Must be Silver, absolute must. Do like black but too much work to keep it looking good.

Preferably completely standard but don't mind sensible stage 1 mods. No decat turbo back pipe and loud dump valve please. I like the car because it is understated.

Full Stamped service history a must. And I do mean full, not half the stamps and invoices missing when I turn up. The more paperwork I get the more I pay, simple.

Lowest miles I can get for the money. Ideal would be 70-80K

Live In the middle of the country between Birmingham and London, willing to travel for the right car.

Budget £2,000-£2,500

The only other car I'd consider would be a Candy White WRC edition and would be willing to up my budget due to the cars rarity value. Same would go for the WRC though, low miles, FSH and mint as possible for my budget.

Cheers,

VM

Goof luck eith that. Mint ones as described should look at more 3k up

Goof luck eith that. Mint ones as described should look at more 3k up

Thanks for the advice on budget, I'm really just looking for something I can drive for a year and then sell on with under 100K on it when I have saved enough for a Mk1 Leon LCR 225 or an S3.I've seen absolutely mint examples with approx 95K for under £2K so I'm hoping an extra £500 might get me an 80K car. Thanks again.VM

On that budget with that criteria you would stand more chance with a MKIV Golf 1.8gti Turbo

get the octy and map it up.

RARB

throw a few notes at it and it will be just as good lol

On that budget with that criteria you would stand more chance with a MKIV Golf 1.8gti Turbo

If I was going to spend £2500 on a Golf it would be a nice MK2 Oak Green 3 door 8v, not a MK4 turbo. Out of all the cars built on that chasis the MK4 Golf was the least sorted.

VM

The problem is finding a low mileage MK1 in the first place, early ones would be 12 years old now, so that would be at least 140K miles at average miles per year. The MK1 vRS was made up to 55 reg, but these demand higher prices (5K+) and even these are 7 years old and could have 100K+ miles on them.

Got a silver vRS estate, standard apart from new FK coilovers, set at a sensible height (feels as comfortable as standard suspension but with less roll). Just ticked over 100k though. Has full stamped history and will be going in to have the rear bumper painted as someone decided to do their own 'smart repair' with a rattle can but like I say I'm having it in to be painted. Runs lovely, just been in at Skoda for the coilpack recall and had 3 new ones fitted. Taxed til April and tested til May 2013. Inbox me if you're interested at all mate.

Matt.

I don't understand why to insisnt buying a Octavia in perfect shape ,mileage and service history.At the end in an ordinary car,a good car meant to be drive and enjoy daily.Is not rare,and has nothing special.Why not enjoy the car as it is and care less about the numbers like miles,service stamps,years.

Edited 20 December, 201213 yr by IulianE

Finding a car of the mk1 Octavias age that is actually mint will be almost impossible. Also mileage isn't everything - I'd rather buy a car that had done 100k motorway miles than 50k city miles.

I might sell mine early next year if the right replacement comes along. It's an 02 plate silver hatch currently on 96k (23k of those done by me in the last ~17 months). I've had most of the common problems fixed (breather hoses, MAF, coil packs) and it's also had recent brakes and tyres all round. Bodywork is excellent apart from three minor imperfections (still better than average) and the wheels are also in excellent condition. When the time comes I'm sure I'll have no trouble selling it to the first genuine person that comes to view it.

Ive been looking for a while for a clean unmolested mk1 vrs in south wales area with little joy, given up now and started looking at other VAG cars, not bothered about miles as my last mk4 golf with the 1.8t engine was well over 100k when I sold it on was still as strong as when it had 30k, like others have mentioned service history is key and I always prefer to buy private rather than from a garage , at least that way you can gauge how well its been looked after!

I think a lot of you are bonkers. The OP didn't state the age of the car, and to be quite honest, his budget of £2500 is reasonably realistic. I doubt you'll see a vRS anywhere for £5,000 other than on a dealers forecourt.

But, as a warning to the OP, I bought my '03 vRS Estate last Feb, for £4,000 from a dealer with 49,000 miles and good paperwork (which was a little pricey tbh), and I have had to spend sooooo much putting the car right. A 49,000 miler still managed to be a shed with completely knackered suspension and bushes all round, leaky hoses, niggling electrical faults that developed, window regulators that soon broke easily, a clutch master cylinder that went straight away (fortunately the garage covered this) and various other things that weren't quite right. And this is coming from a guy that should know better.

DON'T be put off by higher mileage cars. It's not about the mileage, it's about how they've been looked after/driven. And mine was clearly NOT looked after. Or not THEN, anyway...

