Our much loved purple estate with full black leather and heated seats has got to go.

It has just started to occasionally misfire and I had thought it may be something electrical but alas our local VAG specialist has found reduced compression in cylinder 3... probably a leaking valve, so a fairly major bit of engine overhauling required. 111000miles done. He reckoned it may manage another year/10000miles before it stops but no guarantees.

Extra sad as just serviced last month - new oil/filter/fuel filter/plugs. Recent new front wheel bearing.

In past 12m all round discs/pads/fluid. It has 4 almost new 15inch BFGoodrich tyres on excellent condition alloys (inc spare alloy). MOT November - only advisory was the wheel bearing (now renewed). All the electrical gadgets are working and no rips in the seats. This was THE top spec Skoda of its day.

If someone fancies a project or some decent spares this must still be worth a few hundred? £750? Offers? I'd love it to go to a fellow Skoda enthusiast.

(picked up an 02 Superb this week - what a car! Good timing for a bigger car with number 3 child halfway there)

BEN

£250?

£250?

Webuyanycar have offered me £370, so was hoping for a little more really but I understand it may have limited appeal. (It is taxed/MOTed and drivable)

It may help if you say where in the country you are

Thanks! I'm clearly a bit of a forum/advertising novice! We're in Manchester M32, a couple of miles from Old Trafford and just off the M60.

No worries mate i break them for a living so if my offers any good pm me and ill send you my number, be wary of webuyanycar they'll chip the **** out of the price when they actually get there, they offer me felicias for 80quid so god knows what people take for them!

The car has hopefully sold on ebay now.