Hi,

Just joined this forum, so forgive me if this has been asked and answered before...

 

Bits on my year 2000 Octavia are slowly failing so I decided to buy another, this time a 2009 version.  Because the old one is a right hand drive and I now live on the continent, I intended to sell it just for parts and maybe get around 300 EUR for it.  But it occurred to me some parts might be useful on my newer Octavia.

 

For instance, a couple of years ago all 4 electric windows failed and I had to get them replaced (at about £80 each).  Is it worthwhile me taking those units out and keeping them for the newer car?  Am I likely to need them?  Will they even fit?

What about the alloy wheels?  The newer car doesn't have alloys.

Anything else?

 

2000 Octavia estate: 1.9 SLX TDI

2009 Octavia estate: 1.6 CR TDI DPF Ambiente

 

Thanks for your thoughts/advice.

I doubt very much from the old car will fir the newer one. The wheels for instance will not - old ones have a 5 x 100 stud pattern and the new one is 5 x 112

It's completely different cars.

From 2004 (2nd gen Octavia) it's based on the group's A5 platform which electrics/electronics and most of the mechanical parts are different.

Only those with still the same engines like MPI's and not sure if some code engines of the TDI's were shared at that time.

If you had a Golf 4 then yes they could be easy swapped.