Hello to everyone on briskoda!!!

listerfan · 13-05-2006, 22:21

Hello everyone,

My name is keith and I'm your latest Briskoda virgin!!!!

I,ve been a proud skoda owner for some 6 months now and just love my car to bits.
I,ve got a late MK1 octavia vrs (55 plate) in black magic witch,due to the fantastic price I paid (£12,560 basic from rainworth motors in mansfield.) was able to get fitted with cruise control,zenons,park sensors and heated seats.
All in, mine cost £14,160 which ,even now I think was a great deal.
Last weekend, I drove it to silverstone for the first time (Im a huge GT and BTCC car racing fan.) And,whilst doing a gentle 70 mph economy drive on the saturday morning of the race meeting saw fuel economy of 41.5 mpg which I was really impressed with.
On the sunday morning however, I found some very,very quite stretches of my favorite private test track and couldn,t resist giving it a bit of a blast.
The result was 150mph on the speedo before some regular speed traffic slowed me back down to a more sensible speed.
Even on this run, where my average speed for the journey was closer to 95 mph, I still managed to get 27.2 mpg.
All in all, my vrs has been the best,fastest and most practical car I,ve ever owned and,although I love the look and spec of the new mk2 vrs,I think I,ll be keeping my current one for another few years yet!!!!!

Best wishes to all on briskoda!!

keith (listerfan!)

Bigw2069 · 13-05-2006, 22:22

Hello and welcome mate

walkie · 13-05-2006, 22:27

Welcome

jonny boy · 13-05-2006, 22:29

Hi there

andy2407 · 13-05-2006, 22:31

Hello and welcome.
I assume your first post meant to say the 150mph was on your own personal private test track (and not the M40).
Might be worth editing it just to clarify

mattbeef · 14-05-2006, 11:49

yea id edit that too but its good to know what mpg your getting as im getting mine soon

listerfan · 14-05-2006, 13:00

Many thanks "andy2407" for correcting my stupid little error!
The car really did feel fantastic at speed though.

gillywibble · 14-05-2006, 13:34

Very naughty, slow down

Welcome to Briskoda.

bugman · 14-05-2006, 15:02

welcome to the dark side

13-05-2006, 22:21	#1
listerfan Briskodian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: worcester Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hello to everyone on briskoda!!! Hello everyone, My name is keith and I'm your latest Briskoda virgin!!!! I,ve been a proud skoda owner for some 6 months now and just love my car to bits. I,ve got a late MK1 octavia vrs (55 plate) in black magic witch,due to the fantastic price I paid (£12,560 basic from rainworth motors in mansfield.) was able to get fitted with cruise control,zenons,park sensors and heated seats. All in, mine cost £14,160 which ,even now I think was a great deal. Last weekend, I drove it to silverstone for the first time (Im a huge GT and BTCC car racing fan.) And,whilst doing a gentle 70 mph economy drive on the saturday morning of the race meeting saw fuel economy of 41.5 mpg which I was really impressed with. On the sunday morning however, I found some very,very quite stretches of my favorite private test track and couldn,t resist giving it a bit of a blast. The result was 150mph on the speedo before some regular speed traffic slowed me back down to a more sensible speed. Even on this run, where my average speed for the journey was closer to 95 mph, I still managed to get 27.2 mpg. All in all, my vrs has been the best,fastest and most practical car I,ve ever owned and,although I love the look and spec of the new mk2 vrs,I think I,ll be keeping my current one for another few years yet!!!!! Best wishes to all on briskoda!! keith (listerfan!) Last edited by listerfan; 14-05-2006 at 12:56.

13-05-2006, 22:22	#2
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13-05-2006, 22:27	#3
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13-05-2006, 22:29	#4
jonny boy Briskodian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cumbria Posts: 2,042 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Hello to everyone on briskoda!!! Hi there

13-05-2006, 22:31	#5
andy2407 Marmite Burner Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Upper Ramsbottom Posts: 5,384 Thanks: 50 Thanked 182 Times in 151 Posts	Re: Hello to everyone on briskoda!!! Hello and welcome. I assume your first post meant to say the 150mph was on your own personal private test track (and not the M40). Might be worth editing it just to clarify __________________ The future's bright The future's mellow Now with a little zest of Washbrook added

14-05-2006, 11:49	#6
mattbeef Briskodian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sheffield Posts: 3,355 Thanks: 38 Thanked 116 Times in 115 Posts	Re: Hello to everyone on briskoda!!! yea id edit that too but its good to know what mpg your getting as im getting mine soon

14-05-2006, 13:00	#7
listerfan Briskodian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: worcester Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Hello to everyone on briskoda!!! Many thanks "andy2407" for correcting my stupid little error! The car really did feel fantastic at speed though.

14-05-2006, 13:34	#8
gillywibble Cuthbert Dibble Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Watching Tom peeping at Lady Godiva. Posts: 6,299 Thanks: 223 Thanked 214 Times in 177 Posts	Re: Hello to everyone on briskoda!!! Very naughty, slow down Welcome to Briskoda. __________________ I drink, therefore I spam.

14-05-2006, 15:02	#9
bugman Briskodian Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 156 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Hello to everyone on briskoda!!! welcome to the dark side

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