Piston Heads SOTW - Skoda 105s

[TheScrapman]

Well, I think it's a cracking car, and worth every penny of the £1000 asked for a mint series one. Seems the 'general public' of the Piston Heads forum disagree, all 10 pages of them! Still, made me feel strangely proud that I find cars like this so attractive...

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topi ... %20105%20S

 

From there are links to other special Skodas such as this for £48,000 and it still needs restoring!

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/cla ... arno/42914

It has to be up there in the lottery win garage though

[pogweasel]

The populace of PistonHeads once again proving themselves to be pig-headed morons!If Estelles are your bag, they won't come better than that.

[whitevanman]

Very nice.and a damn good price for one in that condition

[Milford Cubicle]

The populace of PistonHeads once again proving themselves to be pig-headed morons.

Badge enthusiasts, not car enthusiasts.

[Negative Creep]

Hang on a sec, there's loads of people on there defending it (me included)

[angorabedsock]

Looks tidy I seem to recall there was an Estelle 125 for sale a year or so ago with a RX-7 engine in the back!I used to frequent Pistonheads quite regularly up until about two years ago. It was already on the slide then and now I never visit the forum as it just boils my piss. GR8 4 SELLIN MOTARS THO

[Mr Lobster]

If a Skoda is your thing, I'd say that looks like a pretty nice example.Pistonheads - Can be some good stuff on there, especially the none car forums but the car related forums can sometimes be full of badge snob tosspots who thing anything none German is shit. Certainly ain't as good as it used to be but still alright for passing the working day.

[Pete-M]

I don't go on Pistonheads forums, so I suppose that's one thing PH has in its favour.Those old Skodas are ok. Not my first choice, but they're a worthy enough old thing, and they work a lot more reliably than half the shit those muppets slaggin' them off drive.Skodas will start at -20°C, and they keep on going. Still see ancient ones slithering around Czech in winter, year after year.

[Dukestar25]

Lovely colour but I imagine it is painfully slow to drive.I've owned two Estelles (120L-Five and 130LSE) and neither was particularly quick, the 120 felt desperately underpowered IMO.Good solid motors none the less. Shame I never got to own a cabriolet though... Hope he finds a good home for it...

[pogweasel]

Lovely colour but I imagine it is painfully slow to drive.I've owned two Estelles (120L-Five and 130LSE) and neither was particularly quick, the 120 felt desperately underpowered IMO.Good solid motors none the less. Shame I never got to own a cabriolet though... Hope he finds a good home for it...

Ah, but, were they 'standard' ones: they are pretty strangled out of the box and some simple changes can really make a difference: Swap the carb, get a decent exhaust and you have freed up alot of go already. Having had two standard and two modified estelle/rapids, I can tell thee they can fly if you do it right...

[garethj]

I borrowed the Skoda before the Estelle for a week and I almost slithered into a ditch at 15mph on the first gentle curve. Up the tyre pressures a bit and it was much nicer.It went alright upto about 60mph, always started and nothing fell off. If you're in the mood it's quite a charming thing to drive around in, reminded me a bit of a Morris Minor.The S110R is super cool looking but they're ££££, a 135 / 136 Coupe looks like fun if it's cheap enough.PistonHeads does seem very full of bar-room experts. If a car has been badly maintained for years and years, it probably won't drive very well. Why is this a surprise to most people there?

[wuvvum]

Lovely colour but I imagine it is painfully slow to drive.I've owned two Estelles (120L-Five and 130LSE) and neither was particularly quick, the 120 felt desperately underpowered IMO.Good solid motors none the less. Shame I never got to own a cabriolet though... Hope he finds a good home for it...

Ah, but, were they 'standard' ones: they are pretty strangled out of the box and some simple changes can really make a difference: Swap the carb, get a decent exhaust and you have freed up alot of go already. Having had two standard and two modified estelle/rapids, I can tell thee they can fly if you do it right...

+1. My 120L is standard apart from a twin-choke Weber, K&N and home-made freeflow exhaust, and that'll do the ton. My old 130LSE on a Jikov would struggle to break 85 despite having a bigger engine and higher gearing.

[Station]

Isn't Pistonheads just an extension of Evo magazine readership? Can't believe most of them are 20 years after the jokes starting disappearing, still of the opinion Skoda are/were crap. At least they worked.

[Station]

Argh, and what's with the 'shoehorn/shove Impreza/GSXR engine in der' comments. Stop it!!!!

[Rocket88]

Just read through the comments on Pistonheads, the "anti" brigade really don't seem to get it, do they? I've liked Skodas since God was in shorts, driven a few, always been impressed. The modern stuff is probably the best value for money make of car in production.