Had lots of cars some starting with a Cortina 1600l in a disgusting Brown through various Capri's until I chucked Ford away with a Sierra Cosworth 4X4 followed by some totally impractical Caterham 7, TVR Chimaera 4.3  but she who must be obeyed complained you couldn't get many Asda Shopping bags in either of them then I got a bit sensible with various Audi's first an 80 then a 100 Avant  followed by various Audi Allroad Quattro models having the last Audi written off by a rear end insurance scammer and the need for a huge boot capability to put a cage in for the dogs I ended up with a Volvo V70 swiftly followed by a V90 Cross Country AWD Auto only to find in my that AWD and auto really don't combine well in the forests of my home area in Galloway Scotland

 

Getting old and lazier in my driving style and fancying a bit more comfort for regular 1000+ mile trips back to Scotland during the first lockdown i had plenty of time for much never ending research for something suitable that could fulfil all the practical requirements of the household, being able to get a week's shopping in the boot, etc and once out of warranty with an engine I could play with to my hearts content. Out of the blue on Skoda UK popped up a fully specced with absolutely every possible option on it 2017 Yes 2017 ! 2.0TSI Superb Lauren and Klement but with only 2014 miles on it !! Only trouble it was 500 miles away and we were still in a pretty tight lockdown even the garages had just opened. Hours of haggling with some very irritating I'm better than you obnoxious irritating sales **** £4000 off free delivery on transporter and a two year warranty it arrived and first MOT free! Wife loved it instantly huge boot loads of room so many buttons to play with  .... easy to satisfy !! Then she pointed out I'm an wide load HGV driver that comes home from work covered in crap daily and I just bought a full almost white cream leather interior most sensible people would have black in my job !!

 

I got so much useful information on here when researching what to buy so I decided it's time that I joined.

Welcome to this very informative friendly site. As an ex trucker myself, I can see your wife's point, but just put down rubber floor mats and a waterproof seat cover and you are sorted. Nice choice of vehicle by the way, very tuneable if you ever go in that direction. 

Thanks for the welcome seeing what you done to your VRS the first thing I want to do do is change the boot lights to LED as you basically cant see bugger all any recommendations available in UK rather that China via E-Bay !!!  and any recommendations for strut brace is it vehicle specific or generic adjustable?

34 minutes ago, solitary-trucker said:

Thanks for the welcome seeing what you done to your VRS the first thing I want to do do is change the boot lights to LED as you basically cant see bugger all any recommendations available in UK rather that China via E-Bay !!!  and any recommendations for strut brace is it vehicle specific or generic adjustable?

Hi.  Initially I bought some quite cheap LED bulbs but soon regretted it, as they produced a very faint glow when turned off, very odd. I then bought some Auxito LED bulbs again via ebay, but they cost a bit more and appeared better quality. Have had no problem with these bulbs since. The strut brace was hard to find, until a member here suggested a company on Facebook, Strut Brace UK. These strut braces are made abroad to the spec of your vehicle. I was warned they take a few weeks to arrive, longer for me as there was initially a transport problem because of Brexit. The company say they have now sorted courier problems. I only fitted it last week. Be aware of course, once you start modifying your car you might never stop, with all the cost this entails. My next bill in a couple of weeks when it will all be fitted, will be a full Helix performance clutch kit, including DMF, Braided line and Billet bleed block. A bill of around £1600. The standard clutch just can't cope with the extra power and torque of the map. They do say the standard clutch is poor on these vehicles anyway. I must admit though, I spent at least as much modifying my last MK2 Octavia VRS TSI and enjoyed the car even more in doing so. 

Photo below showing the scuttle off and the brace fitted.

Edited 29 August, 20214 yr by roaddetective