13-01-2012, 08:48 PM
Been saving ever since my Golf got wrote off, decided I wanted to spend a decent amount of money on a car for once and get something a bit more modern and reliable than my usual 500 quid bangers 
Thought about a few different VAG cars, all with the 1.8 turbo engine. Looked at A3s, A4s, Leons, Golfs and Boras, but everything in my price range was a bit rough. Also the A4 and Bora are saloons which are a pain in the arse when you've got a dog, and the Golf and A3 are a bit small...
Anyway, went to look at an A3 at a VAG specialist in Huddersfield. The A3 was a dog, but the guy asked if I'd be interested in an Octavia VRS. Much better condition, bigger, hatchback, 180 bhp rather than 150 bhp, more kit, and without the "c*ck" image of the Audi
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Full service history with loads of receipts, mint interior, just had new brakes, cambelt and water pump, new turbo at 90k, new clutch at 78k, now on 108k. Full MOT, totally standard and un-ragged, climate, electric everything and all working, just a few little marks on the body and a bit of kerbing on the alloys, but drives absolutely perfect, pulls like an animal
Only cost me 2 grand, and I even got 400 quid part ex on the Calibra which is 100 quid more than I paid :dance:
Definitely keeping this at least a year
Thought about a few different VAG cars, all with the 1.8 turbo engine. Looked at A3s, A4s, Leons, Golfs and Boras, but everything in my price range was a bit rough. Also the A4 and Bora are saloons which are a pain in the arse when you've got a dog, and the Golf and A3 are a bit small...
Anyway, went to look at an A3 at a VAG specialist in Huddersfield. The A3 was a dog, but the guy asked if I'd be interested in an Octavia VRS. Much better condition, bigger, hatchback, 180 bhp rather than 150 bhp, more kit, and without the "c*ck" image of the Audi
Full service history with loads of receipts, mint interior, just had new brakes, cambelt and water pump, new turbo at 90k, new clutch at 78k, now on 108k. Full MOT, totally standard and un-ragged, climate, electric everything and all working, just a few little marks on the body and a bit of kerbing on the alloys, but drives absolutely perfect, pulls like an animal
Only cost me 2 grand, and I even got 400 quid part ex on the Calibra which is 100 quid more than I paid :dance:
Definitely keeping this at least a year
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