Well after a recent post to say I was not happy with my Octavia i have now moved it on to pastures new. I'd been a bit disillusioned with it over the last few months having shelled out a lot of money on a service then a new starter motor only for new faults to crop up on it, admittedly nothing serious as it was still driveable but since I bought it I felt it had had more than it's fair share of issues for a car less than 5 years old. I put it down to it being either a friday afternoon job or more likely that it saw a very hard and abusive first year as a Euro Fleet hire car.

Anyway I decided the time had come to move it on before it cost me any more so it was taken away yesterday and a nice shiny (almost) new Ford S-Max 2ltr TDCi was left in it's place.

I shall miss it I am sure it was a lovely car to drive but I have always been a Ford fan and decided to go back to a make I have always had very good experiences of.

I will pop back here form time to time although I do not profess to be anything like an expert as a lot of the other members on here are.

I will only be able to assist when I see posts that relate to faults similar to those I experienced and will be glad to do so.

I'd like to thank Gerry (Beretta) and Stuart_J for all their much appreciated advice when I was looking at a remap earlier this year and also Impossible Performance for doing a marvellous job with the re-map and their follow up support afterwards.

I've enjoyed using this site and gained a lot of useful information and help from it and will continue to contribute where I can.

:( sad to be leaving

happy to have known this site and used it

Good luck with the Ford!

You'll need it!

I was in the same boat as you a while ago having lots of problems but I overcame them, and I love my car now.

Grahame,

There is no need for thanks mate, as thats what the forum is all about.

Sorry you could not get your problems with the Octy sorted out, and hope the Ford works out well for you.

Keep in touch.

Good luck with the Ford!

You'll need it!

I was in the same boat as you a while ago having lots of problems but I overcame them, and I love my car now.

Not so sure Ford's are as bad as you perceive, I had a Ford Focus before I switched to the Octavia and it was probably the best and most reliable car I ever had, I only changed it out because I needed a car with a huge boot and, at the time the Octavia fitted the criteria and was within my price range.

Glad you got yours sorted, I could have done the same with mine but I'd reached the point where I was not prepared to spend any more money on it as it seemed that as soon as I sorted one problem another one, two or three would take it's place and it got to the stage where I had decided enough was enough.

Grahame,

There is no need for thanks mate, as thats what the forum is all about.

Sorry you could not get your problems with the Octy sorted out, and hope the Ford works out well for you.

Keep in touch.

Gerry, Thanks, I appreciate that but you were really helpful and I am grateful to you for that. I checked with Mike that he could re-map the Ford and he can but I'll wait for the warranty to expire first don't want to go mucking about with it yet.

I looked at your mates race Octavia when I was last there, I was most impressed hope he gets it back soon if he hasn't already.

I'm sure the Octy will find a good home! I brought the SMAX through a friend who works for a Ford dealership in Exmouth, she delivered it on Friday for me and drove the Octy back, I spoke to her later on in the day and she said it goes like stink for a diesel and how impressed she was with it, I told her it had been re-mapped before she drove it off and I think she enjoyed driving it back depsite the thick fog most of the way.

I'm hoping the Ford is a good choice but there is always that element of doubt whenever you change a car but I have always had good experiences with Ford so have no reason to be concerned plus it is covered by a warranty until 2010 so if it does develop any faults it won't cost me anything to get them sorted out.

Cheers again mate and have a great Xmas and New Year.