fay

Hello all, it's Fay. thank you for your kind responses. To be honest the car is not very high on my list, and I'd quite happily set fire to it, as I never want to see it again. My husband Terry is a mechanic, and has been trying to stay as busy as he can, so taking the car apart has given him something else to think about, keeping him busy and keeping him sane I think. Our son Tejay is the most important thing in our lifes, as any parent will understand, and trying to carry on with out him is the hardest thing we well ever have to do. It's so hard to really believe we will never see his cheeky little smile again, or him laugh when he's doing somthing he shouldn't be doing.

hi folks this is terry fays husband on the 24th sept 2005 my little boy tj took his mums keys and went out playing in his mums vrs. tj managed to get himself trapped in the drivers door electric window.which resulted in major brain damage as a result of no oxegen .the accident happened at 11o,clock at ten to ten at birmingham childrens hospital we had to give consent to turn off his life support machine and he died in our arms. west midlands police impounded the vrs. the police did there forensic tests at the chase avenue police station then the vrs went to london for independent checks when the checks were completed the car was sent to a skoda dealer to be reassembled. upon completion the vehicle was driven back to coventry by a skoda technition and dropped off back at chase avenue police station the following morning the detective in charge of the case took it upon himself to take the car and get it valeted and fill it up with fuel before giving it us back the car did approximately 2 miles and broke down (knocking noise from engine} then recovered to little park street police workshop. upon inspection no compression on no4 cyclinder fay was contacted and told that it was down to the car having covered112k when it was impounded it had covered 111k?????? after a police complaint was lodged and a phone call from our solicitor it was booked into prestige skoda coventry for the 12th december 16th december call from the police skoda declared it beyond uneconomical repair £6000 engine unservicable for exchange unit told by the police had to collect before the22nd of december or they were going to scrap it also told it cant be put back on the road 17thdec collected vrs from skoda dealers towed to friends garage as fay dosent want to see the car (very understandable why) removed cyclinder head no 4 piston has contacted head cyclinder head salvagable no bent valves turbo seams ok next removed block upside down on bench removed sump oh my god what a mess no1 spun big end bearing no2 shells worn no3 spun big end bearing no4 conrod through side of block smashed timing ring on back of crank piston and rod destroyed car oil level was on the min bottom end scrap so now its down to the legal people to sort it out when we get our money back if at all who knows in the mean time fays still without a car 3 months later cheers terry

hi just wondering if anyone knows of some nice 18in s to fit the octy that won't upset the handling or ride too much? would be gratful for any ideas.

my husband kept going on about the octy vrs so much that in the end i agreed to test drive one i had been looking at the audi a4 and really liked them, so i test drove one just to shut him up. I was amazed that it was a skoda! I ve always thought of skodas as one of those cars you wouldn't be seen dead in. I am now converted and the very proud owner of a yellow octy vrs, the second one i tested.

hi just thought i let you know the insurance on the octy vrs isn't as bad as you would think, i spent two days last week checking out qoutes for mine, and got one from sainsburys for

Ive got four little monster, i can fit them all in my octy vrs just bit of a squeeze, but hey i had a family size car before and it bored me silly. so let them be squashed

hi there got told ebay was a good place to look but been looking for about two months none have come up yet. I even phoned my local skoda dealer and they said about 6 month wait to get me some as they seem to be disappearing from all the new cars before they get on the forecourt. some car transporter driver out there must be making a killing selling them on ebay.

hi everyone just thought i'd say hello , I'm new to the skoda scene, just brought my first a yellow octy vrs and i can say i should have brought one years ago, i'm well pleased. Just wondering if anyone out there has got any of the vrs mats for sale as mine din't come with any, and the carpet colour isn't really practical!!!! Does anyone know where i can get some?