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briskgava · 16-12-2007, 15:31

Hey Guys. Not Sure If Anyone Will Be Able To Answer This Question But Im Gunna Ask Anyway! Ive Owned My Octy Vrs(rally Ed) 02 Plate(40000 Miles) For 2 Month Now And I Love Her, I Even Talk To Her(elenor) Lol. The Only Thing That As Gone Wrong With Her While Ive Bin The Owner Is The No 2 Coil Which I Belive Is A Common Problem And Was Quite Cheap To Put Rite. As A Matter Of Intrest I Contacted Skoda Just To See What Things Had Bin Done To My Elenor In The Past, And Got The Shock Of My Life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. New Turbo & Turbo Pipe.
2. Central Locking Fault.
3. 1&3 Coil Pack Failier.
4. Anti-roll Bar Bushes And Links Replaced.
5. Cd Auto Changer Fault.
6. Clicking Engine Light.

All This Was Replaced By The Previous Owner To Me, And Cost 2500 Quid, Expensive Ey?

Now Comes The Question, Should I Be Worried That This Car Is Gunna Be Unreliable And Costly??????????? I Was Under The Impresion That The Skoda Octavia Was 1 Of The Most Reliable Cars On The Market, Am I Wrong?????
Thanks For Listenin To Me Guys Hope I Avnt Bored You To Much? Any Advise Will Be Appreciated.

Praise The Turbo Gods.

Gilaz · 16-12-2007, 18:35

Let's just hope you've had all it's teething probs put to bed before you got her.....

fatty5000 · 16-12-2007, 18:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by briskgava

Hey Guys. Not Sure If Anyone Will Be Able To Answer This Question But Im Gunna Ask Anyway! Ive Owned My Octy Vrs(rally Ed) 02 Plate(40000 Miles) For 2 Month Now And I Love Her, I Even Talk To Her(elenor) Lol. The Only Thing That As Gone Wrong With Her While Ive Bin The Owner Is The No 2 Coil Which I Belive Is A Common Problem And Was Quite Cheap To Put Rite. As A Matter Of Intrest I Contacted Skoda Just To See What Things Had Bin Done To My Elenor In The Past, And Got The Shock Of My Life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. New Turbo & Turbo Pipe.
2. Central Locking Fault.
3. 1&3 Coil Pack Failier.
4. Anti-roll Bar Bushes And Links Replaced.
5. Cd Auto Changer Fault.
6. Clicking Engine Light.

All This Was Replaced By The Previous Owner To Me, And Cost 2500 Quid, Expensive Ey?

Now Comes The Question, Should I Be Worried That This Car Is Gunna Be Unreliable And Costly??????????? I Was Under The Impresion That The Skoda Octavia Was 1 Of The Most Reliable Cars On The Market, Am I Wrong?????
Thanks For Listenin To Me Guys Hope I Avnt Bored You To Much? Any Advise Will Be Appreciated.

Praise The Turbo Gods.

Surely Its Easier Not To Use Shift Before Each Word When You Type. you know like this ...................

fatty5000 · 16-12-2007, 18:46

Most of those thing are the usual suspects though so don't worry about them as they've been done. New turbo is always a bonus as well

Babs · 16-12-2007, 18:47

^ what I was gonna post when I first opened this thread

gathy · 16-12-2007, 18:52

mines done 108k now and never had owt other than discs and pads and tyres according to the dealers and the service printout i got of leaseplan

so not bad,supposed to be the most reliable based on the floorplan i.e golf.bora.audi,seat,etc

imoa they crap, as usual overrated german engineering just do a search ! oil pump failures common, coil packs, dv,.the list goes on

but 2 milllion taxi drivers have one so cant be that much of a lemon, but a new taxi spec octavia was 8k from my dealers

id never buy german again thats for sure cannot wait to get my bottom back in a volvo seat
thats another to banned list ;

vauxhall,french,italian,german,some japs,germans in drag(skoda,seat)

briskgava · 16-12-2007, 18:52

he he fair comment, im not the best typer. thanx for the posts guys, so no need to worry then yea???

