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The risk is condition of those wheels and of course bead seal given age of purchased wheel.

The issue with most VAG wheels after certain number of years the bead seal goes and you lose air. Have you thought of having your wheels powered coated grey?

Didn’t the 1.8 have oil consumption issues ?

Bonnet catches hard to unlatch using under bonnet lever common.

Start at the gearbox with the linkage. I did a thread on this when I had issues on my 2005 octy. Cleaned the part where the gear stick cables connect. Removed the device whose name I still forget from the gearbox, clean lubricate the shaft. Reinstall see how it goes. Never did an oil change in over 260k on my gearbox. My issue was selecting 5th and maybe one other gear. The give away was the gear stick would never centre quickly. Just slowly or not at all. Something similar in fabia selecting first sometimes. Same procedure helped

Not personally into mark3 some things in my opinion. Annual or max 10k oil changes whichever came first. Manual gearbox some might say less risky than DSG auto. Check clutch okay on drive. Turbo depends on life it’s had and servicing all have influence, listen out for police siren whistling I am not sure if this car affected but the Golf GTD of similar era had what some class as high oil consumption. No mention of fuel filter and brake fluid changes. This car might have ad-blue they have been known to cause issues in general, plus inconvenience of refilling wherever they hid the filler cap Mileage although a little high, buy on condition. If you don’t really need a vRS get a 2lt 150bhp TDI they seem well respected. MOT history is really good IMO This car was up for sale somewhere with 118k for 7.5k April 2025. Held its value well.

Not doing too bad if that’s all that came up on the MOT. Suppose you have other non MOT challenges to be dealt with. Still a keeper this one.

No expert but it’s worth what someone willing to pay. It’s easily over 5-6k IMO

+1 battery likely

You found one of the best guides out there. It’s a real pain to replace plus one of my cable guide tubes was broken. That was really hard to replace.

If it’s a DSG replace that stat also IMO

Thank you @travs i have seen both of those and I forgot to say no cream leather and those alloys do not float my boat.

Long timer lurker here not sure if I have read this thread before. Have been looking for the right 280 L&K for quite a few years nothing coming up, don’t want a sunroof or massive alloys, estate or hatch fine no white or black and maybe the chocolate brown not my colours. Sportline is a no because of the seat. Own a superb 2 170 combi TDI and Fabia vRS mk1 second one now. Also owned a MK2 TDI octy for over 10 years. If anyone is considering moving on please get in touch, to keep it in the Brisky family.

Got them from Skodaparts.com about £32 delivered hopefully last and assured genuine from them.

If you bought the car already L&K model usually standard. Elegance usually optional ?

Hello all Had my wheels returbed in grey and looking for some quality replacement centre caps or stick over Gel covers. Not sure to go for OE look or the new black/silver. Rest of the car is standard no changes. Would be nice to hear from people who have purchased aftermarket and they are holding up well with time. I do still have the original ones that can be repurposed some how.

My 1.9 05 BKC manual is the most reliable car I have had. Put 230k on it.

Not sure why you are venturing here but well documented the wires break and cause faults. Have a search here

Wow what a story and what a journey. Well done you and well done Super B. Great you let this live on. They are really a great all rounder for a family on travels or not.

Apparently changing the number plate lights to LED and coding out bulb warnings is a thing. That is what Skoda did to anyone whose warranty was honoured and they got a new tailgate.

They come up on eBay regular. Around £200. You will have to price in fitting and respray also unless you get lucky. As yours is facelift the pre around 2013-2009ish may not be compatible due to subtle changes. I have a 2011 with same issue Galvanic Corrosion I believe it’s called. Have my replacement lid ready to spray and fit.

Try wiring old and new in same circuit. Buy new bulb holder. Spliced in fit LED to headlight. Hide halogen in cover. No more warnings 👍

Stationary car has rev limiter not broke.

There was a time could just squeeze just under 600 miles from my Mark2 TDI 170 DSG 192 miles a day 2 trips AM and PM about 4 of the miles were local or A roads.

What a great end to the story Matt. Plus gone to someone you know, no doubt you can see it when you want next time you pop around with a pack of beers to see your mate.