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Is this a Skoda forum or a Citroen forum? It seems virtually every topic appears to have Citroen mentioned in it at the moment.

^^Posts like this is what I mean about the forum.....I make a passing comment about my Fabia, I don’t think I was rude to anyone in my original post and I’ve had two rude (in my opinion) responses back! My Fabia is a Lemon, a bad build. I don’t need to elaborate on that, I’ve plenty of experience from working in the motor trade to know a bad car. The last time I expressed my discontent with the Fabia and wrote about it I got a huge paragraph of “its you” the cars fine, get the dealer to fix it, blah blah blah. So I stayed away from the forum for a while. I been to the dealer (lots), they can’t fix it and I don’t want it pulled to pieces (again). All I’m trying to say is be aware, the last two skoda’s I had were fantastic, this new one (2018) was built after diesel gate and in my opinion it shows costs are being cut. It is NOT A GOOD CAR. Is there anything wrong with trying to warn others of my experience?? Or is that not allowed on this forum?.

Yeah definitely a silver lining!! I like a good walk, I walk to and from work as well and apart from an odd bit of pedestrian rage with my middle aged impatience I’m really enjoying it. I even dusted down the two wheel pedaled steed, and have been giving that a whirl. I certainly wake up with a whole new range of aches and pains. I’ve gone beyond caring with my Fabia, it’s why I added some sarcastic humor into my original post. I’m convinced it’s either cursed, or a lemon. Possibly both. It’s why I named it Christine. Still, I’m glad I’m leaving some more fuel for all you other Fabia owners to burn.

A skoda Fabia 3 1.0 Tsi color edition. I see it’s not changed on this forum much....

Well, I’ve been away from forum for a while. I’ve still got my Fabia, still dislike it with a passion and it still dislikes me, we both unfortunately persevere with each other. The damn thing took a bite out of me the other day, still got the bruised finger to remind me. Stuck with it as I can’t afford to have it shot. On the plus side, I’m saving a fortune on fuel and getting fitter, as I leave it at home on every opportunity, unless I really have to use it. That usually involves me kicking the stones with my hands in my pocket while I drag it out kicking and screaming from the garage. Only 2 years to go before I can meet the dealer at midnight to gladly hand the keys back. Ah the joys of motoring. I can’t believe how much of a difference two cars can be. I still get tears in my eyes when I look at pictures of my old 2015 Fabia S. Simple, behaved and was loved.

It was 7 miles.

Yeah, I dipped into the cancer club for a few months, thankfully for the moment I’m not a lifetime member!! So, the dealer is “okay” but I loathe to have a car that’s done less than 700 miles pulled to pieces to fix numerous faults. That distracts the whole new car feeling and it never would feel the same again. It’s a Monday morning car, a bad one, a runt of the litter if you like. I had to get one at some point and this is it. It doesn’t stop right (nearly crashed twice, brake efficiency is appalling, you have to apply massive amounts of force on pedal), the brakes squeal, and can “feel” the road surface through the pedal, like the ABS is activated on every brake application. It momentarily cuts out (coughs) occasionally when accelerating and turning right, the wife stalled it the other day, it refused to restart-clutch down turn key and nothing, she had to get out and defuse the road rage behind her, get back in then try again, on 3rd attempt success. It rattles/creaks in various places inside, there are various scratches and marks in the plastics, no idea from how or why, the hard Bridgestone tyres don’t grip and create awful cabin roar, the front suspension knocks, the gearbox is ridiculously tight, reverse and 3rd being a particular challenge, the front parking sensors bleep at fresh air, I have a duff front passenger radio speaker and it takes ages to fill with fuel (not that I’ve filled it up much). So there I said it, beans spilt over 678 miles of glorious ownership. Not! My 2015 Fabia was a gem, occasional squeaky rear brake, that was all. Such an idiot for selling it. The dealer did check the brakes and admitted they didn’t feel “right” but they claimed their demonstrator was the same....I realized I fighting a lost cause and really couldn’t be bothered with the car from then on. I’m a busy person (ain’t we all?) with little down time so rather than get stressed and battle it out with the dealer the plan is to hand it back and walk away. (Life IS to short). I don’t actually need a 2nd car at the moment so it works for me. Enjoy that new Citroen, Estate man. Onwards and upwards peeps.

