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Hi, There is a small market for pristine, low mileage Favorits, and they do seem to be slowly appreciating in value. A couple have recently sold for £1440, (20k miles) and somewhere close to £2000. (Almost no miles, around 3k if I recall!) I personally have a virtually as new 14k miles Favorit myself that isn't for sale, but should I sell it at some point, I'd consider somewhere between the 2 figures above reasonable. The blue ebay example probably proves that around £2k is about the current limit, as it's been up for sale for ever at £2,600 and it's still there!! If the one you have in mind needs "a bit of work" chances are you'll not be able to sell it at close to the above prices, as people are paying for the original paint, unrestored, time warp condition. That said, if when finished, yours is properly restored to a high standard, you can probably expect up to £1000 for it if the mileage is reasonable. Therein lies the rub though... to get a tatty car to excellent standard might cost you close to it's sale value, but that's usually the case with classic cars! It's a labour of love, theres no money in it, apart from at the exotic end of the market...

Felicia wishbones do fit Favorits, yes

Probably doesn't matter now as your selling it, but you don't ask Skoda for Favvy parts anymore! Most good trade counters, Andrew Page, Euro car parts, or ebay will easily get you what you need & at a much lower cost than they would have been at a Skoda dealer

Hi, Nice favvy Regarding parts, all service parts like wishbones, bushes etc are readily available for the Favorit, in fact most of the running gear is exactly the same as the early Felicia anyway. Body parts are more difficult, but it doesn't look like you need any yet! Your clock is interesting in that it appears to be a Mk1 clock, but your car is Mk2. They pack up all the time though, so it's probably been changed for what was available at the time.

Welcome Lugosy, good to have you aboard

I think this is a great idea, I've tried numerous times to get parts for Favorits shipped over from Czech and never had any joy. I really don't know why they are all so averse to posting to the UK!

Just to update everyone on this, having looked at the car now, it seems its already wired for all possible options (Not that there were many in any case!!)

Hi all, Does anyone happen to know offhand if a 1994 LkiE would be prewired for the Rev counter, IE, can I upgrade to the Rev counter instruments without any further wiring?

Thanks, it's just the back piece I need, as mine's a Hatchback, the front bit's just for the estate

Indigomew, Sorry to hear the car is being scrapped. I might be interested in the rear parcel shelf if its the type with 6 "tray" indentations rather than 3, and it's in good, undamaged condition. Let me know please.

I have to take issue with this, maybe Mk1 Favorits, but later Mk2 Favorits actually have less rust prone areas than Felicias. (with the exception of the doors, which are Galvanised on the Felicia) It's just a matter of age and lack of care that kills Favorits, given time, Felicias will suffer at least as badly unless exceptionally well maintained. Now, if you want real rust resistance, get yourself an early Fabia, truly superb body build quality with 100% double sided Galvanised steel throughout

Spaldi01, When I tell people this, they usually, at first, don't believe it! When you run them through the whole thing from drilling for oil, refining it and transport to the pump, they get it, and it just blows their minds when it finally clicks It also, utterly blows the already invalid argument of "well it's just as polluting, you've just moved the emissions to the power station" out of the water!

Have a look at what Tesla are doing, and the Model X just launched that can tow 5000lbs and has a range in excess of 250 miles with supercharging in 30 minutes, (whilst you toilet break!) and 4x4 performance to blow your mind...Maybe not mainstream affordable, but new tech never is, in 15 years, this will be minimum spec, affordable stuff. As for your old commute, you're not keeping up, there are several affordable EV's that can do this right now, the Kia Soul to name but one, if you want a Yeti sized car Hell, I could do that in my home built Favorit EV if I drove carefully lol!!

Hmmm.... lots of Diesel heads on here I see Well they used to tell us smoking was good for us too... Maybe I will be wrong, but I think Diesel is going to die a death for passenger cars. Even if it doesn't, the internal combustion engine will be laughed at and unwanted within the next 15 years as long range, rapid charge electrics become ever more available with battery storage density increases.

