a1topdog

Over the years I've experienced both, eg the prices being reduced on the new spares (not across the board, just selected items) ,. and dealers offering some discount incentive schemes on older cars, similar to what Porsche Classic are currently doing.

I know most manufacturers start to discount thier genuine parts when a car reaches 10 years old, but it would seem Skoda do not tend to do that. As an example, take the MK1 Octavia VRS. With many of these cars now worth £1000 or less, who in their right mind would spend nearly that getting a full genuine exhaust and cat? Surely Skoda would look at stock that is just not shifting and start to discount to clear it? Anyone have any insight on Skoda's policy?

I don't know for sure, but I don't think so. I can't check my cars ECU as it had already been remapped by a previous owner.

Let me introduce you to my project, hopefully you find it interesting. It's a ex Leicestershire Police MK1 VRS, 160k miles and a total shed! (Don't be fooled by the photos of the outside, they make it look much better then it is). I've been looking on and off for the last 10 years for one of these, from the time the early ones first started to be retired from service. My plan was always to preserve one in its original police spec, and that's what I hope to do with this. My plans are to get this back to a decent useable car first, while researching it's police history. I'd like to be able to use it without fear of catching the plague from its disgusting interior. I need to strip this out to dry it out as it's got the usual soggy footwell. I'll try to keep this thread up-to-date but it will be a slow process as I don't get much free time to work on the car. Anyway, enough waffle, here's a few pics of the car in service and also what it looks like now. If anyone happens to have any pics of the car either in service or when it was retired or knows the car and can share any history on it that would be appreciated. Credit for the in service photos goes to their owners on Flickr and Facebook

Pete, just had another ready through to give me some inspiration for my latest project. You certainly did a fine job on this car, with so many hard to find parts.

A couple of leads have fizzled out. Anyone else selling?

Any leads appreciated. I've only been looking for 10 years 🙄

I'm still on the lookout for an ex police MK1 vrs in white, to restore back to police spec. If anyone had one for sale please get in touch. Any condition, complete or not considered.