The problem is finding a low mileage MK1 in the first place, early ones would be 12 years old now, so that would be at least 140K miles at average miles per year. The MK1 vRS was made up to 55 reg, but these demand higher prices (5K+) and even these are 7 years old and could have 100K+ miles on them.

Come one man, I know I'm a new member and you guy's are a lot more experienced than me but 5K?

There's a beautiful black FSH 69K 05 plate on the autotrader for £3490 and that's from a dealer!

I might be a few hundred pounds short on my budget but 50% short I don't agree with that.

As I said I may be a Skoda newbie but I used to buy and sell Mk2 Golf GTI's for a living so I'm not exactly a muppet when it comes to valuing a motor.

Message sent with all respect and I thank everyone for their opinion.

Merry Xmas

VM

Nah man, £5K is silly money. Lloyd's is probably worth that, but his is 55 plate with 16,000 miles. And babied like you wouldn't believe. Except for the driving that is. Shame it's broken at the mo... :(

For what you're prepared to pay though, I doubt you'd get much newer than '53 for a GOOD example.

Ive been looking for a while for a clean unmolested mk1 vrs in south wales area with little joy, given up now and started looking at other VAG cars, not bothered about miles as my last mk4 golf with the 1.8t engine was well over 100k when I sold it on was still as strong as when it had 30k, like others have mentioned service history is key and I always prefer to buy private rather than from a garage , at least that way you can gauge how well its been looked after!

They are quite rare cars in south wales, I do about 400 miles a week around here and don't see many at all

Nah man, £5K is silly money. Lloyd's is probably worth that, but his is 55 plate with 16,000 miles. And babied like you wouldn't believe. Except for the driving that is. Shame it's broken at the mo... :(

For what you're prepared to pay though, I doubt you'd get much newer than '53 for a GOOD example.

Its only to the right buyer. Tbh even lloyds is not worth more than 4 4.2 max as the miles its got id say are too low. Dont know why its broken tho. Lack of use prob.

As said dont worry about miles. If its looked after it will be good. Mine has 112k and had less go wrong than lloyd. Only things were of my own doing. If i had the time mine would of been like new again. Nothing showed the miles. The seats i had for instance had 60-70k on them and still looked new. Gear stick still looks new and its done over 100k.

New vags are solid and the skoda is no exception.

On the lcr front just map the octy and fit a few choise mods. Rarb coilovers (weitecs or kw) and keep it std ish hight. Job done and more practical and imo the best looking of all mk4 platform cars.

On the lcr front just map the octy and fit a few choise mods. Rarb coilovers (weitecs or kw) and keep it std ish hight. Job done and more practical and imo the best looking of all mk4 platform cars.

And with less lag that the LCR...

Mine just a fecker

Evil a55 red devil car

Built on a friday afternoon by kermit mit krugenfrog perhaps

it dont help as i randomly change bits that dont need chasing lol

Its almost like im allergic to money

Other than that if it angers me

Hehe

It does show tho that a car can brake no matter the age or miles tho

Which leads me to beleve.......... I should not have one

Goodluck with you hunt matey

Just check for the 666 mark

I beleve mine may have that where its engine code should be

Sorry..... I have to say it

Theres a yummy mint mk4 R32 on autotrader

£6k tho

And therego a direct swap for a low mile red octy ha ha

Sssssssh

Quiet voices!!!

Shut Up

Shut Up

Im not listening to you

MMmmmmm, I'd have a (blue, only blue) MkIV R32 in a heartbeat.

If only it had the boot of my octy Estate. Grrrr.

Still, if you reckon yours HAS got 666 on the chassis somewhere Lloyd, perhaps that is the car for me... being a Damien that is, and having a phone number that ends in 666 (someone at Orange obviously had a great sense of humour...)

Wondering if I can comfortably get my 4X12 in the boot of a saloon now...

Hehe there you go

U wanted riches 4x12" build

Was nice mate

Just never finished it as he sold it all

Was gna be 4 12w3v3s and twin 500/1v2s and a 300/4v2 up thru the middle

Woulda been aweson

Id love that r32

If only i didnt have my love for my evil ungratefull toad

Im also nosing thru sites for silver octys trying to be helpful for once

Hahaha, they'd sound crap for my purposes. My 4X12" needs to be covered in purple tolex with a grillcloth in front, and say Marshall somewhere near the middle...

Fussy bugger

AND go up to around 6kHz...