I Bought A CHEAP Skoda Octavia VRS!! MISTAKE?!?! COPART UK
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2020
- In today's video we check out my new Skoda Octavia VRS I bought cheap-ish from Copart UK. There's a reason it was cheap though! Do it keep it or sell it on?
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Hi Dean, I'm a private hire cabbie and I'm on my 4th Octavia, sold the others with under 200k and never got more than £1500 for any of them. All of them had full service history with no holes and looked after. Think a quick wash and brush up and get rid mate.
Mick
so true thought was going say £300/500 from copart !
@@adrianthorpe8005 all the people that have bought my old taxis have got bargains. I still see my first Octavia running around and I sold it in 2008 with 190k so god knows what it's done now. The thing is, it was washed every 4 days, waxed once a month, serviced every 10k, ( 10 weeks ) and wanted for nothing. The one that Dean has bought is a dog ( no offence ) because it's not the drivers car they dont give a s%%t. Wash and brush up, it will make money because it's a VRS but dont spend money on it.
Ps, I am a part time car trader as well.
@@mickrepairscars9004 well i was silly in april bought 64 plat kia 500 deleverd and 63 plate 800 delevered ( bot rio 3s ) should bought 20 ! but now same cars are bid upt 1200/1350 mad copart prices
@@adrianthorpe8005 hindsight is a wonderful thing mate. Taxi job is no good just now, car trading is no good because we cant get cars, even at normal car auctions, I am going into car transporting but I'm reluctant to start a 4th business in this climate.
Good luck mate in whatever you do.
Ex cabbie cars ent to bad my inaignia was a taxi got it super cheap and been reliable im usually really bad with cars but its lasted quite a while and still going strong
I do love the Octavia, it is extra gorgeous in VRS spec, typically the build quality of this car is testament to Škoda reliability and durability, having covered such a high mileage, and no doubt as a first responder vehicle, would have been worked hard, it has stood up to its punishing life extremely well, therefore it’s no surprise Škoda was voted most reliable brand 2020 by What car!!!, it would be great to see this car restored in future videos please!!.
Agreed!
Strangely this type of car is interesting to watch, satisfying to see it done and be a nice car again, using just 2nd hand cheap parts would be an interesting watch, great channel!
Would be a nice project to see it all fixed up on a budget, which may inspire a lot of viewers
Personally I’d clean it up and get rid of it, sold as seen.....then with the time saved put some racking up, clear the floor and paint it.
I can’t be the only one who wants to spring clean your workshop.
Great videos though, looking forward to you finishing the RS.
I agree with this - tidy the office up my good man!
Best content creator, I so look forward to your videos! Plenty of spares for this one for sure. Restore it to its former glory.
Wow, thanks!
Indeed ......make it a tribute to NHS car
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I’d love to see you restore it to its former glory, but you’re not going to make any money doing that, there’s too much wrong with it.
Restore it to respect the NHS and look its best
Save it! Nice UA-cam content. Welding the roof, fixing the front, oil leak, refurb the wheels...
Tidy it up, put it through an mot,great content for the channel. Doesn't matter if it takes a while to sort out between other projects.
Love the content and enjoy the channel. I've had ex police cars before and there usually maintained regardless of cost with a full service printout. Would have thought ambulance service would be same has a third party messed with it after. Seems like a lot of effort and work to put right think I'd just clean it inside and out and remove the tints and then flip it listing the faults
Yep move it on quickly! Your skills are better served on higher end stuff, a few suggestions for consideration, get a rubber bung for the roof and grommets for the roof rails, cheap solutions for a cheap car!
Such watchable content, glad I subscribed
This video was so funny. I know it probably wasn’t meant to be but your sarcasm was great 🤣🤙🏻
Excellent work and thanks for the content stay safe and take care
Watching you restore it would be great 👍
Nearly choked on my beer , 3k wow I was thinking all working and running 2k max
I was thinking more like £20.
Worth £5k in country of origin 🤣
New subscriber here, love you're videos! Always interesting especially with you being UK based. (You could definitely do with better lightning for shots under for the car 🧐)
Clean it, spend nothing, list faults, move it on. it'll suit someone - they're good cars.
I love the skoda range and the OCTAVIA VRS is a beast 😁👍🏻
Good for scrap maybe, nothing else.
