Zoe

My excuse is couldn't get on Briskoda the other day (kept getting network error messages) so couldn't check which date had been chosen (ok I didn't try to get on Saturday) So good thing posponed as hopefully get a day everyone can stick to?! Zoe

My Octy is having the same problem although I notice the shake more cruising at around 35mph and when accelerating, thought was the driveshafts on mine - my discs are getting low and the Conti tyres are low (heard they can go out of shape after 20k miles) so getting tyres fitted later, then see if the discs have too much lip to pass the MOT next month so could be replacing those too. Didn't seem to be play in the CV Z

Looks mint! Similar registration number to mine (not that you really needed to know that). Z

It WAS the cat heat shield, all quiet now :P Z

Thats slightly good news then that it might NOT be cat, just thought if was a shield or something lose the noise wouldn't go, but as you say idle could cause anything lose to 'wobble' There has been a back box rattle for a while Bowders, this does sound in a different place, will have a lookski at the w/e do a CO test. Zoe

Just started yesterday, will jack it up over the weekend see if the exhaust has come loose or anything, but as it rattles from cold then goes when warm is this a sign the Catalytic converter is fluffed? :( the car has done 136k This going to be expensive? :thumbdwn: Z

Sorry I just copied and pasted the actual list from another post!

Looking highly likely keeping the vRS :cheers: There must be loads of modded (or even standard) Skodas in East Anglia, maybe if start interest now and plan for in the New Year some time? I usually help at the r/r days there, will have a chat to Rindy, sure we can come up with something, a lot of the times its hard to get people to commit, the Clios had aroudn 30 cars said they were coming, then only 12 odd turned up. I'll come along to the November meet and we can have a chat Zoe

