RE: Skoda Fabia vRS
Discussion
tigger1 said:
Don't leave us hanging...what's up with it?
I dunno, I guess it did what it said on the tin; it was a cheap Golf GTI. It led a pretty easy life, despite being chipped. I had it for 3 years and only covered 24,000 miles in it, and it was Molly-coddled, pampered and valeted weekly by me.
After 3 months it went back because of a loose air vent. The dealership kindly used a self tapping screw to replace it, not the plastic clip it should have had. The seats became filthy very quickly and started to fray.
After 2 years, the whole car seemed to rattle and squeak when I drove it. At 22 months a loud rattle developed that took ages to find (a loose exhaust bracket). The dealership removed the offending item and told me they'd "phone me when they got a replacement part in". I'm still waiting for the phone call over a year later.
I had a broken front coil spring that took the dealers 3 days to fix. When I had the car chipped it highlighted a faulty N75 valve - the dealer proceeded to replace the wrong valve so the car ended up going back twice.
The dealerships were universally poor, and the courtesy cars were diabolical (Felicia with a mouldy sandwich in the glove-box and dangerous front suspension, and a Diahatsu Charade which was actually quite fun in a wierd way).
It wasn't bad to own and live with, but it always felt a little cheap and plasticky. It was a laugh to drive, but was surprisingly rolly in the corners. The traction control was too eager, but woe betide you if you switched it off in the wet (especially on part-worn Toyo Proxes).
Oh, and I lost about £6000 on it in 3 years.
Sounds appaling eh? But damn I miss that car
Edited by Witchfinder on Tuesday 25th July 22:12
Witchfinder said:
tigger1 said:
Don't leave us hanging...what's up with it?
I dunno, I guess it did what it said on the tin; it was a cheap Golf GTI.
Are you really talking about an Octavia?
[quote=Witchfinder]
Oh, and I lost about £6000 on it in 3 years.
Sounds appaling eh? But damn I miss that car
Again, £6k on an Octavi over 3 years is nowt, would have been nearer 10k on an A4...and my view is that the Fabia vRS is a (very) poor mans A3. I'd prefer an Octavia, but the missus won't drive anything bigger than a shopping trolley (women ey? :hidesbehindthesofa
Will be cautious of the dealers then, you sound like you had a bad experience.
Been living with the TDI (non VRS) version of the Fabia for just over 3 years now. Had a PD box put in to remap the ECU for the princely sum of £30 (see [url]http://tinyurl.com/h5fb5[url] ) which noticeably improved the low-end acceleration. (no connection to the seller, just a happy customer)
If funds were flush, swapping it for the VRS is about the only workhorse option I'd consider.
Been particularly impressed by the low servicing and running costs. We're at over 49k miles now, and it's cost us pennies. Only just coming up to needing any new tyres!
Tol
If funds were flush, swapping it for the VRS is about the only workhorse option I'd consider.
Been particularly impressed by the low servicing and running costs. We're at over 49k miles now, and it's cost us pennies. Only just coming up to needing any new tyres!
Tol
Been running a Furby vRS for nearly two years now. Still makes me smile. Regularly returns over 50mpg even "making good progress". Faults ? "Poterntial" ABS fault showed up on the second service - never actually showed in the car etc, so they replaced the "potentially" offending bit under warranty. Would quite like to change it - but with what ? Probably not worth much now so may well just keep it as the fun car and buy something bigger as the hack.
I still meet badge snobs who say they like it until they see the Skoda badges. Idiots.
Anyone give me a value guide : 2004/54, Red, 32k miles, totaly straight/standard, FSSH.
I still meet badge snobs who say they like it until they see the Skoda badges. Idiots.
Anyone give me a value guide : 2004/54, Red, 32k miles, totaly straight/standard, FSSH.
I've just ordered one to run as my daily driver.
The fuel consumption of around 50mpg plus decent performance swung it. I'd looked at a few "small" cars, some of which gave decent economy but were awful/uncomfortable to drive with little performance, others that would perform OK, but either only gave 30mpg or were boring euroboxes. So I eventually decided on the Fabia vRS - decent spec, performance, economy and price. Just waiting on delivery for 1 Sept, could have had it earlier, but thought it was worth waiting another couple of weeks to get a 56 plate.
