roomster15

Hi All, It is sad news that I had to say goodbye to my 15 reg Roomster recently. I traded it in for another brand and even though the Roomster is only 9 years old (owned it since brand new/ pre reg) had covered 110k of London miles (not used for taxi but commuting and used it for work) the car has been a very reliable work horse until recently. 3 months ago, the throttle body failed and Skoda garage quoted £1500 for the job but as I had all your knowledge in the forum and also I have a small knowledge of the engine and I like to work on my cars sometimes so I just bought a compatible throttle body and installed it myself in under 30mins and also only cost £75, not really sure where the £1425 difference is going to for the Skoda Garage. Then recently the water pump failed again making a growling noise when accelerating ( previously the water pump was replaced at the same Skoda garage 2 years ago under 30k miles of use. Thought it was the chain rattle/ chain guides needs changing but went to a VAG specialist and they said it just the pump but this will cost £550.00. Since I bought the car for below £9k at the time (Extremely good deal) and right now its only worth around £2.5-3k, i think the time is up to part ways with my work horse. Had a lot of fond memories in that car. This was my wedding car, the car I drove my new born back home with it, went to Europe with the family in it, how I got my first 2 ever speeding tickets with it in Wales when only having owned the car for 1 month, had been my trusty steed moving house with it and a whole lot more. Dont think any other car can compete with the intelligent space it has for such a small car and how useful the car has been to me and my family. My Roomster should be auctioning off now but I hope it will live on giving memories to the next owner (hopefully good ones) and it may pop back up in this forum who knows. It is Goodbye for the Roomster forum and for Skoda, but maybe I will be back.

Hi All, Have been on Briskoda for a while now with my 2015 Roomster. but just bought my wife a Fabia vRS DSG this weekend (actually her first car - lol). Added family car for taking my baby girl to nursery runs. My wife doesn't really know what the vRS is or the power of it, but it feels amazing driving the vRS (the sound and the acceleration - simply crazy) comparing to my Roomster which is my daily for work. Official Briskoda Fabia II vRS Register Date of registration: 2010 Colour: - Candy White with Black roof Options fitted: Not sure, have to find out (Just wanted to also check with fellow vRS owners, are the Eibach springs original for the vRS from factory? As this has it on all 4 corners and the car seems quite low.) Photo(Optional) As below:

Hi all, just an update on my Roomster which is now 6.5 years old from new (2015 deal) and 82000miles on the clock and counting. Mostly driving in and around London's smooth glorious roads (not private hire, lol just saying) Very recently the car developed 2 worrying noises. First noise is from when starting the car to driving, whenever it gets to around 1200-2000rpm, it develops a growling noise coming from the engine. No matter what gear is on. Second noise is when driving in London's lovely and smooth cobble roads, there is a clunking noise coming from the passenger side. First noise I thought is from the clutch or flywheel (still same set from when the car was new). Second noise I thought is loose heat shield. Took it into Norton way Skoda in Wandsworth, they had the car for 3 days and found out that it was in fact a failing water pump (first noise) and a spring hitting the brake caliper (second noise). All is fixed today and the car sounds new. So quiet and pleasent to my ears finally. Would like to thank Norton Way Skoda for finding the problems in a relatively good time frame. Good manners and explanation from the staff there. I hope this helps other Roomster or Skoda owners on trouble shooting noises if you have any similar like mine. Cost was around £550 total for the job. Stay safe everyone!

Hi again all. Hope all of you are keep well and safe. I recently bought a PY21W DRL + indicator LED Kit for my Roomster as I wanted to see how it looks. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07RJFGTYC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I have no clue on which fuse to use as there are 2 fuse boxes, 1 underneath the steering wheel and 1 on the battery. The guide ask for an ACC fuse and I search Youtube on how to find ACC fuse with no key in ignition and test, but all the fuse on the battery fuse box turns the LED on when I put the cable on the top of the fuses. Has anyone installed anything similar and if so, please would you be able to guide me? I never tried connecting anything to the fuse box before and want to avoid damaging the car electronics. I have attached the fuse boxes that is in my car in this post. Thank you in advance and much appreciated.