hugely expensive to maintain and share many, many parts with equivilent Golf/A3/Leon.
At that age i'd be checking the PCV system (pipes corrode, split and cause poor running). You can also call up Skoda to see if the coilpacks have been changed under recall. If they are genuine and an old revision, they will swap them over FOC.
Only thing to be aware of on the Estate is rust on the tailgate - they are prone to it around the rear boot handle IIRC.
Mid 30's realistically on a steady run, car computer will tell you more though. Cambelt was done by a friend so would be a tad more at a garage.
PCV system is just the oil breather pipes, commonly known as Y-Pipe and lower PCV pipe. Silicone replacements are less than £60 all in as a pair. Other things to note would be a jet-engine type sound for first 2-3mins of running (google 1.8T SAI pump) and Oil Pickup pipe clogging up.
Why are you selling it?
My wife's health isn't particularly fantastic, and is taking a turn for the worse. She is really reliant on mobility aids, and our replacement vehicle is big enough to cope with one mounted on the rear, much like a bike rack.
Other than that, its actually been a really good car. Great blend of economy and performance.
Those wheels look fine. I'd certainly not be embarrassed running those while keeping an eye out for a set of OEM Spiders.Advert here - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...make/SKODA/model/octavia/price-to/2000/page/1
Shall go test drive it, I think. He's phoning back tomorrow ref service history, belt changes and tyres. Do these have any expensive issues? Turbo I'd assume 'blows up' eventually?
The grille and headlight eyebrows make me sick, as do the wheels. I'd rather have the oem 16s!
It's at that price though, where I don't need to worry it'll be a work horse that I can worry about less.
Those wheels look fine. I'd certainly not be embarrassed running those while keeping an eye out for a set of OEM Spiders.
The grille looks like a home made effort. They took out the chrome and slatted inner sections and meshed it up. Fit for the bin really but a complete one from a breakers is an easy swap over. The light eyebrows... I'd be pulling them off before driving it away
Other wise a very clean looking car though. Bargain if it all stacks up on the test drive.
I keep thinking about getting another one, not sure if I'd get a vRS or a standard TSi model.