Hello i'm simon, i have just bought a "banger" to do a charity run to barcelona, it is a t reg 1.9 tdi octavia, it stands me at £250, but for a reason there are lots of little faults.

dash is intermittent, found a solution throu this web site

drivers door lock is knackered which i suppose is why the central locking doesnt work

the complete mirror controll is missing

passanger window wont go up or down, can hear it moving and wiring inside

edward sissorhands has cleaned the front screen with a grinding disc!!

i have been hanging out for a vag diesel as they are bomb proof, and have a love of vag cars currently owning an b5 rs4

Just read that back, it sounds so wrong, my intention is to bring the car back from the dead for the charity run, not to just kill it. To be honest if it does make the 4000 miles in 9 days I will use it as an everyday runner when I get back. As the fuel economy is brilliant

Hi and welcome aboard.

Sounds like fun the charity run

Should be, got 2 and a bit months to whip the old girl back into shape, and think of a theme to go as