Hey Everyone,

Just signed up not 2 mins ago . liking the look of the site already. So i joined because as of tomorrow @6pm (or there abouts!) i shall be the owner of a 2005 Octavia VRS.

I've always admired them as a car and im looking forward to owning one now. I done a bit of taxing a couple of years ago and although those were either Tdi or Sdi (and had been to the moon and back!!) Octavias i liked the way they felt on the road.....

So heres to the future!

Welcome

sure youll love it here mate

billy

welcome to the site.

Welcome to Briskoda :wavey:

Tomorrows gonna be a good day

Hello

Thanks everyone.....Tonight can't come quick enough!!!

welcome to briskoda

Welcome to the friendliest and most helpful site on the 'net :wavey:

Hello and welcome, looks like the keys are getting nearer.

Welcome

Hello! :wave23d: How wide is your grin?

Well after a couple of probs with paperwork i finally picked up the car last night. Can't BELIEVE!!!! how good she feels on the road.

My mouth muscles are going to start hurting soon if i don't stop smiling HaHa!!!!

Not had a proper drive of her yet and im working today so may get a wee run in her tonight after i finish or most likely tomorrow (After a proper wash ovcourse!!!)(And weather depending!! :confused:)

All in all so far im really enjoying my vRS ownership.....Long may it continue

Thanks for all the welcome messages, i look forward to being part of the site.

Cheers again

Hopefully get sum pics tomorrow

Welcome chap !

I think you have joined on United Nations day !!

Enjoy.

welcome... is your octy vRS petrol or diesel engined?

Its the petrol engine BulletRob.

sorry taken so long to get my pics up but with the site being down didn't get the chance sooner but here she is......

Pics aren't great but its a start

Very nice indeed

Ok so 61 days into my VRS ownership and what has happened in that time?? Well shes been washed/polished almost every other day . Exactly a week after i got her, her engine management light came on. got her into the garage 4 hours later she had been diagnosed with a faulty temp sensor switch and a nice new one fitted. Next up i got her some new tread all round. Got Falken ZE912's on all 4 and i have to say im mighty impressed with them and that brings us up to the present apart from the fact that she never fails to make me smile at some point when im driving her

So what has the future got in store?? Well after browsing the forums here i found that she'll need her timing belt/ water pump done as she's now 4 years old so ive got her booked in on August 17th so thats all good. . Im now in the process of finding a decent local car valeting company to come and give her carpets and seats a proper clean so that could be before the 17th of August but will probobaly be afterwards. The last owner (who i have to state obviously looked after her really well) unfortunately decided to wire up some 6x9's onto the parcel shelf and its really not to my taste so im going to get my mate to rewire up the old bose speakers and hope they work and aren't blowin :confused:. And source new parcel shelf (The god of ebay will hopefully help with that! )

The next part well think im going to need some advice with.....

1.Do i go along the route of an induction kit or just a replacement element? i'm not planning on upgrading the exhaust system just yet so is it maybe better if i just get a replacement element?

2.With regards to the speaker situation, If i do need to replace the rear ones can anyone advise me where to get them from? don't want to go through skoda directly as i know it'll be costly......But needs must and i need those eyesores away from my parcel shelf

3. Anyone with the black magic skodas share which polish they use on their cars? I have Turtle wax ice just now and although i enjoy its ease of application and removal i tend to find it leaves my paintwork looking kind of petrolly (if you understand what i mean ) ive tried the ice then going over that with meguiars wax but seems to give the same result. Just like to know what others would recomend.

4.Any other general tips welcome!!!!

so there we are totally up to speed with whats been happening in my VRS tenure so far. Heres to more smiley days ahead!!