Now spending time on www.briskoda.net deciding what mods to make
The fuel consumption of around 50mpg plus decent performance swung it. I'd looked at a few "small" cars, some of which gave decent economy but were awful/uncomfortable to drive with little performance, others that would perform OK, but either only gave 30mpg or were boring euroboxes. So I eventually decided on the Fabia vRS - decent spec, performance, economy and price. Just waiting on delivery for 1 Sept, could have had it earlier, but thought it was worth waiting another couple of weeks to get a 56 plate.
Now spending time on www.briskoda.net deciding what mods to make
I've just ordered one to run as my daily driver.
The fuel consumption of around 50mpg plus decent performance swung it. I'd looked at a few "small" cars, some of which gave decent economy but were awful/uncomfortable to drive with little performance, others that would perform OK, but either only gave 30mpg or were boring euroboxes. So I eventually decided on the Fabia vRS - decent spec, performance, economy and price. Just waiting on delivery for 1 Sept, could have had it earlier, but thought it was worth waiting another couple of weeks to get a 56 plate.
Now spending time on www.briskoda.net deciding what mods to make
The fuel consumption of around 50mpg plus decent performance swung it. I'd looked at a few "small" cars, some of which gave decent economy but were awful/uncomfortable to drive with little performance, others that would perform OK, but either only gave 30mpg or were boring euroboxes. So I eventually decided on the Fabia vRS - decent spec, performance, economy and price. Just waiting on delivery for 1 Sept, could have had it earlier, but thought it was worth waiting another couple of weeks to get a 56 plate.
Now spending time on www.briskoda.net deciding what mods to make
I think the fabia vrs sounds cool!
I have a skoda felicia 1.6 special edition laurent and klement. 1996 model.
For my next car I have chosen to stay with skoda since mine is awesome,
and the fabia is a good performance alternative.
Also the insurance is cheaper on the fabia than my car.
What i want to know is how the fabia competes against other cars in a race!
including petrol and other diesel models.
I have a skoda felicia 1.6 special edition laurent and klement. 1996 model.
For my next car I have chosen to stay with skoda since mine is awesome,
and the fabia is a good performance alternative.
Also the insurance is cheaper on the fabia than my car.
What i want to know is how the fabia competes against other cars in a race!
including petrol and other diesel models.
My mum bought a 54 plate one about 18mths back , its been excellent it had around 10,000 miles on it when new and hasnt missed a beat , she gets 46mpg on average and up to 66mpg on a decent run .
The washer pipe was off when she bought it , i didnt realise it was an issue , its been garaged since so has stayed on
Its just coming up for some new tyres she changes them at 3mm and we are putting Falkens on so.
Great little car i love driving it when i have a change and earlier this year we bought a Octavia diesel VRS as a second car , and thats great also.
Our local Skoda dealer seems pretty good as well.
The washer pipe was off when she bought it , i didnt realise it was an issue , its been garaged since so has stayed on
Its just coming up for some new tyres she changes them at 3mm and we are putting Falkens on so.
Great little car i love driving it when i have a change and earlier this year we bought a Octavia diesel VRS as a second car , and thats great also.
Our local Skoda dealer seems pretty good as well.
Felicia racer said:
What i want to know is how the fabia competes against other cars in a race!
including petrol and other diesel models.
I assume you mean for the benefit of a racetrack?including petrol and other diesel models.
Anyway, having owned one before, the car seemed to be roughly on par with cars such as a Ford Puma 1.7, Alfa 147 2.0, Focus 2.0 etc... that was as standard.
With a remap, they would probably give stuff like Clio 182's a run for their money.... at least until the standard intercooler heatsoaks, which is inevitable, especially with the repeated pounding it would get on the racetrack...
As for handling, I think you would be asking the impossible for it to compete with a good naturally aspirated hot hatch, such as a CTR, Clio 182, 306 GTI, etc etc...
Gassing Station | General Gassing [Archive] | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff