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I have been a member for a while but went off driving for the past few years , preferring instead to take the train to work to save time.

The car ride from Bandra to Chowpatty every day took me 1-1.25 hours every day not including the parking issues.

But for the past week, I have decided to start driving once again.

Theres also been a shift in my car ownership. If I remember correctly , my stable had The Skoda Octavia , 1st-gen Honda City Automatic and the Chevrolet Optra.

Well, the current cars that I have are the following:

2010 VW Jetta 1.6 Petrol
2015 Tata Nano
2004 Chevrolet Optra

I look forward to contributing here more often.

Welcome to the forum your highness!

By Jetta you mean the 1.4 TSI and not the 1.6?

Honored to have royalty in the forum.
Welcome Your Highness !

Which Octavia did you have earlier ?

I had the same doubt. I almost thought it might have been the vento 1.6 petrol version maybe.
Turns out, there was actually a jetta with the 1.6 petrol engine. :P

My bad! Once the TSI comes in every thing else is forgotten!

Here is one for example:

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/test-...ew-photos.html

Welcome back. I hope your stay will be permanent now. Enjoy it here,

Oh, its a 1.6 Petrol for sure :)

I dont remember the exact Model, but it was the diesel Octavia from 2002.

I sold it a few years ago ( Thank goodness - It was getting to be a nightmare to mantain)

Thank you. I intend to :)

Your profile name and the entire re-introduction had me in splits for a moment, your highness. :)

Maybe it's just me, but i wouldn't be able to forget any of the vehicles i have owned!

Welcome back, all the same.

Happy to have put some laughs in your day ��

Frankly , the amount of time , money and heartache I spent in maintaining the skoda Octavia , selective memory set in and I have forgotten all about it.

I try and only remember the good times.

Well, we had a Skoda Laura L&K in the family. It drank more money than fuel during the fag end of my ownership of her. I believe the electronics of the early generation skoda were not robust. I was lucky I was able to sell it on time - the gearbox gave up on the new owner after about 6 months! Not so lucky for the new owner. Feel sorry for the guy, but he knew very well what he was getting into.

New age Laura / octavia are far more reliable but less tough than the Ist gen Laura.

Life is Good!

SK

6 months ? Wow , that's better than my buyer.

The engine seized after about a 2 kms of him driving off with the car.

He called me a few days later asking for a refund , but I reminded him that all Sales are final.

The car spent about 6 months in the shop before he was able to drive it again. The skoda phase of my life is something that I prefer to forget.

It was very economical on diesel but the repairs were costing me around Rs. 30k per month.

It kind of put me off diesel cars as well