Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Sean306 on October 31, 2021, 05:59:01 pm
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Driving a Skoda occy as a taxi the year and covered the usual high milage a taxi driver does and literally not so much as one fault with it. Do the usual service every 10k and keep her in check. Always drove a Japanese before this, needless to say I won't be be going back.
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You've jinxed it now.
New gearbox by Thursday is my guess.
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I scraped my Octavia a few weeks ago :P
Admittedly, it was over 14 years old with over 480,000km on the clock. Nice car but a smidgen small and the smelly drunks could get too close to you. Driving a silent electric yoke now so I'll probably hear every fart & belch they emit. Swings and roundabouts!
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....and the new smug bastard award goes to.......
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....and the new smug bastard award goes to.......
Laffin me bollix off
Inanyways I had a octy many moons ago and it was the worst heap I had ever owned , thank fuck I went back to renno
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....and the new smug bastard award goes to.......
Don't be rude to the new guy - he only has 8 posts under his belt O:-)
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....and the new smug bastard award goes to.......
Don't be rude to the new guy - he only has 8 posts under his belt O:-)
You know.....you fukin know!!
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....and the new smug bastard award goes to.......
Don't be rude to the new guy - he only has 8 posts under his belt O:-)
It's a 3 post rule
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You know.....you fukin know!!
:D
...Swings and roundabouts!
I did try and downplay it. Didn't want y'all to feel second-class or anything 8)
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My memory of me octavia was definitely great road holding ...loved manual gearbox was great in the snow ....a tank ....
Comfortable seat , roomy , loads head room ....got rheumatoid toe from the clutch peddle ...heavy fukerr......headlight bulbs went nearly every month ..flywheel needed change every 100 k ....liked the key lock button that opened or closed all the windows ....timing belt change every 100 k a pain in the hole ......
Prious is infinitely more reliable but made for midgets ......its a cnut of an uncomfortable box ....
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I too had an octavia a few years back. Worst car I ever had. The clutch was turning to dust and had to be replaced every 5 or 6 weeks. The brake pads were lasting longer than the clutch. Brought it to 3 different mechanics. After it started slipping after the 3rd replacement I binned it. Never again. Toyota all the way for me.
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had a 09 petrol octavia.
brother's redundancy present so i took it off his hands.
drove it for 3 years.
fucking dirtbox.
you'd havta be a fuckin dwarf to call wunna them yokes roomy.
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had a 09 petrol octavia.
brother's redundancy present so i took it off his hands.
drove it for 3 years.
fucking dirtbox.
you'd havta be a fuckin dwarf to call wunna them yokes roomy.
Wat ya drivin now doc a hummer ? Yu must be huge ....
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oops
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avensis
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had a 09 petrol octavia.
brother's redundancy present so i took it off his hands.
drove it for 3 years.
fucking dirtbox.
you'd havta be a fuckin dwarf to call wunna them yokes roomy.
Wat ya drivin now doc a hummer ? Yu must be huge .
....and don't you forget it!!
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Wait til ya hear about satan's wheelbarrow and its effects on the geopolitical climate, coupled with our dear gay leader Leo Varadkar! 8)
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avensis
Me too, I love me D4D 2L Diesel injection,
It's a Bitch of a car !
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Driving a Skoda occy as a taxi the year and covered the usual high milage a taxi driver does and literally not so much as one fault with it. Do the usual service every 10k and keep her in check. Always drove a Japanese before this, needless to say I won't be be going back.
a word of advice....as soon as you start having problems with the heating.....get rid of it..... Even Skoda don't know how to fix it....
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@billyboy, ya flush the system and put in a new thermostat. Coolant should be replaced every few years anyway. Its one of the most basic systems in a car.
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The MKII Octy was the best motor I ever bought. Serviced in accordance with manufacturers specifications bar doing the oil at 20k kilo intervals despite never reaching the variable prompt. Still in perfect working order despite Mrs. Catchers heavy handed feet being at the controls these days.
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@billyboy, ya flush the system and put in a new thermostat. Coolant should be replaced every few years anyway. Its one of the most basic systems in a car.
Never replaced coolant in any of my Octys, it's not in the service schedule and I never experienced any cooling circuit problems - not even in the MKI aka Trigger's Brush. It gets topped up when the timing belt/water pump is replaced.