Guest P13SST Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I've decided to buy a Fabia vRS as a second car with the intention on remapping her. I am going to see one on Wednesday. Does anyone have one?, Ive not test drove one, anything I should look out for? Any views welcome. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSK Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Never driven one, but driven a few SEATS before the MK5 VW Golf GTi and they are impressive. I'd expect the same joys from the Skoda (being based on the VAG cars) and heaps of car for the money. They had it on Top Gear, should still be on youtube and it did very well. With a remap it will be stonking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I had one in for some work last week. Very quick little thing! Shocked the hell out of me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sams Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 there nice mate which engine you getting im assuming it the 1.9 tdi there poky cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest P13SST Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Yeah spanks a copper s standard on the track and does 55mgp, my love for oil burners grows daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sams Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 no one will beleve me if i told you who makes the 1.9 tdi engine for these and the corsas lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 My friend has one of these, and is over the moon with it. Great build quality, reliable, excellent fuel economy and goes like stink! Highly recommended! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordy07 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 no one will beleve me if i told you who makes the 1.9 tdi engine for these and the corsas lol Go on then,reveal all;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sams Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 fiat lol it the mutijet engine which are bomb proof, all moden cars are using each others parts, the corsa vxr uses a grande punto chassis, when i hade my grande punto the 1st thing i did was put vxr mirrors bolted straight on and pluged wires straight together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraAyf Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 The missus has the new Octavia Petrol VRS which is quite nippy;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axle Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I've decided to buy a Fabia vRS Make sure you slam on the way out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I have driven one (appx 5 year ago), they are very fun to drive. It can out run a Porsche Boxter between 30-60. It was my mates vRS and the night I had a go in it I got 6 points, 96.7 in a 60. They can be a handful in the wet with the torque the produce. He was not a particually fast driver but he could not get traction if pulled away from the lights in a swift manner or going round bends in the wet you could feel the car slipping. He finally rejected the car after 3 weeks as the build quality niggles done his head in. He went for the slightly more exspensive FR Leon 150bhp and he loved it, he got that remapped and it came out at 193bhp and his MPG increased. so result in both counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul2supra Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 no one will beleve me if i told you who makes the 1.9 tdi engine for these and the corsas lol fiat lol it the mutijet engine You're right - I don't believe you. Where did you get that info from? While I agree that many manufacturers share parts and engines (recently discovered that our Fiesta TDCi engine is shared with the Peugeots), I was under the impression that the 1.9 TDi engine has been a VAG unit through and through for years now and was one of the first of the common rail units to show just what can be done in terms of performance with a production diesel. Sorry, after the Prelude thing last night, it must seem that I'm deliberately targeting you but, without some sort of official info, I think you're wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraAyf Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 He finally rejected the car after 3 weeks as the build quality niggles done his head in. The new Skodas are far far better than the old designs in terms of build quality;) I don't think many car manufacturers can beat them these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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