PRAISE THE TURBO GODS

briskgava · 16-12-2007, 18:56

Gathy What You Saying? You Saying Based On Your Car They Are Reliable Mate

Praise The Turbo Gods

gathy · 16-12-2007, 19:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by briskgava

Gathy What You Saying? You Saying Based On Your Car They Are Reliable Mate

Praise The Turbo Gods

not in my opinion

even though nothings gone pop yet in 8 months of ownership
its more of a case of waiting for it to die

which im sure it will if this forums anything to go by lol

daverapid · 16-12-2007, 20:24

You guys all need an Estelle. Nice, easy carb, points ect., and everything is adjustable! Fun too!

fatty5000 · 16-12-2007, 20:39

You purist you

briskgava · 16-12-2007, 21:31

just keeping my fingers crossed that my elenor dont go pop lol thanks again guys

PRAISE THE TURBO GODS

martziniuk · 16-12-2007, 23:21

My cars cambelt snapped with previous owner at 70000mile.New cylinder head, turbo, piston rings,conrod shells,thermostat,oil pump etc etc
Just clicked past 100000 now with no probs at all.
The way i look at it is most of my engines now almost new. I wouldn't like the previous owners bill though....£4341.28

briskgava · 17-12-2007, 20:46

bludy hell mart thank god ive just had elenors cambelt replaced. so you rate skoda vrs then.
PRAISE THE TURBO GODS

mattbeef · 17-12-2007, 21:47

mate there is so many different things in a car and they are mass produced so what do you expect in all honesty.

If all that work had been done under warranty then the garage will have had a good look round it so honestly your car will be fine

martziniuk · 17-12-2007, 22:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by briskgava

bludy hell mart thank god ive just had elenors cambelt replaced. so you rate skoda vrs then.
PRAISE THE TURBO GODS

I highly rate my vrs,If you get the belt done at the correct mileage/age then you will be ok.Unfortunately the previous owner never and paid the price,it was just out of warranty too...ouch

Taxi 219 · 20-12-2007, 06:13

"2 million taxi drivers have them"
We don,t drive VRs models(wish we could)LOL
All ours are diesels so yeah they are 100% reliable.It seems that more goes wrong with petrol models(just my thought maybe wrong).

16-12-2007, 15:31	#1
briskgava Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: staffordshire Posts: 25 Members Car: octavia vrs Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Help Hey Guys. Not Sure If Anyone Will Be Able To Answer This Question But Im Gunna Ask Anyway! Ive Owned My Octy Vrs(rally Ed) 02 Plate(40000 Miles) For 2 Month Now And I Love Her, I Even Talk To Her(elenor) Lol. The Only Thing That As Gone Wrong With Her While Ive Bin The Owner Is The No 2 Coil Which I Belive Is A Common Problem And Was Quite Cheap To Put Rite. As A Matter Of Intrest I Contacted Skoda Just To See What Things Had Bin Done To My Elenor In The Past, And Got The Shock Of My Life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1. New Turbo & Turbo Pipe. 2. Central Locking Fault. 3. 1&3 Coil Pack Failier. 4. Anti-roll Bar Bushes And Links Replaced. 5. Cd Auto Changer Fault. 6. Clicking Engine Light. All This Was Replaced By The Previous Owner To Me, And Cost 2500 Quid, Expensive Ey? Now Comes The Question, Should I Be Worried That This Car Is Gunna Be Unreliable And Costly??????????? I Was Under The Impresion That The Skoda Octavia Was 1 Of The Most Reliable Cars On The Market, Am I Wrong????? Thanks For Listenin To Me Guys Hope I Avnt Bored You To Much? Any Advise Will Be Appreciated. Praise The Turbo Gods.

16-12-2007, 18:35	#2
Gilaz Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 5 Members Car: Octavia 1.9 TDi SE Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Help Let's just hope you've had all it's teething probs put to bed before you got her.....

