WHERE HAVE ALL THE SKODAS GONE??

There are a few that are off the road at the moment on sorn and as restoration projects, but if and when these finally return to the road, i don't think the numbers will go up drastically.

Most owners who had the cars scrapped them for the slightest thing and thats the sad part, plus a lot of them end up as that nasty Banham skip, the company that now produces the Banham states on their website that the Estelle/Rapid is readily available....i'd like to know where they're looking.

the reason you need an entry code is because of a couple of people who call themselves Skoda enthusiasts, but are only interested in the money side of it all and have also upset a few people in the past with things they have sold on Ebay etc.

For example, a mate of mine was bidding on a part for his car, this part being rare, he placed his bid within minutes of the item going on Ebay. Towards the end of the auction, the seller realised this item wasnt going to make a lot of money, so he added at the bottom of the add..'RESERVE IS SET AT £100' prior to this there had been no mention of a reserve, therefore my mates bid was legally binding, but the seller was having none of it, saying the reserve had not been met. He then had the cheek to readvertise the item, and whilst doing so, he publically slagged off my mate and his car. This is why there is a password for the for sale section, i can send you details of how to get the password if you PM me.

I had the exact same thing.
I won a set of skoda / beetle fit centrelines dirt cheap, then the tosspiece said that he wouldn't accept my bid as he'd "forgotten" to set a reserve, and despite it being legally binding, he wanted £200 for them. curse word.

As far as i'm aware, my mate who is a main member of the Skoda Owners Club, rang up DVLA and asked them if it was possible to find out how many rear engined Skodas were still on the road, they explained what needed to be done and how much it would cost for the said information, and a while later you get what you asked for. I don't know what it costs or how long it takes.

I hope you gave him a right old negging.

Cool Skuds = )
I used to have one bout 10yrs ago , Was a 1985 Rapid 130 Cabriolet , it was Bright Yellow ! , everyone nicknamed it "The Skip" It had yellow alloys & had done about 35,000 miles . Was GRReaaaaat ! to drive . Had a leaky hood , so i took it to a local repair place & one of the guys approached me & asked if i wanted to get the Nuts tuned off it ... he told me he could get near on 200bhp from the little 1200cc motor ?? He reckoned he was a mechanic for the skoda Rally team in the early 70's , how true this is i'll never know coz i never got his name or took him up on the offer .
But i had the biggest smile of my motoring life in that little car ...
I was sat at some traffic lights a couple of miles from home when a guy in his mid 30's pulled up besides me & the wife . He was laughing his tits off at the skoda through his window . I smirked at him & sat with my foot planted on the accelerator clutch held just before it bit . Anyway the lights turned green & i launched off the line , Skoda style . I knew i had no chance of beating him , but i knew what was around the next bend !!!!!

Yup you guessed ...... A GATSO !!

He FLEW throught that thing doing probably 60 in a 30 .... LOL !

So i guessed he wouldn't be driving his nice car for the next year or two ......

Sad thing was , the car developed a fault & the battery shorted & the rear seat caught fire ..
I was ORDERED to get rid of it after that . =(

BUt it was fun while i had it .

Chris

P.s I always forgot to put the hood up at night , so had to carry a bin liner under the seat to stop me from getting a soggy = )

I ran a 'D' plate 105 Lux for a few months some years ago... it was actualy my dad's, but he was selling it and for some reason I was stuck for a car... I thought it was a brilliant motor, but the head gasket went (I think) and it got sold...

Maybe I'd better leave the favvy standard.... they'll be the next to disappear....