nickg123

Sorry for wasting time, but we're going to keep hold of the Skoda for another year or so - The car my wife wanted was a bit too far out of reach in all honesty so the Skoda is staying for now :-)

Thanks guys, the car has been completely faultless and is just such a good drive I'll be really sad to see it go!

Time has come to move on our beloved Octavia VRS! It has 62k miles with full service history and just 2 weeks ago had the following done with all genuine VAG parts: Cambelt, Water pump, fuel filter, oil & filter, spark plugs, pollen filter, 2 x new Bridgestone rear tyres and is basically good to go for another 12 months / 10k miles. It was mapped by Shark Performance at 40k miles to 250bhp with a Milltek cat back exhaust (resonated) so not loud at all. It also had a new clutch and flywheel at the same time at around costing around £2k all in. I'll also put 1 years MOT on the car before selling. Spec wise it has 18" Skoda Golus wheels, lowered on H&R Springs (originals with the car too) Xenons, CD changer, cruise control, climate control, aux-in, rear parking sensors. It wants for nothing and is a very nice drive and plenty quick enough for most people and ticks all the boxes as a fantastic family car. £5695 ono - Located in Newbury, Berkshire Nick - 07920 867771 [email protected]

Managed to give the car a bit of much needed TLC:

Sorry only just saw this! I got the parts through my account with TPS and yeah pretty easy to fit really, I think they look way better too!

Better pics showing the drop now too:

Next up something I've been meaning to do for ages, update the badges to go with the Wheel centre caps. The old ones are ok, but mine had started to corrode around the edges so I thought I may as well buy the newer version. Replaced: The rest have been done but I need to find the pics :-)

I came back to the Octavia VRS having had a nice 56 plate Estate a couple of years back but I always regretted selling it! This time I found a nice Hatch, with 50k miles that was actually owned by a fellow Briskoda Member who I understand has actually moved abroad now but I don't know his user name on here. The car is a 57 plate and has been very well looked after. I've got a list of things I'd like to do to it but so far it's on the right path (IMO of course) LED lights all round H&R 55mm Springs Skoda 18" Golus Alloys 15mm spacers on the rear Shark Stage 1 Map Milltek Cat Back Exhaust A few changes on interior bits but nothing too major yet! Here's a few pics anyway as it stands today (desperately needing some TLC on the paintwork when I get time)! (Before the Spacers and springs)

So how much are new Discs if you're not including them now? You've knocked off £50 but I'd like to know how much it's going to be for the new discs ideally, plus you may as well keep the old pads as it seems criminal to put used pads against new fresh discs?

Lovely, I know how picky you are and these will be perfect and exactly as described! I'd have gone for these if my budget had been stretchy enough ;-)

Thanks guys, my mate popped up last night (he's an all round Car audio / mechanic / interior re-trimmer etc) and has way more experience with taking things apart like this, within 5 mins he had the glovebox out and with the air con running as the flap lifted up he could see something in the fan, as it slowed down it was definitely white. He turned the car off, managed to get his hand in there and pull out a Car park ticket from 2013 (prev owner) so I guess it must have slipped down the back of the windscreen or something :-) I was just so pleased this was all that was wrong, I am pretty sure most garages would have probably just changed the fan without even checking so it has potentially saved me a fortune! Thanks again!

Can you do £80 posted?

Afternoon all, I've only had my car around 3 weeks and all has been great so far, until last night. I got in the car to drive home and when turning the air con down as the fans started to increase in speed there was a vibration noise that quickly got louder with each increase in speed of the fan, at flat out the noise is loud enough to hear from outside the car and is just like a deep vibration sort of sound, almost like if something is unbalanced, I've searched the forum and all I can find are Air con related threads but this is more the physical fan / blower from what I can tell. Is it possible that a blade could have broken off or something like that?

Can't get to Ebay at the moment, do you have any pics?

That is a great buy!!

Sorry for the delay, hopefully you got my text earlier! I'll talk to her indoors again later and let you know.

I am really missing my Octavia Estate - I didn't realise how handy having such a big car was!! I don't suppose you'd be interested in a deal with my Leon? It's a 53' plate CupraR in platinum silver, 58k Miles, 2 owners, just spent around £800 on it in the last 2-3k miles having a full service using all genuine VAG parts, cambelt, waterpump, plugs, filters, oil, coolant, new brakes and I've even had the calipers all refurbed so they look like new. It has a Revo Stage 1 map on it with a Pipercross panel (receipts for everything) and should be around 260bhp I'd say, certainly goes well but nice and discreet. Just also had 4 brand new Kumho Winter tyres fitted in November and the car really is very up together, even had a new windscreen two weeks ago due to a small chip. I can't think of anything it's missing, bodywork is all very straight as I had the paintless dent guy come out and sort that for me when I got it, I run a Detailing business so the car will be as good as possible by the time it goes (www.detailmycar.co.uk).

With the right tools and techniques and on soft Jap Paint SRP can correct some pretty heavy damage..... Mainly due to the soft natured Honda paint but it shows what it can do: This was via Dual action machine

Cool, is that Marc at Heavenly possibly? I did a 911 C4S in Cobalt Blue and it is a stunning colour!!

Yeah it was all properly polished and refined before waxing! I'm surprised about the wheels, I think they really set it off compared to the standard ones! I'd have liked the newer style facelift wheels but the originals were a bit "nicey nicey" looking for me.

I'm glad this has turned purely into a discussion about the plate I won't be the first, last or only person on here with this so I don't see why people have such an issue with it - It's up to me at the end of the day and as said it's been nearly 10 years now without an issue... I'm sure they'd use it as a reason to pull me if I was acting like an idiot but it's not like I'm going to get a huge fine or loads of points for it as long as the car is roadworthy with good tyres etc it's not likely to be a huge issue for most police. As said it's not like it's odd fonts or got special dots stuck over it to make letters or numbers look like something else. Thanks for any comments but can we leave the plate now? :love:

So's doing 31 in a 30 but I bet you do it :-)

Thanks for your opinion but I've had it for nearly 10 years now, My Wife bought it for me and although it is illegally spaced by one digit I've never had a problem with it - There's far worse ones around with italic fonts and dots here and there to change what the digits / letters actually say so maybe that's why Mr Plod has never given me grief...

Spent a few hours on this yesterday so thought I'd take the opportunity to get some pics up! Finished with an £800 Wax (Swissvax Crystal Rock) too..... I really really love this colour, one of the nicest Blue's out there in my opinion! I used to think Estoril Blue was as good as it got but I do love this now.

That sounds very cheap to me! Great buy for someone! Clutch needed or not I'd have thought it's worth that easily!!