Just thinking about having one of these , so what do you know of them , whats good ? whats bad on them and whats a good tunning plan , A mate of mine has one and its seems very good , but hes not had it very long so be good to get a broaded view on them .

 

Fairly rattly interior, the 2.0 mk2 is waaaay better

the mk1 is a very decent car though, chip and a filter and its great everyday transport with a turn of pace

 

i worked for skoda for 7 years and would reccomend a vrs very highly they are ace cars.

 

i had a silver 53 reg vrs it was a great car and never had a problem with it i would have one again.

 

Thanks guy thats all I needed to know

 

Best things to look out for is water pump and cam belt has been done as pump has plastic impeller and these tend to break up and cause over heating issues. If your going for remap I recommend you change coil packs before hand as these are known to fail after remap just preventative maintenance. Try get one with cruise controll , hids etc

 

coil packs, bottom arm bushes, water pump, pretty much the only thing that goes wrong with them and none are massively expensive to replace. a simple remap will see you in mk1 frs power and further upgrades again aren't that badly priced.

the interior can feel a little cheap but then it is a cheap car for what you get, it'll return 40mpg on a steady run and do it in relative comfort. had mine for 2 years and wouldn't have changed it had some bint not decided to use it for target practice. got a mk2 vrs now which is a even better car but had i not got it at the price i did i'd have happily had another mk1.

here it is before target practice:


here it is after the womans suicide attempt:


was a heavy old impact which left the driver of the other car in hospital for a very long time yet i was lucky enough to walk away with bruises and a bit of a bad back.

 

Loved my MK1 VRS....one of the best cars i have had....very understated.

Went very well, handled very very well.....

 

love mine had it since selling the escos in 2005 170k on it now and still on original engine/turbo and box. first clutch at 149k!!

also worth changing the oil strainer at next service as there prone to block as there very narrow.



best car i've ever owned out of the 400+ i've had

 

Sorry I’m a little late on this thread but here's my input:

Good points:

1_ Very smooth to drive, the 1.8t engine (180bhp) pulls the car along very nicely

2_ V tuneable, massive amounts of aftermarket parts available

3_ Tons of space in the back / the boot is huge

4_ Reasonable running costs and reliability


Bad points

1_ Leather and white cloth interior is crap , the white gets very dirty

2_ White carpet ! , again looks like crap after a while

3_ Low front bumper catches all over the place. Mine got smashed TWICE on speed bumps

4_ Rear view is a JOKE ... headrests obscure view / back window is hard to see out of


5_ Damp affects the electric window connector behind the front door panel. This causes the electric windows to go funny

Overall a good solid car

 

How did you smash the bumper on speed bumps?! Mine was dropped 40mm and never caught a speed bump once!

 

Had mine four years , longest i have ever kept a car, never given me a days bother just thinking of selling at the mo for a mk 2 vrs

 

I love mine, just ticked over to 147k use it every day and has not really needed anything. its going in on moday to have a solid flywheel conversion.

 

We used to pdi brand new cars with scratches on the front bumper.

 

 

Common faults on the Vag 1.8 t engine (as fitted to VRS, Golf GTI SEat, Audi etc) Oh and my Octavia 4x4.

Crankcase ventilation system pipes fall apart, all pipes need changing.

Oil pickup pipe clogs if it hasn't been run on fully synthetic oil and changed regularly, if the oil filler cap looks sludgy walk away.
Pickup pipe needs changing anyway as a preventative. Ł12 for pickup, Ł5 for sump sealer plus half a day to do it
Oil dipstick tube snaps when you look at it, change this as well Ł3 half an hour to do it.

Coil packs fail, keep one in the car as a spare, there is a recall from Vw so they may have been changed.

Crank position sensor fails, done mine today Ł10 plus couple of hours, if it wasn't freezing and snowing..

Also,
Rear footwell can fill with water, easy fix reseal rear door window motor mounting plate.

Drivers electric window switch snaps off, loads on ebay , fitted to Golfs etc as well.

If it's got EML light on don't worry most, Octavias have..

 

we've had 2 vrs's cracking cars our first had 202k miles on it.

 

Thanks all ok well anybody want a cougar st200 ? as I would like a black mk1 Vrs ! Im going to start looking for one !

 

I looked at buying one but i test drove a fabia vrs had a remap today ran 168 bhp and 286 torque and still getting

 

50 around town

 

nice ! was look at one of them too but Id like about 200 bhp + as my car has that now and I think the otavia will push 240 + ? but then the fabi must have good power to weight .

 

You will need a bigger turbo to do over 220bhp on a vrs.

 

you would need blgger turbo front mount mines only had stage 1 revo well happy with the performance pulls like a train

 

Ive had my 325bhp IHI VF34 powered Octavia vrs a year now, awesome car but it now for sale as i dont get much chance to use it anymore.

Ive recommended a vrs to two different mates now and theyve bought one and more than happy with them.

 

Jesus thats some nice power for a 1.8 ! shit I realy realy wont a Vrs !

 

bet that goes well mate, i had an ihi powered ibiza cracking setup

 

Pm Replied to pal.


And Dicko, its an awesome conversion package, power and economy!

 

my old one is still going at 165k still drives very nice and pulls well very good cars for the money going to get a mrk 2 next year