Skoda Fabia 1.4 TDI

[tektas]

Hello everyone,

after selling my Alfa Romeo (https://www.pistonheads.com/members/showcar.asp?carId=257882) last year I soldiered on without a car for 10 months.
The reason for selling it was that I had to pay back some money to my dad and its better to be without a car but debt free than to have both

The Alfa was always a car for the weekend, was not driven by me that much Mo-Fr.

I have looked at a veriety of cars, from 70s Mercedes, W124 Mercedes E28,E34 BMWs but then decided to get something small and economical.
My first ever car was a 2002 Skoda Fabia in silver which I only had for 3 months.
So I went on the lookout for another one.

What I found and bought is a 2006 Skoda Fabia 1.4TDI, the 80PS version.
I bought it from its original owner with 55564 miles on the clock.
It has dings and scratches but mechanically wants only a new clutch soon and maybe new front driveshafts (not sure yet on these)

I have driven my first 300 miles and the overall MPG stands at 60.
The lowest I had for a day (100 miles) was 69MPG, but I'm sure less is possible.
600+ miles per fillup should be well within reach.

The first thing I added to the car was a Sony XAV-AX100 head unit with which I can use Android Auto and which helps modernise the interior a lot.

Edited by tektas on Monday 7th May 10:00

[AJB88]

Had a Ibiza 1.4TDI brand new in 2007, best thing I did was map it up. made about 105ps, changed how it drove.

[tektas]

How "safe" is is to remap these to 100-105PS and 240-250Nm.
Most of the suppliers for remaps seem to quote these numbers.

[AJB88]

MIne ran fine with no issues, just maintain it well.

I have seen these run 120+ with a hybrid turbo.

[Rosewood Red]

tektas said:

How "safe" is is to remap these to 100-105PS and 240-250Nm.
Most of the suppliers for remaps seem to quote these numbers.

Been doing that for about 100k miles - no issues.

[tektas]

That sounds good to me.
I will look into who does work like this here in Turkey.

I think I would tackle the remap after the summer. I want to see how the car is behaving, if there are any troubles and once it has "settled in" I will do the remap.

[chrismc1977]

These are easy enough to do DIY.

Get yourself a Galleto cable & head over to blacksmoke.co.uk

You can purchase remap file for £45 to upload via the cable & a netbook to your car. Look in the 75bhp section of the online shop

To date I’ve mapped a Leon 110, A3 140 & an A4 130tdi for friends/family. All have been faultless.

Including a cable you are talking something under £75. Bargain of the century