1 - 265,275 - 2001Y 1.9SDI - Pudsey83 2 - 241,003 - 51 reg Fabia Estate 1.9PD100 - WW_VRS 3 - 225,226 - 2000 Skoda Octavia 1.9tdi SLX - lasse25 4 - 189,721 - 1993 VW Corrado VR6 - AndyVR6 5 - 172,000 - 2005 Skoda Octavia - gavski 6 - 162,345 - 2001/51 Octavia Elegance Estate 1.9TDI 110 - ady 7 - 160,048 - 2000 Octavia 1.6 GLXI Petrol - gfinneran6 - 159,678 - 2000 Fabia 1.9TDi Comfort Estate - SamsterXX 8 - 159,011 - 1993/L Mondeo 1.8LX Estate petrol - TheOrs 9 - 158,200 - Skoda Octavia SLXI 1.8T - DeanOct 10 - 158,000 - Skoda Octavia 1.9tdi - rogers 11 - 154,480 - 1996/P Audi A4 Avant 2.6 V6 - Auroan 12 - 154,264 - 2002/02 VW Passat B5.5 1.9TDI 130 SE Estate - Ad_turbo 13 - 152,000 - 1965 C Skoda Octavia Super - gcr31463 14 - 150,000 - 2001/51 VW Caddy Van 1.9SDI - WeirdKerr's works van(now at 188,000) 15 - 146,000 - 2003/53 Octavia vRS, modified from 10K miles - Wrightyrs 16 - 145,200 - 2003/53 Audi A4 Avant Sport 1.9TDi - 6 17 - 143,392 - 1997 VW Polo - Robshaw 18 - 141,550 - 2002 / Irish Reg Octavia Elegance 1.9TDI 90Bhp – Dabzarch 19 – 143894 – 1996 Felicia 1.3 Lxi Saloon (Pinky) – ag,morely 20 - 137,675 - 1993/K Ford Escort Estate 1.8L. - DaveHaries 21 - 137,000 - 2001/51 (MY02) Skoda Octavia Elegance 1.9TDI 110 Hatch - 51OctyTDi 22 - 145,000 - 2003/53 Octavia vRS, modified from 10K miles - Wrightyrs 23 - 133,000 - 1999/T Octavia TDI 90 GLX - gcr31463 24 - 133,000 - 2000 Skoda Fabia TDI - ruku 25 - 131,000 - Fabia PD100 Comfort - Awesome Sarah 26 - 128,000 - 1972 MGB GT - gearbox noisy and somewhat rusty - ncarring 27 - 127,000 - 1983 Porsche 928S - solid as a rock - ncarring 28 - 127,000 - Audi Coupe 2.6E 1994 - Fresh MOT, runs like new - Sheppardnias - 29 - 126,640 - 2001/Y Fabia Mongrel "TDI" (chassis only!) - Devonutopia 30 - 126,000 - VW Golf "GTD" - Lummox 31 - 123,147 - 2002/02 Octavia vRS - Rob_OctaviavRS 32 - 122,674 - Skoda Fabia Comfort - Comfortzone 33 - 122,000 - 2004/04 VW Passat 130TDI Highline Estate - Sheppardnias 34 - 122,000 - 1997/R BMW 328i - Tom_vrs 35 - 118,003 - 2002/02 Fabia Elegance 1.9TDI 100 - tdirob 36 - 116,000 - Octavia ambiente TDi - Ocdavia 37 - 115,000 - 2001/Y Fabia 1.9TDi Comfort Estate - Skomaz 38 - 114,400 - 199?/W Vauxhall Astra Van 1.7 CDTi - Goochie's DIY runabout (Cat D write off) 39 - 114,350 - Fabia vRS - Johnny50 40 - 111,500 - 2002/51 Octavia Vrs - Jon1 41 - 111,000 - 1998/S Polo 1.9D - Jonboy 42 - 110,000 - Skoda Fabia TDI Comfort Estate - Max24 43 - 110,000 - 2002 Octavia vRS - sadielou 44 - 109,000 - 2003 Octavia Ambiente - Merckenzie 45 - 107,300 - 2003/03 Fabia vRS - Jonny5ive 46 - 105,300 - 2004/04 Mk1 Octavia Elegance Estate 1.9TDI 130 - matt@theforce 47 - 102,000 - 2003 octavia vrs - Martziniuk 48 - 100,760 - 2003/53 Fabia vRS - Neo_VR 49 - 100,600 - 1998 Felicia 1.6 GLXI - Captain_Sisko 50 - 100,000 - 2004/53 Fabia vRS - Joolz_vRS 51 - 99,155 - 1998 Peugeot 106 Look2 1.1 Petrol - Mike C 52 - 96,667 - 2002/02 Skoda Superb 2.5 TDI - SheppardNias 53 - 96,000 - 2002/02 Peugeot 607 2.2 HDI - Bouron 54 - 93,500 - 2002 Fabia 2L - L-Y-K RIP lil 2.0 55 - 92,122 - 2005/55 Fabia vRS - Chris GB 56 - 90,100 - 2002/52 MK1 Octavia vRS hatchback chicken_eyebrow 57 - 87,121 - 2000/w Fiat Mk2 Punto JTD HLX - Decron 58 - 86,700 - 2004/04 MK1 Octavia VRS estate Sri5 59 - 86,400 - 2003/53 Fabia vRS - Brewer 60 - 82,000 - 2004 Fabia vRS - martingump 61 - 80,510 - 1999/T Skoda Octavia LXi 1.6 - iCraig 62 - 80,132 - 2001/51 Octavia vRS - apinner Gone but not forgotten 1 - 251,000 - 1988/E Citroen BX 19RD Estate - Cheezemonkhai 2 - 239,875 - 1993/K Vauxhall Cavalier SRI - Decron 3 - 221,700 - 2002/51 Fabia 1.9TDi Estate - DavidY 4 - 220,000 - Citroen BX 1.9 - SheppardNias. 5 - 214,000 - 19923 VW Corrado VR6 - AndyVR6 6 - 208,000 - 94 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.7TD - Anonymouse 7 - 202,000 - 1988 Jeep Cherokee - The Ors 8 - 186,000 - 1982 Volvo 240 Turbo - Pagh 9 - 174,000 - 1995 Citroen Xantia 1.8 8v - Pagh 10 - 172,000 - 1986 Ford Escort 1.4 - Comfortzone 11 - 172,000 - 1987 Audi Coupe quattro 2.2 - RobClubley 12 - 171,000 - Volvo V70 T5 - merckenzie 13 - 166,000 - 1989 Austin Montego 1.6L - SheppardNias 14 - 150,000 - Renault TD - anonymouse 15 - 145,000 - Octavia vRS - TaviaRS 16 - 145,000 - 1990 VW Golf GTI 8v - Davey 17 - 142,000 - 1983 VW Polo 1049cc - SheppardNias 18 - 142,000 - 1992 VW corrado 2.0 16v - AndyVR6 19 - 140,000 - Peugeot 306 SLDT - Cheezemonkhai 20 - 140,000 - Peugeot 205D - 51octytdi 21 - 136,000 - 2001/Y Vauxhall Astra CD Dti Estate 22 - 136,000 - 1995 VW Corrado VR6 - AndyVR6 23 - 135,000 - 1986 Lancia Thema Turbo (220bhp) - sharkrider 24 - 135,000 - Octavia Elegance PD130 - TaviaRS 25 - 132,000 - 1993 VW Corrado 2.0 16v - AndyVR6 26 - 131,625 - 2003/03 VW Passat B5.5 1.9TDI 130 SE Estate - Tom_vRS 27 - 130,000 - 1994 Honda Civic (now dead) - VRS 203 28 - 128,000 - 1992 VW Corrado 2.0 16v - AndyVR6 29 - 126,000 - 1999 Honda Civic VTI - AndyVR6 30 - 121,000 - 2002/02 Seat Ibiza TDI Sport PD130 - EddyH 31 - 115,000 - Vauxhall Astra 1.6GL - yashicamat 32 - 115,000 - 53 VW Passat TDI - southpaw 33 - 115,000 - MK2 Golf GTi 8v Sri5 34 - 115,000 - 1991/H Mitsubishi Colt 1.5 GLX - Skomaz 35 - 110,000 - 1991 VW Jetta TD Sport - anonymouse 36 - 103,500 - 1996 Vauxhall Astra 1.4 Merit - mattandy 37 - 103,008 - 2001/51 Octavia vRS - exFiesta 38 - 102,565 - 1988/D MK2 Golf GTI 1.8 8v - Tom_vRS 39 - 102,000 - 1991 VW Corrado G60 - AndyVR6 40 - 100,000 - Renault 18TD - anonymouse 41 - 95,400 - 2002/52 Honda Civic Type-R - derbyjon 42 - 87,497 - 2002/02 Mondeo - ScoobyChris 43 - 80,963 - 2004/04 Fabia Comfort 1.9TDi - Weirdkerr's old car 44 - 295k 1999 citroen xantia hdi 45 - 100,000 felicia 46 - 136,000 - 2002/51 Octavia vRS - Zoe (think highest I owned was Laguna diesel at 180odd) 47 - 254,000 H reg Toyota Previa 48 - 90,004 - 2004/54 Fabia vRS - Conshine 49 - 105,120 - 54 Mk1 Octavia VRS 1.8T _The Beast 50 - 178,250 - 2002/51 Skoda Octavia 1.9tdi elegance 110

