buying a octavia derv

The kit to read the codes logged from the engine managment is cheap, might be worth looking into so that further maintenance can be planned without excessive shocks from the garage.

I found mine initially noisier than other diesels on the road, but after a while ye get used to it and now I think of it as a purring cat.

I'm quite impressed with mine. (2004 auto estate, Non Pd 90hp engine)

In message , Neil - VM Internet writes

A six year old diesel with only 23k on the clock. Are you sure it's genuine?

Paul Giverin gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Entirely feasible - an Octavia is just the kind of car that an elderly private buyer would get, thinking a diesel's going to make a significant cost difference. They've probably then forgotten it's a diesel, shoved petrol in it, hence the new pump.

In the six years my Mum has owned her retirement purchased from new, VW Polo, it's only done 7,000 miles. It's the free London bus pass that she is more keen about. :-(

At the last MOT, the tech mentioned it should maybe be driven a bit more. As I live close and insurance for me has added an additional £8/year to her policy, this has given me a second car to drive into small parking spaces late night in town. ;-)

Im concerned I may fall into the UL trap too, and yes, it is genuine miles too.

More like 123,000miles and used as a taxi. Diesel pumps do not go at that low mileage unless it's some tosser using a Diesel Tuning box as they put extra strain on the pumps and push them outside the design tolerances. They do the same to injectors and fuel lines too, so beware. Other problems caused are black smoke due to damage in the engine and lumpy running even when the overpriced pieces of junk are removed. The other thing they do is soot up the EGR valve because far too much diesel is being injected resulting in black smoke. I doubt that car is genuine. Just because an old man is selling it, that doesn't mean a thing. Ask for the previous MOT certificates and they will show the correct mileage. Also give a Skoda dealer a call and ask them to check when the car is due for a service. Give them the registration number, say you have just bought it and that you would like them to do a quick check and service. They will give you the recorded mileage, even for the first few years.

How have you established the mileage is correct? I can get something from AutoTrader that can put mileage back on a Skoda and most other cars too.

"R Gower" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Get hold of the current MOT certificate or V5 doc ref, and check online - not only all the passes, but any advisories and fails, since the start of computerised testing 4-5yrs ago.

i called up sk in mk, and they confirmed it to sepember of this year, and the service staps and mot certificats tally too. the interior is spotless.

been and done in the friday when i learnt about the car :-)

Especially of idiots

Ah Rogers morphed again. Although his last points aren't thoroughly wrong.

For once it's not all bollocks, just some of it.

By the sound of it, this car is genuine.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Paul Giverin saying something like:

My ShiteOldJapaneseCar was fifteen years old with

well I've don it. its sat at home now. ran very well, and gently working it it up to blow the cobwebs out.