Tdi so strong Usa tricked the germans with the dieselgate😅
@@mareksinister good for scrap haha, he's been driving it non stop for 2 years now great cars
A video on diagnosing the underboost would be interesting. My CR170 leon just chucked the p0299 fault and read about the common actuator. Be interesting to watch before mine goes in the garage!
As an Ambo vehicle, I think this is in good condition. In Aus emergency vehicles have dozens of holes drilled into the dash and trims, and usually a handful of holes drilled through the body to feed various bits of tech, lighting and electronics.
Tidy it up and list it up for sale. I would be glad to see more of the RS4! 🙏
Would like to see you fixing it. Might not be bring any profit, but if you can make it even it would bring a lot of content.
Great videos!!
My León TDI mk1 (same platform, one generation older) does "check engine" + "glow plug" combined as a signal. It's even in the instructions - check engine on + glow plug flashing = problem detected, both permanently on = error stored in the computer, that goes away after a while.
And in these TDIs it's basically always the turbo. I've upgraded mine after ~140kkm, but the flashing glow plug came back when a hose from the intercooler to the engine came loose.
To me, those lights are normal, that means the car works and you just need to fix one thing (in the case of the hose, we've secured it with a self-tapper because the boost was too high and normal hose clamp couldn't cope with it, hehe).
just tidy it up and sell it on, great channel love your projects
I would be interested to see it fixed and looking good. Some of the faults could be cheap easy fixes :)
Had 1 of these as my first company car had hard life and loved it. Tart it up and flog it great car
I bought a 2007 model during summer…. Garage knew the injectors were knackered but didn’t tell me. Had to source a replacement on eBay, since then it’s been sweet as a nut, very economical and comfortable drive.
I would have said sort the easy/cheap wins, get an MOT and sell but the windscreen is a significant and unavoidable cost. Thing is, those Skoda estates do have a bit of a following and the VRS badge doesn't hurt. The miles aren't so much of a problem for a diesel. Fix the roof, front bumper, turbo actuator (or pipe leak) and make it presentable and review your situation. What else have you got needing your input ?
I've got a pre facelift vrs 06 plate and it's a cracking car tbf, not had an big issues. Got 2.0 tfsi. Paid £3k for mine, full Skoda service history, 76k on the clock, bought it about 4 month ago so take that as you will. The diesels don't go for as much either so something to be aware of
Yes please , do the start up video
Great video as usual, looking forward to this. Out of interest, what is happening with the RS4? Keep up the good work
Really good video plase keep them coming
Thanks, will do!
I have the same engine on my A3. i had to replace the turbo actuator as it gave an underboost fault, DPF clogged up and had to be cleaned, and the CAYC engines are notorious for injectors failures. If your injectors end with a B letter, they are the old type and tend to fail, if they end with an S, it is an updated injector type and should be OK !
Mwah, clean it up a little and get rid of it. Don’t think this will be profitable after fixing it.
Fixing it up would be more interesting content-wise though.
Clean, tidy over a morning and list it up as is.
Nice new projest! Like Skoda,s And no real technical problems are popping up ! I would say Save it and fix it !
Just move it on fella, someone can have it as a rolling resto. Great video content as usual.
Great channel pal .. on the vrs i say sell as it is even if you break even as time and money could be spent on something else...
Love your vids Dean. Flip this old dog it sounds like a tractor too.....when we were clapping for the NHS they were clapping to See the back of it!,
As someone who drives these for a living I wouldn't go mad spending time and money to fix. They have a hard (and I mean hard) life getting driven 24/7 on all sorts of roads and lanes . Saying that I love Octavia's and they are solid vehicles , I even drive one as my daily !
Fix the engine and glow light issues and sell it then! Thx for the next episode
That isn't an ex NHS vehicle.
It was M+L Ambulance who became UKSAS and then SSG (a Spanish Co I believe that secures loans against all assets then closes down)
They went bankrupt last year with all their assets sold.
I never drove that actual one but did use one of their other VRs Skodas.
I think that one was in the workshop undergoing maintenance and was sold as a non runner.
The NHS never fits budget tyres.
Scarely these were used to answer 999 calls in East of England and down in Reading.
Its a quick flip for me.
Get it legal and safe then sell, as the type of neglect that vehicle (and the rest of their fleet) has suffered mean it will never be a straight vehicle.
Bought a 1.4 skoda octavia estate the other day haha, rear end damage though, am going to pick it up tomorrow for a 200 mile drive home...
