Hello

 

I  registered years ago on these forums as i used to own a 1.9 alh in cayenne orange in poverty spec, but recently somehow i bought myself a new project car.

1.8t automatic, l&k in black and black leather.

 

It came from a 96yo second owner who decided to give up driving when it failed the MOT for a 'servo pipe repaired in tape' 'rear driver side door not opening' and needing 2 new tyres.

It spent the first year of his live travelling to and from Germany but it only has 108k on it.

 

I will probably do a project thread on it as it became quite a big recommissioning job and I have already overspent so there's no way to sell the car now break even at least..

 

 

Must admit, I do like it.

 

1.8t. Is that diesel or petrol?

 

Please do a project thread. I will certainly follow the adventure the two of you have together.

 

Kev.

 

It is a very expensive to tax petrol, 150bhp

5 hours ago, krisp1 said:

It is a very expensive to tax petrol, 150bhp

It's 147 bhp

 

And "expensive" is relative to earnings. 

 

Thanks for the compliments! 🥰 

Interestingly the Skoda brochure quotes 150bhp, although it is 110Kw, which as you say is 147bhp or 150ps.

I know the road tax is painful, I only did about 1000 miles in my 1.8T L & K in the last year, as a second car.

Saw this on FB for sale. Looked like a decent base to build upon. Good luck!

I can already guess why the door isn't opening: Central lock motor broke and left the door deadlocked.

 

Why? My car did exactly that 2 years ago.  Lot of curse words were needed to get the lock into pieces and door open. Obviously you can't remove even the central lock when the door is closed: It's all one clump of plastic.  Stupid design IMHO.

 

On 20/11/2024 at 14:01, Kharon said:

I can already guess why the door isn't opening: Central lock motor broke and left the door deadlocked.

 

Why? My car did exactly that 2 years ago.  Lot of curse words were needed to get the lock into pieces and door open. Obviously you can't remove even the central lock when the door is closed: It's all one clump of plastic.  Stupid design IMHO.

 

It's already been replaced. How do I know?

There's a project thread here:-

 

Kev.