Where do I start... (without listing J's old cars, Golf GTi's, 200SX, VTS etc) sure some other 'runarounds' I've forgotten 1.1 mk3 Esort 1.3 mk 3 Escort XR3i mk4 1996 Escort cabriolet S2 Escort RS Turbo x 2 Orion 1.8 ghia Fiesta Diesel Van Sierra ghia XR4x4 Fiesta RS turbo Mk2 XR2 Escort 1.6 mk4 track car Capri 2 litre laser x 2 Montego turbo Rover 600 turbo Renault 5 GT turbo Renault 21 Turbo Renault 19 16v chamade Uno turbo Subaru classic wagon turbo E30 325i sport L200 Animal between me and J current cars: Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 4x4 garage ornament BMW 318is (for track days) Octavia vRS Octavia SE? estate 2009 see a trend here lol a lot of cars on this thread that I haven't owned but always wanted to, maybe will do in future just for the kick

Not another one! I just got a letter today from Skoda UK (email [email protected]) (I scanned my V5 in due to the postal strike) or phone (0845 7745 75, I spoke to Dan, he'll probably hate me for putting everyone with dodgy V5's on to him lol) their Customer Services was impeccable. Send the letter plus V5 back to DVLA and write on the V5 where it needs to be corrected Zoe

Lucky you! DVLA told me that was not sufficient to change it, got the Certificate of Conformity which didn't even state what model it is so that was useless, then spoke to another really help guy at Skoda UK Customer Services who sorted a letter confirming the model. Z

The pics wouldn't have looked so good if there was another red Octavia there! lol it might be sold by the next meet :( can bring an Octavia estate instead lol Yep as Tim says the rolling road is at Frost Motorsport ,Bailey Close Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate, £25 + VAT if can get 10 cars free tea and coffee too, be cool to have a Skoda day, Rindy would be more than willing to accommodate Z

