Hi all,

 

pondering buying a 2018 (67 plate) Octavia estate, SE tech 1.0l, to replace my Fabia estate. 

One private owner, for sale at a car supermarket. 13k miles, £12,300. However, no SH - am I mad to consider? price seems good, so am I missing a trick? Or would it already be knackered without an oil change, if indeed it hadn’t had one since new in March 2018. 
 

Thank you for any thoughts or ideas.

Find one with service history. They’re not rare, won’t be that hard to find one.  

Presuming that the 1.4 TDI is the same as the1.6 and  2.0 TDI , if it's on variable service then oil  change is @ 20K miles or 2 years ..

You sure the SH isn’t online? Cars don’t have books and dealer stamps these days. All I’ve got is a bunch of invoices. 

 

But as SC03OTT says, the 1.0 SE Tech estate isn’t exactly rare. Plenty of choice out there.

Ask Skoda for the service history they hold on their system.

In fairness at 12k there wont be much service history anyway. Depends if it is on fixed or variable service. Either way the oil will be fine at that milegae not to have been changed by now so no issues there. I would haggle in a service and also ask what oil they use.

You still have the balance of manufacturer warranty so if there were any issues they would get fixed. 

If you don't mind going to view it go into settings on the info screen and scroll down to service and it will tell you when the oil or inspection service is due. It should have been serviced latest March 2020 on a variable plan but with many garages closed due to the Pandemic it may not have been possible. Unless someone has reset the servicing this is at least a guide to whether it has been done or has been neglected. Also look at the Long Term fuel consumption under vehicle data which should give a low average speed and relatively poor fuel consumption figure (under 40mpg for the 1.0 litre engine) which will reflect the low indicated mileage.

Thanks all for the very helpful advice. As mentioned by a couple of folks above, I did manage to find one with full SH.

 

Thanks again!

 

Andy