I loved my 2013 Octavia 1.4 Tsi elegance. (sold it to early due to my ill health) I really liked by 2015 Fabia s 1.0 mpi 60 (stupidly sold it way to soon) I DESPISE my 2018 Fabia 1.0 Tsi colour edition. (Stupidity again, I “thought” it would be as good as my 2015 Fabia. Totally wrong!!!!) I honestly cannot wait to be rid of it. All I have to say as I really can’t be bothered to waste my time spilling the beans in all that’s wrong with it. It’s currently sat in my garage, unused, unloved, not stuck any fuel in it since May and used it 4 times since May. It will be my last Skoda, and when I get time it’s going. Sorry if wanted something positive but I haven’t got anything to say that’s good (well not about my 3rd and last skoda anyway) Sorry!!

Estate man, going to have to agree to disagree with your comments or it will just bat backwards and forwards with need less “brake stories” etc taking up someone else’s post. I will say though I worked for a mainstream manufacturer for many years and on two occasions had to deal with a brake recall due to the brake pad material being substandard for vehicle type and caused excessive brake disc wear and noise. On those vehicles concerned I saw what mine is experiencing and disc and pads were replaced WITHOUT question. Clearly after 300 miles (the damaged started appearing at less than 100 miles) the outer pad is faulty and requires changing. In a world of liabilities the risks are too great to not take action with it.

Sorry, but I am disagreeing with you on that one. The pad has scored the disc (which I can run my finger nail in) due to a foreign hard object which is in the brake pad material. What is not to say the hard object isn’t all the way through the thickness of the pad material? If that was the case the disc would be scrap long before the pad wore out. Please bare in mind the damage has occurred after just 300 miles. I am a qualified motor vehicle technician (but now in a different trade), and if that had come into my workshop I would advise they were replaced due to the damage after such low miles. The brakes are Poor for a modern day car (in my opinion) and any deficiencies in them is only going to emphasize this. Sorry to original OP for hijack on this post. I would definitely swap the brakes from my 2015 S to my colour edition as the brake are definitely not as good on my 2018 car at the moment. (Even when taking into consideration the running in period of brakes).

My old Fabia S had drums on the rear. The brakes always squeaked from cold on first couple of applications. I had dealer look at it twice, neither times fixed it for long. So I had a look, lubricated the back plates, deglazed the shoes and chamfered and edge to help stop it. Lasted about a month and then normal service resumed and I classed it a “characteristic” after that . I have discs all round now and find the brakes shocking if I’m honest. The brake pad material is harder than the discs as the picture of my 300 mile old disc shows with the ridge rings wearing on the disc. I will mention this to dealer on passing as I know shouldn’t be like that after 300 miles. On a plus note it doesn’t squeak at the moment. The brakes don’t inspire me with confidence if I’m honest.

So to give an idea, I’ve included some pictures of Right hand seat storage. I have a high visibility vest in a neat pouch (thank you Mercedes, lol) and a bottle of screen cleaner for touch screens (which I’ve never used!).

I have to be honest I was shocked to see them under the front seats. My old Fabia S was an ex rental car (2nd rental car I’ve owned and never any issues), but I wonder if it was part of a special spec for rental car? It had metallic paint, A/C and a spare wheel as well. I suppose only way to tell is if someone has a brochure from 2015 era.

I’m not sure if it will fit or not. The box once fitted doesn’t leave a whole load of room to the floor with seat lowered and I didn’t want to risk spending the money and it not fitting, hence why I just fitted one. I quite like having somewhere to store the umbrella as normally it’s in the boot or rattling in a door pocket. Please also note the boxes are not exactly large in internal dimensions. The handbook folder doesn’t fit in it, to give you an idea. I keep a torch and a folded high visibility vest in mine, and not much room left after that. If I remember right they are about €20, which is probably worth it, if it was much more I wouldn’t of bothered if I’m honest, I ordered a few other items as well so to use the postal costs fully. It would be interesting to find out the UK dealer price on the box.

A mark 3 Fabia s on a 65 plate.