GrahamStu

Not really, read some of the advice on running in for first 600 miles, so followed that. I think the fact that to get to most places I have to use a 10 mile A road which is busy but normally you are travelling at 30 to 60 probably helped. Plus the work commute adding 20 miles on the motorway did the same. Only had a few instances on town driving and being stuck in traffic, as expected that would affect mpg a lot.

Had my 1.0 TSI 110 for three weeks - a combination of A roads and motorway. Just coming up to 1k miles and 51.6 mpg, but last 300 miles was around 54 mpg. Will be interesting to see the change over the next 1000 miles or so. BTW, not sure about the 1.2 4 cylinder, but some people were worried what the new 3 cylinder was going to be like - drives like a dream in my opinion.

I did about 100, mostly getting used to the car. Another 60 today for work, which included motorway. A few things that others have mentioned are frustrating, like the one touch window (if having the rear electric windows solves this I probably would have selected as an option) and non electric folding mirrors. That said, these are minor and I am really enjoying the car, probably going from an 10 old Honda Jazz which is not ideal for the motorway to the Fabia which has a lot more go emphasises this more! No need to borrow the wife's car anymore, when I do longer journeys. Both motorway and minor roads are great to drive on and it certainly has enough power for me. I have found myself in 2nd gear and the car suggesting I should be in 4th (same for 3rd and 5th as well) a number of times. Surprised at the car suggestions for gears, as I am sure it suggests 6th gear when not much over 40 mph? Loving the screen, with the information and had no trouble playing music and podcasts and flicking through the options on the display from the steering wheel. Not used the cruise control or limiter yet, as never had these before, so not doing that in rush hour! Think mine took about 4 weeks to arrive after being built, so hopefully yours will be quicker, but worth bearing this in mind.

Ordered at the beginning of May. Registered the fuel voucher today, so will hopefully not have any issues. Weather is appalling today, so only driven back from dealer (the long route), but think I will take it out for another spin now. Not the best picture, due to rain.

Collect car tomorrow . After seeing the current £500 petrol deal I contacted the dealer to see if there was any chance that I would be considered for this. Was pleasantly surprised when after a couple of days they said yes. Had a quick look at the car when I went in for paperwork yesterday and looked great. Looking forward to driving it at the weekend.

Well, I had an update from the dealer advising that the build date has been brought forward 5 weeks, so is now week 26 which is in 3 weeks. In the meantime I have obtained quotes from Carwow which ranged from the same 2k PCP to 3k, although the best option may be a closer dealer with a £2918. Have contacted my current dealer who do not use Carwow and they have not offered anything. So a bit disappointed with that, but will sleep on it and decide if I want to wait another 5 to 8 weeks for the sake of £400 to £500.

Many thanks for this. I must admit I felt I had made an error after doing additional research, I think what confused me was as this was a PCP deal and was unaware if any additional discount was an option? I am not normally one for impulse buys, but I guess every now and again we all make mistakes. With a £500 non refundable deposit and the car now 4 weeks into the build I will probably bite the bullet rather than cancelling and trying to get a better deal and put it down to experience. Currently keeping the Jazz as my Daughter will be using this for driving practice when she turns 17.

First post, so be gentle! After work moved two years ago my journey is now 28 miles each way, 3 times a week; with 13 miles on the motorway. With this my runabout Honda Jazz 1.4 now has 107k miles and struggles. I did not want to steal the wife's Qashqai, so decided I needed a new car. Wanting something which was good value for money, but with enough power for the motorway and with a comfortable ride I decided on the Fabia 1.2 110 SEL (now replaced with the new 1.0) and the PCP deal looked good, as it had the low 2.9% apr and 2k contribution. Was not sure about having the 90 or 110, but thought the 6th gear would help for the motorway and after test driving this was very pleased with the ride and power. Never having gone down this route, not sure if I have missed any tricks, as with the 2k Skoda deposit I did no other bargaining! Probably should have at least gone through something like Carwow first, to get quotes, but was pretty much an impulse buy. Car was ordered 3 weeks ago and update this week was that due to the factory model change year it has a provisional build week of 31, with this being week 21, so approx. 10 weeks and then 2 weeks or so to get to the dealership. Although I would like it earlier, this works into my expected plans, so not really concerned with this (although now ordered, the normal waiting for xmas when a kid feeling has kicked in). Extras are met paint as Black Magic Pearl and Amundsen Nav. After looking at the SE there were a number of options I wanted which were in the SEL, so decided this was best. I have settled on the 10k miles per year, as will be easier to swap cars with my wife if I start to use more and if I do more it should not be too much over the 10k per year, so would not be too expensive). So guess the questions are, how stupid was I not to look at better deals (or is this standard and not really an issue, and as going through the dealer this may help in the long run). Any other things I have missed out on e.g preference for 90 or 110 (as reviews say SE 90 is best choice, but I like the SEL extras and 6th gear?) One final thing, my 2007 Jazz has electric folding door mirrors and I was surprised a new car with functions like cruise control climate control, Kessy etc does not have this? Actually one more thing, what do people think about the protection pack, was quoted £219 inc fitting, but as SEL car comes with floor mats already, so don't need those, but are the boot liner, bumper protector and mud flaps good value and quality?