Hello Peeps! Looking for Octavia buying advise.

jbp · 10-11-2005, 20:08

Hi people,

Due to an expanding family situation, I need to supplement my Honda Prelude with a nice family car. I was thinking of a Golf, but have now seen the light as I like to do things a little differently and don't want to spend shedloads of cash.

I'm looking at 2 cars, both Elegance hatchbacks - a 2002 1.8T Octavia @25,000 miles £7500 from a Skoda dealer which I've driven and liked. Also I will hopefully be looking at a 2001 1.9 TDI Octavia with 45,000 for £5,700 from a car supermarket. These prices sound about right to me - the TDI especially seems a bargain. Any thoughts on what I should look out for, and is the TDI a 110 bhp creature? I'd need at least that, the wife is very demanding.

***DGW*** · 10-11-2005, 20:12

Welcome to Briskoda.

jbp · 10-11-2005, 22:17

Cheers dude.

Now I've put it in writing it's obvious I should go for the quicker, thirstier, more expensive, younger 1.8T.

Fabia 12v · 10-11-2005, 22:20

Welcome.... what about octy estate.. better for family??

yaktrebor · 10-11-2005, 22:46

We also have a two car family.

The 'family' car is a 2001 Octavia estste TDI 110, yes it is silver!

The other one, her's, is a Scooby.

I trundle up and down the motorways all day for work getting between 55 and 65 MPG, and at 40p a mile from the company, its a nice little earner.

While the other half 'sprints' around the Peak District from tea room to tea room.

I guess I can have alittle fun at the weekends.

Anyway, my answer is, buy the TDI, mines done 80000 and still going strong.

P.S. Maybe I should start a new thread. My other car is.......?

jbp · 10-11-2005, 23:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by yaktrebor

We also have a two car family.

The 'family' car is a 2001 Octavia estste TDI 110, yes it is silver!

The other one, her's, is a Scooby.

I trundle up and down the motorways all day for work getting between 55 and 65 MPG, and at 40p a mile from the company, its a nice little earner.

While the other half 'sprints' around the Peak District from tea room to tea room.

I guess I can have alittle fun at the weekends.

Anyway, my answer is, buy the TDI, mines done 80000 and still going strong.

First off, yes I'd love an estate (or even a 4x4 estate) but they are rarer and I've already spent too much time fretting over what to buy. She "doesn't like the shape of estates" although I could overrule her. Quite easily.

Re: Diesel v Petrol. Are you really getting 55 to 60 mpg? Schweet!! The 40p a mile work mileage thing has crossed my mind, but I reckon I will do a max. of 4000 work miles a year. I'll do the math tomorrow. The wife is very pro the faster petrol car. Bizarrely she wants the fastest car possible although she rarely goes past 70 and if I am driving she over-dramatically holds on to the car interior and mutters "..you're going too fast....you're going too fast....you're going too fast...." Odd, but that's her perogative.

Given that I actually walk to work and her commute is around 15 miles a day mpg isn't that big a concern, however I am a tight-****.

lfc958 · 11-11-2005, 09:45

Welcome

I would have thought the torque in the diesel, would satisfy the need to get to 70 from 30

Podwin · 11-11-2005, 10:06

Hi jbp

My silver 4x4 hatch is currently for sale on autotrader. I'm asking 6,800, open to offers.

It's a 52 with 34,400 miles, it's also has a Jabba remap. Send me a PM if you're interested.

Martin

**TaviaRS** · 11-11-2005, 10:11

I have a diesel, I get between 45-60 mpg on a daily basis. Got it on long interval servicing so about 20-25k between services.

I have done 87,000 miles in 20 months in mine with no problems.

Before the diesel I had a 1.8T, if I'm honest I prefered the petrol one but with my mileage I can't justify it.

Podwin's 4x4 (a 1.8T, elegance spec) looks good to me

Tom_vRS · 11-11-2005, 10:11

I think the diesel is the way to go. After a trip to Jabba, it will be no slower than the 1.8T in real world driving...

Atleast thats my understanding

graham.kirby · 11-11-2005, 10:36

To be honest there would not be a lot of advise i could give you as i have only had mine for one day now.

But from the amount of driving i did last night i can definetly say that you will have more fun in a VRS.

Obviously the more sensible option would be the diesel, family wise it would be a lot cheaper.

JRHartley · 11-11-2005, 10:45

The Diesel should give you a good 50mpg easy, on longer runs it'll go up to around 55-58mpg. My best so far is 68mpg average over a 130mile journey @60mph around the country roads in Ireland.

the TDi will probably either be 90 or 110 bhp depending on the 'trim'
Ambientes tend to be 90 bhp and Elegance or L+K's tend to be 110bhp (and maybe even the odd 115bhp out there)

Just out of interest if you do 4000 miles a year max then at 55mpg you will use around 72 gallons of diesel( @94p/l costing about £300 a year )
The £1800 difference in price between the vRS and TDI would buy your fuel for the next 6 years (in the highly unlikely event of diesel staying at 94p/l for the next six years)

Carsten · 11-11-2005, 11:14

Depending on how much miles you have to drive per year ....