16-12-2007, 18:46	#4
fatty5000 Why So Serious Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: "What" ...What ain't no god damn country Posts: 5,586 Members Car: a car Thanks: 272 Thanked 202 Times in 183 Posts	Re: Help Most of those thing are the usual suspects though so don't worry about them as they've been done. New turbo is always a bonus as well __________________

16-12-2007, 18:47	#5
Babs Briskodian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newport/Preston Posts: 4,153 Members Car: Skoda Octavia vRS Thanks: 216 Thanked 139 Times in 123 Posts	Re: Help ^ what I was gonna post when I first opened this thread __________________ - Andrew Octavia vRS For Sale / Bosch Rotary Polisher For Sale

16-12-2007, 18:52	#6
gathy Briskodian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Leeds Posts: 94 Members Car: octy vrs Thanks: 12 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Help mines done 108k now and never had owt other than discs and pads and tyres according to the dealers and the service printout i got of leaseplan so not bad,supposed to be the most reliable based on the floorplan i.e golf.bora.audi,seat,etc imoa they crap, as usual overrated german engineering just do a search ! oil pump failures common, coil packs, dv,.the list goes on but 2 milllion taxi drivers have one so cant be that much of a lemon, but a new taxi spec octavia was 8k from my dealers id never buy german again thats for sure cannot wait to get my bottom back in a volvo seat thats another to banned list ; vauxhall,french,italian,german,some japs,germans in drag(skoda,seat) __________________ THE SPLUTTERER LASTEST PREVIOUS CARS 03 S60 T5=54 CLIO 182 02 S40 T4=51 ACCORD TYPE R

16-12-2007, 18:52	#7
briskgava Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: staffordshire Posts: 25 Members Car: octavia vrs Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Help he he fair comment, im not the best typer. thanx for the posts guys, so no need to worry then yea??? PRAISE THE TURBO GODS

16-12-2007, 18:56	#8
briskgava Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: staffordshire Posts: 25 Members Car: octavia vrs Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Help Gathy What You Saying? You Saying Based On Your Car They Are Reliable Mate Praise The Turbo Gods

16-12-2007, 20:24	#10
daverapid Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sawston, Cambridgeshire Posts: 881 Members Car: SKODA RAPID 136 Thanks: 20 Thanked 95 Times in 87 Posts	Re: Help You guys all need an Estelle. Nice, easy carb, points ect., and everything is adjustable! Fun too! __________________ David McKinney TREASURER OF SKODA OWNERS CLUB GREAT BRITAIN www.skoda-owners-club.org.uk

16-12-2007, 20:39	#11
fatty5000 Why So Serious Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: "What" ...What ain't no god damn country Posts: 5,586 Members Car: a car Thanks: 272 Thanked 202 Times in 183 Posts	Re: Help You purist you __________________

16-12-2007, 21:31	#12
briskgava Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: staffordshire Posts: 25 Members Car: octavia vrs Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Help just keeping my fingers crossed that my elenor dont go pop lol thanks again guys PRAISE THE TURBO GODS

16-12-2007, 23:21	#13
martziniuk Need more power Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Driffield, Good old yorkshire Posts: 1,980 Members Car: octavia VRS Thanks: 54 Thanked 163 Times in 158 Posts	Re: Help My cars cambelt snapped with previous owner at 70000mile.New cylinder head, turbo, piston rings,conrod shells,thermostat,oil pump etc etc Just clicked past 100000 now with no probs at all. The way i look at it is most of my engines now almost new. I wouldn't like the previous owners bill though....£4341.28 __________________ Regards Martin Turbo back blueflame exhaust ,Forge 007p Dump valve, Ramair filter, Prosport boost gauge, Autobahn88 TIP, Ecu Evolution Remap, FMIC

17-12-2007, 20:46	#14
briskgava Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: staffordshire Posts: 25 Members Car: octavia vrs Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Help bludy hell mart thank god ive just had elenors cambelt replaced. so you rate skoda vrs then. PRAISE THE TURBO GODS

17-12-2007, 21:47	#15
mattbeef Briskodian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sheffield Posts: 3,362 Members Car: Red Octy vRS Thanks: 36 Thanked 116 Times in 115 Posts	Re: Help mate there is so many different things in a car and they are mass produced so what do you expect in all honesty. If all that work had been done under warranty then the garage will have had a good look round it so honestly your car will be fine __________________ I few bits here and there but im happy to Performance Torque Go on click me you know you want to

20-12-2007, 06:13	#17
Taxi 219 Not anymore Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 2,245 Members Car: Octavia TDi 2006 Thanks: 107 Thanked 111 Times in 108 Posts	Re: Help "2 million taxi drivers have them" We don,t drive VRs models(wish we could)LOL All ours are diesels so yeah they are 100% reliable.It seems that more goes wrong with petrol models(just my thought maybe wrong).

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