OK, so I know the term 'timewarp' usually relates to old cars in new condition and the octy I'm collecting is only 2006,......

...........but it's had only one elderly owner who's clocked up a massive 11,103 miles since july 2006

Private sale price for the car is supposedly £7950 adjusted for the mileage !! - I paid £8,200 and I still think that's a bargain, the guide prices seem all over the shop at the moment.

I was also looking at Mondeo ST TDCI's and the guide prices are thousands lower than all the asking prices on auto trader et al'. :S

Anyway, the car is literaly like new, bar a few very minor marks that I'll get sorted, looking forward to tomorrow morning

Edited 16 July, 201015 yr by sko-with-go

OK, so I know the term 'timewarp' usually relates to old cars in new condition and the octy I'm collecting is only 2006,......

...........but it's had only one elderly owner who's clocked up a massive 11,103 miles since july 2006

Private sale price for the car is supposedly £7950 adjusted for the mileage !! - I paid £8,200 and I still think that's a bargain, the guide prices seem all over the shop at the moment.

I was also looking at Mondeo ST TDCI's and the guide prices are thousands lower than all the asking prices on auto trader et al'. :S

Anyway, the car is literaly like new, bar a few very minor marks that I'll get sorted, looking forward to tomorrow morning

Diesel, petrol? Sounds like a great deal.

Diesel, petrol? Sounds like a great deal.

Petrol

My only concern would be what kind of journeys the car has done. If it has done 11k over 4 years has it done it on lots of very short 1-2 miles trips or is it that it has not been used much i.e. a few longer trips but not used everyday.

A car that has only done very short trips imho is not a good car to buy. The engine will have significantly more damage than the milage would suggext due to the oil never getting warm etc. This would be especially true of the VRS and I would be concerned about hte turbo too.

Often I prefer to see a slightly higher milage car with a good service history compared to one with very low milage.

hopefully no damage will have been done and knowing what old people are like its probably only been to the shops a few times a week, I was in a similar position to you a while back and looked at mondeo st tdci's but did you look into common faults on them... jesus christ everything from injectors, crank pulleys, dmf and egr valve problems to rear bumpers sagging, think the octavia is a better choice and i went for a petrol vrs in the end. Fuel economy isnt even as bad as i thought as im averaging around the 35mpg mark

It was his third car, I've seen the other two today and they are both immaculate aswell.

He only used it every so often for longer trips, uses his mk3 golf cabriolet when it's sunny and his other car for his general pottering about!

I've driven it and it's very strong, drives like a new car. No engine worries at all

Better look and see if the cam belt has been changed......

Why should it? 4 Years is too early, isn't it?

Why should it? 4 Years is too early, isn't it?

The recommended interval is 60,000 miles or 4 years, whichever comes first. Also get the water pump changed at the same time for peace of mind.

The recommended interval is 60,000 miles or 4 years, whichever comes first. Also get the water pump changed at the same time for peace of mind.

Thanks for the pointers, but I'm not sure what I'm going to do on this point.

The car needs a service now, based on time, but I think I'm going to go to an indi rather than Skoda. we are going to be keeping the car for years, so by the time we sell it the difference that FSSH or non Skoda service history are going to the price we achieve will be minimal. It'll probably sell quickly anyway due to genuine low mileage and condition.

I think I'll have the cambelt inspected initially, I have a really good independant that I know I can trust (the husband of a friend of mine) so I'll get his view on it. I can't see how it will be perished really after 4 years and under 12k miles. Call my cynical, but i think the 4 year thing is more to do with revenue than engine failure.

I'm going to take it off variable and get it done once a year anyway as it's probably only going to do a max of 8k -10k per year. Also, I never really been convinced about the merits of long life servicing - I think Honda had it right with the strict service intervals on their older vtec engines - so reliable.

Anyway, we went out for a nice family trip this weekend and the wife drove the car - she loved it, said it 'feels like brand new'' and she's right it does :yes:

Personally I wouldnt bother with the cambelt yet if it looks ok and the pulleys arent rattling etc. I personally think the 4 years/40k miles is scaremongering on the tfsi vrs

Mines a 2006 car and I havent done it yet, i'll be doing it at circa 40k which will be 5 years, and is still too early IMO but i'll keep the history up

One of my previous toys was a zetec-s fiesta ( occasional track toy ), which was tuned to 150bhp and regularly revved to over 7k rpm

Service interval on that particualar cambelt/pulley according to Ford and the manual was 10yrs/100k, which is a lot more like it! It was in my family from 18k miles to 124k miles and was as reliable as a rolex apart from service items. I fail to see why the VAG would need replacement soooo much earlier.