Caporegime
Split my plastic DV, it's a well known problem.
VAG 1.8T experiences?
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Pretty much that, plus I had an issue with the window regulators arm snapping, quite an easy and common fix though.
I owned a MK1 Cupra for 3 years, loved it to bits (still do
). If you look carefully, you'll be able to get a lot for your money, as mine had: Electronic leather seats/mirros, Climatronic etc..Just make sure you keep it well serviced.
Mine failed on a totally stock engine, just due to wear and tear I guess as the car was getting on in life.
Just one of those things that's more of a when it fails rather than if it fails on the 1.8T.
Amen to that! My one was on at various points - intermittent miss fire (first signs of a coil pack on the way out), coolant sensor (twice), Lamda sensor, Secondary air pump, Oil level sensor etc.
Mechanically though the engine was fine up until 110k. Only times it ever went belly up from a driving perspective was twice with a duff coil pack (carried a spare so 5 minutes and I was on my way) and once when a pipe came off my newly fitted Forge recirc valve but that was my fault
Unfortunately my one went from never using a drop of oil between services to downing a litre every 600 miles and the rear end was constantly plastered in black sooty smudges. We are hoping to move house soon and were planning to drop to one car to help pull together a bigger deposit so I just gave it away at auction in the end.
With regards to the Octavia vRS specifically... while the engine itself was generally ok (apart from when the oil sensor shorted out taking out a fuse, melting a chunk of wiring loom and left the car running like poop) the rest of the car wasn't afraid of falling apart at various points. Multiple springs, track rod ends, drop links, steering racks etc. soon got annoyingly costly. It also rattled like an old van at the back end, was quite embarrassing to give people lifts in it. That said, maybe I was expecting too much coming from my 306 which needed nothing more than a rear brake cylinder between 63k and 117k miles.
I forgot about your old 306. For me it's been mostly the opposite experience - my 306 broke all the time whereas mechanically (other than this frickin' EML!) my vRS has been fine for the 5 odd years I've had it.
Caporegime
I've got a monumental boost leak at the moment, taking the inlet off tomorrow to change some gaskets etc, hopefully it's just a failing oem rubbish pipe. Good chance to check my 007p aswell though, so grateful for my vacuum tester.
I think my Octy might have been a duffer despite being a single owner well loved example
My 306 with a slightly shady history being an import from Cyprus and not to full UK spec (Mk 2's in the uk were never made in XR trim) was perfect. Sods law I guess.
The Octy though, despite its problems was still an awesome car. Worst thing I did was let a "specialist" start working on it.
Soldato
They have their niggles! I had a Golf 1.8 20vt for a couple of years which was ok bar niggles, not really engine related though.
This is a buying guide/checklist I made, give you plenty of ideas on what goes wrong on golfs, leons, similar vags really. They all have the same traits! Word 2003 doc: Clicketh Here
This is a buying guide/checklist I made, give you plenty of ideas on what goes wrong on golfs, leons, similar vags really. They all have the same traits! Word 2003 doc: Clicketh Here
printed that off for when I look at tt's, as it's near enough the same problems. Cheers!
Soldato
No probs, pretty useful for most vag's of that era I guess! 
Soldato
In 10 months I've had ignition coils and rotten breather hoses replaced on my TT.