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Quite so. And with +15 yo vehicle you won't get any price reduction due to age of car. If you have newer car worth 10k€ and it's been repaired with 1000€ it's still 10k€ car, same with 2k€ car. But after 5 years the 10000€ car is something like 5k€ while the 2k€ car is still a 2k€ car.

Thank you! This gave a great view and as it seems to be quite straightforward job, removing airbag could give quite a lot of room to work with speaker installation. Audio is not the biggest problem in my roomste right now, but I have a Audison 3-way system useless in storage, so would like to install it somewhere. If there is a-pillar panels available in a spares Fabia nearby, I'm going to do a little testing and check if it's easier to install midranges to dash or panels. Let's see, going to start vacation next week so I'm going to have more time for car.

A bit strange question, but trying to figure out could I add a 4" mid range speakers on the dash, but don't want it to crush passegers face if airbag is blown. There is very noticeable lines on the dashboard passenger side, but I'd like to be sure if there is a safe space or not.

And while I ordered spares for mine, found out that the mounting struts and bearing are different too with bigger 1.6 16V brakes. I don't know how about 1.9 TDI but I think both 1.6 16v Roomster and Fabia parts should be interchangeable, according to spare parts sites smaller diesels use same front as smaller petrols. Trying to study these, as I'm too following the parts cars here.

VIN way is best, as you won't get wrong parts and what I've learn in my short time in Briskoda is that Breezy_Pete really knows these cars! I've tried to figure these differences out too, and as a rule of thumb I'd like to say that only Fabias with the bigger brakes (with 1.6 petrol engine, or some other models too?) have same front suspension parts as Roomster. Have I understood that correctly?

I'm not the best person to reply this, as my cars are "the dead ones", but as I was lookin substitute for Yaris Verso, I noticed that those kinds of MPVs are not a common type of cars. Small MPVs are either Golf segment hatchbacks with rised roofs (Golf Plus, C-Max, etc) or small delivery vans with seats inside (Caddy, Kangoo, etc) Skoda Roomster and Toyota Yaris Verso are quite unique designs as they are b-segment passenger cars with totally redesigned rear ends. Both have only one generation, so I think that neither of them was cheap enough to build or they didn't sold well enough. So as bobspark said, there is not that type of cars available. Everybody want's a SUV that larger but not capacious. To have that roomy interior, I'll take a look ar the smallest versions of backseated delivery vans like Renault Kangoo maybe. Or just wait until someone sells you a 2015 Roomster with good maintenance history and low miles.

It's quite a same here in Finland, there is some financial supports payed for purchasing a ev or hybrid. Even these conversions are going to be supported again from 1st of July so I'm going to get a massive 200€ support from our government. Gas conversions are getting 1000€s. But while taxing is planned to encourage people to buy evs, now they have to rise taxes from trafficing because people have bought those thingies. Still cheapest over ten years old used Leafs are something like 7k€ and I'm quite sure that there is not a lot diy maintenance you can do with ev. Ain't the e85 fuel very cheap there in France? I've been told that it's always been something like 1€/l there. In Finland it follows the price of petrol, always that 30% cheaper. Wouldn't it be very unfair to let some diy cheapos drive a bit cheaper with their old junks.

