RE: Skoda Fabia vRS TDI | Spotted
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Whilst 9k is certainly overpriced for this car, reading the comments shows just how out of touch many people are with prices. The value of these Fabias has increased significantly over the last few years and you now need around 4k for a decent one. A remap sorts out the performance and a rear anti roll bar transforms the handling for not a lot of money but rust on the sills is the biggest killer of these now. If you really wanted a PD130 hatch, the A3 sport quattro is the one to get though extremely rare.
Edited by HelterSkelter on Saturday 18th November 10:15
Despite the naysayers I think these will become collectable, especially a clean low mileage version.
If you could trim a couple of £££ off the asking price. You have a perfect economical daily driver.
You could put 75k miles on it, but look after it and it's still a relatively low mileage car, then keep it as a modern classic.
Festival of the unexceptional? Ideal candidate.
If you could trim a couple of £££ off the asking price. You have a perfect economical daily driver.
You could put 75k miles on it, but look after it and it's still a relatively low mileage car, then keep it as a modern classic.
Festival of the unexceptional? Ideal candidate.
evojam said:
Bought mine as a bargin one owner part ex disposal with 50k on the clock from a Skoda main dealer 4 years ago and still have it,came with a good spec,xenons,cruise etc..been a great little car tbh and was bought soley as a cheap way of munching motorway miles as my Boxster was not really enjoyable as a motorway hack,had a smooth stage 1 remap fitted so it will keep pace with modern traffic,it does excel at midrange get up and go,even done a road trip through France and back on one tank as a bit of a laugh!
As a comparison, could I ask what you paid?I had a black 04 for three years, then a blue 07 LE for three years, the latter was mapped with about 160bhp and 320lb/ft so it went pretty well. Handling was just about OK but the brakes weren't up to it, if pushing really hard it would soon get into fade territory and having to ease off or even stop and give it a rest. It was always evens with my mates Clio 182 though, which it had no right to be. I then had the later petrol twin charged which I hated, a truly atrocious DSG gearbox which would still change up/down automatically in manual mode (so what was the feckin' point of a manual mode?) and it drank oil as did all of the early TSi's. Revo did a gearbox map that was supposed to make the DSG work as it should, but I bailed on the car instead.
TomTVR500 said:
I get the appeal but at that price, if you're desperate to scratch the "left field hot hatch from the noughties" itch then that's solid Mk5 R32 money.
It's also solid Range Rover L322 money, and the diesel version of the Range Rover would actually get you better fuel economy than the Golf. 
Apart from double the MPG, the Fabia's insurance group is half that of the Golf, too.
Dombilano said:
All the wheels need a referb, the headlights are going yellow, the offside rear bumper has a large panel gap, the bumpers are both different shades o'red and why put a milltek on a diesel, they smoke enough as standard. The only reason it's still going is because the PD engines are bulletproof. £9k? Nah, it's worth £2k.
+1 a hugely over priced jokeBobupndown said:
Despite the naysayers I think these will become collectable, especially a clean low mileage version.
If you could trim a couple of £££ off the asking price. You have a perfect economical daily driver.
You could put 75k miles on it, but look after it and it's still a relatively low mileage car, then keep it as a modern classic.
Festival of the unexceptional? Ideal candidate.
No, an early 1.2 base model survivor would be more 'unexceptional'! If you could trim a couple of £££ off the asking price. You have a perfect economical daily driver.
You could put 75k miles on it, but look after it and it's still a relatively low mileage car, then keep it as a modern classic.
Festival of the unexceptional? Ideal candidate.
evojam said:
BenS94 said:
As a comparison, could I ask what you paid?
Sure,I paid £3,200,it had a few cosmetic issues that were easily sorted though,I've kept it in tin top conditon,PD oil service every 5k etc and being an old git its not been thrashed about,probally still worth more or less what I paid.HelterSkelter said:
Whilst 9k is certainly overpriced for this car, reading the comments shows just how out of touch many people are with prices. The value of these Fabias has increased significantly over the last few years and you now need around 4k for a decent one. A remap sorts out the performance and a rear anti roll bar transforms the handling for not a lot of money but rust on the sills is the biggest killer of these now. If you really wanted a PD130 hatch, the A3 sport quattro is the one to get though extremely rare.
I can assure you a remap and a rear arb does not ‘sort out’ the performance and handling, it makes it slightly less shatEdited by HelterSkelter on Saturday 18th November 10:15
I had one of these new in 2005, I remember the test drive being amazing I was taken out by an ex-police pursuit driver and coached where to brake and which gear to be in...blew my socks off.
Mine was Corrida Red and a factory order as I spec'd cruise control, electric sunroof and xenon lights, third gear was perfect for overtaking the grunt just picked it up and shot it past almost anything, the VRS was a daft little car and bloody hilarious to drive it was just one of those cars which was more than a sum of its parts...I miss it to this day.
Saying that last year I finally found something equally small and daft but this one handles way way better and the brakes don't feel like they will burst into flames...and what is it.
This...a GR-Yaris.
Mine was Corrida Red and a factory order as I spec'd cruise control, electric sunroof and xenon lights, third gear was perfect for overtaking the grunt just picked it up and shot it past almost anything, the VRS was a daft little car and bloody hilarious to drive it was just one of those cars which was more than a sum of its parts...I miss it to this day.
Saying that last year I finally found something equally small and daft but this one handles way way better and the brakes don't feel like they will burst into flames...and what is it.
This...a GR-Yaris.
I bought one a year ago as i needed an interesting daily for a few years and one popped up with reasonable mileage and no mods.
The seats are truly hideous and the interior rattles terribly, but its a good little car.
Id agree its no hot hatch and the suspension is hideous but it pulls through the gears nicely and is decent on fuel.
The seats are truly hideous and the interior rattles terribly, but its a good little car.
Id agree its no hot hatch and the suspension is hideous but it pulls through the gears nicely and is decent on fuel.
mooseracer said:
"in its favour, the Fabia had huge real-world performance"
30-70 in 7.something seconds. Brisk, but not huge imho.
I hated these with a passion when they were released as they seemed to me the anthithesis of a hot hatch (stodgy handling and the wrong engine).
It never advertised as a hot hatch on purpose. Do you not recall the trouser press advert ?30-70 in 7.something seconds. Brisk, but not huge imho.
I hated these with a passion when they were released as they seemed to me the anthithesis of a hot hatch (stodgy handling and the wrong engine).
"Hot hatch" seems to be misinterpreted on purpose by some it wasn't advertised that way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP5L5VZEJWw
Superb little motorway car, it would eat up similar golf 1.9 tdis and audis, when I had one but that was the BLT edition.
This ad seems more than a little suss b.t.w. low mileage but lets keep its identity a secret to sell it "OK"
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