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Climate control and rear wiper work. Not sure on the changer I havent owned a CD for about 7 years On that note whats the deal with changing out the head unit? Would like Bluetooth if possible.

Done 100 miles in it today. Handles much better than the fabia and feels faster too. Passenger door has a sticky lock but hear its a common problem. Im mechanically minded so should be easy enough.

Hi guys thanks for the help. Ive bought a Silver 55 plate 1.8t with 144k on the clock for £1,100. Which I think is a bargin. Has had water pump and timing belt done 38k ago. FSH been serviced every 10k without fail. He has every MOT recipt and has just had fresh MOT with no advisories. Picking it up today.

Hi all, Im sure this has probably been asked before but anyway... I Have recently sold my mkII Fabia VRS as am now only doing about 2-3,000 miles a year as I am no longer commuting due to a new job very close to home. So now I want something 'cheaper' that's still fun to drive. I have seen plenty of MkI VRS' for sale under £2,000. Looking at petrol, what's considered 'high mileage' for a mk1 petrol? I'm not really too concerned as I will be doing so few miles in it anyway will pretty much just be for shopping and weekend trips away... if i can get 10,000 miles out of one that should last me about 3 years.... what are the usual failures that i should be watching for? What should have been replaced and at what mileage etc? thanks in advance

Yeah mate i got goodwill from skoda finally got paperwork so i could check what was actually done. I have a new base engine and just a whole load of consumables on there. Part no. For new base engine 03C100092DX I googled to find out more and could see what is actually included its 17 parts total. Was out of warrenty but only 30,000 miles and new car to me. First thing i did apon ownership was have it major serviced and health checked by my local skoda dealership then 2,000 miles later i need a new engine. That probably helped my case for goodwill. Dont see any reason why you shouldnt be offers goodwill as well seeming as your mileage similar to mine.

Mine started drinking oil, then started misfiring etc ended up needing new engine was told the excessive oil cunsumption had damaged the internals of the engine. Tho not told exactly what and still waiting for paperwork (14days later)

I know its a CAVE its just been replaced :p meant i dunno what number owner i am :p

2011 CAVE #?

Thats why my music is boarderline damaging my hearing whenever i drive anywhere.

Getting 35mpg on short journeys now. Havent done a long trip yet but already seems much improved. This engine work might pay for itself by the end of the year.

I have the same ones as Ant...quite pricey but the black wing bars look real nice. Real easy to fit and remove too.

Finally got my car back today (8 days later) got a 2 year warrenty on all parts replaced and works that have been carried out. However as they failed to give me a proper invoice u have no idea what parts have been replaced and what work has been carried out.... Phoned up to query have been informed it will all be posted to me soon along with the warrenty paperwork.

Also you would probably would need to get the back end in the air a bit. I struggled getting under even with my axle stands, but i am a big guy. However there are cheaper options than axle stands... suppose you could reverse up on a couple of breeze blocks whatever you do just make sure its safe... or as safe as it can be.

H&R is easy as pie to fit with a ratchet strap. You will need to bend it inwards slightly to get it to fit... do not fear it is supposed to be like that. I was very confused when mine turned up and it was a good inch off fitting between the shocks. Thought i had gone and bought the wrong one, but asked around on the FB groups and on here and everyone had the same issue. However the H&R bar is very thick and very stiff so almost impossibly difficult to bend it by hand. Luckily I had a ratchet strap laying around anyway, but u can pick them up from Halfords or amazon for under £10.

I've managed 40mpg once with the brand new sparks.... usually getting 24-27mpg sometimes over 30 on longer journeys could of been down to having a knackered engine however.