Skoda Fabia vRS 1.4TSi 180bhp
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My new car 
I know its probably not to everyones taste but I love it
Seems to attract some unwanted attention, In the four years of owning my diesel Bora I have never been challenged at the traffic lights, within two days of owning this and I've been challenged twice
Its pretty well spec'd with Bluetooth, Climatronic and Parking Sensors along with the insurance being stupidly low compared to something like a 2.0T Octy vRS which was double what they want for this little beast, over two years warranty and free break down and no MOT for another two years it should be happy motoring.
I know its probably not to everyones taste but I love itSeems to attract some unwanted attention, In the four years of owning my diesel Bora I have never been challenged at the traffic lights, within two days of owning this and I've been challenged twice
Its pretty well spec'd with Bluetooth, Climatronic and Parking Sensors along with the insurance being stupidly low compared to something like a 2.0T Octy vRS which was double what they want for this little beast, over two years warranty and free break down and no MOT for another two years it should be happy motoring.
wackojacko said:
Like it ! ....... love the press car ingreen with black wheels.
Thanks, I know what you mean but it was a little too much in your face for me.DaGuv said:
Nice motor, great colour but I think you mean 3 years warranty and 3 years till MOT.
Sorry should of said its used July 10 registered, only got 4k miles on it at the moment.I used to have one of these as a company car, absolutely cracking bit of kit. However the 1.4TSI engine is quite fragile, 5 of the 1.4 TSI engines in our fleet were constantly at Skoda for the engine management light being on. Mine was overboosting and needed a replacement actuator valve and turbo after 300 miles. I always let the car cool down etc.
Make sure you run this car in, as that was one of the faults with all of ours. Also the car prefers to be run on higher octane fuel, so Skoda UK told myself and colleagues.
Other than that they are great cars, and sound nice too. That supercharger whine is pretty addictive. Have fun fella
Make sure you run this car in, as that was one of the faults with all of ours. Also the car prefers to be run on higher octane fuel, so Skoda UK told myself and colleagues.
Other than that they are great cars, and sound nice too. That supercharger whine is pretty addictive. Have fun fella
iOversteer said:
I used to have one of these as a company car, absolutely cracking bit of kit. However the 1.4TSI engine is quite fragile, 5 of the 1.4 TSI engines in our fleet were constantly at Skoda for the engine management light being on. Mine was overboosting and needed a replacement actuator valve and turbo after 300 miles. I always let the car cool down etc.
Make sure you run this car in, as that was one of the faults with all of ours. Also the car prefers to be run on higher octane fuel, so Skoda UK told myself and colleagues.
Other than that they are great cars, and sound nice too. That supercharger whine is pretty addictive. Have fun fella
Thanks for the advice, I only plan on running it on V-Power so I should be ok.Make sure you run this car in, as that was one of the faults with all of ours. Also the car prefers to be run on higher octane fuel, so Skoda UK told myself and colleagues.
Other than that they are great cars, and sound nice too. That supercharger whine is pretty addictive. Have fun fella
Really nice car, I see what you mean about the 'green' paint being a bit in your face, saying that though I would have still got the green one.
The blue one looks very smart though..I haven't seen many on the road.
You keeping it standard or are you thinking about a re-map after its run-in?
Top Motor though
I even prefer this to a VW Polo GTI
The blue one looks very smart though..I haven't seen many on the road.
You keeping it standard or are you thinking about a re-map after its run-in?
Top Motor though
I even prefer this to a VW Polo GTI
Lets Torque said:
You keeping it standard or are you thinking about a re-map after its run-in?
Don't fancy the insurance increase or the strain on the DSG gearbox, at the moment the car is plenty fast enough for my needs and I'm enjoying it, a year or two down the line and that may change though Cracking little cars be careful though a lad i work with has a green one & drinks oil at a terrifying rate (blue smoke from exhaust so know where its going) its not done 2k mikes yet 
booked in to the dealer for an oil consumption test which according to the dealer is something they are doing a lot of on these engines 
booked in to the dealer for an oil consumption test which according to the dealer is something they are doing a lot of on these engines neiljohnson said:
Cracking little cars be careful though a lad i work with has a green one & drinks oil at a terrifying rate (blue smoke from exhaust so know where its going) its not done 2k mikes yet booked in to the dealer for an oil consumption test which according to the dealer is something they are doing a lot of on these engines
Christ, these sort of comments put me off a bit booked in to the dealer for an oil consumption test which according to the dealer is something they are doing a lot of on these engines I would wait until their problems have been ironed out.
matthewg said:
neiljohnson said:
Cracking little cars be careful though a lad i work with has a green one & drinks oil at a terrifying rate (blue smoke from exhaust so know where its going) its not done 2k mikes yet booked in to the dealer for an oil consumption test which according to the dealer is something they are doing a lot of on these engines
Christ, these sort of comments put me off a bit booked in to the dealer for an oil consumption test which according to the dealer is something they are doing a lot of on these engines I would wait until their problems have been ironed out.
OP, my current one is pretty much identical to yours, I think an excellent colour combo, just get used to cleaning the wheels!!!!!!!!
missing the VR6 said:
I've had two as demonstrators so far and I do 2000 miles a month in them and I'm far from nice to it and so far I've only had to put half a litre of oil in my current one and none in my first one. It really is a bit hit and miss with these and oil consumption.
OP, my current one is pretty much identical to yours, I think an excellent colour combo, just get used to cleaning the wheels!!!!!!!!
Think I will have a drive in one. OP, my current one is pretty much identical to yours, I think an excellent colour combo, just get used to cleaning the wheels!!!!!!!!
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