Seat Toledo opinions/info ?

It's basically a Passat, so make sure the electric windows work. Spend ten minutes testing them - really hammering the hell out them and watch the seller's face. They should all open automatically when you hold the central locking open on the driver's door, and shut automatically when you hold it shut. They shouldn't stick open, or close on their own just because they feel like it. Believe me, an apparently minor fault here can be a major PITA when they stick open in the pissing rain and you're

Then turn your attention to the outer door handles. Any notchiness, looseness or reluctance to spring back means they're about to stop working. If the child locks are on when that happens, you've just got yourself a van.

Yup, apart from the above, they'll go on for ever. Your back won't though. They have the most uncomfortable seats I've ever suffered.

Rot. Build quality not as good as VW. Alot of bad ones out there.

I meant the later (2002/2003 ) one , I doubt many of them will be rusty, have they got less rust proofing than VW ?

cheers.

"mr p" wrote in news:1139264612.080928.320010 @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

Perhaps he meant Tommyrot? ;-)

The car is based on a Golf floor pan using VW/Audi engines. The engine is transverse mounted unlike the VW Passat which has a longitudinal arrangement. Other cars in the VW Group that use the same floor pan are the Audi A3, Audi TT, the Skoda Octavia, Seat Toledo, and obviously the VW Golf. I've had an Octavia which was a briliant car and would highly recommend it, my current car is a VW Passat, a good car and bigger than the Octavia but not as good as the Octavia.

Bloody hell, I knew mine was a bit of a dog, but are you telling me they didn't even fit the engine the right way round?

It's the right way round for Golf based cars.