Hi and apologies for this being my first post!!! :p

I am a bit familiar with Octavias, my dad had a Elegance TDi on a Y reg bought brand new, and my older brother runs a 2.0 Octavia Estate and is also a member on here somewhere.....

However I need a bit of assistance regarding a Octavia VRS.

I went to look at one at a dealer in East London and it had a BRISKODA sticker in the window.

It looked fairly decent, a little nick on the bumper down low, and a scratch on the drivers rear arch. Engine started ok and sounded fine if a little tappy.

I've read through the very helpful buyers guide and will take that with me when i go to test drive it tomorrow.

However what I'm really curious about and interested in is if the car is known on here, if the previous owner (it was in a lady called Louise's name i think) knows anything i should know before parting with £3k+

It has 8 stamps in the service book and the clocks say 69k so its due one (the heel area of the VRS mats has worn quite badly though?), belt was changed around 10k ago, 4 new tyres, reg no is BX51NLF and its up for £3495 but im hoping to get him down to £3200 or less as it needs a bit of touching up and the drivers seat needs a clean.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated and apologies for this being my first post, if i get it I stay around honest!!

Tim

p.s. I forgot to add that im looking at this as a step up in fuel economy from my Volvo T5 auto and my Seat Toledo V5 which I blew up on the M25 last night :(

Edited 26 March, 201016 yr by skinnylew

Well i bought it anyway, drove really nicely, full service history with loads of reciepts etc.

Has already got BRISKODA stickers front and rear which is a bonus.

Also found out its got a secondary alarm for some reason with an key/chip immobiliser somewhere? bit wierd that i thought and its linked into the central locking as well so i can't see the point as the normal key fob does all that.

Anyway very pleased with how nippy it is and how economical it is as well

Pics:

need to get a few bits touched up/sprted but otherwise i look forward to many happy miles in this car

Get rid of the after market HIDs, they are illegal but more importantly will blind anyone you come up behind.

Might even be able to complain to the dealer about it and get some cash back

Was this in Hackney?

I was going to look at this if it was.

I ended up buying a silver one.

Sorry mate can't help with who might have owned it before but it looks smart none the less. Hope you enjoy it

Yes this was the one in Hackney or there abouts.

They're not HiDs it just looks like that because i had dipped beam on and it's shining into the camera.........unless i actually do have HiD's in there, i'll have to check that out now you mention it!!

Get rid of the after market HIDs, they are illegal but more importantly will blind anyone you come up behind.

Might even be able to complain to the dealer about it and get some cash back

I suspect that it's low-pressure sodium lighting in that car park and the camera has attempted to adjust the overly yellow scene, resulting in the normaly yellowy-white lights coming out bluey-white. I think - very technical all that.

Get rid of the after market HIDs, they are illegal but more importantly will blind anyone you come up behind.

Might even be able to complain to the dealer about it and get some cash back

Jeez man chill ya boots.

Aftermarket Hid's ARE NOT ILLEGAL . Full Stop.

Jeez man chill ya boots.

Aftermarket Hid's ARE NOT ILLEGAL . Full Stop.

Tell that to the Police and DVLA

The DVLA use the word should have levelling and washer and an approved headlight.

I personally know people who have been pulled and others who have failed MOT's due to HIDS, so based on that I would say they are now starting to enforcing the fact they are around here.

You make a sweeping statement that goes against the general consensus and also ignore the fact that all HID vendors say "for off road use" as a get out clause.

If they were legal "full stop" then they wouldn't need that get out clause would they

I'm not going to continue this discussion, as it's a pointless one to have, other than to say that I think if they are after market HIDs then the OP does may well have a case with the seller.

Edited 30 March, 201016 yr by cheezemonkhai

Definately not HiDs!

Did a good few hundred miles in her over the past few days and was very pleased to get nearly 400miles from a full tank of petrol

so much better than anything else i own currently!!

Really really missed two things from my Toledo though:

Centre Arm rest (im going to unbolt it from the Toledo and put it in the Octavia)

cruise control

also going to need to have a towbar fitted at some point as well.......... (trots off to use the search function )

also going to need to have a towbar fitted at some point as well.......... (trots off to use the search function )

I pick up my Octy towbar from ebay, nice and easy to fit.

Towbar pictures

Cheers for that

I fitted a towbar bar to my Toledo V5 a while back and it looks to be a very similar set up to that. Confirmed what i thought, could do it myself but i'm rubbish with electrics so would rather pay someone to wire it up etc, never did get round to it on the Toledo

I've done a couple of towbars (on vans) and the electrics are a doddle.

Take the plug off the rear light cluster and using a volt tester in the connections (I use a Snap On one with a spike on one end and a crocodile clip to earth on the other end) find the right wires to connect to.

Tell that to the Police and DVLA

The DVLA use the word should have levelling and washer and an approved headlight.

I personally know people who have been pulled and others who have failed MOT's due to HIDS, so based on that I would say they are now starting to enforcing the fact they are around here.

You make a sweeping statement that goes against the general consensus and also ignore the fact that all HID vendors say "for off road use" as a get out clause.

If they were legal "full stop" then they wouldn't need that get out clause would they

I'm not going to continue this discussion, as it's a pointless one to have, other than to say that I think if they are after market HIDs then the OP does may well have a case with the seller.

i have HIDS in my felicia, and they are marked as road legal, i carry the packaging in the glove box just in case, which contains a safety number, and the markings "legal for road use"