RE: Shed Of The Week: Skoda Octavia vRS
Discussion
Have to admit I've not read Shed for a few months now, sorry, just lost interest... however this one made me dive in again 
nearly bought one of these a while back, but opted for another Clio 182 instead. Always liked the look of these and great seats.
My friend has the Fabia vRS and swears by it (had it since new - still going strong)
nearly bought one of these a while back, but opted for another Clio 182 instead. Always liked the look of these and great seats. My friend has the Fabia vRS and swears by it (had it since new - still going strong)
MC Bodge said:
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
Agree the Mondeo is a better car all round - that's on the list for this one's replacement.
I've had my 2005 MK1 coming up for 5 years. Great car (practical and good MPG) but boring. I would not bother going for an early morning blast in it.
As mine is a late model MK1 is has nice extras such as heated seats, parking sensors and ESP. Been great with a set of winter tyres on.
I replace the stupid light carpet for a black one from a Golf.
As mine is a late model MK1 is has nice extras such as heated seats, parking sensors and ESP. Been great with a set of winter tyres on.
I replace the stupid light carpet for a black one from a Golf.
Steve vRS said:
alpha channel said:
A good shed, though I'd prefer one in metallic blue with the red callipers (first one I saw and thought ooo, niiice).
It was the mk.2 that came in Race Blue. Is I remember correctly, the Mk.1 was available in black, red, silver and yellow! There was a special edition in white and of course the BiB had quite a few white ones as well!One downside of them, particularly at this age will be the interior. White carpet and seats will no doubt be showing their ages.
Steve
Though it was the first time that I'd actually thought that an Octavia looked desirable, the vast majority round my way seemed to have been bought by people that thought Maroon was a good looking colour on a car (and in one case diarrhoea brown, that I didn't forget in a slurry).I remember buying mine, 6 months old black estate, perfect for ferrying the hounds round.
I love the fact with a dog guard in you could impersonate the BiB quite easily lol, used to have great fun sitiing on the Mway doing 60 and seeing who was brave enough to overtake me,
ran it for 3 years without fault, the remap was a giggle, upset plenty of other cars out there with it a) being a Skoda b)being an estate, the gearing on it once moving was very long, 75-80 in second if I remember correctly and 5th was the same as 6th in the golf.
I love the fact with a dog guard in you could impersonate the BiB quite easily lol, used to have great fun sitiing on the Mway doing 60 and seeing who was brave enough to overtake me,
ran it for 3 years without fault, the remap was a giggle, upset plenty of other cars out there with it a) being a Skoda b)being an estate, the gearing on it once moving was very long, 75-80 in second if I remember correctly and 5th was the same as 6th in the golf.
Blanchie said:
I remember buying mine, 6 months old black estate, perfect for ferrying the hounds round.
I love the fact with a dog guard in you could impersonate the BiB quite easily lol, used to have great fun sitiing on the Mway doing 60 and seeing who was brave enough to overtake me,
ran it for 3 years without fault, the remap was a giggle, upset plenty of other cars out there with it a) being a Skoda b)being an estate, the gearing on it once moving was very long, 75-80 in second if I remember correctly and 5th was the same as 6th in the golf.
2nd gear was long. Post re-map, Changing up into 5th with 125mph on the clock and resuming the decent surge of acceleration always seemed quite impressive for such a cheap car.I love the fact with a dog guard in you could impersonate the BiB quite easily lol, used to have great fun sitiing on the Mway doing 60 and seeing who was brave enough to overtake me,
ran it for 3 years without fault, the remap was a giggle, upset plenty of other cars out there with it a) being a Skoda b)being an estate, the gearing on it once moving was very long, 75-80 in second if I remember correctly and 5th was the same as 6th in the golf.
Toaster Pilot said:
Wouldn't have another high mileage VAG 1.8T after the A6 I had which hadn't done many more miles and was an utter f
king nightmare despite having been well maintained throughout it's life
agree ! I found hi mileage 1.8 t vag engine to be a series of problems , constant troubles ..untill i thought f@£$% it and pulled the plug .king nightmare despite having been well maintained throughout it's lifeI am the 'div' that let his 6 year old son name the car coz in his words "it looks like Lightning McQueen Daddy"- so find it a bit strange that someone would choose to ignore an advert because of that?
The car is what it is, it's definitely not too good to be true, the only reason I'm selling is because I had the chance of an 05 plate with less miles on.
It won't set the world on fire performance wise and yes 180bhp by today's standards is small car territory not family hatch, but I didn't buy it for that, it was bought as a commuter and its lived up to its job in more ways than one.
Overall if someone wants a cheap reliable car that drives like it's done half the mileage feel free to give me a call!
The car is what it is, it's definitely not too good to be true, the only reason I'm selling is because I had the chance of an 05 plate with less miles on.
It won't set the world on fire performance wise and yes 180bhp by today's standards is small car territory not family hatch, but I didn't buy it for that, it was bought as a commuter and its lived up to its job in more ways than one.
Overall if someone wants a cheap reliable car that drives like it's done half the mileage feel free to give me a call!
rogerreno said:
I am the 'div' that let his 6 year old son name the car coz in his words "it looks like Lightning McQueen Daddy"- so find it a bit strange that someone would choose to ignore an advert because of that?
The car is what it is, it's definitely not too good to be true, the only reason I'm selling is because I had the chance of an 05 plate with less miles on.
It won't set the world on fire performance wise and yes 180bhp by today's standards is small car territory not family hatch, but I didn't buy it for that, it was bought as a commuter and its lived up to its job in more ways than one.
Overall if someone wants a cheap reliable car that drives like it's done half the mileage feel free to give me a call!
