Im new to this site and new to the world of Skoda's!! have a fair share of Golfs and Bugs, but my mum is in the process of getting a Skoda Octavia vRS, so i thought I would see what its all about as im sure i will be driving it alot any main things I should be looking out for when hunting for one?? she is going for a 2003 one!!

hiya gina,

how are you? you'll remember me from club gti. how are you? im sure youll find this site quite good

Hello Kenny!! small world!! CGTi's is still the same..lol

well welcome to the site anyway. sorry ive not emailed you in a while.

as you know i have a vrs, what doyou want to know?

kenny

Welcome

she is thinking of getting an Octavia estate... she has the offer of a Black, 2003 vRS, estate, its said to have the extras, has done 7k miles and the bloke wants 12k for it!! is this a good price and when i go to see it is there and problems i should be looking out for... except the usual ones!! :p

That sounds like an excellent price to me - I should bite his hand off.

seems like a goodprice to me, 7k to be honest there shouldnt be many probs with that milege! i would certainly ask why he is selling it! being an estate i would check for damage to the loading area. as its an almost new car there should be nothing wrong with it, check the coil packs have been changed(same as vw, audi!) it will still be under warranty too!

any other q's?

how are you doing?

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome.....sounds like a bargin. Black needs a lot of effort to keep clean though.

Only problems I've had with my estate are two leaks where the roof rails mount through to the roof (but these were fitted by the dealer) and a faulty tailgate lock. Both problems sorted under warranty. Not sure if the vRS estate has roof rails.

Oh and check for kerbed alloys (they're 16 inchers on the estate, not 17 as on the hatch - not sure why - my dealer does not know either).

BFN, :wave:

Andrew

Hiya Gina. :wave:

Welcome to Briskoda. You may know me from e1k! Was due to got to TSR, but was ill! :( Should finally meet you and the others I haven't yet met later this month.

Have fun posting here. Very friendly (though sometimes very wierd) bunch here! :smileypul

Just don't mention colours or whether 4x4, Octy vRS or Fabia vRS are best! Provokes reaction all the time!

thanks for the welcome! Fab16v shame u were ill it was a top day!! there were some great cars, 25 went on the rollers so it was a good turn out for E1K.

I shall keep u all posted about the Octavia and will take some pics when i go to look at it, as for it being black... i know what a pain in the **** it is to keep clean, and i bet i get put on washing duty!!!