I bought an ex rapid response Octavia ambulance with 142000 miles on a 2010 plate. Same hole in roof and 2 in front wings where blue light bar was. Mine also hasa charge point on the side and had loads of trim parts missing. Took ages to undo all the electrics and get the horn working but underneath solid and no expense spared on the running gear. Maybe I got lucky with mine but I love it because of how cheap it was. Ir runs great with good performance and economy and it someone hits it with a trolley I don't care lol. The problem
Please please please carry on with the VRS defiantly not many videos done so this could be an excellent opportunity to get some more info out for these great cars 🚙💨 🙂🙂🙂
As you said at the beginning you said you saw it was an ex NHS car and you decided to rescue it this car definitely deserves your magical touch to bring it back to it's former glory
I think it would be good for content if you did it up to its former glory, love watching your video's and I'm sure someone will buy it as it's you that did the work so they'll know it's been done to a very high standard
18:53 🤣🤣 I know them face expressions. Deep down you are praying I hope I don't breakdown on a busy road
Clean her up maybe chance an MOT. Then list as spares or repair.
Its a nice feeling bring cars back to life but you have got to draw the line somewhere. Yes anything can be saved to an extent but when you way it up, time and effort to fix this one i don’t personally think its gonna be cost effective. Would be different if you bought it to keep but flipping wise i think its best to clean it up and move it on 👍🏾
The leaking wheel looked buckled to me, when you spun it round
I think that as most of the problems with the Skoda are easy fixes, do the work and make some money. It is all good content for your channel and lots of people can relate to the state of this car!
Very true
Love your vids bro. Would love to see you rebuild it but I think it’d be a mistake due to the amount of money and work you’re going to have to put into it!!
Yeah I agree
You never did a spares/repair or even breaking thing and would be good content to see how much you could make out of that. Also, could be something you can have as a side project. And you're right, that car is proper minging 👍👍
Aww nice to see a challenge that might see you some fixxer Joy
Its never going to make a lot of money due to its history.
At least the faults are common
Glow plug light flashing is either brake pedal switch requiring replacement or a trigger from one of the brake lights making the circuit fault. Being an emergency vehicle they will have messed alot with the wiring for emergency lights. If the key cycle clears when you key on its not going to be glowplugs and they only come on at/prior to start.
Looking at the front right it appears that the FMIC piping may be seperating as the pipes on these fatigue they allow oil blowby and eventually loosen and deform.
The 1.9 ARL PD Golfs also suffered with this along with fatigue of the metal lower intake pipe (pancake pipe) i believe these were revised to plastic a few years after.
With no nice clean are coming in through the front intake i'm not surpised that its been suffering for air and it begs what on earth the Air filter is going to look like.
A spray of some IPA on the MAF will most likely give her some balls back too. I cant rember if these are thermit
The NHS and ambulance service do run their vehicles for a very long time and due to the way that they are funded the cars are written off for their value and all sent to auction even if it only sells for a pound they have dispersed of the asset and as such any liability of it. These will have been used as paramedic response vehicles who unlike police drivers they dont really thrash the cars.
Although i can see quite a few dents on the rocker panels presumably from being on and off the kerbs a few thousand times 😂
I think that you should keep it for now do a fixxer upper series for the old girl i understand you are really about the flip but you are a very good presenter and you teach well. A rubber grommet / plug in that hole on the roof would suffice and would be in keeping with the essence of what the car was which is a workhorse and what it is now. its a testament really.
I think it would be interesting personally plus this is another part of saving a car which would otherwise be a scrapper.
It looks like a ex RRV for a private ambulance called UK Specialist Ambulances - they had a whole fleet of EU10AD* Reg ones so will be have been looked after for some of its life, would explain some of tell, tell marks like the hands free and the lack of badges, UK
O dear loads of time / money consuming jobs be tempted to sell on hopefully without to much of a hit .
It’s the same 2.0 TDI engine in my A3 had the turbo activate fault Lowe boast fault the glow plug light stayed on caused limp mode .
In fact Your channel gave me tips on how to trace and replace it 👍
No profit mate but spot on with your detail. Your call but personally i would clean and get rid or break it if you have the space! 👍
Sink a couple of 100£ in it, it's still a vrs, fix the most damming faults like the roof holes and the door card can be bought cheap and the boonet release and fix the boost issue and flip it, here in Norway that would still probably bring 8k when running good or contact the guys over at car throttle they love the high milage heroes.
