Zedoner

Coming from a Civic type R you'll be bitterly disappointed in a VRs. I was going to buy a type R but the extra family capacity and "street sleeper" style of a bland family saloon appealed to me. Got a low miles, FDSH, VRs that had loads of money spent on it. Went quite well for about three months. Then the knocking started. Knocking that no one can find. The previous owned had the common bushings replaced probably trying to fix the knocking. Then the oil consumption was a little on the high side. I know it is the nature of turbo cars to use a little oil but the 2.0 petrol is addicted to the stuff and it's not cheap. later I find it to be among a long list of a "common" issues and 1ltr per 1000 miles is "normal" - is it F as like normal especially at the price of the 0/30 oil. Then the PCV valve went, easy DIY fix but after replacing with a genuine unit the car developed immediate extra faults that were not there prior to fitting the valve. Other things include poor design / location of the fuse box and ECU which allows ingress of water. My fuse box got soaked because there is no proper gutter in the wing which allows water to run off the bonnet and wing directly onto the fuse box. The resulting short runs the fans after engine shutdown and you end up with a mysterious flat battery. These cars live off an inherited, but ill deserved reputation for German engineering of old. The fact is that German engineering has been ****e for years now. From now on I'm buying Japanese. As soon as I fix the Skoda I'm dumping it and buying Lexus.