My Skoda. Probably my favourite car for a long time!

[Daniel]

I love this little car. It's fantastic!

I washed it after work and took some pics as I've got someone half interested in buying it.

If anyone wants a cheap to run, quick, comfy car I'd thoroughly recommend one. (In red or silver, black is a pain in the f**king ass!)

 

[Typhoon]

Skoda have surprised me to be fair.. my mum bought the Yeti and my best mate let me drive her auto Octavia.. nice and smooth!

 

[JB21]

Love the VRS and if i didn't have children and dogs I'd defo have one as a commuter.

 

[Short Norman]

I remember the skoda estelle, I'm sorry but I could never own one. :tongueout:

 

[DrR]

Shake they never put the 1.9tdi in the new ones.

 

[N4TH4N]

How quick are they Dan

I'd imagine fairly quicker than the 182 with a remap due to torque!

 

[BGEarles]

Mate had a mapped one of these in red, was quick, till the engine went up in smoke on the Cat & Fiddle road.


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[Mr Plums]

I like them, are those seats hard to keep clean?

 

[imprezaworks]

I like these. Was tempted by one ages ago. They are a bit marmite.

 

[Philip.]

My mates got one too, black and mapped. So much torque!!!

I love them. Great cars

 

[Mr Plums]

Theres a blue one near me that's lowered, its a lovely colour and sits very nice!

 

[imprezaworks]

Chap who used to do our seat repairs in work had a mapped black one, used to track it at Anglesey, loved the thing

 

[_Tom]

The engine's a peach for a derv. My mates fitted a hybrid turbo to his golf 130 and it's pretty bonkers now tbh

 

[imprezaworks]

Am I right these map to 200 depending on mods. Bloody quick then

 

[Gally]

Is this a facelift Dan? It was my next car before I ended up with a company one. I think they're great, not the last thing in handling but still!

 

[Fletcher]

Great cars, we've had ours for 5.5 years now. Once moving it's quick,and is great on fuel and very cheap to run, probably the best car I have owned to date.

 

[Daniel]

Am I right these map to 200 depending on mods. Bloody quick then

160bhp with a map.

With a different intake, hybrid turbo and some odds and sods, 200+bhp and 400+ft lb of torque.

It goes like stink as standard though. I e yet to drive it and think "this needs more power". It's just got torque everywhere.

 

[Daniel]

Is this a facelift Dan? It was my next car before I ended up with a company one. I think they're great, not the last thing in handling but still!

I took it on a track day and whilst I agree about the handling day to day, on track it's actually quite good. Everyone that came out in it couldn't believe what I was keeping up with. And it did 25mpg over the whole day! Lol
My Subaru won't do that downhill with the wind behind it let alone on track.

 

[imprezaworks]

Off to ebay.

 

[Daniel]

I like them, are those seats hard to keep clean?

They're a massive pain. As is the paintwork being black.

A red or silver one with black seats would be perfect.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

How much do good ones go for?

 

[ForceIndia]

160bhp with a map.

With a different inyake, hybrid turbo and some odds and sods, 200+bhp and 400+ft lb of torque.

It goes like stink as standard though. I e yet to drive it and think "this needs more power". It's just got torque everywhere.

Is it definitely standard? Driven a few and never thought they were that quick

 

[Daniel]

How much do good ones go for?

Mines £3k and it's as good as anything out there.

Is it definitely standard? Driven a few and never thought they were that quick

Hmmm, not sure. I assume so??
It can keep up with my mates MCS up until about 80mph.
Unless it's wet. Driving a tdi hard in the wet is pointless. Zero traction as soon as it picks up.

 

[imprezaworks]

Lot of car for £3k

 

[Al_G]

Looking good, how many miles?

 

[Daniel]

Looking good, how many miles?

Turned 109k on the way home tonight actually.

 

[Jason_E]

Always found the Fabia Ugly. But did love my Petrol Octavia of a same vintage! It's made me thing the Fabia isn't all that bad after all... especially in black!

Dan isn't lying, they aren't that bad handling! The fast Skodas got better suspension works etc. than the equivalent MK4 Golf GTi at the time.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

That PD130 engine is the most reliable diesel engine vw make.

Excellent cars. Love them with Octavia wheels!

 

[MarkCup]

That looks tidy.

They can get to a lot more than 200bhp...I got torn a new one at Bedford recently by one running north of 250bhp...had a turbo from a Toureg on it apparently.

Went like stink, left monumental clouds of soot in the air behind it though!

 

[ForceIndia]

Mines £3k and it's as good as anything out there.


Hmmm, not sure. I assume so??
It can keep up with my mates MCS up until about 80mph.
Unless it's wet. Driving a tdi hard in the wet is pointless. Zero traction as soon as it picks up.

We had one in the family from new for about 8yrs. Wasn't 1*2 pace.

Brilliant things all round. I was so close to buying one in 2005, but borrowed one for the day and couldn't drive it without getting monumental back ache after a while. Think that was more me than the car though.

 

[aucky]

I've always thought that generation of Fabia was quite handsome.
Same market as a Panda 100hp. Better/Worse?

 

[ForceIndia]

I've always thought that generation of Fabia was quite handsome.
Same market as a Panda 100hp. Better/Worse?

Totally different kettle of fish. Polar opposites tbh. Panda is more fun, but built like a bag of Crisps, has the ride quality of a torture device, and wouldn't see which way the Skoda went.

 

[alistairolsen]

I have the same engine and box in a bora with some tuning and they go well!

 

[Scrooge]

Love it!

Awesome engines!

 

[welshname]

Wanted one of these for a long time. Make a great daily

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[Gray]

Always liked them.

I have the same engine in my A4 Avant, really considering a remap though!

 

[imprezaworks]

Yep same in the 53 audi avant we have too, i love that car.

 

[JackD]

Looks like I'll have to look at remapping my Passat as well then! Generic tuning box or take it somewhere? Not clued up on diesels...

 

[SC03OTT]

Nice motors. I like how the new one has gone back to this general shape. No vRS though. Shame. Anyway.

 

[Darryl_1983]

Don't some places remap these to around 190bhp? I've thought about getting one of these a few times.

I've been wondering if selling my Jetta is a good idea having had the 182 for a couple of weeks now. It's so easy to drive and much more comfortable.
With the Hybrid turbo, it's also a fair bit quicker once off the line...... I do love the noise though of the 182 (JMS RS2), that is the biggest downside really.
If anyone is interested in what these cars can do, take a look at darkside developments, they do turbo upgrade packages that'll take the power to over 300bhp.

I've been thinking about getting an Audi A5 3.0TDi next, aftermarket exhaust sounds amazing on these (not diesel like at all), and a remap will take them to around 290bhp.