Does the dead hooker in the boot come included in the price, my truck driving friend? The car is what it is, it's definitely not too good to be true, the only reason I'm selling is because I had the chance of an 05 plate with less miles on.
It won't set the world on fire performance wise and yes 180bhp by today's standards is small car territory not family hatch, but I didn't buy it for that, it was bought as a commuter and its lived up to its job in more ways than one.
Overall if someone wants a cheap reliable car that drives like it's done half the mileage feel free to give me a call!
MC Bodge said:
kambites said:
The TT's probably quite a lot heavier, too.
Yes, I think they are.I'm not making grandiose claims about my vRS. It was slow compared with my Motorbikes anyway.
1375 kg to 1465 kg
audi tt is 0 to 60 in 6.4
standard skoda 0 to 60 7.6
so would need boost of 25 to 30 % to get to same level of 0 to 60
so to be faster and pull away would need 50 increase to boost ? hard to get
plust aud is more slippery on cd aero ... flat under car e.t.c ..so would go audis way there as well ....
used to have a friend who drove a old capri ...told me he would blast the doors off a 996 on the way to work everyday ...... but as always ...does the other driver know they are supposed to be racing ?
having said all that i had a vw bora v6 2.8 4 motion ... slower on paper ......but always felt faster then my audi tt 225 .....( one of the most disappointing cars I've ever owned )
nicfaz said:
s m said:
Great shed
"Strong performance".......but never as strong as the original Autocar road test
Yes, one of the best trolls of recent times, delivering the road test car to autocar with a TT spec 225bhp engine in it. I wonder if the Skoda management knew, or it was just someone taking a bit of initiative... I suppose it did represent the kind of performance that was easily achievable if you had a simple map put on it."Strong performance".......but never as strong as the original Autocar road test
angelicupstarts said:
weight is only 90 kg heavier in tt
1375 kg to 1465 kg
audi tt is 0 to 60 in 6.4
standard skoda 0 to 60 7.6
so would need boost of 25 to 30 % to get to same level of 0 to 60
so to be faster and pull away would need 50 increase to boost ? hard to get
plust aud is more slippery on cd aero ... flat under car e.t.c ..so would go audis way there as well ....
used to have a friend who drove a old capri ...told me he would blast the doors off a 996 on the way to work everyday ...... but as always ...does the other driver know they are supposed to be racing ?
having said all that i had a vw bora v6 2.8 4 motion ... slower on paper ......but always felt faster then my audi tt 225 .....( one of the most disappointing cars I've ever owned )
Bear in mind that 0-60 flatters 4WD cars quite a lot, as the journo's rev them up to 6k then move their clutch foot straight sideways off the pedal. That results in a really sharp getaway in a 4WD car, but you can only do it a few times before something breaks. 1375 kg to 1465 kg
audi tt is 0 to 60 in 6.4
standard skoda 0 to 60 7.6
so would need boost of 25 to 30 % to get to same level of 0 to 60
so to be faster and pull away would need 50 increase to boost ? hard to get
plust aud is more slippery on cd aero ... flat under car e.t.c ..so would go audis way there as well ....
used to have a friend who drove a old capri ...told me he would blast the doors off a 996 on the way to work everyday ...... but as always ...does the other driver know they are supposed to be racing ?
having said all that i had a vw bora v6 2.8 4 motion ... slower on paper ......but always felt faster then my audi tt 225 .....( one of the most disappointing cars I've ever owned )
Alternatively, from 40mph on a dry road, 4WD is just extra weight and transmission loss, so a FWD version of the same car would be quicker.
nicfaz said:
angelicupstarts said:
weight is only 90 kg heavier in tt
1375 kg to 1465 kg
audi tt is 0 to 60 in 6.4
standard skoda 0 to 60 7.6
so would need boost of 25 to 30 % to get to same level of 0 to 60
so to be faster and pull away would need 50 increase to boost ? hard to get
plust aud is more slippery on cd aero ... flat under car e.t.c ..so would go audis way there as well ....
used to have a friend who drove a old capri ...told me he would blast the doors off a 996 on the way to work everyday ...... but as always ...does the other driver know they are supposed to be racing ?
having said all that i had a vw bora v6 2.8 4 motion ... slower on paper ......but always felt faster then my audi tt 225 .....( one of the most disappointing cars I've ever owned )
Bear in mind that 0-60 flatters 4WD cars quite a lot, as the journo's rev them up to 6k then move their clutch foot straight sideways off the pedal. That results in a really sharp getaway in a 4WD car, but you can only do it a few times before something breaks. 1375 kg to 1465 kg
audi tt is 0 to 60 in 6.4
standard skoda 0 to 60 7.6
so would need boost of 25 to 30 % to get to same level of 0 to 60
so to be faster and pull away would need 50 increase to boost ? hard to get
plust aud is more slippery on cd aero ... flat under car e.t.c ..so would go audis way there as well ....
used to have a friend who drove a old capri ...told me he would blast the doors off a 996 on the way to work everyday ...... but as always ...does the other driver know they are supposed to be racing ?
having said all that i had a vw bora v6 2.8 4 motion ... slower on paper ......but always felt faster then my audi tt 225 .....( one of the most disappointing cars I've ever owned )
Alternatively, from 40mph on a dry road, 4WD is just extra weight and transmission loss, so a FWD version of the same car would be quicker.
have a vvc mgf ..now thats supposed to be a 0 to 60 7 sec car ... so on paper just .5 sec slower then the tt ....but it feels faster .. more responsive .
but as you say on a road from 40 isn ? those are more real world conditions i guess .
think there was a sabb a few years back that had a porsche beating pull from 40 to 70 ?
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