Don't buy this car! (EU03 TLJ)

[Rhoobarb]

If you check the details it states the reg is **06 ***, not **03 ***. Looks like a lazy copy and paste from a Mk 2 listing to me...

Edited 19 July, 2010 by Rhoobarb

[Lew_VRS]

If you check the details it states the reg is **06 ***, not **03 ***. Looks like a lazy copy and paste from a Mk 2 listing to me...

i know utter *******s

[jacko rs]

its gone lol

[Lew_VRS]

its gone lol

Jacko, what do you mean its gone?

[jacko rs]

the auction has ended mate or he withdrawn it?

[Lew_VRS]

the auction has ended mate or he withdrawn it?

Was working when I just clicked it mate :wonder:

Edit; no it's not maybe been taken down. I believe the police sent people immediately as a matter of urgency

Edited 19 July, 2010 by Lew_VRS

[Liverpool-Lad]

I wouldnt have bothered looking at those pics.

[Freakcrab]

The front grille looks like a pre-facelift grille too. Seems very upright and flat.

Yep, squarer and with thinner chrome, like a pre facelift car.

Explains the lack of a vRS grill badge too.

[andy68]

Just tried that 'mytextcheck' for a giggle and it came back All Clear. Don't know how upto date there records are.

Registered April 03. 4 Owners. No colour changes. No stolen record. Not scrapped. No record of total loss claim by insurers.

Probably been mis-treated and botched repairs.

[Lew_VRS]

Just tried that 'mytextcheck' for a giggle and it came back All Clear. Don't know how upto date there records are.

Registered April 03. 4 Owners. No colour changes. No stolen record. Not scrapped. No record of total loss claim by insurers.

Probably been mis-treated and botched repairs.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was on cloned plates mate.

[redoctavia]

This car is back on ebay.

[Lew_VRS]

This car is back on ebay.

thanks for the info. don't give it a second of your time

[vRS Steve]

This car is back on ebay.

thanks for the info. don't give it a second of your time

Unfortunately just goes to show what I think we all already know,... You cannot trust what is being sold on fleabay, never got a response from them over the one I reported and have now seen there is another ex-police car on there, which is fine if they're advertised honestly, but they're often not. Mileage is more plausible but has some **** 'n' bull story about it being stolen recovered, nothing about it's real history,.... Reckons insurance paid out over £7k for it,...... Yeh right,.....

Edited 23 July, 2010 by vRS Steve

[Lew_VRS]

Unfortunately just goes to show what I think we all already know,... You cannot trust what is being sold on fleabay, never got a response from them over the one I reported and have now seen there is another ex-police car on there, which is fine if they're advertised honestly, but they're often not. Mileage is more plausible but has some **** 'n' bull story about it being stolen recovered, nothing about it's real history,.... Reckons insurance paid out over £7k for it,...... Yeh right,.....

its a shame but some people wont pick up things like service history lost in the post etc etc etc and will get conned out of big money. fair enough a knackered little hatchback for a few hundred quid but something like that is a bit different.

[Jigger72]

Just to resurrect this thread, I mailed him some questions and got this answer:

From: me

To: direct_chrysler_parts_uk

Subject: me has sent a question about item #250670106668, ending on 28-Jul-10 12:51:46 BST - SKODA OCTAVIA 1.8 VRS 2003

Sent Date: 23-Jul-10 15:14:40 BST

Dear direct_chrysler_parts_uk,

Hi there,

how come it's registered in 2006 but it's an 03 plate?

Also, it says MOT until June 2010? Is this right or has it just passed a new MOT?

And finally, what was the upgraded turbo?

Thanks

Hi sorry but it is a 2003 car. It has 12 months MOT on it. It has been upgraded to a 2005.

thanks

- direct_chrysler_parts_uk

Reply in your email program or through My Messages

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Hmmm, clear as mud… :wonder:

[chicken_eyebrow]

They probably mean they just fitted a standard K03S turbo to it off of a 2005 model VRS.

In which case it's not an upgraded turbo

And which begs the question why did the old turbo go pop...?

[Lew_VRS]

They probably mean they just fitted a standard K03S turbo to it off of a 2005 model VRS.

In which case it's not an upgraded turbo

And which begs the question why did the old turbo go pop...?

The way he drove it points very much as to why the turbo went pop. :p