God, im tired of it!! First it was Octavia, then Fabia, now its definately Octavia!!

I test drove a fabia and loved it - unfortunately it sufferes from the common damp back seat area wet carpet/door seals leaking problem.

So thanks to briskoda I didn't make the mistake of buying before checking this out!!

Going to take the Skoda Octavia instead tomorrow and be done with searching.

Was this at a dealer? You'd think they'd at least dry out the carpet :eek:

God, im tired of it!! First it was Octavia, then Fabia, now its definately Octavia!!

Going to take the Skoda Octavia instead tomorrow and be done with searching

good decision m8.

Finally, done with searching. some dealers are hyprocrites!!!

ZootyRS, yes this was a dealer!! apparently he didn't know about it, till I read up about it here, and took it for a second testdrive, and checked the carpets!!!

My new car is going to be a '03 Skoda Octavia 1.4 petrol. Absolutely delighted with it, and best of all I only have to wait till Monday for it:D

A 1.4 Octavia? Bloody hell!!

Finally, done with searching. some dealers are hyprocrites!!!

ZootyRS, yes this was a dealer!! apparently he didn't know about it, till I read up about it here, and took it for a second testdrive, and checked the carpets!!!

Speechless

My new car is going to be a '03 Skoda Octavia 1.4 petrol. Absolutely delighted with it, and best of all I only have to wait till Monday for it:D

Excellent. I'm sure you'll be very happy with it

Welcome to the fold

A 1.4 Octavia? Bloody hell!!

Why??:(

Cheers ZootyRS:thumbup:

I think in MK1 format these are fairly rare, the smallest was the 1.6 more commonly AFAIK.

The Octavia is outstanding in any form, can promise you will not look back.

There was also going to be a 1.0 Fabia originally too that never appeared as far as I remember and the smallest engine was a 1.4MPI back then.

There is also a 1.4 petrol version in MK2 format Octavia that is, but they're not heard of often.

Must be incredibly gutless as I have a 1.6MPI and thats no dirt shifter.

Why??:(

Cheers ZootyRS:thumbup:

Sorry, didnt know they made them!

Just seems odd to have that size engine in a fairly large car.

they did a 1.2 12v fabia definitly

they did a 1.2 12v fabia definitly

That reminsd me of the Corsa 1.0 with 3 cylinders that sounds like a bag of nails!

i had a brand new one of them, excellent engine.

very torquey and i personally thought it sounded very nice:) had a bit of a whine almost like a supercharged car

Have you heard them hunting on idle though!! Engine the size of a shoe box!

mine didn't do that, it ran perfectly but then i did trade it in at about 11 months old due to insurance costs after a claim.

Ah well, I preferred my previous Corsa - 2.0 16v redtop engine

Sorry, didnt know they made them!

Just seems odd to have that size engine in a fairly large car.

That was my original thought too, that the car would be too big for the engine, but im impressed, it has plenty of power, although I didn't go up any mountains!! And theres plenty of those round here!!

My Vitara struggled at times, and it was purley cause the body was too heavy for the engine size.

Bengie, yes there is a fabia 1.2, test drove that too...........unfortunately it had wet carpets in the back, and the boot is way too small to fit my kids bikes in too!!

my mate stuck a 2.0 in a nova, that went quite well but he got bored so stucka turbo in it

Glad its good Nat!

I was thinking of doing that but cut my losses and went for something with more refinement and toys. Hopefully with a remap Ill be up to similar speeds I was used to with the Corsa!

very much doubt it, 150bhp in a 800Kg or less car is quite fast on the move, your going to need about 250bhp to match the corsa speed wise which ain't happening from just a remap or even on the standard turbo really.