RE: Shed Of The Week: Skoda Octavia vRS
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king nightmare despite having been well maintained throughout it's life
Motorrad said:
It is a bit cringeworthy.
They make good solid transport however, just a shame it hasn't already been mapped as I'd be loath to spend a quarter of the asking price doing it.
As standard, the performance felt a bit flat/restricted. Remapped, It was quite urgent and the small turbo boosted quickly.They make good solid transport however, just a shame it hasn't already been mapped as I'd be loath to spend a quarter of the asking price doing it.
daveco said:
I tried keeping up with one of these in my trusty old 325ci once.
A few seconds after an empty road presented itself to us, I decided to pull over at the side of the road and quietly weep to myself.
Very, very quick in a straight line imhfo.
Very possibly modifiedA few seconds after an empty road presented itself to us, I decided to pull over at the side of the road and quietly weep to myself.
Very, very quick in a straight line imhfo.
Standard is around 180bhp
Prefer these over my Leon Cupra, but no decent local ones available when I was looking. Better built, better mpg for starters.
As for folk being put off the ad by referring to it as 'he' well frankly I find that weirder than the fact the seller refers to it as 'he'! The ad is basically well written (ads littered with spelling mistakes are big no no generally, same goes for anything ebay) and the car sounds more than decent for the money and has been well looked after - think you'd struggle to do much better for 1k. To be honest the only thing that might put me off is the lowering springs affecting insurance premium.
As for folk being put off the ad by referring to it as 'he' well frankly I find that weirder than the fact the seller refers to it as 'he'! The ad is basically well written (ads littered with spelling mistakes are big no no generally, same goes for anything ebay) and the car sounds more than decent for the money and has been well looked after - think you'd struggle to do much better for 1k. To be honest the only thing that might put me off is the lowering springs affecting insurance premium.
s m said:
Very possibly modified
Standard is around 180bhp
As above, a simple re-map can make a massive difference to the way it boosts and it will keep on pulling. Mine, with the 98ron map, would reel-in/slowly pull-away from a TT 225 that I used to regularly see on my commute -on a local test track.Standard is around 180bhp
MC Bodge said:
s m said:
Very possibly modified
Standard is around 180bhp
As above, a simple re-map can make a massive difference to the way it boosts and it will keep on pulling. Mine, with the 98ron map, would reel-in/slowly pull-away from a TT 225 that I used to regularly see on my commute -on a local test track.Standard is around 180bhp
X5TUU said:
I assume the 225 was totally standard, not maintained to the best of standards and not being driven hard then as thats a fairly bold claim from a mildly higher spec fuel and a map combo as normally a turbo remap (with no mech modifications) will generally only see a max of a 30% gain when used (subjectively) with a higher RON fuel ... which still only puts the vRS output at 216bhp, and i don't even believe that is what would be seen at the wheels
I assumed that the TT was standard, rather than nitrous boosted and a V8 engine, running on 95ron fuel (as most would probably be), although it was being driven hard and wrung out. Aero, transmission and mass have an effect too. I saw the same guy quite regularly. A Leon Cupra R seemed quite well-matched. Maybe mine was a good one?Ps. When it was wet I had far inferior traction.
Edited by MC Bodge on Friday 23 January 11:44
MC Bodge said:
X5TUU said:
I assume the 225 was totally standard, not maintained to the best of standards and not being driven hard then as thats a fairly bold claim from a mildly higher spec fuel and a map combo as normally a turbo remap (with no mech modifications) will generally only see a max of a 30% gain when used (subjectively) with a higher RON fuel ... which still only puts the vRS output at 216bhp, and i don't even believe that is what would be seen at the wheels
I assumed that the TT was standard, rather than nitrous boosted and a V8 engine, running on 95ron fuel (as most would probably be), although it was being driven hard and wrung out. Aero and mass have an effect too. I saw the same guy quite regularly. A Leon Cupra R seemed quite well-matched. Maybe mine was a good one?I have an estate one, same colour.
Very "stealth", especially unmodified as they have 16" not 17" alloys. I regularly pass a 1.6 Estate also in red, and it's only the wheel trims that give the game away to the untrained eye.
Huge boot, not much rear legroom, quick and fun but not so great in the twisties. Interiors a bit rattly.
Agree they look a bit boring, but is a Golf / A3 / Leon of the same age really any looker either?
Overall I'd recommend, particularly at Shed money (which, in truth, is probably all I'd get for my 05 Estate as a PX anyway).
Very "stealth", especially unmodified as they have 16" not 17" alloys. I regularly pass a 1.6 Estate also in red, and it's only the wheel trims that give the game away to the untrained eye.
Huge boot, not much rear legroom, quick and fun but not so great in the twisties. Interiors a bit rattly.
Agree they look a bit boring, but is a Golf / A3 / Leon of the same age really any looker either?
Overall I'd recommend, particularly at Shed money (which, in truth, is probably all I'd get for my 05 Estate as a PX anyway).
Turbobanana said:
Huge boot, not much rear legroom, quick and fun but not so great in the twisties.
The front ground clearance was a bit low for my needs and, by way of comparison, the Mk3 Mondeo estate (in old-man, plastic wood and leather, Ghia X spec) that replaced it handled far better than my vRs saloon.Edited by MC Bodge on Friday 23 January 11:56
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