I´ve got a 2000 octy TDi Combi which I am very satisfied with.

BTW: Welcome to Briskoda

**TaviaRS** · 11-11-2005, 13:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom_vRS

I think the diesel is the way to go. After a trip to Jabba, it will be no slower than the 1.8T in real world driving...

Atleast thats my understanding

I'd dispute that, but what do I know?

I had a petrol Octy for 30 months and 148,000 miles and have, as I said above, had the diesel for 20 months and 87,000 miles.

Leaving the cars standard, for the moment, I'd go for the 1.8T rather than the diesel. The mileage you do doesn't justify a diesel.

drm_jones · 11-11-2005, 22:30

Go for the 1.8T, fit either a Blueflame or Miltek exhaust system and enjoy

Stuart_J · 12-11-2005, 07:34

Tdi with a jabba remap will give 150+ bhp & loads of Torque. Ours actually went to 164 but that was as they said a rather good one, also the mpg actually improves slightly until you really thrash it. We cruise ours at about 85-90 & it regularly gives 55 mpg on a run. It was mapped at about 8000 miles & now has 93000 on the clock, no probs, even the clutch is still original. The 1.8T is 150 bhp (see where Im coming from)

If its a second car I would definately go for the Diesel purely on economy. If its on variable servicing costs are also less, ours does about 28000 between services but it does a lot of Motorway driving. if yours is a lot of local runs it will be less

The Diesel does sound a bargain, Check the service history carefully to ensure its not an ex lease or company car thats been clocked. If you have doubts talk to the previous owners, the dealer will have the details of where he bought it from & the owner before that will be in the log book. Most Diesels of that age will have many more miles on them but low mileage ones are around

We also have a 1.8T 4x4, if you want FUN get one of those, All 1.8T engines will remap to about 220 bhp

jbp · 12-11-2005, 17:44

Thanks for the advice everyone. Popped down to the local dealers and got the price down to £7000. Am now the owner of a 26,000 mile black magic 2002 1.8T and will pick it up next week.

10-11-2005, 20:08	#1
jbp Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: North West UK Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hello Peeps! Looking for Octavia buying advise. Hi people, Due to an expanding family situation, I need to supplement my Honda Prelude with a nice family car. I was thinking of a Golf, but have now seen the light as I like to do things a little differently and don't want to spend shedloads of cash. I'm looking at 2 cars, both Elegance hatchbacks - a 2002 1.8T Octavia @25,000 miles £7500 from a Skoda dealer which I've driven and liked. Also I will hopefully be looking at a 2001 1.9 TDI Octavia with 45,000 for £5,700 from a car supermarket. These prices sound about right to me - the TDI especially seems a bargain. Any thoughts on what I should look out for, and is the TDI a 110 bhp creature? I'd need at least that, the wife is very demanding.

10-11-2005, 20:12	#2
*DGW* BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cambridgeshire Posts: 17,135 Thanks: 49 Thanked 173 Times in 130 Posts	Welcome to Briskoda. __________________ Denis 2002 Octavia 1.8T 4X4 turbo Estate - rebreathed on by Jabba ... 31.93mpg 2007 Fabia vRS - CC, ESP and full leather trim by Seat Surgeons ...48.09 mpg...

10-11-2005, 22:20	#4
Fabia 12v RICHARD Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Twickenham - Middlesex Posts: 4,936 Thanks: 6 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts	Welcome.... what about octy estate.. better for family?? __________________ First Car: Skoda Fabia MK1 1.2 12v Comfort Replaced with: Volkswagen Golf MK4 GT 1.9TDI Replaced with: Seat Ibiza MK4 Sport 1.9TDI Replaced with: Volkswagen Polo MK5 Ltd. Edition Sport 1.4 16v To be replaced with: Volkswagen Golf Mk5 Final Edition GTI 2.0TFSI 16v... early 2009.

10-11-2005, 22:46	#5
yaktrebor Briskodian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bakewell, Derbyshire, where the puddings come from. (That's tarts to foreigners!) Posts: 553 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My other car is a....... We also have a two car family. The 'family' car is a 2001 Octavia estste TDI 110, yes it is silver! The other one, her's, is a Scooby. I trundle up and down the motorways all day for work getting between 55 and 65 MPG, and at 40p a mile from the company, its a nice little earner. While the other half 'sprints' around the Peak District from tea room to tea room. I guess I can have alittle fun at the weekends. Anyway, my answer is, buy the TDI, mines done 80000 and still going strong. P.S. Maybe I should start a new thread. My other car is.......? __________________ 'No more beer!' (unless it's GF)

11-11-2005, 09:45	#7
lfc958 Hello New Car Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Kent Posts: 4,040 Thanks: 11 Thanked 24 Times in 24 Posts	Welcome I would have thought the torque in the diesel, would satisfy the need to get to 70 from 30 __________________ Steve Hello 500 Now its here

10-11-2005, 22:17	#3
jbp Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: North West UK Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Cheers dude. Now I've put it in writing it's obvious I should go for the quicker, thirstier, more expensive, younger 1.8T.

