Hi
Following on from my previous thread about what first 'interesting' car, I'm toying with the idea of getting my parents old Octavia going to get me on the road initially.
However, it's been stood on a driveway for a very long time - perhaps 5 years or so.
It's an S reg Octavia 1.6 petrol with 44k on the clock and was abandoned after my father couldn't find a decent garage to sort out it's MOT emissions failure (it also apparently failed on suspension bushings).
I managed to get it bumped started back in April (battery knackered as you'd expect) and drove it around my parents field. Nothing fell off, the brakes worked, it changed gear etc.
However it did have the ABS light on and some of the electrics do weird things (although reading on Octavia forums these appear fixable).
Anyway, do the STW masses think it worthwhile throwing a bit of money at it in order to see if I can get it through an MOT, or is it very likely to have rotten er rubber bits and er rusted metal bits?
Has anyone revived a car after a similar period of it standing?
ta
I see your approach to money management hasn't changed.
