Roomsterboy

The dude is clueless....

Wouldn't you rip those to pieces in no-time? Me, I'd prefer a good set of winter tyres anyday. My Roomster stands on 195/60-15 steelies at the moment. Goodyear UltraGrip 7's.

A driver's car it is not. But the Roomster handles better than one would expect. Should you tweak the suspension a bit, it might get a lot better still. I drive the 1.9 TDI with a bit of chiptuning added, thus making this a reliable, comfortable car which is faster than most think. Being a bit biased though, I would definitely recommend this car. As far as parts are concerned, most of it is VW, so easily available. ps) do me one favor. Change the horn.

Ain't thát the truth! Wherever you park your Roomster, you'll always find it back. Contrary to the owners of more inconspicuous (spelling?) cars who I happen so see looking for theirs in a full parking lot. Always good fun:thumbup:

Wanna bet? I'm close to that figure (136) and it's indeed very interesting. Not saying that it's a fast car now, it's definitely WAY quicker than most can imagine of a Roomy. Only downside is that, mine being without traction control, it generates wheelspin up to second gear:rofl: 0-60? No idea. Under 11 secs I'd guess.

I have tried the same on winter wheels. It indeed seems that 14" will get very (probably too) close to the brake discs. 15 Inch seems the way to go.

Looks good!

And yep. Goofed so it seems. Took the bulb out again, turned in around 180 deg and voilá, it fitted!

Just changed another H7. For some stupid reason, I can get only one part of the lamp to get stuck behind the clamp-thingy, where it should be done with two. Any ideas?

I'm far from technical, but I'd say some mods of the injectors,turbo, some remapping etc. will give you far more speed than a six-gear. As said, the 1.9TDI-engines are easily chiptuned. Even without added parts. I'm a (lite) member of the TDIClub Nederland. Over there, the same engine in some cars will put out 200 HP or even more. Mine is quite modest compared to that with 136 HP, but this is still sufficient to have other drivers look VERY surprised:D

I'm quite interested in how the Roomster is going to handle. For an MPV it's definitely not half-bad, but it's still a rather high car to begin with.

So far, I've only changed the H7 headlights in my Roomster. Not the easiest of tasks, but luckily my hands are quite small. Needed less than five minutes.

I noticed the same. A lowering kit is nice, but a car handles so much better with added shock absorbers.

Citroën had a much simpler solution. The head lights were mechanically connected to the steering. That might be a solution as well...not a simple one, I'd say..

Got my first test case only one day after installing the horn; a littly boy with a plastic orange bullhorn. He was standing in the front yard of his home, shouting at anything moving. One of those objects happened to be a red Roomster. And that one responded.. ..the boy must have been the first five-year old with a heart attack...

Nautilus has been fitted! Was quite late in the evening when I finished, so haven't had an opportunity to test it. Will try at the parking lot next to the office where I work. See how many people have to be re-animated afterwards... Or me, should I find out the damn thing is wired incorrectly:P

Nice color mate. Enjoy!

LATE REPLY:) I just ran across this topic. I'm currently experimenting with acetone myself. The amount one puts in the tank is 0.15%, so really a minute amount. In perspective: 100 ml. would go in a 60-ltr tank. There are several sites conerning this. There's even a guy who literally soaked engine parts in pure acetone to see what happened and we're talking about much smaller quantities. Pity most here cannot read Dutch, since there's a large topic at TDI Club Nederland :: Home with some long-term experiments going on. My personal experiences are, that the engine seems to run smoother, there's a bit more power and I notice a slight decrease in fuel-consumption. The Skoda-factory claims 1 ltr. every 18.5 km. I currently do 20 km's. But since I already managed an easy 19.5 km/ltr, I'd say the gain in fuel consumption is minimal in my case. The theory behind acetone is that it decreases the surface-tension of the fuel, so that it will form smaller drops. This in turn increases the amount being burned, hence a bit more power / fuel economy. It also seems to decrease the amount of soot produced. This said I might add that I'm still being very cautious. Also, should the fuel consumption not decrease more than so far, I'm going to terminate the experiment. Not enough gains.

Have fun! Especially with loading up the Roomster..there's really no end to what you can stuff it with:thumbup:

Neither did I when I bought it, but every date I had (well, almost every...) wanted to sit in the back..plenty of room ánd a sunroof:D @ Fluffmeister. I'm living in the northwestern part of Holland. Please feel free. Your business, my pleasure:thumbup:

I think they are Dave;). Guys. Many thanks for the warm welcome! In answer to your questions here; I'm already browsing around for a 'how to' or something like that and yes, Skoda put the Roomster 'horn' indeed in a enclose space between wing and front bumper. Even from the bottom it's hard to reach since there's a protective plate over there as well..:eek:. But I can rip the plate beside the fog lamp off, so I might be able to work from there. Cheers:)

The only visibility 'problem' you may find is the rather large D-style, but that's more a matter on positioning your mirrors. The Roomster is indeed amazingly 'roomy'. Before it, I had a Suzuki Baleno Estate. On vacations, the boot was packed up to the roof and I needed a Thule-baggage box as well. Last vacation, I removed the middle rear seat, stuffed a flat bag under the front passenger seat, then went on loading the car. By the time I was done, the whole didn't even reach window level:thumbup: As far as malfunctions are concerned; I once or twice lost sound over the speakers. This was solved the next time I started the car. Apart from a mirror-heating needing a bit of coaxing, that was just about it in 15 months and 58000 km's.

I happen to like the styling of the Roomster. Yet, it all boils down to personal taste. Where I live, most people buy a Volkswagen, Opel, Ford or Peugeot. Why? Because their whole family drives one and no one wants to stand out in the crowd. I do. I can always find my car in the parking lot, get more groceries in than most, leave the majority behind me ánd the fairer sex seems to love the Roomster. That last part pleases me enormously. In more ways than one:D

Hello all! While searching for information on Skodaforum.nl, I accidently ran across a link to this forum. Took some looks around and noticed that this is an international, knowledgeable and -most important- friendly and humoristic lot...sounds like fun... Short introduction; my name is Robert. I drive -surprise, surprise- a Skoda Roomster. To be more specific a Roomster Sport 1.9 TDI in Flamencored. Some minor things have been changed since I bought it. -steel wheels instead of alloy; didn't like them -door lock removed. Opening doors can be done by remote only. -Milotec bumper plate (rear) -Chiptuning. Went from 105hp to 136hp. Torque increased from 240nm to 310 nm. -I'm experimenting a bit with acetone at the moment... Next thing is going to be a replacement of the pathetic, puny, girlishly little beeper normally known as 'horn' by something that will make some noise. Since I'm a total nitwit as far as this is concerned, it's going to take some serious reading before I attempt anything like this, but since the dealer offered to replace the horn for a measly € 120 -material only-, I'm determined to do it myself. I think I'm going to enjoy my stay here. Also nice to be able to write in English again:thumbup: