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wannabeeahack
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so the whole VAG group must have the same option (occies are built on VW Golf floorpans?)

ill have to search t'interwebnet
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grandad
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There is a company in my town that use octavias. They all sound terrible and the drivers do nothing but complain about them. Mind you I am told that maintenance is not the best at that company.

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wannabeeahack wrote:
its the 4x4 Occy i was looking at, i know we only get a few weeks snow here but given the county council/highways will run out of roadsalt i fancy the occy...

the police seem to getting them - must say something i suppose

superb 4x4..... theres a thought

The ones the plod have got round our way are rapid to say the least. Like you say it must say something when the plod have them.

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There is a company in my town that use octavias. They all sound terrible and the drivers do nothing but complain about them. Mind you I am told that maintenance is not the best at that company.


If you don't drop the oil every 10,000 miles and use crap diesel they will sound like a bag of swingers.

A lad has got one round our way that's done over 300,000 on a W reg, it gets serviced every 10,000 miles with good oil and only uses decent diesel, it sounds OK and still passes it's Council test every 6 months.

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grandad wrote:
There is a company in my town that use octavias. They all sound terrible and the drivers do nothing but complain about them. Mind you I am told that maintenance is not the best at that company.


That will be the SDi ones they no longer put that engine in, the TDi are a lot quieter
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grandad wrote:
There is a company in my town that use octavias. They all sound terrible and the drivers do nothing but complain about them. Mind you I am told that maintenance is not the best at that company.


That will be the SDi ones they no longer put that engine in, the TDi are a lot quieter


I didn't say that it was the engine that was making the noise did I. It sounds like the clutch is having a fight with the gearbox and no one knows who will win. They have 3 that sound similar.

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The gearbox will lose, soft as feck. TDi much better. I think the police will be going for the Octavia Very Rapid Skoda . Like siht off a shovel, they are.

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When I said Skoda i meant an Estelle....
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wannabeeahack wrote:
When I said Skoda i meant an Estelle....


I've never seen an estelle taxi, but one company through our way ran Lada Rivas for a while. When the council changed the cc to 1600 (in the conditions) they were considering Samaras, as their next fleet car. In the end they went for Citreon BXs, or French Ladas as they soon were dubbed.

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I remember when (due to discounting) the FSO Polonez was THE fleet taxi...

1990 ish?

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