An opposite to the 'What did you do to your skoda today' thread, for those who also workhorse! Inspired by seeing a facebook post of someone transporting a massive chair in their mk3 hatch...

 

Just this weekend mines finished a week of commuting through strike traffic, taxied the mrs and her friends 20 miles away, went to the garden centre and carted home a tree, some plant pots and 250kg of stones (and some shopping on the way home) and returned 40 ish mpg along the way. 

 

Great car!

Work and back all week then went to Malham Cove and back yesterday (Mrs, daughter & dog) without me and is currently sat on the driveway begging for a clean.

Obviously not all in one day... 

 

Took the family to Cornwall and back (720 mile trip). Averaged 35mpg at decent motorway speeds which isn't bad with a roof box and fully loaded. Also entertained me when a nice person in a Golf GTD tailgates and flashes to get past, only couldn't when the lane cleared 😄

 

It really is a fantastic car. Apart from the road noise. 

Edited 26 May, 20197 yr by Swirly182

4 hours ago, ExSEAT said:

And 250kg of stones

 

In the boot with the seats down? How's the suspension doing? I had 25rolls of grass in once and was dodging every stone on the road to prevent rubbing.

1 hour ago, courty said:

 

In the boot with the seats down? How's the suspension doing? I had 25rolls of grass in once and was dodging every stone on the road to prevent rubbing.

Had 100kgs in the passenger footwell and seat. Rest in the boot, no probs at all! 

Today i swapped the chrome grill surround for a Black one and it looks so much better, took around 30 minutes to do

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Gel+ Licence plates on order  

Wrong thread! 

On 26/05/2019 at 12:39, ExSEAT said:

went to the garden centre and carted home a tree, some plant pots and 250kg of stones (and some shopping on the way home)

 

 

That's only like having two of me in the back seat.... 

 

Just come back from a weekend in Wales, me, Mrs Cakemonster, two Border Terriers, luggage and a bike on the back. Did 47mpg in comfort 

 

Yes, great car!

On 27/05/2019 at 14:54, negaultra7 said:

Today i swapped the chrome grill surround for a Black one and it looks so much better, took around 30 minutes to do

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Gel+ Licence plates on order  

 

So did you rip the old one off without removing bumper) to fit new one.  If so any issues doing it that way?

Yes replacement was done without removing the bumper, just be brave as soon as the first section breaks you just chase it around being careful not to break any of the black retaining clips,

I followed this link below that someone on the forum (who's name i forget) had posted.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/csix1uhhbrgqhhj/Octavia VRS Black Pack Grill Surround1.pdf?dl=0

 

Cheers 

Neil

Brought us back from 800 miles driving to devon and back to yorkshire and trips out in between ,been faultless fast smooth and returned 42 mpg ,first time ive used the sat nav for a long trip and it was faultless ,so today it got a good fettle and a polish as a thank you