Yep, clean it , fix the technical stuff and Just drive and most of all: have fun!!!
check the small l bow hose that comes out from the turbo , and if you see oil camming from the turbo maybe the o ring is leaking
i bought my brother a skoda octavia 1.6tdi 2010 plate for £500 off an ex taxi driver had a full MOT only down side was 224k miles but drives so nice needed a front grille and that was it £30 tax a year too ... second day we got it i took it on road trip east coast and still running strong 4 months on and on around 230k miles now so a fair bit of use, you can find some proper bargains out there 👍🏼
Fix it up nice to have a super Skoda on the channel, still got plenty of miles left in her, Octavia on Car Throttle was 450,000 I believe
£650 value, the cars got alot of damage that is repairable but most would probably (that don't have the contacts) would sell it for breaking imo
I’d sort any major mechanical issue/s. A few interior bits; new door card, replace broken switches. I’d just use a painted bung for the roof. Maybe new screen.
A decent valet, MoT & call it quits.
Look to make £500 profit
I'd be interested to see what it would cost to restore to a presentable standard. Maybe price it up and decide if it's worth it.
I bought one about 8 months ago 2013 62 black line edition with full leathers, paid 3500 for it, 100k on clock, spent around 1k on dsg service, full service, front and rear brake discs and pads and timing belt kit, what a beautiful car fantastic to drive and excellent fuel economy when careful, very capable car.
Basic spruce up, valet inside and out, quick face refurb on the wheels with a rattle can , rubber grommet in roof, Mot + service and get shot.
Not an NHS Ambulance car. Was originally owned by a private ambulance company called M&L based in Rainham Essex. Company was renamed UK Specialist Ambulance Service (UKSAS). Company went into administration and folded last year. If you want some more history about it, let me know and will happily tell you abit more about it.
I am 50/50 on this one. Would love to see it back to its best but also thinkaybe tidy up and seel on. Tough one.
Flashing glow plug light could be the brake light switch. It was on the older model.
I like your positivity towards the car 😆😆
Did it come accross well haha
@@SavingSalvage Top salesman in the making there definitely 😎
The drive shafts bolt thing is pretty standard problem on skoda and seat but not so much on vw for some reason. I reckon there is a lot of life in the car yet and personally I would do it up for my own use but I am no so sure you have much room to make a profit. I'm currently running a vivaro with 415k on it and all original parts apart from power steering pump and I've had great value from the machine so you could probably get at least another couple of hundred k of use from this machine with the right care.
When you spun that punctured rear wheel, I thought the tyre either looks distorted or your wheel is buckled....if I see right...🤔
i was thinking that myself too but then was thinking its probably just the tyre outta shape from sitting flat
I really like the older cars on the channel, although not going to be massive profit in it. It would make great content, if you can get cheap parts and get it back to it former glory would be great to watch.
Hope you are staying safe and well
That was certainly a brave buy! It seems to need a lot of effort to fix it up for a small profit. Probably get something more interesting.
Not all ambulance vehicles are NHS. There are a lot of private ambulance companies out there. I work for NHS ambulance service and all our vehicles are maintained regardless of cost. Those tyres give it away, we only fit branded tyres, usually OE . The fact its 10nyears old gives it away as well. All our vehicles are changed every 4-5 years. Be very surprised if it was an ex NHS vehicle.
I believe it was an ambulance vehicle, however somebody has purchased it after and has just not put the vehicle on their name e.g. a trader might have had it for a while and then dumped it back on Copart (very common).
The tints are aftermarket and usually emergency service vehicles have branded tyres.
Oh man, you’ve got one of those funny VAG cars that everything’s ALMOST broke but just not quite.. don’t envy you on this one, but you’ll make it amazing I’m sure ! 🤦♂️😂😂😂👍
Love your content always great to watch.
This one is a dog, clean it move it on.
You got lots going on with the Audi engine 👍👍
Love your channel, no bs , but could eat up money fast in repairs and might struggle to sell on with that mileage....so spare/repair I feel.
