Spurious or OE?

[thurian]

I need to replace my front springs, they both went boing and snapped at 370k. Spurious are half the price of main dealer. What would YOU do?

[rob_e]

eibachs.

[thurian]

This is a taxi we are talking about, not a vRS :-)

[Wardy]

The name itself is enough to put me off!

 

As a taxi, it's your source of income. I wouldn't scrimp and the originals have obviously last very well mileage wise. 

 

I'd choose Eibachs as well, but if you don't want to go that route, go for Skoda genuine parts.

 

'Buy cheap, buy twice.'

[thurian]

Yep, ordered OE today. Only way to go.

[Wardy]

Good to hear.

Still can't quite believe someone has branded themselves 'Spurious' (!!)

[DaveyBoyWonder]

370k and still going! wow... impressive. what engine?

[thurian]

1.9tdi, DSG as well. Engine giving a slight problem with power loss at moment but I don't think it's too serious.

[steve33]

Any problems with the DSG over that mileage?

[thurian]

Any problems with the DSG over that mileage?

None Steve. I get the oil and filter changed every 60k by main dealer. The car gets a mix of driving. I do like to wring its neck from time to time. There is another guy on here with almost 600k on his dsg but its mostly fast main road mileage. Mine is 90% suburban/city driving with a lot of shifting. Another taxi driver here retired recently (lucky git) with 515k on his dsg. The wet clutch dsg is a seriously tough box. I wonder will the newer dry clutch ones be as good.

[steve33]

Impressive!