AnnoyingPentium

I'll admit, it's grown on me a little. I'd very much like to have one with the red interior actually! There's a need for one with all the different editions listed, like a big catalogue type thing. I support this!

Would be nice if the door cards were of a matching colour but I like it very much!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the gear knob was also available as an option for the Ambiente? It's quite an interesting design over all. It's a tad too bright in there for my liking but it's very nice 🙂

Thanks Lofty! I had seen it before actually but I wasn't sure if it was another DIY one but I also got a hold of the options catalogue and sure enough, it's there. Thank you for clearing that up though!

Thank you! I was aiming for a set of the 14" 5 spoke ones from certain Elegance spec (ideally pre-facelift) models but there weren't any local or on eBay at the time, but these do the trick! That's exactly what I did, I grudged paying £20 for tatty ones pinched off a set of alloys off of eBay but Amazon were advertising these ones from China for just shy of a tenner so I bought 'em. Sounds pretty scary if you ask me!

If I had had my glasses on last night when looking at the advertisement, then I'd probably have picked up on that.

I believe you may be correct, there's a photo showing the drivers seat which looks as if it's been taken apart and sewn back together blindly! 🤦‍♂️

My most sincere apologies haha! Agreeing with this, a fool and their money and so forth...

I pity those who may stumble upon this thread

So I was strolling through the AutoTrader web-page, as one does, and I came across this blue 1.2 Fabia Comfort and at first I noticed the Octavia (?) alloy wheels, and then I saw this blue interior including blue seats and door cards! Was this a factory/dealer spec option or what? https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108306790967

Well, the car now has a set of tyres to compliment the lovely alloys which have been lying in my loft for the past 5 or so months. From the front: And the back: I don't have anything else planned for it quite yet as I'm happy with it as it is... for now. There's no centre cap on one of the alloys and the rest are missing their Skoda emblems so I have sent away for a set that'll arrive sometime next month apparently. I managed to procure a set of locking wheel nuts from my local TMS branch so that I don't have to sit beside the car at night!

Thank you very much!

Well, it's time for an update I think! First of all, I passed my driving test! So now insurance is a little bit more expensive than before! Secondly, the wee red nugget is still going as strong as before! Managed to average 50.4mpg on it somehow. I'm highly doubtful of that figure but here we are. And a little snap of the car itself. Unless you're hard of sight or just genuinely unobservant, you'll notice the plastic wheel trims are gone! This is because I have a set of Sport/Bohemia alloys going on it tomorrow hopefully since they were declared on my new policy! I shall post a photo with the alloys soon.

I end up dropping my seat down accidentally getting in and out quite often. It's a slight inconvenience for me but I just pull it back up

Yep, got it in one! Bought them off of the 'net for just shy of £38. I reckon they smarten it up a bit.

Well, here's all of the fabulous things I have done to the car since the last post: nothing. absolutely nothing. The car is as it was, except with more fuel and in need of a wash. Snapped this pic today when it finally dried up at a wee bit near me! Also, I am aware of the fact that some of the photos are broken, it won't let me edit the posts to include them as the issue has been rectified on my website. Photographs have been fixed.

Love that this has been updated! I've loved looking through this project and watching it all come together since I joined the forums!

Well, it hasn't died quite yet. Had to get my drivers side wheel bearing on the front replaced since it was getting really bad. Car is now running sweet as a nut as before! Next things on the list are: Get air-conditioning serviced. Look at replacing the gas struts on the boot. This will be a home job but isn't a necessity right now. Look after it. And that's about it for now!

I had an issue with power steering and ABS along with it not starting, the issue was the ground connector that @Wino shows in his newest post. We took the connector off from the body and gave it a clean up with a nail file and my little car is running like a charm still!

Another little update for the red nugget. Got some new brake discs and pads fitted (Eicher brand, got them in ECP's sale) after having to exchange the set that I had ordered as we sent for 256(?)mm instead of 239mm which is what the car takes. Also had to get the set of bolts for the callipers as the ones there we rusted and in terrible condition (rounded a couple off trying to get them out). Overall, braking is a lot more effective compared to the way it was before! Here's a pic of the brake discs and pads that came off of one side of the car: Also gave the car a little scrub up... only for the House martins that are nesting on the side of my house to perform target practice on the car about 10 minutes later...

I have returned yet again, this time with some very nice things fitted to my little Fabia! A drunken purchase of some wind deflectors at £37.45 and some nice wee wheel trims at £16. Car is looking sweet and got a decent run from my house to my Grampa's today (about 80 miles all in) with a spirited drive along some B-roads either way!

Lovely build! This year, I decided to upgrade my laptop from a Dell Latitude E6540 to an HP OMEN 15 (model slips my mind currently) in the hopes that my now 10 year old desktop will cling on for just a little bit longer haha

Been a wee while since I last updated this, but I haven't really done too much with the car besides driving it! I did change the oil using one of those electric pump thingies* last weekend since it was so sunny. I'd attach the small video on here directly, but uploading it to YouTube will do. *This is my best method since I don't really have the driveway space to jack the car up or anything of the sort.

Have an image of my little Flamenco Red gem (restoration pending)!

Thank you so much for that! I had tried eBay searches whilst racking my brains to recall what the name of the damned thing was and without anything turning up. I shall send away for one of those later on now that I know what I'm looking for!