SOLD 2002 Octavia vRS - Silver, hatchback, long MOT, petrol, manual, moon mileage

[petrolbloke]

 

SOLD

😢

 

Make & Model: 2002 Skoda Octavia vRS 1.8T
 

Colour: Silver

Mileage: 230,000
 

Price: £800 ono

(that's what I'll put it up for elsewhere but I will do a favourable deal with a Briskoda member and have some bits I can add/remove such as the headunit, spare wheel, Thule roof bars, oil & filters depending what you want)

I've been offered £500 by two breakers so please no silly offers. I think it would be a shame to break it for spares at this point.

I'm hoping it will go to someone who will do the required maintenance to get it to 250k miles. 🤞
 

Description:

Sadly selling as I've bought a newer Octavia vRS to replace it. I've owned it since 2011 when it had 73k on the clock. I racked up a lot of miles commuting for a time (400+ miles a week). It's taken me to Le Mans twice and all over the UK and never let me down.

 

Key points

• MOT to 28th December 2024
• One owner before me.
• Two keys
• Service book (nearly full up!) and owners manuals
• Cruise control
• Two keys
• Locking wheel nut key present
• Full size spare wheel with tool kit
• V5 in my name and address
• Taxed and insured so can be test driven
• Golf R32 front anti roll bar
• TT bushes in the front wishbones
• Powerflex dogbone mount (diesel one)
• Smoke and pet free interior
• Mobius dashcam (1920x1080 full HD resolution) - records to a micro SD card
• Alpine CB/USB/Bluetooth hands free head unit
• Cambelt and water pump last replaced in August 2019 @ 202k by a local VW specialist garage

 

Spec: Part leather interior, 4x electric windows, electric + heated mirrors, Climate control + air con (working and cold), cruise control, ISOfix points on the rear seats, front and rear mud flaps, vRS floor mats, door sill protectors

 

Good bits:

• Drives well. Goes and stops in a straight line. No knocks or clunks. Clutch and gearbox are good.
• Lots of receipts
• I've done a lot of the servicing and repairs myself
• Serviced every 10k miles in my ownership
• Decent tyres - Vredsteins on the front and Michelin Pilot Sport 4s on the back
• No warning lights on the dash
• Sills haven't been squashed like a lot of these have

 

Less good/bad/ugly bits:

• Cat C in 2014. Someone crashed into the back of me. I have photos of the damage. I looked at loads of cars to replace it but couldn't find one good enough so kept it and had it repaired by a reputable bodyshop (Finishline near Stevenage) using second hand parts. Car had 120k on the clock and was worth about £2k at the time. The quote to repair with a new bumper, tailgate, paint etc. was £2.5k.
• Central locking locks/unlocks the boot and sometimes the front passenger door. Driver's door locks/unlocks with the key in the barrel and rear doors lock/unlock from the inside.
• Heated rear screen doesn't work (because the glass was swapped over to the replacement tailgate)
• Exhaust needs some welding or replacing (one of the mounting points is detached and there's a leak from the back box)
• NSF front brake is binding slightly. Wheel doesn't seem to get hot but was an advisory on the MOT. Piston and sliders and pad carrier seemed fine when I replaced the discs and pads last year so 🤷‍♂️
• MOT advisory for corrosion on the rear brake pipes. I haven't had a second opinion on these yet.

 

Condition: Just run in 😉 / see description / judge for yourself

Service History/Receipts/Recent Service work: Lots, see description. New front discs & pads last year. New track rod ends for the MOT.

Extras: See description

 

Mods: See description
 

Edited 17 February by petrolbloke
SOLD!