Lewbs

Ah so it's a feature 😅 will enjoy locking in my keys in the near future...

So it turned out to be the Ambiente model. The handling and suspension when giving it a test drive was surprisingly very good, everything in order. Clutch and gearbox are great. Good pull and turbo working fine, no strange noises. Engine sounded good but has fairly gunky looking oil so will do a couple of oil changes in a short time (within a couple of thousand miles), got some 505.01 oil which is believe is the correct spec for the 1.4 tdi. Only strange things it does is that the central locking locks the car after 15 seconds automatically, and the full beams don't work (surprised as it had a recent mot). Still though for an old car around a grand i'm pretty impressed.

Thanks all for the replies, it sounds like it's just general used car things to look out for, although ill keep an eye out for any leekage/damp smells. The bloke selling it is an old chap that buys and sells cars as a retirement hobby apparently. The price did seem a bit much for a car of that age but all used cars seem to be pretty expensive at the moment...

Hi there, I'm looking into buying a second hand Fabia, looking for any common faults, and things to look out for on a Fabia at this age. Priced at £1,200 It has around 90k on the clock, good MOT history (and fresh MOT) with nothing sticking out, apparently has a "good" service history but of course I haven't looked at that yet. Timing belt done 20k miles ago with proof. Any recommendations on what else to look out would be much appreciated! Thanks