So silent in the Roomster projects that I decided to start a thread for my car. Bought the car about a month ago as the cheapest available with the optional equipment I was after. Few days I've been driving around and looking through what is neccessary to do. Interior is light beige and turned out to be in quite nice condition after a full wash with textile washing machine. Ac-maintenance was made in a shop and Climstronic seems to function fine. That's about everything easy. Steering bearing is absolutely wasted and front springs make awful snapping sounds while turning tighter and brakes in every corner are stuck some more wome less. Tried to fresh them up with some lubing and cleaning but yeasterday non driver sides front brake stuck again, so it's going to be the time for few new parts and a bit deeper overhaul. While waiting for the parts to arrive, I made a flexfuel conversion as I had a eFlexFuel control box as a leftover from a crashed Toyota. Needed to order a wire set and some assembly parts for 8mm fuel line from the factory, but those arrived in two days. Otherwise the work was straightforward, but finding a nice sturdy place for the ethanol sensor was a bit of a hussle, as original fuel line jums straight from the cavity in right fender to the fuel rail. Sensor is very light, but won't survive long by hanging jus on the line. After a while I mounting to the intake box. Two 6mm holes on the dirty air side should not make any differences as there is even more draining holes. Like that: Control box is mounted to the left fender next to ecu, don'have pics of that. I don't know if the bts-engine is ever made multifuel from factory, there is 1.6 multifuel Octavias I think, but someone can maybe tell if it's the sama engine. If it could be done via different ecu with ethanol sensor, it would be much more sophisticated, this aftermarket set is installed between the original injector connector and the injector itself, so the fuel consumption numbers from cars computer are not going to be right anymore. Next I'm going to work with the brakes, front shocks and some bushings. After that some outside make up work, little bit endless fight with corrosion, maybe headunit upgrade, micro camping equipment and so on. Bit by bit, let see how and when.

I don't know about the 80's as I wasn't allowed to buy any vodka back then, but today you can afford a bottle of Scotch at the pay day. Not monthly of course, if you want well aged single malt but some blend in plastic bottle is reasonable priced and still better tasting than E85. These days we don't visit Moscow for any reason, but Riga is told to be the right place for some vodka tourism if you need a lot of that.

Ok. How about the number, should it be in that sticker I edited to last post?

Ok. And that specific part could be found from a Fabia mk1, Fabia mk2 or Skoda Roomster with 4 powered windows? Do Polo or any other vag car have the same part? Should the part number been found from this sticker orvsomewhere else?

Well quite so, these days it's something like 1,8€/l, been over 2€/l some times ago. (R)E85 is not very cheap eather, it's like 1,2-1,4€/l but driving a older car it's a bit of a statement to be able to make it run very enviromental friendly in the middle of all those Teslas and other world saviours with tons of lithium thats running out a lot faster than alcohol. Even if we put it to our tanks and throats.

Awesome! So the part number is same for every Polo/Fabia/Roomster front window motors but the bottom line is different? That how it seems after a quick google. If it's so, then it's a bit a pita to search, but doable of course. Most of the cars here in Finland are sold with quite poor optional equipments so it may take some time to find that kind of part used, but I'll keep my eyes open. I was sensing some hussle, when the seller told that the car has been in shop where they couldn't fix the problem and here we go. They should definitely been asking from there beforehand! Thanks again, very pleasant to find a active forum fit that much knowledge!

Bought my first Škoda few weeks ago, have had quite a bunch of different cars during last twenty years, from Suzuki Alto to Chevy Caprice and very different year models from early 70's to a brand new Ford few years ago. Tried to be a decent family guy with a newish normal people's family car, but after a while I felt very stupid to burn that amount of money every month for a car that is losing it's value no matter I do or don't, and isn't interesting to me at all. So I let it go and dived back to the beautiful world of ****boxes. I really appreciate practicality in cars, smaller the outside and bigger the inside is what I was looking for. As a bonus you get very odd looks with a cars like that. Was looking for a bit more modern subtitute for a trustworthy Yaris Verso and after some research I found precious Škoda Roomster. It meets my standards in every way, with a front from hatch and rear from a delivery car. Searched for a one with lot of optional equipment (after a Yaris that had nothing but power windows front) and not a lot of price and found one. Stylish black metallic color, acc, 4x power windows, panoramic roof window, cruise control, towing hitch, top of the line 1.6 petrol engine and everything. After those 17 years on northern winters with road salt, ice mud and snow outside and lot of dogs inside there is definitely a lot of work to do, but I'll try my best to give it as much years to stay on the road as possible. At least the smell inside is much more comfortqble after a full wash, next thing is fresh up the brakes and put in some bearing that rolls buttery smooth to let this beast rock and roll nearly as new. In few weeks it's going to be multifuel too. As you might have guessed, I'm probably going to ask a question or two in the near future, so we'll hear!

Wow, great information and very specific knowledge! Thanks! Vin is TMBMD65J975026202.