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[Del Boy]

Picked up an 03 plate Skoda Octavia VRS last night, good god is it quick! Proper rapid little thing, can see why the police use them as response vehicles to be honest, very impressed  .

[2woody]

We used to have one - a 51-plate 180bhp with a previous-owner remap to the Audi TT 225 spec. In the real world - on our roads - it was just about the quickest thing I've ever driven. I could cover ground quicker than in the Holden - and thats giving away 200 horsepower.

[tigers_gonads]

Got to admit I do fancy the estate version one day 

[Lazydocker]

The Mother in Law has a Octavia 4x4 with the 1.8T 180 engine and it's reasonably rapid. If it was mine I'd definitely re-map to 225 though

The trouble I find with it is the seats aren't comfortable enough for me. I can't drive it for much longer than half an hour before I start feeling uncomfortable Plus, I find the dash layout poor

Funnily enough though, it's not much better on fuel than the 3.0 Omega (if at all), although the average economy always improves on it after I've cleared it out for them

[Del Boy]

It's giving impressive MPG 

[Lazydocker]

Indeed... And I bet that's without going completely mad too

[05omegav6]

Last time I saw numbers that small in a car, was a Mk2 Granada 2.8 carb with a slushbox

[YZ250]

Last time I saw numbers that small in a car, was a Mk2 Granada 2.8 carb with a slushbox

If you'd borrowed my SD1 TP Vitesse and give it some beans you could have halved that again. 

VRS don't hang about does it, but I thought the 0-60mph was quicker than spec shows though.  Nothing sub 7 according to spec page. 

[05omegav6]

Slower than a manual Plod 3.2 then 

Clutch permitting,  mine will pull sub seven seconds

[tigers_gonads]

Last time I saw numbers that small in a car, was a Mk2 Granada 2.8 carb with a slushbox

If you'd borrowed my SD1 TP Vitesse and give it some beans you could have halved that again. 

VRS don't hang about does it, but I thought the 0-60mph was quicker than spec shows though.  Nothing sub 7 according to spec page. 

Seat / Skoda's are delibrately marked down so they doesn't embarace Audi and Volkswagon imo

[Gaffers]

It's still a skip on wheels 

[Del Boy]

It's still a skip on wheels 

That's one thing it most certainly isn't .

Good looker too  .

[the alarming man]

anything but a skip....good cars the octavia...not supprised it is quick del same engine as the audi S4..

[2woody]

anything but a skip....good cars the octavia...not supprised it is quick del same engine as the audi S4..

sorry kid-o, S4 has either the twin-turbo V6 or the V8 according to age. Neither are the same as in hte Octavia.

[Vamps]

It's still a skip on wheels 

Has it got a sunroof then?...........