Sale agreed, so provisionally no longer available

Rarer, quicker and faster than the saloon version due to its lower weight and better aerodynamics, this car has been my project car but I'm not really doing the mileage to justify keeping it and I'm short of parking space (my modified Mazda RX8 R3 takes priority and my motorbike isn't going!).

It's one of the last 1.8Ts sold here (until recently Skoda were still making them, badged as the Tour), being registered in Feb 2006 on a 55 plate, now with 66,900 miles. The first owner put 60,200m on her in 3 1/2 yrs so my ex (2nd owner) and I have put another 6,700m on, mostly in the first year (V5C now has 2 previous owners). Over the past 6 months and a 1,000 miles or so I've had over £3,000 of sensible improvements:

Interior:

 Recovered full leather Golf GTi seats including centre rear fold-down console.

 Wood effect dash (Skoda genuine)

 Nokia Bluetooth hands-free phone system

 Pioneer AVH-P6500DVD DVD player

 Focal front speakers

Wheels & Tyres:

 Rare (& expensive!)BBS 17” forged alloys & tyres (225/45/17 Bridgestone 050A)

 Wheel arch extensions/trims (Skoda genuine)

Suspension:

 Front wishbones

 Front ball joints

 Vmaxx Coilovers (height adjustable)

 Front turret mounts

 Bump stops

 Powermax rear bushes

 ARB bushes

 4 x driveshaft boots

 4-wheel alignment

Brakes:

 Brake discs (Mintex)

 Brake pads (Skoda)

Engine:

 Powermax dogbone

 Cambelt, idlers, adjuster, water pump (upgraded)

Lights:

 Phillips ultra bright bulbs (no illegal Xenons!)

She also has VRS car mats and a (rare) genuine Skoda boot floor cover.

Mechanically IMO she's just about perfect. She's been fully serviced in my time, has a complete service book and will be serviced by Skoda before sale. I had a compression test done and the pressures were right at the top of the range allowed by Bentleys (the US maintenance bible) and I can borrow a tester to prove this. On the down side, she's got her share of scratches and dings and I've not had time to get these sorted.

Balancing the effective renewal of half the car and the mileage & cost of sorting the scratches and dings, I think she's worth much more than the £4,000 or so in Glass, Parkers etc, hence £4,695...... I have the original Zeniths, a set of Audi alloys that have a wider stance, a high power Focal amp and a 12" Alpine sub (I was going get a sub fitted in the boot floor, another advantage over the hatchback version as it leaves plenty of storage space) that I can swap or adjust the price for.

I'm in Redhill, Surrey. I'm only interested in p/ex where I can sell on quickly on eBay.

Please pm if interested. She's going on Autotrader in a few days time.

Ian

Shame you're over 300 miles away, looking for an Octavia estate, and yours looks cracking! :(

Really a beauty - Im sure it will be gone in no time.

Guys, thanks. She's a great Q-car and I've become really attached to her but I just can't justify running 2 cars and a motorbike any more. I can't sell my RX8 (less than 800 of any colour in UK, pic below) until the middle of next year, so perhaps I need to find someone who will sell her back after 8 months......

Ian

And now sitting at my house after a 5 hour trip home!