Hold strong Rc

[Rat Catcher]

Gretta is the best car I ever bought. 2009 reg Octavia MKII (08 year of manufacture), no DPF, cute little manual gearbox... virtually nothing in her you couldn't put right for less than the price of an EV tyre... bar the engine itself, I guess!

[mercenary for hire]

Everyone makes mistakes, that's how most of us got here....know when to cut your losses also helps for Belker.

[silverbullet]

Gretta is the best car I ever bought. 2009 reg Octavia MKII (08 year of manufacture), no DPF, cute little manual gearbox... virtually nothing in her you couldn't put right for less than the price of an EV tyre... bar the engine itself, I guess!

You left out the fugly bit.

[Rat Catcher]

Gretta's lovely... not an ugly bolt in her body.

[silverbullet]

Gretta's lovely... not an ugly bolt in her body.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess.



 

[silverbullet]

The Eeyaq has great road presence.

[Rat Catcher]

I do think Gretta is a bit ADHD. She went into a proper sulk when I brought her to NCTS for a retest. She refused point blank to allow the inspector open her bonnet obviously forming the opinion that once a year is enough for such unsolicited attention. Fortunately, the inspector was able to get the smoke reading he needed without being overcome by Dipetane fumes but I still had to bring her back the next evening so they could check the under-bonnet VIN.

BTW, the Gretta I'm talking about is Mrs. Catcher's MKII Octavia. Any similarity to names attributed to other objects or humans is completely unintentional. It's a popular name, I guess.

[Belker]

I'm not offering any advice, Ken but I do think you'd be better advised to buy a Prius or Corolla than a petrol Octavia if you can't stretch to a Camry.

I really dislike the Prius, the Corolla is too small, and the Camry was discontined in 2023, and add that hopefully I will never have to see the inside of a Fookin Toyota garage ever again after renewal in 2027.

At the moment a Nua Octavia Auto 7 speed petrol is top of my list, but that could change ??

[John m]

Ken is it worth your while holding off from getting new car .Two more years left on the old one .How much will it cost you to keep it on the road add in lost income .Also try look at the Future is there 12 years work left in you or the Taxi Industry .Will Uber take over the lot with fixed fares and Rideshare .I will be 72 when this car is out of age .I dont know if I will be around that long .Also add in with Trumps Madness on Tarriffs how much more expensive will cars be add that to the repair and lossof earnings .You might meet keeping your old thing on the road .It might be very expensive two years .

[Belker]

Is the petrol a lot heavier on juice? The Skoda diesel would be a lot better than the Toyota yoke you had. ....

I doubt it, the nua Octavia has a 1.4, 7 speed petrol engine, but with an imperssive HP ratio.

I never want to hears the word DPF ever again after 2027 renewal.

[John m]

If with all this Tarriff Shit cars go up 10% thats equal to the cost of one years usage in cost .Ken you need to do some sums  .This Trump Cunt is going to upend the cost of everything ?

[Belker]

Ken is it worth your while holding off from getting new car .Two more years left on the old one .How much will it cost you to keep it on the road add in lost income .Also try look at the Future is there 12 years work left in you or the Taxi Industry .Will Uber take over the lot with fixed fares and Rideshare .I will be 72 when this car is out of age .I dont know if I will be around that long .Also add in with Trumps Madness on Tarriffs how much more expensive will cars be add that to the repair and lossof earnings .You might meet keeping your old thing on the road .It might be very expensive two years .

Only 16 months left on my 2017 license of which I will try to nurse the Avensis through.
The car actually never stopped working, only Fookin dash lights coming on, always passed NCT on emmissions ?? I'm thinking that there is Fook all wrong with it apart from the dash lights, and Toyota dont seem to have a Fookin clue what they are doing only replacing whatever the computer tells them to replace ?? I wont spend another cent on it as Toyota have replaced almost everything at huge cost to me that could be causing the problem

[Belker]

If with all this Tarriff Shit cars go up 10% thats equal to the cost of one years usage in cost .Ken you need to do some sums  .This Trump Cunt is going to upend the cost of everything ?

I have all me sums done.

You worry way too much about Trump.

[watty]

The OLD Octavia was a bit too small (imho) for night work.  RC & JohnM might disagree?  The cabin was a bit cramped and the fatter drunks were nearly on top of you and sometimes the smell of booze was overwhelming.  And while it never happened to me, I always felt the back seat passenger behind me could easily slip his arm or knife around my neck if he was thinking of robbery.

[Belker]

I don't have the dimensions fer the older Octavia's, but here are the dimensions fer the 2025 Octavia + 2025 Corolla in comparison with my 2017 Avensis;

2025 1.4 Octavia;
Lenght, 185  inches.
Width, 72 inches.
Height, 57.7 inches.
HP, 150.

2025 1.8 Corolla;
Lenght, 183 inches.
Width, 70.5 inches.
Height, 45.5 inches.
HP, 138.

2017 2.0 Avensis;
Lenght, 183 inches.
Width, 69.3 inches.
Height, 58.3 inches.
HP, 143.