As long as I haven't broken any kind of forum rule, I didn't look at the date TBH, just that the thread starter had same problem I'm going through :scared: and as you put the link in my thread you are still worthy of being the winner :handshke: (I'll stop spamming now and wait for Skoda UK Customer Services to call me back)

Nil points in since 1993, can't say I haven't broken the speed limits, but generally in national speed limits where I deem it 'safe' to do so, I try to stick to the limits elsewhere, especially 30 in built up areas (although some 30mph limits are in rediculous places IMO) By rights I should have had some points (especially when taking the cossie out for a blast) but been lucky Z

Know the Rushbrook Arms well! Shame got a rolling road to attend in Ipswich that day :( Zoe

what record?! :rubchin: what do I win?! Zoe

Although I am a Ford fan quite a few of those been mentioned already (you never see any mk4 XR3i, let alone the XR3's anymore) you don't see many Vauxhalls these days, i.e. mk1 cavalier SRi's, Astra Mk1 GTE or Mi 16's, AX GT... Think we've had most of the cars mentioned above over the last few years! (21 turbo, 5 turbo, montego turbo, capri laser, Renault 19 16v etc etc) Zoe

I too have a petrol 1.8T Ambiente TDi first spoke to Skoda UK who said I needed to contact Type Approval for a certificate of confirmation, I've received this and it doesn't actually say RS on it (its got two codes, one for varient and one for version) so I've phoned Skoda UK again to say that DVLA wanted a letter (as Quinten has copied on the other page) so I hope the waiting for the cert of conf wasn't a waste of time if Skoda could've sent me the letter in the first place , anyone know if the certificate of confirmation is acceptable by DVLA? (even though its their own mess up) Zoe

Well I never, I mean I didn't really want to sell the vRS, but coming up at a TDi at the guys insurance broker has put him right off as it is 'dodgy' :( Hopefully the cert of conf turns up in the post, just annoying that its DVLA's error and we have to do all the running about Thanks for the links, your search was obviously better than mine! BTW joined when bought the RS :wavey: Zoe

My VRs is clearly not an Ambiente TDi! :thumbdwn: I am the second owner, the log book has been wrong since they first issued it, DVLA's f*ck up but now I have to get some letter to prove that the car is what it is (everything I have service book and history/paperwork show its petrol 1.8T) even the log book says petrol 1798 (or whatever the exact cc is) Skoda UK tell me it IS a vRS, I've now got the hassle of getting certificate of conformity etc, from talking to Skoda seems they mess up quite often Zoe

I reverse out of my driveway everyday and have put my seatbelt on before pulling away, why would I not need to wear my belt in reverse? Thats what mirrors are for! Z

Not that you all really need to know! But the dealer that carried out the cambelt change shirked responsibility and said if it looked find at the time of work they wouldn't have replaced it. So I took it to Frost Auto Services in Ipswich where the VW chap fitted me a new 'plunger' and water pump (which had a crack in it and no record of that changed at the time of belt), luckily the cambelt was ok to re-use, had the car back Wednesday. Top guys Z

Luckily its had water pump, but surely they should've changed the 6 year old plunger at same time , so 10k miles later looking like having to pay for another blooming belt change to fix the plunger prob, dont want to use it now as belt seem far too loose! Zoe

Well cleaned the throttle body today, was filthy - started her up and Jason said 'whats that noise' had a listen and took the cambelt cover off - the belt is pretty loose and covered in silvery grease (like oil mixed with metal filings) Looking into the service history, the cambelt was only changed at 123k!! As was a lease car previously (we bought from the owner who had it from his company) I don't have all the inspection sheets etc. This was done 10k ago 14 months ago (1 month off turning 6 years old by then!) Heard that the interval was changed to 60k so I'd expected this to be its second belt!(got AUQ engine, 2002 51 reg), have got one inspection sheet which says on the back check conditions 60k then thereafter 20k replace if necessary the underneath 1.8 petrol 120,000 (sheet rev date 05/2005 did they change the interval AFTER that?) Anyway regardless! The cambelt bill says tensioner belt and roller were replaced but no a 'plunger' I think this has failed - surely at 123k they would replaced the whole kit including this plunger, especially on that mileage - so now 10k after it was replaced I'm looking at having to pay out for another cambelt change Zoe