Fix it I had a 2009 vrs had the same fault it was just a new boost pressure sensor, the air con pump always fails on that model but you try to tighten up the center screw in on the pump by removing wheel and inside cover I did and aircon started working again. Bearings can also go a common fault even on the mk3
Get it mechanically fine then sell it, bung the roof with a gland and sealant under the gland
Lovely Jubbly video, but that's knackered.
haha
Hi there this is what I would do, fix the boost problem maybe remove turbo strip and clean the variable vanes maybe that will sort the boost problem out then clean it up and cut your losses as one of the guys on here said put your money towards the RS4 engine I would be curious to find out what exactly happened to it im sure it can be repaired regards from Paris
Great vid 👍 think you should fix it up and a very good clean 😏
Definitely needs saving,it may not yeild a huge profit but the Vrs is a hell of a car
And it wont cost that much to do
Just give good clean,touchup paint,repair front bumper and sell.Can't wait for Audi update! Cheers from South Africa.
Thanks!
That was a tasty-looking Ford Mustang in the background. I work at Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group in Cambridge, right next to a Marshall Motors showroom, with a bright orange and a bright green Mustang... one day, baby.
Still, I can't complain. When I joined Marshall, I needed a new car. I got a brand new 2019 Skoda Octavia SE L with all the toys, in metallic red, and the company paid the deposit and the first two services. I haven't had the second yet.
Great company to work for.
Check out the build series with it on my playlist :) I'm from Cambridge so know Marshalls well, mainly the car side
10 yrs ago , i bought an 04 ex police car Skoda Octavia 2 PreFl , i m still happy with it
Had a similar issue with mine, glow plug light flashing and loss of power now and again turned out to be air mass flow sensor wiring
Put in for a Private Hire licence, it looks way better than most of the minicabs round here
I'd be tempted to clean exterior and interior up so only mechanical issues remain. Maybe mot it, did you see anything that would stop it passing an mot? With all that out the way it won't be to overwhelming for a potential buyer to fix the mechanical issues, you may break even and make a few videos out of it, best of both worlds
Rocker cover warped slightly on mine causing similiar leak, resealed no worries
Just watched the Vrs video. From what I've seen of your last videos a clever fella like you could have it fixed in no time and it'd make a nice cheap family car for someone with a small profit for you. The research into its former life was very interesting, but if barring the lights and stripes that car was attending ANY emergency you wouldn't want to be the patient!!!! What a disgrace, private or nhs. I'm a Pcv driver and some of our stuff has 600k on the clock and makes that skoda look like a crock. Take care, another great video. I'm a Ford man rather than the VAG group stuff, I saw the Mustang - looks fab (biased). If I did buy a vag product I'd get a skoda or seat I wouldnt be badge snobby!!! . However for me for the individuality side of things I'd get(with a lottery win that is) a TT RS, as the engine is unique as such and not used in anything else (yet) & sounds like the Urr Quattro, a car even a Ford man like me admires(I like the RS4 with the 4 litre V8 fr the R8 too) . Perhaps you could find a bust or lightly damaged one to fix? A Golf or Scirocco sleeper with that engine would be good too! Best wishes. Stay safe. Ben 🚌🚍😷😁
Its a 500 quid car.You got stung so part it out to get your dosh back.
500? It's not a Citroen
Being an emergency vehicle, it may have been remapped. As result of remapping those engines with the DPF can result in premature faults. May be worth rolling road it to see if its the original map...
It doesn’t feel mapped. Mayby I should do a 0-60 with draggy 😂
The OSR definitely looked warped when you span it.
Personally if I’d bought that I’d clean it up the best I could for as little money as possible, things like remove the tints and give it a wash. It would then go on eBay listing the most obvious issues but inviting inspection pre bidding as you’re putting the onus on the bidder.
You’ll clear way more than £1500, seen octavia taxi’s with 400k on sell for more than that so you’ll definitely earn a drink from it. Fixing it would cost at least £1000 (wheel refurb, roof repair & paint, changing worn/ replacing missing parts etc.
Some of the bits you need like the missing interior light surround might be on the breaker MK5 you’ve got, I’d even check that for bump stops, mats etc.
As the saying goes, you can’t polish a turd 😂
yeah pretty much spot on
Saving Salvage if you eBay auction it the onus is generally on the buyer once the major stuff has been listed. Wondering if the bonnet handle and trim on that MK5 is the same, most bits are interchangeable so it’s a cheap fix for content but don’t adjust your standards for content.
A quick punt video is equally interesting, just done and dusted in one episode.
Chuck a fuel filter on see if gets rid of glow plug light and tune it in to a sleeper dark side developments specialise in vag tdi tuning make good content
I would fix the relatively small faults and sell. Rubber grommets for the roof rails.