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End of an era : ( ....and the start of another
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 3:14 pm
by jim91
After 9 years of ownership parted with my scala recently, gutted to do so but I needed a practical daily with 5doors, especially with bambino 3 on the way. It was it or the bug and I had to let common sense dictate over my heart and part with the rocco. Hands down best car ever and nothing will compare to it! I'd mentioned the register to the new owner so he'll hopefully be on and hopefully have all the fun with it I did!
Picked this up as a replacement just over a week ago, 2002, 180bhp 1.8T, only 66k on it. Lovely motor
Re: End of an era : ( ....and the start of another
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 5:17 pm
by mark1gls
Sorry to see the Scirocco go, you are still missing a door on your daily as you said you wanted 5 but only have 4!
An estate car or people carrier is what you will be after next with 3 kids and the stuff which comes with them.
Re: End of an era : ( ....and the start of another
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 5:53 pm
by bluestreak56
Like you I made the transition 4 years ago from Scirocco to BMW Z4 Coupe. I have once again 4 years later made the transition to BMW X4 as I too needed the practicality moving forward. But hey Im still here posting this now, I have no doubt you will be in 4 years time too!
Im sure you will have another, one day..
Re: End of an era : ( ....and the start of another
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 9:45 am
by jim91
mark1gls wrote:Sorry to see the Scirocco go, you are still missing a door on your daily as you said you wanted 5 but only have 4!
An estate car or people carrier is what you will be after next with 3 kids and the stuff which comes with them.
It is a 5dr dude
alot of folks think it's a saloon but actually a hatch, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasive boot on it. The thought of a people carrier scares me lol
Re: End of an era : ( ....and the start of another
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 3:06 pm
by StormRunner
jim91 wrote:
Picked this up as a replacement just over a week ago, 2002, 180bhp 1.8T, only 66k on it. Lovely motor
I'm going to ask a really dumb question: Is it something within the VAG family, like maybe a Skoda?
I'm from USA and it doesn't look like anything we have here, but the styling is reminiscent of Mk4 Jetta (Bora) or maybe B5 Passat (hard to get a sense of size/scale from the picture). And it's a hatch you say
Re: End of an era : ( ....and the start of another
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 4:19 pm
by jim91
Yep it's a skoda Octavia vrs, built on mk4 floorpan
Re: End of an era : ( ....and the start of another
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 6:25 pm
by StormRunner
jim91 wrote:Yep it's a skoda Octavia vrs, built on mk4 floorpan
Cool! I would change the grille (if possible) for something a little sportier, but other than that, pretty sweet looking car.
[The grille reminds me of a Buick... looks a little out of place with the rest of the styling, to my eyes anyways.]
I found some pics online of the hatch open - pretty wild how the whole glass and everything lifts!
Must be extremely versatile... shame we never had those here.
Conditon and mileage seem excellent, congrats!
Re: End of an era : ( ....and the start of another
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 6:59 pm
by jim91
Have seen a lot of folks doing the chrome part of grill satin black or colour coding it and looks well!