61_Vert
RMS Regular
I was on the hunt for a large diesel family estate, with my Golf Plus on its last legs and 180K of not trouble free motoring, [MOTs were getting more and more expensive] it was time to change up. Skoda hadn't even entered my mind but with the TDI being such a close stable mate to the golf GTD sharing the same MQB platform and engine i thought id take a look.
i wanted a large boot, the octavia combi with the largest boot space in its class by some margin, box ticked. Hitting middle age i also wanted to relive some of my youth spent as a boy racer, so something with a bit of go.
I immediately spotted a really clean vRS DSG estate in Rallye Green with all the extras, black pack, winter pack, , it happened to have LKZ plate but was for sale near oldham, contacted the seller and agreed a price and was on the plane the next morning with cash. i had agreed when i got there the seller would pick me up. called when i landed and got immediately hung up! call on my other number and when he heard my name did the same. I had previously refused a deposit as i was going to be there in person the next day with cash. Im sitting at manchester airport 2 hours past and finally managed to track down one of his mates via a number i had previously called. He answered quite sheepishly then hung up. Alarms bells ringing i checked out the sellers facebook page which took about two minutes to find and it was littered with pictures of sports cars and one of him standing with two Kalashnakov rifles, ammo belts, and a huge Pakistan Flag in the back ground flanked by two mullahs turbans beards the lot! I literally dodged a bullet as he was scamming for deposit.
About a month or two later through a skoda site one of the members recognised him and posted this...
Nelson canal towpath drug dealers jailed
the gang leader was the same guy posting on gumtree...
Anyway i had to get a hire car and having not pre-booked i had to take what was available... A pink fiat 500... the guys in work ripped the p1ss out of me for that. I was going to have to drive it for 3 days around north wales. Anyway i found a similar vRS lower miles but not the same spec, manual and in Meteor Grey, this time from a dealer so decided to drive to Stansted dump the hire car there at the cost of £40 and drive back up that evening with the car.
Took one look and was impressed. 4 hour drive down turned into an 8 hour drive back. The commute from london back to Manchester was awful. 30mph or at a standstill for hours. Caught the ferry home from holyhead to dublin and enjoyed every minute of the drive. Ive made a few upgrades including a DTUK CRDT3+ three channel tuning system and pedal kit which makes for a much livelier drive now around 240BHP and 500nm torque compared to the standard 184bhp and 380nm.
Ive added H&R spacers and springs -40mm since this pictures. Some other bells and whistles from superskoda incuding full led lights all round and inside. Activated quite a few things including traffic sign recognition, High Beam Assist, cornering fogs, a personal plate, skirts and some other goodies. Canton sound system.
real carbon mirror covers, rear guards, handle covers and sprayed the lettering anthracite.
-40mm springs
fitted a full alloy and fitting kit instead of the stupid tin of foam...
things to do are fit the rear maxton splitter, second muffler from milltek and carbon tips.
and fit the 19" extremes and keep these gemini's as winters.
i wanted a large boot, the octavia combi with the largest boot space in its class by some margin, box ticked. Hitting middle age i also wanted to relive some of my youth spent as a boy racer, so something with a bit of go.
I immediately spotted a really clean vRS DSG estate in Rallye Green with all the extras, black pack, winter pack, , it happened to have LKZ plate but was for sale near oldham, contacted the seller and agreed a price and was on the plane the next morning with cash. i had agreed when i got there the seller would pick me up. called when i landed and got immediately hung up! call on my other number and when he heard my name did the same. I had previously refused a deposit as i was going to be there in person the next day with cash. Im sitting at manchester airport 2 hours past and finally managed to track down one of his mates via a number i had previously called. He answered quite sheepishly then hung up. Alarms bells ringing i checked out the sellers facebook page which took about two minutes to find and it was littered with pictures of sports cars and one of him standing with two Kalashnakov rifles, ammo belts, and a huge Pakistan Flag in the back ground flanked by two mullahs turbans beards the lot! I literally dodged a bullet as he was scamming for deposit.
About a month or two later through a skoda site one of the members recognised him and posted this...
Nelson canal towpath drug dealers jailed
the gang leader was the same guy posting on gumtree...
Anyway i had to get a hire car and having not pre-booked i had to take what was available... A pink fiat 500... the guys in work ripped the p1ss out of me for that. I was going to have to drive it for 3 days around north wales. Anyway i found a similar vRS lower miles but not the same spec, manual and in Meteor Grey, this time from a dealer so decided to drive to Stansted dump the hire car there at the cost of £40 and drive back up that evening with the car.
Took one look and was impressed. 4 hour drive down turned into an 8 hour drive back. The commute from london back to Manchester was awful. 30mph or at a standstill for hours. Caught the ferry home from holyhead to dublin and enjoyed every minute of the drive. Ive made a few upgrades including a DTUK CRDT3+ three channel tuning system and pedal kit which makes for a much livelier drive now around 240BHP and 500nm torque compared to the standard 184bhp and 380nm.
Ive added H&R spacers and springs -40mm since this pictures. Some other bells and whistles from superskoda incuding full led lights all round and inside. Activated quite a few things including traffic sign recognition, High Beam Assist, cornering fogs, a personal plate, skirts and some other goodies. Canton sound system.
real carbon mirror covers, rear guards, handle covers and sprayed the lettering anthracite.
-40mm springs
fitted a full alloy and fitting kit instead of the stupid tin of foam...
things to do are fit the rear maxton splitter, second muffler from milltek and carbon tips.
and fit the 19" extremes and keep these gemini's as winters.
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55 is a hatch vrs.