11-11-2005, 10:06	#8
Podwin Briskodian Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Warrington Posts: 262 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi jbp My silver 4x4 hatch is currently for sale on autotrader. I'm asking 6,800, open to offers. It's a 52 with 34,400 miles, it's also has a Jabba remap. Send me a PM if you're interested. Martin

11-11-2005, 10:11	#9
TaviaRS Dinosaur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North of the Watford Gap Posts: 14,931 Thanks: 19 Thanked 42 Times in 38 Posts	I have a diesel, I get between 45-60 mpg on a daily basis. Got it on long interval servicing so about 20-25k between services. I have done 87,000 miles in 20 months in mine with no problems. Before the diesel I had a 1.8T, if I'm honest I prefered the petrol one but with my mileage I can't justify it. Podwin's 4x4 (a 1.8T, elegance spec) looks good to me __________________ A jolly sensible Mercedes E class saloon in a rather fetching bluey grey colour. No it isn't fast, no it isn't modded, and yes, it will still eat your Fabia for breakfast. Official mobile chicane for Briskoda trackdays

11-11-2005, 10:11	#10
Tom_vRS Briskodaholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Fenland, Cambridgeshire Posts: 11,056 Thanks: 623 Thanked 376 Times in 257 Posts	I think the diesel is the way to go. After a trip to Jabba, it will be no slower than the 1.8T in real world driving... Atleast thats my understanding __________________ 97/R BMW 328i in Boston Green. Don't miss the new DR COLORCHIPS GROUP BUY!

11-11-2005, 10:36	#11
graham.kirby Briskodian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Southampton Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	New Octy Owner 2002 Octy VRS (Lemon Yellow) To be honest there would not be a lot of advise i could give you as i have only had mine for one day now. But from the amount of driving i did last night i can definetly say that you will have more fun in a VRS. Obviously the more sensible option would be the diesel, family wise it would be a lot cheaper. __________________ YES!!! Ma Hunny is letting me keep my Octy VRS but i only get it once a week

11-11-2005, 10:45	#12
JRHartley Briskodian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North west Posts: 2,009 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts	The Diesel should give you a good 50mpg easy, on longer runs it'll go up to around 55-58mpg. My best so far is 68mpg average over a 130mile journey @60mph around the country roads in Ireland. the TDi will probably either be 90 or 110 bhp depending on the 'trim' Ambientes tend to be 90 bhp and Elegance or L+K's tend to be 110bhp (and maybe even the odd 115bhp out there) Just out of interest if you do 4000 miles a year max then at 55mpg you will use around 72 gallons of diesel( @94p/l costing about £300 a year ) The £1800 difference in price between the vRS and TDI would buy your fuel for the next 6 years (in the highly unlikely event of diesel staying at 94p/l for the next six years) __________________ I'm a celebrity...... Get me out of here !!! Last edited by JRHartley; 11-11-2005 at 10:56.

11-11-2005, 11:14	#13
Carsten Briskodian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bonn, Germany Posts: 1,209 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Depending on how much miles you have to drive per year .... I´ve got a 2000 octy TDi Combi which I am very satisfied with. BTW: Welcome to Briskoda

11-11-2005, 22:30	#15
drm_jones Worthless loser Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nowhere of interest to anybody Posts: 1,034 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Go for the 1.8T, fit either a Blueflame or Miltek exhaust system and enjoy __________________ David 2002 Black Magic Octavia V/RS

12-11-2005, 07:34	#16
Stuart_J Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Winchester Posts: 5,605 Thanks: 38 Thanked 81 Times in 74 Posts	Tdi with a jabba remap will give 150+ bhp & loads of Torque. Ours actually went to 164 but that was as they said a rather good one, also the mpg actually improves slightly until you really thrash it. We cruise ours at about 85-90 & it regularly gives 55 mpg on a run. It was mapped at about 8000 miles & now has 93000 on the clock, no probs, even the clutch is still original. The 1.8T is 150 bhp (see where Im coming from) If its a second car I would definately go for the Diesel purely on economy. If its on variable servicing costs are also less, ours does about 28000 between services but it does a lot of Motorway driving. if yours is a lot of local runs it will be less The Diesel does sound a bargain, Check the service history carefully to ensure its not an ex lease or company car thats been clocked. If you have doubts talk to the previous owners, the dealer will have the details of where he bought it from & the owner before that will be in the log book. Most Diesels of that age will have many more miles on them but low mileage ones are around We also have a 1.8T 4x4, if you want FUN get one of those, All 1.8T engines will remap to about 220 bhp __________________ Speed is an addiction for which thankfully there is no cure Last edited by Stuart_J; 12-11-2005 at 07:36.

12-11-2005, 17:44	#17
jbp Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: North West UK Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the advice everyone. Popped down to the local dealers and got the price down to £7000. Am now the owner of a 26,000 mile black magic 2002 1.8T and will pick it up next week.

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