This Diesel situation has only just begun, It'll be much wider than just VAG group and when people realize the great big con of "clean" Diesel, they'll become about as socially acceptable as smoking inside is now... I'd stay well clear of any Diesel variants, residuals are about to fall through the floor.

Hi, This guy on ebay is honest and will get you the correct code fast for £10, he works at a Skoda dealership. I've used him twice now. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Skoda-Radio-De-Coding-Service-Pin-Code-All-Genuine-Units-Same-Day-Service-/301719203500? You only need the serial number. The cheaper online tools you can get won't work with VAG stuff from the era of your radio, so don't waste money on it! Regards, Paul

Excellent news, it's always nice when something potentially expensive and time consuming turns out to be far more trivial

tiddy, Once the sacrificial zinc has all oxidised, you will get rust, yes. However, unless there is a hole through the panel, which there almost certainly won't be, this isn't covered under the 12 year perforation warranty, it only covers rust through, ie, nasty rot holes like we used to see in the bad old days, Not external surface rusting!! This discussion is becoming entirely circular now, so I'll leave you to it and not reply further! In case you're not sure, I do agree this isn't good enough, and should be sorted out for you though

I'm sorry tiddy, but you're dead wrong on this. I've personal experience from some years ago discussing it with VAG at length. Their 10/12 year warranty is an anti perforation warranty and covers rusting through, meaning actual holes in the metal, from the inside of the sheet metal to the outside only, ie. rot, not paint faults, or faults in the zinc coating of the metal leading to surface rust bursting out of blisters on the outside of the panel, this is only covered for 3 years, and then it's near impossible to prove it wasn't caused by road stone abrasion if the blisters have any cracks or holes in them, as you are saying yours do!, as microscopic holes caused by stone chippings etc. will allow damp to start the oxidation process...then it's a chicken or egg situation... You may well be able to get them to fix it anyway on a goodwill basis, so I wish you luck with this.

Hi, Some garages do talk rubbish... Your head gasket might "look fine" as in, no outside leakage, but it's probably leaking between a waterway and cylinder, therefore the oil looks OK, the water looks OK, but the level drops as water is slowly getting lost into the cylinder, probably not noticeable until the engine is hot at an early stage. Get the cylinder compression checked as well, if one is much different to the others, there will be the problem. If this is the problem, combustion gases should be detectable in the header tank also.

Whilst I agree entirely that it's not good enough for this to happen to a 4 year old car, I'm surprised they are arguing about the paint thickness rather than just pointing out your paint warranty has expired!! It's only for 3 years.... Your car most certainly isn't rusting through from the inside of the door panels, (this means actual holes through the steel!) it's the zinc coating on the steel oxidising! Although unsightly, it's very superficial and easily dealt with by any good painter. The 10/12 year warranty is only for rust through perforation, not surface zinc oxidation as you have there. In any case, I hope you get it sorted, but it will be purely a goodwill gesture if VAG fix it, there is no warranty obligation and you won't win in court in this case.

I've just upgraded my brothers Fabia for him with a Symphony. They do slot straight in, perfect factory look... they are all over ebay with prices from £20 to over £100. If the one you buy doesn't come with its code, allow £10 to get this from a guy, also on ebay who works at a Skoda dealership and sells the codes!

The fuel pump relay along with a couple of fuses is in a small plastic box mounted on the passenger side suspension mount, just behind and toward the bottom of the ECU which is also mounted there.

Congratulations! What a fabulous find. A word of caution though, don't be tempted to drive it on those tyres, even if they look like new outside. Tyres really do have a finite life and they're likely to blow up on you at speed.

Lovely Favorit you've got there, what is the mileage? You might be lucky with the sunroof, try this, when you've wound it fully shut, apply a little more pressure to the handle, you might just find it clicks into a final position and pulls the roof down tighter as it does! I thought mine had a slight leak when I first got it (same roof as yours) then discovered the last owner hadn't been closing it all the way as it has a tighter last bit where it "locks down" so to speak. In any case, you can unlock and lift the panel out easily, then carefully clean the seal with baby wipes and polish the inside of the glass, this should sort out any drips if the above doesn't work