2011 Skoda Fabia VRS Estate

[jdizz]

Anybody have any experience of these? Looking at this as a family car/daily.

Look like a great mix of practicability and fun.

Cheers.

[MOBB]

I had a hatch version in 2011, rapid little car.

However..........do your research on that engine, the 1.4 twin charged unit seems a little problematic!

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/294051-cave-...

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/321650-14-ts...

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=15...

Edited by MOBB on Tuesday 11th February 15:48

Edited by MOBB on Tuesday 11th February 15:49

[ChrisH72]

https://www.evo.co.uk/skoda/fabia-vrs

Seems to suggest the CAVE engine is the one with problems and that the CHTE from late 2012 is okay. So the 2011 one you’re looking at is the old one.

[AlwynMike]

I concur that they are a great fun little car - we had a 2013 Hatch.

The later engine isn't without issues too - sold ours at 5 years old and it had steadily been drinking more and more oil - on a car with less than 40k on it, driven 95% of the time by my wife so didn't go much above 60! IIRC it was using around a pint every 400 miles, so not hugely excessive but bad enough. Wife didn't want to sell it as she loved it, but after the supercharger pulley bearing went (repairs paid for by Warranty Direct), it prompted her to change.