here I come with yet another question

so based in Ireland and looking to buy a face lifted 2009/2010 Skoda Octavia 1.8 TSI manaual hatchback

In ireland there are literally none of these cars, there are 2 for sale and they are both 2008's.

So essentially, there are no new face lifted 1.8 tsi Octavia's

and ther are no other models for sale with the 1.8 petrol engine e.g. yeti, superb etc

now, just cause they are not for sale does not mean they are not out there, but probbaly not

There are a few 1.2 tsi Octavia petrols but not many

And a few more 1.8 Audi A4's and VW Passasts

reason for all this i.e the lack of bigger engine petrol cars > is because tax on diesel cars is alot cheaper in ireland. more economical etc etc

so I will have to go the Uk to buy this particular car

anyways, thats the story

so my question is, if I was to buy one of these facelifted 1.8 tsi octavia's, would it be hard to source parts for them if it needed to be fixed ? ( seeing as there are literally no face lifted 1.8 tis's in Ireland at the moment )

OR does the 1.8 tsi essentially use the same parts as the 1.2 tsi octavia, 1.8 passat petrol, 1.8 Audi A4 petrol ( of which there are a few )

essentially, after all my rant, im just thinking about servicing going forward on this car and it being so rare in Ireland

any thought / comments welcome

Edited 18 May, 201214 yr by obi604

I would expect a Skoda dealer would have no problem finding parts. The parts would be detailed on their catalogs even if the cars are obsolete or never sold here. They would simply order the parts on their system and have them within the week. It's not as if the engine itself is uncommon or superceeded.

In addition, many parts are common to VW and Audi and my local VW/Audi dealership can get me anything I can quote the part number off. However, typically VW dealerships won't pay for access to the Skoda or SEAT parts catalog so they can't look up the part numbers specific to the cars themselves.

From experience, importing a car from the UK should be researched in detail first on www.ros.ie for the tax implications. In addition, anything not common in Ireland can be VERY hard to sell on. If you need a "big" petrol engined car in Ireland, then you may well pay big time in VRT, Motor Tax and then depreciation. Last time I heard, 80% of new cars are diesel and 90% are in tax bands A or B.

Just a few thoughts.

friendlyfire, thanks for reply

trust me ive done alot of research in to this, as some people may know on here, in the last while, ive posted up loads of questions

I know the VRT already on the 1.8 tsi and that the ros website has the rate wrong, should be 24% but they have it as 28%  -- as the emissions are 163.

and as a fellow Galway man ive often heard me father say " the day you buy a car is the day you sell a car"  : )

I know it may be hard to sell this " massive " petrol engine but f3ck it , you only live once

Us Irish are fickle enough though, since 2008 and the new tax system, we are gone diesel mad. ok diesel cars are more economical but probably a massive factor is after 2008 " oh I save 200 euro on car tax a year as opposed to the tax on a petrol car "  nothing at all about the dearer cost of buying the diesel in the first place ( now I dont want to start a petrol V disel thing here, just saying )

I have a 2005 2 litre diesel now and paying 660 tax but tax on a 1.8 tsi is "only" 481

and then we have this budget coming in Jan which will change the car tax system again ( to try and get at the 520d type owners ) and maybe after this budget, there will be a swing towards petrol cars again.........

but anyways getting back to the subject : )  from what your saying, parts should not be a major problem if I was to buy the 1.8 tsi

Edited 18 May, 201214 yr by obi604