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I had a 2nd viewing and test drive, weather was slightly warmer and not as wet. Zero smoke/condensation at any point, even whilst giving it some again on the dual carriageway. Purchased based on this. Hopefully it's all good 🤞

Alloys were refurbed and a done in a non-standard colour, apart from this totally standard. It's had new discs/pads, I'm certain on that. Manual, so no DSG servicing. Test drove another today local to me, and this one didn't have a whiff of white smoke/steam even with moderate progress. Makes me wonder if the first one was having a regen whereas today's weren't. I'm assuming if it was anything to do with head gasket/using coolant or injector issue, that it'd smoke all the time, both at idle and once the engines warmed up. Or could either those only smoke intermittently Thanks

Thank you, the last few years the car only done approx. 6k per year so that could make sense. 80k in first 3yrs, but backed by Skoda service history. So hopefully all good

Hello, I'm in the market purchasing a MK3 TDI vRS and seen one today advertised for £8k (110k miles, full history) The engine started with no hesitations and I didn't notice any white smoke/mist at this point. I was adjusting mirrors for test drive so should have noticed if it was there. On the drive I noticed at a set of lights some white smoke (maybe condensation - not sure) just as I was about to pull off. Up to now we were on 30mph roads and entering a 60mph dual carriageway. The car pulled nicely as would expect and didn't notice any plumes of smoke. The rest of the drive was fast dual carriageways until I returned back to the dealer. There I had a good look around and there was nothing coming from the exhaust at all. No smells neither. Weather was cold/damp/raining (3degrees out). Is this normal/condensation? I'm currently in a Mondeo with 170k miles and have never noticed anything similar - can't say I'm looking out like I was on test drive being nosey at everything. Any advise appreciated as don't want to buy something only to have hassle with either warranty work, or big work for me down the line. Thanks