billypharoah

I will check above on proper viewing. Thanks for reply. Really don’t want to walk away from this but if it is inevitably going to cause me issues at a later date I’d rather not go ahead with it. (I get all cars have issues, I’m not naive to that! Haha) but a engine isn’t something I’d want to replace at a later date!

Hi, I’m soon about to purchase a 2014 (64 reg) vRS Fabia, which has done 55k, one lady owner and full service history with Skoda. Sounds like a dream.. the story starts with me approaching her to see if she wanted to sell and she hadn’t actually thought about it as she used the car daily and it worked so no need to change. But since going around there she decided she would sell for the right price as she is due a newer car anyway. I did ask her about any issues with the car, especially the oil consumption etc, but being a elder lady she didn’t seem to have noticed anything and it always worked when she wanted it too. So as far as I’m aware it’s good as gold. Anyway the Skoda has just had a full service and MOT and had a few advisories. One of which was “oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (I))”. The other advisories was tyres and brake pad. This hasn’t shown up on any other MOT the cars had as far as I can see anyway. The car itself looks immaculate and has always been well looked after. Can tell by the exterior of the car and the size of the house!! Haha anyway, would that advisory be the start of the dreaded oil issues with the vRS or is it a case of the MoT inspector being abit hot on the day? I Havnt confronted her about this issue yet and Havnt had a look at the engine bay myself yet. I’ve blind offered her £6k for the car as is, but I will be test driving and having a proper look at the car myself before handing over any money. any advice welcome, and would appreciate honest opinions, as I would rather walk away than risk it.