SEVrs

Car now sold. Thanks to everyone who expressed an interest.

Update and some better photos. Mileage was actually just 83,000. MoT Due and January 2019. As far as I am aware absolutely nothing needs doing...everything seems spot on. Photos may have to be split into a few posts due to file size. As you can see, I've been over-pessimistic in the description and the car has come up to what I hope you can agree is about as good as one of these gets. Paint has been polished in 4 stages using a DAS-Pro and Menzerna polishes to remove swirl marks from cleaning and then the surface sealed with Carlack Sealant before a final coat of Meguairs Tech Wax to finish it all off. This has saved the lucky new owner at least £150 in paint correction! Inside is lovely too as you can see from the photos. Snap this one up quick before someone else beats you to it! Two enquiries with one possible viewing as yet unconfirmed. Get back to me soon guys as its strictly first come, first served.

No one was biting your head off. You asked a question, it was answered. If you don't work and don't have money then running a car like this, and maintaining it, takes money. You were advised to get yours reconditioned and I told you how much Garrett replacement would cost you. A replacement turbo for £90? I don't think so. If it looks like a free lunch, such things generally don't exist. A knackered turbo as a donor for a refurb would cost you more than £90...buyer beware. Recon might just be possible for £300 but unless you know who did the work, how good they are, if it's been properly balanced and that the bearings are A1, then it could prove costly. I won't offer any more as clearly you don't seem to want advice from this forum. Good luck with it anyway.

Car now fully washed, polished, waxed and valeted. Decent photos to come tomorrow. Looking round it in detail, I'm surprised at just how good it is for a 2007 car. No stand-out body issues anywhere and cleaned and polished up to a gleaming finish...event the wheels don't look that bad now they've been done! Interior leather will all be treated to a coating of Lanolin and beeswax leather conditioner and the inside will have every nook and cranny cleaned and polished up. This could pass for a car less than half it's age. It's my wife's daily drive and having jumped an and taken it for a spin, it never ceases to put a big wide grin on my face...superb performer and rock solid, safe handling. It's such a shame that nothing as good or well made as these have since been built by Skoda....simple, reliable, economical, bomb-proof and fun motoring.

New under £300? No chance. My Garret cost me £780 plus fitting a year ago!!!

The car is Nr 057 of a limited run of 1000

I'll post a few more on separate posts as it's telling me I've exceeded 20mB (odd as the file is only 6mb!) Once the car has been thoroughly cleaned and polished I'll upload some decent photos but at least you can see from these that it's a decent tidy example and not messed about with.

Lovely desirable 2007 Mk1 SE model, . Genuine very low 85K mileage for year...you won't see many these days with lower miles than this (most are over 100K miles by now). Used daily. This model is in overall good condition for the age (2007) and comes with the usual SE refinements including leather seats, tinted glass and metallic blue paint. It had the later, more powerful BLT engine as stock which was closer to 150BHP from standard. Recent new OE spec (red) brake caliper which I had to source from Germany. New battery 18 months ago. New upgraded Garret turbo fitted 18 months ago at 75K miles at a cost of £1300. This was a brand new up-rated turbo over the weaker stock KKK item and delivers a little more boost but without any noticeable increase in lag and ensures long term reliability. This motor should be good for 300K miles. Car has never been thrashed and only two owners from new. One lady owner before me (missus of a garage mechanic) and then me. As I am in middle age and my boy racer days are long behind me, you can be assured that whilst I've never laboured the engine and it gets regular gentle blasts at steady speed, it has never, ever been thrashed or mis-treated. This is a good 'un. Whiteline anti-roll bar; Car handles great with this fitted and no need for pointless harsh ride lowered springs. Quantum "economy" map (approx 165BHP) so fantastic economy (62mpg long term average but closer to 75mpg on a motorway run at the speed limit with one all time best over 80 odd miles of 80mpg driving gently!). This map isn't as fierce as some so transmission gets a far easier time but it does make mid-range grunt appreciably more than standard, giving a really spirited drive with loads of overtaking oomph when needed. EGR valve mapped out, and blanking plate fitted to turbo manifold so no nasty gumming up of inlet manifold, which itself was removed at 54K miles and dipped to clean out all the gunk that builds when these modern diesels are used to potter about letting oil mist from crank case breather mix with egr sooty gasses (hence the mapping out of the egr). Usual fabia door seal mods done after 50K miles when the usual problem of water ingress started between the door skins and car has remained bone dry ever since. Garret turbo (factory new, not a refurb) was fitted as original KKK turbo let go at 75K miles, Whole intake system and inter-cooler cleaned out at the turbo renewal time. Car has full service history and has been well maintained throughout it's life so is in mechanically tip-top condition as you'd expect. Photos to follow after car gets a good wash and polish! Overall not mint with some expected minor signs of wear and tear but no visible dings or dents. The odd minor blemish to paintwork but polishes up to look fabulous. Wheels are a little tatty with brake dust baked on in places and some lacquer wear, all to be expected on any of these cars by now but nothing that a refurb wouldn't address to get them mint. Only fault I can find is one of the rear seat down catches has broken but easy to open with a little home made ingenuity! I bought a spare new cruise control stalk as the cruise switch never worked on it, but never got round to fitting it. I will supply this to the lucky new owner. Car drives and handles like a dream. Am looking for £3,900 ono for this appreciating classic Fabia...the best fabia ever made! The price is fair considering all the work done, and reflects the genuine low miles and money spent and you won't find much better at the price anywhere. Sensible offers of course considered. Grab it while you can...One like this I suspect won't hang around long. Getting harder and harder to find decent examples of these...

Been using Millers Long life, 505.1 and 505.2 approved oil and did notice a slight improvement in both fuel economy and power. It's only a few mpg on average but when I set the trip from the last service almost a year ago, the VRS has averaged 65mpg, up a few mpg from the oil it previously used which I think was Quantum. Just bought a litre of Motul 505.1 specific 5w/40 which I understand to be "VW Approved" to top up between services.

+1 My VRS has done it ever since I bought it 2 years go at ever cold start up and there's no running or oil consumption problems.

Suzuki Celerio?

V5 confirms BLT....my mistake.....confused it with our earlier model doh! Yes, Bacon Lettuce & Tomato engine it is

Mine is a 2007 registered SE and is an ASZ.

There's not a lot to choose between a well set up vRS or a comfort model for...errrr...comfort! (imho) so the 1.9vRS SE gets my vote. Ours has been a real workhorse, covering long distances in comfort, with reasonable luggage space, total reliability and outstanding economy as well as performance. It has been used for everything from family getaways to tip runs/school runs, for shopping and for fun. How many 1.4 engined versions manage high 70's mpg I wonder? There hasn't been such a good fun, reliable, economical performance hatch made yet that comes close imho. Whilst they may be short on toys and gimmicks, they deliver where it counts. Even the insurance group is cheap. My vote goes to the ASZ engined 2007 SE model, the last, and the best of the MK1 vRS models imho. I have had earlier BLT models but the interiors let them down and the gearing didn't seem as optimised.