Felicia racer

I think you will find blue is the quickest. That's why they call it "race blue" Congrats on the new car.

Fabia vRS Clio 172 Honda cbr 600 rr Greedy? Yeah lol

Completely irrelevant. I went out on the Nurburgring in my clio 172, got overtaken by EVERYTHING, did I care, nope. I had great fun and survived the ring I also rented a clio 200 cup from RSR Nurburg, and took that for two fast wet laps, and this time I overtook everything I could, where safe of course. Did I have fun? Hell no there was plenty of slippery slidy moments lol, was I faster? probably. In my opinion lap times don't matter if your having fun. If your talking about lap times selling cars, then yeah something in the hands of a professional driver doing a fast lap would be great for knowing the car is capable of doing it, but since I'd say most drivers on the road don't use anywhere near the limit all the time it's irrelevant. If you do lots of track driving and you consider yourself a competent track driver who can use the car to its limits then yeah it matters.

Photography magazines can provide inspiration too, as can they show you new techniques. I second learning the relationship between aperture, shutter speed, and iso. As someone said owning a dslr is like owning a modded car lol. I'm always picking up new lenses, my favourite is my 50mm F1.8 prime lense, fantastic lense for around 100quid.

I bought a mk 2 vRS to replace my clio that was always breaking down. VRS is comfy, and torquey compared the the clio, easier for town work and especially stop start traffic, but they are very different cars. Still got the clio at the moment, but once its fixed I'm probably going to sell the clio. I know your talking about a mk1 vRS, in which case is again easier to drive than the clio day to day, and far better on fuel. But if track days are your thing, the clio is a winner if you keep it.

Subscribed Looking good so far. Would love to see it in the metal. Lol I thought I was being greedy having 3vehicles.

Dsg 7 is quick at multiple downchanges. I maintain still faster than a manual, However in D it does behave as you said, shifting up as you coast waiting for the right gap, hence you should be in S or manual mode. Also depends on what engine is mated to the dsg, the twincharged motor is always on the torque and power. No lag.

So where does that leave the superb in the range? Citygo, Fabia, Rapid, Octavia, Superb? Edit; woo 600 posts

I recently was new car shopping, drove a corsa vxr, clio 200, polo gti, gt86, Fabia vRS. Well I bought the vRS, I drove the gt86 and vRS back to back, on the same long test route. VRS was more fun, and faster The gt86 was nice, has a lovely interior, I was going to buy one but at that price, no thanks, the salesman tried his hardest bless him lol. I am just going to wait for the supercharged version For such a big car, it was so small inside, amputees could fit in the back and that's it, I sat with a passenger in the back and my knees and shins touched the dashboard on the passenger side. In the driving seat in my driving position it touched the back seat. The noise pipe I actually liked, although it makes no noise in 6th gear. Interestingly they must have fitted a valve in it. Not a torquey engine at all, as for Prius tyres... Shocking. Plus it's a bit shouty, I think it would get keyed if I parked it where I leave the vRS all day.

Crank sensor?

Agreed actually, sometimes I forget I'm in manual and just end up revving in first gear thinking why hasn't it changed up yet lol. But it isn't that sluggish in 7th or 6th so there really is no need. Yeah dsg can shift down 4 gears instantly, whilst using th kick down it will go from 7th to 3rd quickly. Even using the paddles or sport mode it can shift down 2 instantly. It's that good of a box

I was scepticle about dsg too, after having never driven an auto before. But after driving a polo gti with dsg, I bought a Fabia vRS with dsg. Dsg is very very good, Giving unnoticable changes in d and s, just the number on the dash is an indication. Paddles are fun to change gear with just pretend its a Ferrari, infact using them while in D or S temporally puts it in manual which can be useful, if you want to override auto mode. Great fun on fast A or B roads, no need to take your hands off the wheel. One small issue with the paddles in manual mode is they are small and attached to the wheel, so negotiating roundabouts can be interesting with the steering wheel turned you can't shift out of first without either redlining it, which will make it change up, or to use the tiptronic to change up, which is what I've been doing, and is more akin to a manual box. Pulling away from junctions/roundabouts, D is for lazy driving and can be ever so slightly hesitant, S has instant response will make the traction control light come on, if you so wish Stop start traffic DSG is so much better than a manual, no heavy clutch work required. Fast and smooth shifting up whilst making progress is great, because it will change up faster than a traditional manual. One thing I prefer a proper manual for is parking, having a clutch pedal gives you an extra element of control. Of course the way to get round that with DSG is to creep and not use the throttle pedal to park. My one real pet hate with dsg, is kick down in manual mode. Why is this here!? I havn't driven in snow yet, but I never do anyway I just get the train. Would I recommend a dsg box? yes. Would I recommend paddles? yes. Do I miss a traditional manual? no, dsg is the future.

My clio has standard xenons, they are absolutely fantastic. Fabia halogens :( epic fail. I am considering a hid kit, as the Fabia has projectors anyway. Less likely to get stopped, because let's be honest hids in reflector headlights really stand out. It really does make a difference. The bonus with the clio was, low beam xenons stayed on when the halogen hi beam came on making even more available light rather than flipping the beam. Not that i needed to use hi beam in the clio that often. most of the time the standard xenons where good enough.

The manual says the dsg adjusts based on how you shift, by learning from your tiptronic manual shifting behaviour.

The clios are fantastic handling cars no doubt. I didn't say the Fabia was better, it was the better choice for me. I wanted something new, and easy to drive for my commute, that could be good for fuel, when not booting it. The polo has a nicer interior, less / different plastic, and things are more thought out, like the mdi socket in the glovebox. They share the same switchgear, engine etc. Just a different price tag. I'm keeping my clio for track days, so two cars for different purposes.